1st Edition
Mastering Clinical Embryology Good Practice, Clinical Biology, Assisted Reproductive Technologies, and Advanced Laboratory Skills
Foreword – Simon Fishel
List of contributors
1. Laboratory Design - Tyl Taylor and Alison Campbell. 2. IVF Cell Culture: VOCs and Air Quality - Alicia Urrutia and Kathryn C. Worrilow. 3. Laboratory Equipment and Consumables - Louise Best and Walid E Maalouf. 4. Staffing in the IVF laboratory - Alison Campbell. 5. Evidence Based Practice in Reproductive Medicine - Alison Richardson and Kanna Jayaprakasan. 6. Quality Control and Management - Amy Barrie. 7. Analysis, Reporting and Presentation of Findings - Amy Barrie. 8. The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) - Debra Bloor. 9. Anatomy and physiology of mammalian reproductive system - Ishita Mishra. 10. Epigenetics and ARTs - Walid Maalouf. 11. Folliculogenesis and Oogenesis - Juan Hernandez-Medrano and Marianna Belmpa. 12. Spermatogenesis, spermiation and the human sperm - Vipul Batra, Nader Eid, Hannah L. Morgan, and Adam J. Watkins. 13. Fertilisation and pre-implantation embryo development - Andrew Thomson, Lyndon Miles, and Kimberly Higgins. 14. The Endometrium, Implantation and Placental Development - Tom Bamford and Claudia Passaro. 15. Fetal development and sex differentiation - Juan Hernandez-Medrano. 16. Recurrent Implantation Failure and Miscarriage - Yealin Chung. 17. Infertility: Definition, referral, and Initial Consultation - Charlotte Palmer. 18. Ovarian stimulation protocols - Pedro Melo. 19. Oocyte Retrieval and Evaluation - Bryony Swift. 20. Selection, Semen Analysis, and Preparation - Sue Montgomery. 21. Fertilisation Methods - Sue Montgomery and Ruth Arnesen. 22. Embryo culture methods and metabolic requirements - Rachel Smith. 23. Ethics and the law in embryology - Gillian Lockwood. 24. The patient experience through an IVF treatment cycle - Charmian Short. 25. Non-Invasive Markers of Gamete and Embryo Quality - Catherine Pretty. 26. Embryo Transfer procedures and decisions - Kathryn Berrisford. 27. Data and Patient Management in the IVF Laboratory - Rebecca Oakley and Louise Best. 28. Genomics and Genetic Counselling: considerations and challenges with IVF patients - Karen Sage and Valerie Shaikly. 29. Third Party Reproduction - Selina Wilkinson and Louise Kellam. 30. Add-ons: critical evaluation of supplementary treatments - Charlotte Palmer. 31. Cryobiology and cryopreservation of oocytes and embryos - Louise Best. 32. In Vitro Maturation (IVM) And Artificial Oocyte Activation (AOA) - Walid E Maalouf and Juan Hernandez Medrano. 33. ICSI: micromanipulation setup, consumables, and operational procedure - Louise Best. 34. Embryo Biopsy and Preimplantation Genetic Testing (PGT) - Lucy Jenner and Colleen Lynch. 35. Computer Assisted Sperm Analysis (CASA) - Walid E Maalouf and Mathew Tomlinson. 36. Time-Lapse Embryo Culture Systems and Morphokinetics in Clinical Embryology: A brief overview on the evolution of embryo scoring system - Rachel Smith and Walid E Maalouf. 37. Abnormal cleavage, self-correction of aneuploidy and decision-making regarding embryo fate - Natalie Davis and Alison Campbell. 38. Artificial intelligence application in the ART laboratory - Walid E Maalouf and Rachel Smith.
Index.
Biography
Alison Campbell PhD - Chief Scientific Officer for Care Fertility Group; Honorary Professor at University of Kent
Walid E Maalouf MMedSci, PhD - Senior Scientific Advisor for Vitrolife Group






