Microptic a accueilli avec grand succès un training de fertilité masculine à Barcelone. Les participants ont durant trois jours eu l'occasion de connaître et pratiquer les méthodes d'évaluation basique de sperme basée sur les standards basiques d'analyse d'sperme et, à propos de l'analyse à l'aide de l'ordinateur (CASA en anglais) où les [...]
Our distributor in Algeria, W.L.I. ALGERIA, in collaboration with Microptic, organized a SCA® (Sperm Class Analyzer®) CASA System Seminar, on March 18th, in Algiers (Algeria). Around 200 attendants could see the presentations of the lecturers: Dr. Rédha Belala (University of Blida) did the lecture “Computer Assisted Sperm Analysis (CASA): A valuable tool [...]
The Dept. of Biology of University of Salento (Italy) organized, in collaboration with NIKON, a seminar on CASA/SCA in a master course on infertility, taught by Prof. Giovanni Aloisio (Full Professor, Computer Engineering, Department of Innovation Engineering, University of Salento). The seminar was held on February 28th and March 1st. The main objective [...]
Sperm of the endangered African penguin and Rockhopper penguin studied The African penguin (Spheniscus demersus) (Fig. 1) is endemic to southern Africa and is classified as endangered on the IUCN Red List. It is also known as the black-footed or jackass penguin because its bray sounds like that of the donkey. There [...]
Cours: Évaluer la fertilité masculine Microptic organise ces prochaines formations à Barcelone: Cours basic sur l'évaluation du sperme - 24 Avril (en anglais) Où des scientifiques renommés se concentreront sur les normes de l'analyse du sperme (OMS). Téléchargez le programme ici. Cours avancé d'analyse de sperme assisté par ordinateur - 25 Avril (en [...]
BrightVit: a new kit for vitality in brightfield assessment History, physiological basis, current use and importance Fig. 1: Greek Goddess of dawn, Eos (eosin derivation) The word “vitality” (later “viability”) comes from the late 16th century Latin vitalitas which means strong and active, has energy. In sperm biology vitality has [...]
Importance of microscopy for cell biologists in general and spermatologists specifically Part 2: Specialized microscopic techniques for sperm In the second blog on Microscopy, I indicated that brightfield microscopy, positive and negative phase microscopy and fluorescence microscopy are now routinely used for CASA analysis. Before proceeding to a more detailed discussion of fluorescence microscopy I [...]
Notre société célèbre ses 1 500 systèmes Sperm Class Analyzer® installés à travers le monde. Microptic a commencé son activité en Espagne, jusqu'en 2001 où le Département d’Exportation a été créé, permettant à l'entreprise de s'étendre. Depuis, la société a connu une croissance rapide. Le système SCA® CASA est un système de mesure automatique, modulaire, [...]
The application of Microptic SCA software in the assessment of non-human primate spermatology in a biomedical research facility The Primate Unit and Delft Animal Centre (PUDAC) of the South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) is the only facility with established breeding colonies which systematically produce non-human primates for biomedical research. Two popular species are maintained: [...]
Importance of microscopy for cell biologists in general and spermatologists specifically Part 2: Checklist how to setup your microscope perfectly for microscopy in general and four types of microscopy important in Computer Aided Sperm Analysis. In the first blog on Microscopy, I suggested that if you are serious about good microscopic images, you need to understand [...]
