SCA® Installation in Univ. Hosp. of Basel (Switzerland)
During two days (July 23th – 24th, 2014) I went to the University Hospital of Basel for an installation and training of a complete SCA system. This is the second system they install, one near the other. Andrology laboratory [...]
Installation in Institute Pasteur (Dakar – Senegal)
Last 2nd June we have installed a full SCA® system in the Pasteur Institute in Dakar (Senegal). This centre is fully equipped with ultimate technology, although they were performing the semen analysis manually in a subjective way. Having increased [...]
Sperm Cryopreservation: Animal diluents and automatic analysis
The first observations concerning low-temperature preservation of spermatozoa date from 1776, when the Italian physiologist Spallanzani noted that spermatozoa cooled in snow became inactive but could be revived on warming, although, successful cryopreservation protocols date only from the 1950s. In [...]
SCA® CASA, more consistent than manual analysis
WHO Manual Analysis may be the Gold Standard for Semen Analysis but SCA CASA is more consistent than Manual analysis During the past year I assisted with a study investigating the relationship between World Health Organization (WHO 5, 2010) manual [...]
Installation in Biomnis (Lyon, France)
Last February, I went to Biomnis for an installation and training of a complete SCA CASA system during three days (February 17th – 19th, 2014). Mr. Alexandre Cauchon, the technical Engineer from our French distributors (Nikon France), was also there [...]
Installation in Central Fisheries Research Institute (TK)
Last January, one of our technical engineers, Mr Javier Briseño, installed one of our Sperm Analysers to be used in the analysis of several fish species: Turbot (Scophthalmus maximus), Sole (Soleidae), Salmonidae and Sturgeon (Actinopterygii). The installation and analysts training [...]