Istanbul consensus workshop on embryo assessment: proceedings of an expert meeting

Alpha Scientists in Reproductive Medicine,; ESHRE Special Interest Group Embryology,

doi:10.1016/j.rbmo.2011.02.001

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Volume 22, Issue 6 , Pages 632-646, June 2011

Istanbul consensus workshop on embryo assessment: proceedings of an expert meeting☆

Alpha Scientists in Reproductive Medicine
- Workshop participants: Başak Balaban∗ (Assisted Reproduction Unit, American Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey), Daniel Brison (Department of Reproductive Medicine, St. Mary’s Hospital, Manchester, UK), Gloria Calderón (IVI-Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain), James Catt (Optimal IVF, Melbourne Vic., Australia), Joe Conaghan (Pacific Fertility Center, San Francisco, CA, USA), Lisa Cowan (Victoria Fertility Centre, Victoria, BC, Canada), Thomas Ebner (Landes- Frauen- und Kinderklinik, IVF-Unit, Linz, Austria), David Gardner (Department of Zoology, University of Melbourne, Melbourne Vic., Australia), Thorir Hardarson (Fertilitetscentrum, Göteborg, Sweden), Kersti Lundin (Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Göteborg, Sweden), M Cristina Magli∗ (SISMER, Bologna, Italy), David Mortimer (Oozoa Biomedical Inc., West Vancouver, BC, Canada), Sharon Mortimer (Oozoa Biomedical Inc., West Vancouver, BC, Canada), Santiago Munné (Reprogenetics, Livingston, NJ, USA), Dominique Royere (Service de Médecine et Biologie de la Reproduction, CHU Bretonneau, Tours, France), Lynette Scott (Fertility Centers of New England, Reading, MA, USA), Johan Smitz (UZBrussel, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium), Alan Thornhill (The London Bridge Fertility, Gynecology and Genetics Centre, London Bridge, UK), Jonathan van Blerkom (Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA and Colorado Reproductive Endocrinology, Rose Medical Center, Denver, CO), Etienne Van den Abbeel (University Hospital Gent, Gent, Belgium).This consensus document, which has not been subjected to independent peer review by the editors of Reproductive BioMedicine Online, is being published simultaneously by Reproductive BioMedicine Online and Human Reproduction.
ESHRE Special Interest Group Embryology
- Workshop participants: Başak Balaban∗ (Assisted Reproduction Unit, American Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey), Daniel Brison (Department of Reproductive Medicine, St. Mary’s Hospital, Manchester, UK), Gloria Calderón (IVI-Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain), James Catt (Optimal IVF, Melbourne Vic., Australia), Joe Conaghan (Pacific Fertility Center, San Francisco, CA, USA), Lisa Cowan (Victoria Fertility Centre, Victoria, BC, Canada), Thomas Ebner (Landes- Frauen- und Kinderklinik, IVF-Unit, Linz, Austria), David Gardner (Department of Zoology, University of Melbourne, Melbourne Vic., Australia), Thorir Hardarson (Fertilitetscentrum, Göteborg, Sweden), Kersti Lundin (Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Göteborg, Sweden), M Cristina Magli∗ (SISMER, Bologna, Italy), David Mortimer (Oozoa Biomedical Inc., West Vancouver, BC, Canada), Sharon Mortimer (Oozoa Biomedical Inc., West Vancouver, BC, Canada), Santiago Munné (Reprogenetics, Livingston, NJ, USA), Dominique Royere (Service de Médecine et Biologie de la Reproduction, CHU Bretonneau, Tours, France), Lynette Scott (Fertility Centers of New England, Reading, MA, USA), Johan Smitz (UZBrussel, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium), Alan Thornhill (The London Bridge Fertility, Gynecology and Genetics Centre, London Bridge, UK), Jonathan van Blerkom (Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA and Colorado Reproductive Endocrinology, Rose Medical Center, Denver, CO), Etienne Van den Abbeel (University Hospital Gent, Gent, Belgium).This consensus document, which has not been subjected to independent peer review by the editors of Reproductive BioMedicine Online, is being published simultaneously by Reproductive BioMedicine Online and Human Reproduction.
- Corresponding authors.

Received 11 January 2011; accepted 2 February 2011. published online 13 April 2011.

Declaration: The authors report no financial or commercial conflicts of interest.

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☆ Alpha Scientists in Reproductive Medicine and ESHRE Special Interest Group of Embryology equally contributed to the document.

Alpha – Scientists in reproductive medicine – is a non-profit organization which provides an international forum for scientists in reproductive medicine. Alpha’s objectives are to advance the art and science of clinical embryology for the benefit of the public worldwide, through international promotion of education, communication and collaboration. The scope of the Special Interest Group on Embryology (European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology) is broad, incorporating all from basic scientific advances to laboratory practices and policy influences. This area is the primary interest for many ESHRE members who are interested in the present and future developments of clinical embryology.