董事
Gloria Calderón, PhD董事长西班牙IVF之母，作为主要人员参与完成西班牙第一例试管婴儿。
• 在IVF科学领域逾30年的经验，擅长的专业领域包括临床胚胎学、实验室质控、和实验室设计等方面。
• 自2000年担任西班牙IVI集团（逾2.5万周期/年）首席科学顾问及实验室代表。
• 担任西班牙6所大学的硕士生导师。
• 自1991年开始应邀到全球IVF中心进行指导，包括西班牙、英国、法国、比利时、希腊、巴西、阿根廷、墨西哥、土耳其、智利、秘鲁等。
• 曾受邀到欧洲、美洲、亚洲、中东等30多个国家的生殖会议和研讨会（包括ESHRE等）担任讲师
• 在Human Reproduction, Fertility and Sterility, EHSRE, ASRM等国际会议及知名生殖杂志发表超过200多篇论文和摘要
• Human Reproductive Medicine 复核委员会成员Nuno Costa-Borges, PhD科学总监参与完成西班牙第一例动物克隆
• 参与完成欧洲首例应用PiezoDrill的马匹胚胎活检
• 担任Eppendorf胚胎显微操作的独立科学顾问
• 在临床胚胎学和IVF实验室质控方面拥有丰富经验
• 受邀担任葡萄牙里斯本Champalimaud Foundation癌症研究中心讲师
• 同行审阅杂志发表多篇文章和摘要，包括：Human Reproduction; Reproduction; Cellular Reprogramming; Cloning and Stem Cells; Theriogenology; Reproduction Fertility and Development等.
• 曾在ESHRE, AETE, ASEBIR发表大量口述交流和科学壁报
• 获西班牙、波兰、德国的科学组织颁授奖项
• 操流利葡萄牙语、英语、西班牙语和加泰罗尼亚语。
Gloria Calderón, PhD
董事长
西班牙IVF之母，作为主要人员参与完成西班牙第一例试管婴儿。
• 在IVF科学领域逾30年的经验，擅长的专业领域包括临床胚胎学、实验室质控、和实验室设计等方面。
• 自2000年担任西班牙IVI集团（逾2.5万周期/年）首席科学顾问及实验室代表。
• 担任西班牙6所大学的硕士生导师。
• 自1991年开始应邀到全球IVF中心进行指导，包括西班牙、英国、法国、比利时、希腊、巴西、阿根廷、墨西哥、土耳其、智利、秘鲁等。
• 曾受邀到欧洲、美洲、亚洲、中东等30多个国家的生殖会议和研讨会（包括ESHRE等）担任讲师
• 在Human Reproduction, Fertility and Sterility, EHSRE, ASRM等国际会议及知名生殖杂志发表超过200多篇论文和摘要
• Human Reproductive Medicine 复核委员会成员
Nuno Costa-Borges, PhD
科学总监
参与完成西班牙第一例动物克隆
• 参与完成欧洲首例应用PiezoDrill的马匹胚胎活检
• 担任Eppendorf胚胎显微操作的独立科学顾问
• 在临床胚胎学和IVF实验室质控方面拥有丰富经验
• 受邀担任葡萄牙里斯本Champalimaud Foundation癌症研究中心讲师
• 同行审阅杂志发表多篇文章和摘要，包括：Human Reproduction; Reproduction; Cellular Reprogramming; Cloning and Stem Cells; Theriogenology; Reproduction Fertility and Development等.
• 曾在ESHRE, AETE, ASEBIR发表大量口述交流和科学壁报
• 获西班牙、波兰、德国的科学组织颁授奖项
• 操流利葡萄牙语、英语、西班牙语和加泰罗尼亚语。
General management
David Raga
Finance Department
实验室工作人员
Enric Mestres, PhD胚胎实验室经理Mònica Acacio, MSc胚胎Alba Casals实验室技术员Andrea Villamar实验室技术员Queralt Matia, MSc实验室技术员Carolina Castelló, BSc胚胎Albert Martínez, MSc实验室技术员
Enric Mestres, PhD
胚胎
实验室经理
Mònica Acacio, MSc
胚胎
Alba Casals
实验室技术员
Andrea Villamar
实验室技术员
Queralt Matia, MSc
实验室技术员
Carolina Castelló, BSc
胚胎
Albert Martínez, MSc
实验室技术员
行政
Lara Pérez
办公室主管
Carles Ortega Ragull
Software Developer
外部科学顾问
Dagan Wells, PhDScientific AdvisorDagan Wells has been actively involved in preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) and the study of human gametes and embryos for over two decades, conducting his first PGD cases in 1992. He spent several years developing novel PGD tests at University College London, accomplishing the first comprehensive chromosome analysis of cells from human embryos in 1998, using a combination of whole genome amplification and comparative genomic hybridisation (CGH). In 1999 Dagan moved to the United States and joined Reprogenetics, one of the world’s largest providers of PGD services. In 2003 he initiated Reprogenetics’ highly successful single gene PGD program, testing embryos for numerous serious inherited conditions. Dagan later joined the faculty of Yale University Medical School, where he spent four years running a research laboratory, before returning to the UK in late 2007. His research group is now located in the Nuffield Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the University of Oxford. Dagan’s work has led to the publication of more than 120 peer-review publications and book chapters and has been recognized with the award of numerous prizes and grants. He is a Fellow of the Royal College of Pathologists and currently serves on the Editorial Boards of several international journals. Dagan also directs Reprogenetics-UK, an independent laboratory offering state-of-the-art PGD services to IVF clinics throughout the UK and internationally.Klaus Wiemer, PhDScientific AdvisorDr. Klaus Wiemer has an extensive clinical and scientific background and experience in cell and embryo culture, cryopreservation of embryos, embryo morphology and assessment, co-culture, blastocyst development, IVF lab design, and supervision. He has extensive experience in all aspects of clinical embryology. He received his doctorate in Reproductive Physiology (Embryology) in 1989 from Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, USA. Dr Wiemer has over 20 years of experience directing IVF Laboratories and has been involved in over 10,000 IVF procedures. He was the Scientific Director of the Institute for Assisted Reproduction, Charlotte, NC, USA for 10 years, and Laboratory Director for NorthWest Center for Reproductive Sciences, Kirkland, WA, USA for 7 years. He currently directs several embryology laboratories and is a founding partner in the newly formed Poma Fertility Center. Dr Wiemer has published over 75 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters on a wide range of topics in the area of clinical embryology. His main interests are in embryo culture systems, improving laboratory outcomes and studying the effects of follicular stimulations on subsequent oocyte and embryo quality. He is currently conducting research on developing an embryo morphology grading system that can be used to predict rate and quality of blastocyst development. Other projects include various aspects of oocyte as well as blastocyst vitrification systems.Klaus Rink, PhDScientific AdvisorGerman physicist, specialized in experimental physics, fluent in English and French. He is renowned for research and development of laser products for medical applications in the fields of in vitro fertilization, tissue welding and the treatment of kidney stones. In 2000 he co-founded OCTAX Microscience GmbH in Germany. OCTAX develops and manufactures IVF medical equipment, ranging from therapeutic to diagnostics appliances. OCTAX is reputed worldwide for producing the most reliable and accurate laser equipment, researched and developed by Dr. Rink since 1992.
Scientific achievements:
/1st birth after laser assisted hatching (1.48 μm)
/1st birth after laser assisted blastomere biopsy and PGD
/1st birth after laser assisted polar body biopsy
/1st birth after laser assisted immobilization of spermatozoa
/1st pregnancy after laser assisted zona drilling for ICSI
/1st pregnancy after laser assisted removal of necrotic blastomeres from cryopreserved embryosEtienne Van den Abbeel, PhD Scientific AdvisorEtienne Van den Abbeel obtained his MSc in Chemical Engineering in 1974. In 1983 he moved to the reproductive biology research group of the Dutch-speaking Free University to work with Professor Andre Van Steirteghem. His research focused on cryobiology and cryopreservation, optimizing gamete and embryo selection and in vitro culture. Etienne Van den Abbeel was a principal investigator and copromotor of several research projects granted by the Belgian government (FWO and IWT) . In 1987 he became a Senior Clinical Embryologist and expert research scientist at the Centre for Reproductive Medicine of the University Hospital of the Dutch-speaking Brussels CRM which was directed by Professor Andre Van Steirteghem and Professor Paul Devroey. The Brussels CRM, famous for its landmark research in reproductive medicine became one of the most successful in vitro fertilization (IVF) units worldwide. In 2006, at the Brussels Free University, he defended succesfully a thesis to become PhD in Medical Sciences. He obtained the ESHRE Certificate of Senior Clinical Embryologist in 2008. In 2010 he moved to the Centre of Reproductive Medicine of the University Hospital of Gent, Belgium and took the position of IVF Laboratory Director. He also holds the title of Professor in Clinical Embryology at the University of Ghent. His research topics continued to be on cryobiology and cryopreservation, culture and selection of mammalian gametes and embryos. Etienne Van den Abbeel has authored or co-authored over 80 peer reviewed papers and chapters in books. Etienne Van den Abbeel has been more than 200 times an invited lecturer and presented some 250 accepted oral and poster communications at scientific meetings and seminars. He is a reviewer for 15 different scientific journals. He is currently also a member of several national and international professional organisations, a past coordinator of the European Society for Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE) Special Interest Group in Embryology and from 2009 till 2013 has been a member of the Executive Committee of ESHRE .
Dagan Wells, PhD
Scientific Advisor
Dagan Wells has been actively involved in preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) and the study of human gametes and embryos for over two decades, conducting his first PGD cases in 1992. He spent several years developing novel PGD tests at University College London, accomplishing the first comprehensive chromosome analysis of cells from human embryos in 1998, using a combination of whole genome amplification and comparative genomic hybridisation (CGH). In 1999 Dagan moved to the United States and joined Reprogenetics, one of the world’s largest providers of PGD services. In 2003 he initiated Reprogenetics’ highly successful single gene PGD program, testing embryos for numerous serious inherited conditions. Dagan later joined the faculty of Yale University Medical School, where he spent four years running a research laboratory, before returning to the UK in late 2007. His research group is now located in the Nuffield Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the University of Oxford. Dagan’s work has led to the publication of more than 120 peer-review publications and book chapters and has been recognized with the award of numerous prizes and grants. He is a Fellow of the Royal College of Pathologists and currently serves on the Editorial Boards of several international journals. Dagan also directs Reprogenetics-UK, an independent laboratory offering state-of-the-art PGD services to IVF clinics throughout the UK and internationally.
Klaus Wiemer, PhD
Scientific Advisor
Dr. Klaus Wiemer has an extensive clinical and scientific background and experience in cell and embryo culture, cryopreservation of embryos, embryo morphology and assessment, co-culture, blastocyst development, IVF lab design, and supervision. He has extensive experience in all aspects of clinical embryology. He received his doctorate in Reproductive Physiology (Embryology) in 1989 from Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, USA. Dr Wiemer has over 20 years of experience directing IVF Laboratories and has been involved in over 10,000 IVF procedures. He was the Scientific Director of the Institute for Assisted Reproduction, Charlotte, NC, USA for 10 years, and Laboratory Director for NorthWest Center for Reproductive Sciences, Kirkland, WA, USA for 7 years. He currently directs several embryology laboratories and is a founding partner in the newly formed Poma Fertility Center. Dr Wiemer has published over 75 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters on a wide range of topics in the area of clinical embryology. His main interests are in embryo culture systems, improving laboratory outcomes and studying the effects of follicular stimulations on subsequent oocyte and embryo quality. He is currently conducting research on developing an embryo morphology grading system that can be used to predict rate and quality of blastocyst development. Other projects include various aspects of oocyte as well as blastocyst vitrification systems.
Klaus Rink, PhD
Scientific Advisor
German physicist, specialized in experimental physics, fluent in English and French. He is renowned for research and development of laser products for medical applications in the fields of in vitro fertilization, tissue welding and the treatment of kidney stones. In 2000 he co-founded OCTAX Microscience GmbH in Germany. OCTAX develops and manufactures IVF medical equipment, ranging from therapeutic to diagnostics appliances. OCTAX is reputed worldwide for producing the most reliable and accurate laser equipment, researched and developed by Dr. Rink since 1992.
Scientific achievements:
/1st birth after laser assisted hatching (1.48 μm)
/1st birth after laser assisted blastomere biopsy and PGD
/1st birth after laser assisted polar body biopsy
/1st birth after laser assisted immobilization of spermatozoa
/1st pregnancy after laser assisted zona drilling for ICSI
/1st pregnancy after laser assisted removal of necrotic blastomeres from cryopreserved embryos
Etienne Van den Abbeel, PhD
Scientific Advisor
Etienne Van den Abbeel obtained his MSc in Chemical Engineering in 1974. In 1983 he moved to the reproductive biology research group of the Dutch-speaking Free University to work with Professor Andre Van Steirteghem. His research focused on cryobiology and cryopreservation, optimizing gamete and embryo selection and in vitro culture. Etienne Van den Abbeel was a principal investigator and copromotor of several research projects granted by the Belgian government (FWO and IWT) . In 1987 he became a Senior Clinical Embryologist and expert research scientist at the Centre for Reproductive Medicine of the University Hospital of the Dutch-speaking Brussels CRM which was directed by Professor Andre Van Steirteghem and Professor Paul Devroey. The Brussels CRM, famous for its landmark research in reproductive medicine became one of the most successful in vitro fertilization (IVF) units worldwide. In 2006, at the Brussels Free University, he defended succesfully a thesis to become PhD in Medical Sciences. He obtained the ESHRE Certificate of Senior Clinical Embryologist in 2008. In 2010 he moved to the Centre of Reproductive Medicine of the University Hospital of Gent, Belgium and took the position of IVF Laboratory Director. He also holds the title of Professor in Clinical Embryology at the University of Ghent. His research topics continued to be on cryobiology and cryopreservation, culture and selection of mammalian gametes and embryos. Etienne Van den Abbeel has authored or co-authored over 80 peer reviewed papers and chapters in books. Etienne Van den Abbeel has been more than 200 times an invited lecturer and presented some 250 accepted oral and poster communications at scientific meetings and seminars. He is a reviewer for 15 different scientific journals. He is currently also a member of several national and international professional organisations, a past coordinator of the European Society for Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE) Special Interest Group in Embryology and from 2009 till 2013 has been a member of the Executive Committee of ESHRE .
Business Advisor
Søren Leth Ankerstjerne, MBA
Business Development Advisor
Former COO for Unisense FertilITech A/S and strategic Advisor for Esco Medical, Søren Leth Ankerstjerne has joined Embryotools as an advisor within business development. Søren will also support Embryotools partners and customers with knowledge of the rapid changes within the technology field of IVF and provide guidance for clinics which are considering investments into Time lapse systems, bench top incubators and workstations.
As former COO of Unisense FertiliTech A/S, Søren was part of the successfully market introduction of the EmbryoScope Time-lapse System and the great change process which the company went through, going from a small research company in Denmark, to a globally known IVF supplier in more than 30 Countries.
Before his duties in Unisense FertiliTech A/S, Søren was the Sales & Supply Chain Director in one of Europe’s largest IT infrastructure companies and a board member of several Danish and European companies.
Søren got his Executive Master’s Degree in Business Administration from the University of Aarhus and Officer in the Danish Armed Force. His expertise varies from designing and implementing global strategies for Medical devices and services, to strategic sourcing and supply chain management.
Søren have received several honors for his work. In the year 2000, he received the “Honorary Prize” from the Danish Officer Association. In 2007, Mr. Ankerstjerne was selected to “Berlingske Business”, list of the 100 most promising business talents in Denmark below 35 years. Søren have participated in a numerous of acquisitions and been actively involved in 3 exit processes. He is a member of the Danish Management Society, (VL-grupperne). Besides being a strategic advisor for MedTech companies Søren is involved as a partner in a emerging technology company.
Søren is looking forward to supporting Embryotools and finds the idea and concept very promising and a “perfect match for the future needs of an IVF clinic and their suppliers”.