At Gennima IVF we are proud of our embryology laboratory!
We have created a strong embryology team with experience, scientific training and a genuine commitment to providing high-quality care throughout every patient’s treatment. Every day, the team works meticulously, conscientiously and with great attention to every detail.
Our embryologists contribute their knowledge and experience throughout the treatment process. Keeping every patient informed is a key part of their work. From the day of egg retrieval to embryo transfer, they remain in close communication with the couple and provide updates about embryo development. Before embryo transfer, they provide a written report describing the embryos’ developmental stages, together with photos of the transferred embryos. For our embryologists, patients are not just names, but familiar faces.
Our embryologists participate in continuing education programs and in conferences in Greece and abroad, often contributing with presentations and scientific talks.
Our facilities are designed, equipped and operated according to strict standards, with a clear focus on laboratory quality, safety and the careful handling of embryos.
In our laboratory, the air management system operates in accordance with the European Directive.
It produces air under positive pressure, which is constantly renewed, filtered and kept free from particles and microorganisms.
Our laboratory is also constructed using inert materials selected to minimize the release of potentially harmful substances in the areas where embryos are cultured.
The Incubator system Embryoscope+
The new EbryoScope+ incubator system that we use in our embryology lab is the newest and most advanced technology for the development and selection of the best embryos.
They have a built-in camera with time-lapse technology so embryologists have the ability to constantly monitor the culture of embryos without having to move them from the safe environment of the incubator.
Gennima IVF is one of the few medically assisted reproduction units in Greece that have invested in EmbryoScope+ system, as you can see for yourself from the official EmbryoScope+ website.
How does it work?
The new EmbryoScope + incubators have a built-in camera with time-lapse technology and a microscope. They take a photo of each embryo every 10 minutes and a video is created that shows the culture of each embryo for the days that remain in the incubator (3-5 days)
Embryologists then use specialized software to examine the videos of each embryo and decide which embryos should be transferred or frozen.
Of course, the experience of embryologists in selecting the most suitable embryos remains extremely important for the success of each couple's try.
With EmbryoScope+ system the embryos remain in the stable environment of the incubator and are not disturbed throughout their development.
What’s the advantage?
The use of time-lapse technology has been associated with significantly higher rates of clinical pregnancy, significantly lower miscarriages and increased birth rates compared to conventional culture.
In incubators, the embryos develop with the help of culture media. The quality of these materials is critical to the success of the IVF cycle. In Gennima we select and use only cultivation media of excellent quality.
Techniques
In the embryological laboratory are performed all the tests and the most advanced and effective techniques of assisted reproduction:
- Andrology: semen analysis, oxidative stress measurement and examination DFI
- Collection of testicular biopsy specimens with a fine needle (PESA, TESA, TESE)
- Egg collection, evaluation and processing before fertilization
- (IVF) or (ICSI)
- Special techniques for severe male infertility: PICSI, IMSI
- Cultivation and evaluation of embryos for transfer
- Blastocyst culture and embryo transfer
- Sperm, eggs and embryos cryopreservation
- Preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) for the control for hereditary diseases or chromosomal abnormalities.
