M.Med.Sci In Assisted Reproduction Technology

See the latest ESHRE published paper summarising current knowledge on time-lapse technology, including limits & benefits. The paper presents how to make use of time-lapse for those who choose to do so. On our course you will learn all about the latest non-invasive techniques for embryo culture.
https://www.eshre.eu/Guidelines-and-Legal /Guidelines/TLT

Universities in Nottingham have supplied 16 machines including our own from the ART team to support the national effort in the fight against COVID-19. The news comes as more than 600 students from the School of Medicine at the University of Nottingham have volunteered to help local hospitals and support NHS staff or researchers responding to the requests from the national government. https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/news/test-ki ts-for-c-19

COVID-19 Statement from the British Fertility Society and the Association of Reproductive and Clinical Scientists
https://www.britishfertilitysociety.org.u k/…/covid-19-stat…/

HFEA Coronavirus (COVID-19) guidance https://www.hfea.gov.uk/…/hfea-coronavi rus-covid-19-guidan…/

See the comments by one of our academic team Dr Adam Watkins and Professor Allan Pacey on the impact of diet on male semen quality in an article on the Mail online https://www.dailymail.co.uk/…/Bad-diets -blame-plummeting-sp…

Congratulations to Nottingham University staff and students for their contribution to the research in assisted reproduction and clinical embryology with a record 30 abstracts presented at Fertility 2020 in Edinburgh; 1. The impact of paternal diet on male reproductive physiology and fetal development in mice 2. Methionine, one-carbon metabolism and bovine preimplantation embryo development 3. Evolutionary conserved conceptus-derived proteins CAPG and P4HB elicit a transcrip...
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It was wonderful to see so many of the Class of 2018-19 at Graduation today. Congratulations to you all, and very best wishes for your future careers! 👏🎉

Our latest published work using bio-electrosprays to handle the human sperm without compromising their viability; https://www.sciencedirect.com/…/arti… /pii/S1369702119308065…

Another reminder about the Chevening Scholarship, tomorrow is the deadline to apply: https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/…/sch…/c hevening-programme.aspx
Feel free to contact us if you have any queries on MS-PGT-admin@nottingham.ac.uk

Recent study shows oxidative damage in human sperm occurs at specific genomic locations and is not random. What might the impact of this be for ART using poor-quality sperm?
https://academic.oup.com/…/doi/10.1093/ humrep/dez153/5583241

Fantastic infographic from ESHRE showing how European IVF Monitoring (EIM) has been collecting data for 20 years https://www.eshre.eu/Data-collection-and- rese…/Consortia/EIM

Supercooling human livers to -4C triples the time they can be kept before transplant compared with putting them on ice. It means organs can be kept viable for more than a day, which could revolutionise organ transplants.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41587-01 9-0223-y.epdf…

Recent ESHRE Focus report indicates PGT may increase preeclampsia risk in women separate to any ART effects.
https://www.focusonreproduction.eu/…/Ne ws-in-Reproduction-A…

Our latest work developing novel methods and a device for vitrification of spermatozoa https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007 /s10815-019-01505-x

New use for a proven technique, still considered experimental. At MMedSci ART students are introduced to different techniques for ovarian cryopreservation and involved in research in this area. https://www.theguardian.com/…/medical-p rocedure-delay-menop…

Interesting information from the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA; UK independent regulator for fertility treatment) about causes of infertility. Research on male infertility still needed. https://twitter.com/HFEA/status/115619973 0394931202?s=20

Recent paper in PNAS News sheds light on why male fertility declines with advanced paternal age - spermatogonial stem cells lose their sperm-forming potential!
https://www.pnas.org/content/early/2019/0 7/24/1904980116
Come and study with us and learn about the research of one of our academics, Dr Adam Watkins, into the role of male diet on sperm quality, embryo development and fetal growth.

The concentrations of thirty seven components of embryo culture media upon arrival in the IVF lab, and the effects of storage and culture on these components have been studied. Defining the importance of culture medium preparation.
https://academic.oup.com/…/d…/10.1093 /humrep/dez102/5539598…