Textbook of Assisted Reproductive Techniques Volume 1: Laboratory Perspectives

Preface

List of contributors

1. Updated Guidelines for Setting up an Assisted Reproductive Technology Laboratory - Jacques Cohen, Mina Alikani, and Antonia Gilligan

2. Quality Control: Maintaining Stability in the Laboratory - Ronny Janssens, Neelke De Munck, and Johan Guns

3. KPIs for the IVF Laboratory - Alison Campbell

4. QC in the Clouds—Digitizing Quality Control - Giles Anthony Palmer

5. The Assisted Reproduction Technology Laboratory: Current Standards - Cecilia Sjöblom

6. Evaluation of Sperm - Chelsey A. Leisinger, Kaylen M. Silverberg, and Matthew D. VerMilyea

7. Sperm Preparation Techniques and Advanced Sperm Selection for Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection - Sinan Ozkavukcu, George Hughes, and Christopher LR Barratt

8. Sperm Chromatin Assessment - Ashok Agarwal and Rakesh Sharma

9. Oocyte Retrieval and Selection - Laura Rienzi, Rosaria Gentile, Federica Innocenti, Danilo Cimadomo, Alberto Vaiarelli, and Filippo Maria Ubaldi

10. Preparation and Evaluation of Oocytes for Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection - Irit Granot and Nava Dekel

11. Use of IVM in a Clinical Setting: What is its Role in ART? - Tuong M Ho and Lan N Vuong

12. Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection: Technical Aspects - Sydney Souness, Philip Xie, Stephanie Cheung, Olena M. Kocur, Lily Ng, Zev Rosenwaks, and Gianpiero D. Palermo

13. Human Embryo Biopsy Procedures - Maurizio Poli, Ludovica Picchetta, and Antonio Capalbo

14. Analysis of Fertilization - Thomas Ebner

15. Culture Systems for the Human Embryo -  David K. Gardner

16. Embryo Selection through the Analysis of Morphology and Physiology - Denny Sakkas and David K. Gardner

17. Evaluation of Embryo Quality: Time-Lapse Imaging to Assess Embryo Morphokinesis - Akhil Garg, María Ángeles Valera, and Marcos Meseguer

18. Artificial Intelligence (AI) - Daniella Gilboa

19. Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Gamete and Embryo Selection - Chloe He, Neringa Karpaviciute, Cristina Hickman, and Nikica Zaninovic

20. Demystifying Vitrification - Debra A. Gook and Kelly Lewis

21. Vitrification of the Human Oocyte - Masashige Kuwayama

22. The Human Embryo: Vitrification - Zsolt Peter Nagy and Ching-Chien Chang

23. Managing an Oocyte Bank - Ana Cobo, Pilar Alamá, José María De Los Santos, María José De Los Santos, and José Remohí

24. Severe Male Factor Infertility: Genetic Consequences and Recommendations for Genetic Testing - Katrien Stouffs

25. Pre-Implantation Genetic Testing for Aneuploidy to Improve Clinical Outcomes - Jenna S. Hynes, Eric J. Forman, and Alan H. Handyside

26. Diagnosis of Endometrial Receptivity, Embryo–Endometrial Dialogue, and Endometrial Microbiome - Maria Ruiz-Alonso, Inmaculada Moreno, Felipe Vilella, and Carlos Simon

27. Artificial Gametes: Oocytes - Evelyn E Telfer and Yvonne L Odey

28. How Microfluidics and Microfabrication will Improve Diagnosis and Treatment in Human Art - Dale M. Goss, Steven A. Vasilescu, Majid E. Warkiani, Jeremy G. Thompson, and David K. Gardner

29. Genome Editing in Human Reproduction - Helen C O’Neill

30. Designing Disaster Plans for IVF Laboratories - Kimball O Pomeroy and Michael L Reed

31. Early Human Embryo Development Revealed by Static Imaging - Yanina D. Alvarez and Melanie D. White

Index.

Biography

David K. Gardner AM, FAA, DPhil is a Professor in the School of BioSciences at the University of Melbourne, and is the Scientific Director of Melbourne IVF, Melbourne, Australia.

Ariel Weissman MD is a Senior Physician at the IVF Unit, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Edith Wolfson Medical Center, Holon, and a full Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.

Colin M. Howles PhD, FRSM is based at Aries Consulting SARL, Geneva, Switzerland, and is an Honorary Fellow, University of Edinburgh, UK.

Zeev Shoham MD is a Professor at the Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel, a consultant in IVF, and co-founder of IVF-Worldwide.