MODULE 1

IVF LAB ESSENTIALS

• Setting up an IVF lab - do's and don'ts
• How to select the right lab equipment - cost -benefit analysis
• Labware: consumables and disposables
• ET catheters & loading technique
• Gamete Handling - Preparation of semen and oocyte before IVF and ICSI
• OOCYTE QUALITY
• Dish preparation
• Embryo Culture systems: an overview
• Embryo grading & selection
• Day 3 vs Day 5 transfers
• Overview of QA/QC
• IVF lab maintainence

Fees: Rs. 8000

MODULE 2

ANDROLOGY

How to set up an IUI lab

Introduction to male fertility

Evaluation of infertile male

• Semen Analysis: Its relevance to normal conception, IUI, IVF & ICSI
• Structure of Sperm
• Sperm Morphology and Pathology
• Sperm Function Tests
• Sperm DNA Fragmentation
• DNA damage and Pregnancy outcome
• Semen freezing
• Semen preparation
• Advanced Sperm Preparation Techniques
• Reactive oxygen species in Andrology
• Sperm Retrieval Techniques

Fees: Rs. 6000

MODULE 3

QUALITY CONTROL

Quality control/quality assessment

Total quality management

Management of embryo culture system

• Incubators
• Consumables
• Media
• pH
• Temperature
• Osmolality
• Light
• Gases
• Air quality
• Volatile Organic Compounds
• Key Performance Indicators (VIENNA CONSENSUS)
• STANDARDISATION OF IVF LAB
• Problem Solving & Troubleshooting

Fees: Rs. 7000

MODULE 4

CLINICAL EMBRYOLOGY

• ART lab procedures: an overview
• Basics of Embryo Culture System
• Oocyte Grading
• Zygote Scoring
• Embryo Selection
• Embryo Culture systems: details
• Fertilization Failure - what next?
• Single vs Sequential Media - Which is better?
• Overview of QA/QC

Fees: Rs. 7000

Module 2 + 4 (Both the courses: Rs. 12000)