El día 10 de enero, nuestra empresa participó en la 4ª edición del “Máster en Técnicas de Reproducción Humana Asistida”, organizado por Clínica Eugin y la UPF Barcelona School of Management, realizando un taller teórico-práctico sobre análisis de semen con los sistemas CASA de MICROPTIC. En esta sesión, celebrada en el nuevo [...]
La semana pasada la Clínica BIASA organizó un taller en Togo (20-21 de junio de 2022) con la colaboración de MICROPTIC. Éste consistía en una sesión teórica y práctica, bajo el nombre de “Sperm Today!”, con las intervenciones de nuestras compañeras Elsa Delacroix (Jefa de Exportación) y Glòria Martínez (Bióloga). Los temas [...]
Are emerging environmental contaminants a threat to male fertility? Unexplained male infertility is evident in up to 25% of male factor infertility cases and exposure to environmental contaminants could be one of many culprits in the global decline in male fertility. Since many of these compounds end up in water bodies, it [...]
Tracking sperm over 50 years: From manual video micrography to cutting edge Computer Aided Sperm Analysis Currently, Computer Aided Sperm Analysis (CASA) systems are highly sophisticated and are used to evaluate sperm quality quantitatively by measurement of sperm concentration, motility, morphology, vitality, fragmentation, and the acrosome reaction among others. These aspects incorporate [...]
Ayer, día 1 de marzo, nuestra compañía participó en la décima edición del Máster en Medicina Reproductiva, organizado por el Departamento de Biotecnología de la Facultad de Ciencias de la Universidad de Alicante (UA) y el Instituto Bernabeu de Alicante (IB), impartiendo un taller práctico sobre análisis de semen. En esta sesión, [...]
El pasado 18 de enero, nuestra empresa participó en la tercera edición del “Máster en Técnicas de Reproducción Humana Asistida”, organizado por Clínica Eugin y la UPF Barcelona School of Management, realizando un taller teórico-práctico sobre análisis de semen con los sistemas CASA de MICROPTIC. En esta sesión, celebrada en el nuevo [...]
What does WHO4, WHO 5, WHO 6 and the literature say about the use of CASA? Computer aided sperm analysis is capable of measuring sperm parameters such as motility, morphology, vitality etc. quantitatively and accurately. The question is to what extent does WHO 4, 5 and 6 accept CASA technology as both [...]
Important focus on sperm of indigenous domestic animals in Africa All domestic animals such as cattle, goats, horses, sheep, dogs and chicken across the globe have been derived from essentially wild animals. In most instances the livestock domestication dates back to many thousands of years (11000 BP) (Fig. 1). Fig. 1: [...]
Short blog about installation and training of SCA 6.5 at Zululand University, Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa The Sperm Class Analyzer (SCA), Microptic's CASA System for semen analysis, was re-installed in the Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Zululand University, near Richard Bay, headed by Prof Khoboso Lehloenya. Gerhard van der Horst performed [...]
Is CASA really required? Views from the past, the present and the future The big questions are: Does CASA measure sperm parameters such as motility, morphology, vitality etc. quantitatively, accurately and to what extent does it enhance clinical spermatology for human and animals and wildlife? Does it provide answers not only on [...]
