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As every year, the European Researchers’ Night takes place in the last week of September and this time the HYLIGHT project was present. Anna Ferrer from IBEC gave a talk to young students from a school in Barcelona about embryo development. In addition, an infographic explaining the project is available on the Catalan website of…

HYLIGHT researchers publish a paper describing METAPHOR: Metabolic Evaluation through Phasor-based Hyperspectral Imaging and Organelle Recognition. The new technique makes it possible to classify the quality of embryos faster and twice as accurately as expert embryologists by applying imaging and artificial intelligence to analyze their metabolism. HYLIGHT researchers recently published a paper describing METAPHOR: Metabolic…

Last 12 and 13 of June, more than 100 researchers met together in Grenoble, France, for the ATTRACT prefinal meeting. HYLIGHT researchers were there and explained the latest advances of the project. The European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF) in Grenoble recently hosted the ATTRACT phase 2 prefinal meeting. The two-day conference included workshops, presentations, and…

The 17th Science Party (“Festa de la Ciència” in Catalan) was held from June 7th to 9th in Barcelona. Researchers from the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC) organized a series of hands-on activities to explain the HYLIGHT project to a non-specialized audience and to make the topic of in vitro fertilization more accessible to…

Six students from BASE, one of the Student Programs funded under ATTRACT phase 2, spent one entire day at IBEC, visiting the premisses of the Bioengineering for Reproductive Health Group and knowing in detail the HYLIGHT project. ATTRACT student programs aim to offer students the opportunity, methodologies, and mentorship needed to develop novel concepts and prototypes…

Students at the Secondary School Angeleta Ferrer in Barcelona had the occasion to know the HYLIGHT project and learn about in vitro fertilization, embryo selection and reproductive health. The Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC) and the Secondary School Angeleta Ferrer in Barcelona are working together in a collaboration that aims to bring forefront science…

Samuel Ojosnegros had the honour to present the first scientific talk at the XII Congress of the Association for the Study of Biology of Reproduction (ASEBIR). Among other topics, he stood out HYLIGHT Project and its advances. The latest ASEBIR Congress, held from 15-17 November in Palma de Mallorca in Spain, counted with the presence…

Samuel Ojosnegros and other top experts in reproductive medicine met together in New Orleans to discuss the latest advances in reproductive care during the 79th annual meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM). Last 14th to 18th of October took place the 79th annual meeting of the ASRM. The event, held in New…

On the World Embryologist Day Samuel Ojosnegros stands out in a video the valuable contribution of HYLIGHT project to the IVF field. Louise Joy Brown was the first baby to be born through in vitro fertilization (IVF) method. This outstanding scientific landmark happened 45 years ago on July 25th, 1978, in England. Since then, this…

Copenhagen hosted last week the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE) 39th Annual Meeting, and HYLIGHT was presented amongst the projects aimed to improve fertility care. From 25th to 28th of June, Copenhagen was the European center of human reproductive science and medicine at the 39th ESHRE Annual Meeting . More than 10.000…