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Announcement: Global IVF ART ICSI IUI PROGRAM, Fertility Academy Embryology Academy for Research & Training will be conducting next IVF training batches in the month of August, 2009. IVF TRAINING 10 July 2009

News: HFEA 8th Code of Practice published The HFEA has published its updated Code of Practice for UK clinics. It includes legal changes required under the HFE Act 2008, policy amendments and is published alongside revised and updated consent forms and Directions. HFEA 07 July 2009 - 0 Comments.

IVF Jobs

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#	Position	Closing Date
1	Chief Embryologist/Laboratory Manager   Create Health West Wimbledon, United Kingdom	When the position is filled.
2	Andrologist/Donor Sperm Bank Co-ordinator London Fertility Centre London, United Kingdom	31st July 2009
3	Fully Trained OR Advanced Trainee Pedieos IVF Center Nicosia, Cyprus
4	Fertility Nurse IVF Hammersmith Limited London, UK	31 July 2009
5	IVF Nurse Coordinator Barbados Fertility Centre Hastings, Barbados	July 17 2009
6	trained/trainee embryologist Victoria Wing Woking, United Kingdom	24th July 2009
7	Embryologist The Agora Gynaecology & Fertility Centre Brighton & Hove, United Kingdom	when position is filled
8	Embryologist - Maternity Leave Cover Wessex Fertility Limited Southampton, United Kingdom	13th July 2009
9	Embryologist - Based Anywhere, US or Canada Cook Medical Bloomington , United States

Resumes

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#	Title	Country	Photo
1	Sule Dogan Embryologist/ Andrologist/ Research assistant	USA
	"Female and 27 years old."
2	Mario Iliceto Trainee Embryologist/ Andrologist	United Kingdom
	"Working as a trainee embryologist/Andrologist"
3	Jay Hackworth Embryologist/Medical Technologist	United States	-
	"ASCP certified Medical Technologist/fully trained Embryologist seeking full/part-time/per-diem position."
4	Nicola Clark Trainee embryologist	United Kingdom	-
	"To find somewhere willing to train me as a clincal embryologist"
5	Natalya Rozanova Embryologist	United States
	"Looking for a full time embryologist position with IVF lab or clinic."
6	Yara Pujol Lopez embryologist	Spain	-
	"A challenging position as an intermediate-level clinical embryologist."
7	Andrew Glazier PhD Laboratory Director / Consultant or Senior Embryologist / Andrologist	United Kingdom	-
	"Highly experienced Lab director/consultant level embryologist available for locum work in UK, EU, Worldwide."
8	Jillene Wock Application of Reproductive Physiology in Research or in a Clinical Atmosphere	United States	-
	"To obtain a position that utilizes my skills, experience and education to its full potential, as well as challenges me to learn new techniques in the field of reproductive physiology or any related field."
9	shakir hussain embryologist	Pakistan	-
	"Develop carrier in a esteemed organization,fast growing and progress oriented environment by using skills,knowledge,experiences and intellectual abilities."
10	Jaru Harris Embryologist	United States

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#	Title	Date Added		Replies
1	Vitrification medium	09 July 2009		0
	I am hoping to start vitrification for day 3 as well as blastocysts. Can some one recommend me suitable media? Dr Suran Rajapakse [ Reply here ]
2	CO2 % at high altitudes	07 July 2009		2
	Hello! My centre is at a higher altitude around 900 metres above sea level.I need to set the CO2 at 7.8 to 8% to get the Cook media at 7.30 -7.33. I have a senitive,calibrated pH meter (which mesures +/- 0.01) and a  digital capnometer calibrated with 5% CO2.This looks quite strange but logical as we need higher co2 % to generate the required PCO2.I need to raise the CO2 by almost 1% to get 0.3 drop in the pH.So I may need to make it more than 8 % if I aim the pH to be around 7.27 - 7... Dr.Sowmya Dinesh [ Reply here ]

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Re: CO2 % at high altitudes
CO2 and altitude
Interesting question - altitude does play a role in the partial pressure of CO2 needed to maintain a certain pH, however I think in you case, there might a factor other than altitude contributing to the problem.

My lab is at approximately 6000 feet above sea level, essentially twice the altitude that you have described, 900 meters, and I maintain a pH of around 7.2, using either Global or G media, with approximately 6% CO2. In theory, I would need slightly higher CO2 % than you to maintain the same pH. To the other extreme, we have an IVF colleague in Peru at around 10,000 feet above sea level, and the CO2 % required for similar pH is about 9%.

What protein supplementation are you using? Are your readings with or without protein?

And...what is your local humidity, and do you have CO2 sensors that are dependent upon humidity, rather than infrared? My lab has extremely low humidity, around 6 to 10% on average, and I keep two large pans of water in each incubator. I know that if I let the water levels drop, the sensors do not read correctly. A basic principle, and the incubator manufacturers may not always take that into account with their manuals. You may follow the incubator directions and still not have enough humidity to get proper sensor function.

If that does not solve the problem, then look to other media from a different vendor as a control - most media today are designed to operate at similar pH with either 5 or 6% CO2.

Good luck!
Michael L. Reed Center for Reproductive Medicine of New Mexico

Re: CO2 % at high altitudes
Whatever is the required level of co2 to maintain the pH of the droplet ie. 7.25-7.27. I think my embryos are happy with this pH rather than the level of co2
Dr. RINKU BANERJI Ideal fertilityivf/icsi and genetic centre