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Fertility Conference

By |2018-01-04T16:17:18+01:00January 5th, 2016|Past events|

10th Conference of the UK Fertility Societies Association of Clinical Embryologists, British Fertility Society and Society for Reproduction & Fertility 5-7 January 2017 Edinburgh, United Kingdom http://fertilityconference.org/ Event participated by our distributor: MICROM UK LTD

SCA® a tool for research and education

By |2018-01-04T16:18:44+01:00November 23rd, 2015|Blog|

After the clinics and research labs, the SCA is now finding it’s way into the classrooms! The Problem-based Learning (PBL) pedagogical model of Aalborg University has become both nationally and internationally recognized by universities, researchers and students as an advanced and efficient learning model. In this model, the students need to put what they learn [...]

LED illumination for sperm analysis

By |2018-01-04T17:20:26+01:00November 5th, 2015|News|

Fluorescence vitality assessment can be also affordable We are happy to share this article from PRIOR about their LED illumination, a cost-effective choice for the automatic assessment of sperm vitality under fluorescence with SCA®. Spermatozoa are analysed accurately and fast, providing a clear and automatic discrimination between living and dead cells. Download article [...]

Most common pitfalls in human semen analysis

By |2018-01-04T17:25:30+01:00October 22nd, 2015|Blog|

What are the most common pitfalls in human semen analysis? There are many basic problems/pitfalls in basic semen analyses. Even in many ESHRE accredited laboratories that I visited during the last five years one or more of these pitfalls were evident: 1. Maintaining the temperature of sample at [...]

CASA SCA® Evolution presentation in Denmark

By |2018-01-04T17:29:40+01:00August 7th, 2015|News|

Implementing sperm analysis and quality management in andrology laboratories with SCA® CASA system We're pleased to invite you to the CASA SCA evolution presentation and practical session next 27th September from 9 am to 12.30 pm in the Aalborg University – Copenhagen, right before the ISIVF meeting. Find the full program of the event [...]

SCA® Sample Management database for andrology

By |2024-06-06T09:35:55+02:00July 9th, 2015|News|

We are proud to introduce you our new product SCA® Sample Management that has now been released independently, (it is currently included for free with the SCA® analysis module) for all the customers that need a user-friendly and cost-effective database for their facilities. SCA® Sample Management enables to store all the patient´s information and analysis [...]

RatTox CASA

By |2018-01-04T17:35:03+01:00July 7th, 2015|Blog|

RatTox CASA: A whole new revolution in toxicology testing There is a great need to use the least invasive systems to test the effects of potential effects of chemicals, pesticides, radiation and many others on biological systems. Many researchers resorted to cell and tissue cultures as model systems. While these systems have many advantages, they [...]

Captive and wild lions in Africa

By |2018-01-04T17:38:12+01:00May 4th, 2015|Blog|

Captive and wild lions in Africa: Importance to study and cryopreserve their sperm and the role of Microptic and SCA I was meeting a group of reproductive biologists in Pretoria in 2011/2012 to discuss the importance of studying lion reproduction in more depth. One of the main reasons was that there were more lions in [...]

Presentation of the SCA® evolution in ESHRE 2015

By |2018-01-04T17:39:03+01:00March 4th, 2015|News|

Microptic is organising a presentation of the new SCA® evolution during ESHRE 2015 in Lisbon for customers and any interested people in our CASA. In the event, hold on the 13th June in the Hotel HF Fénix Lisboa,  there will be a short an easy explanation of the system advantages and a further one [...]

Azerbaijan, land of fire and SCA

By |2018-01-04T17:40:15+01:00February 20th, 2015|Blog|

Thanks to our new distributor in this country, the company LabServis, this February I could visit Baku, the capital city of Azerbaijan. Baku is an amazing city: it merges influences from Asian and European cultures. The city center looks a little bit like Dubai (big modern buildings, wide avenues and parks), but what I liked [...]