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The decline in human sperm concentration!?

By |2023-02-20T15:15:43+01:00February 20th, 2023|Blog|

A further major 2022 meta-analysis on declining sperm concentration globally was published followed by press sensation and paranoia – men doomsday! What are the perspectives? The author previously wrote a blog based on an International conference presentation (2018) which was subsequently published by Prof Levine from Israel showing that there is a [...]

Participation in an ASEBIR course – December 19th

By |2022-12-19T16:39:38+01:00December 19th, 2022|News|

On December 15th, Microptic participated in the course “Improving results: contributors in the Assisted Human Reproduction laboratory”, organized by ASEBIR interest groups, by doing a practical session on CASA systems for semen analysis, as a reference company in this field. In this session, held at the General Hospital of Valencia (Spain), assisted [...]

Counting sperm

By |2022-12-19T11:27:37+01:00December 19th, 2022|Blog|

Keep Calm and Carry on counting sperm For the past 8 years I have been teaching MSc students how to count sperm. However, a few years ago I read an interview published as part of ESHREs In Profile series where Jackson Kirkman-Brown suggests that a sperm count is a relatively poor index [...]

Hamilton Thorne acquires Microptic – December 1st

By |2022-12-07T15:14:45+01:00December 1st, 2022|News|

We are excited to announce that Hamilton Thorne acquired our company. The acquisition: Strengthens the Hamilton Thorne and Microptic Footprint in Computer Assisted Semen Analysis (CASA) for the IVF clinic. Significantly expands expertise in artificial intelligence (AI) enabled product offerings. Expands direct sales and the support platform for the entire Hamilton Thorne [...]

New Microptic courses offer – November 8th

By |2022-11-16T15:59:32+01:00November 8th, 2022|News|

We are pleased to announce that we have just redesigned our training package. Microptic, specialized in biomedicine, offers training courses to professionals and companies in the field of semen analysis. Our learning concept includes education at different levels (theoretical and practical), given by our biologists, one to one or in small groups, [...]