Nuno Costa-Borges

Nuno Costa-Borges is an embryologist that has been involved in both research and clinical  practice for over 18 years. As a PhD fellow of the Portuguese national funding agency for  science (FCT), Nuno spent several years developing strategies to improve the efficiency of  animal cloning, having accomplished the first animals successfully cloned in Spain in 2009.  After finishing his PhD at the University Autonomous of Barcelona, he joined the embryology  team of IVI Barcelona, where he has worked as a clinical embryologist. Later on, he co founded Embryotools, where he has been devoted on offering QC tests, training and  consulting services to the IVF community worldwide. Additionally, as scientific director of  Embryotools, Nuno has also been committed to the development of new IVF techniques,  such as, the flicking method for the biopsy of blastocysts or the maternal spindle transfer  technique. Nuno’s work has led to several peer-reviewed publications and he has been  invited speaker in numerous international conferences and scientific meetings, as well as, awarded with prestigious prizes and grants. Stands out recent awards, such as: PaperPrize of  the American Society of Reproductive Medicine (ASRM) in 2017; IVI foundation award in  2019; PaperPrize of the Society for Reproductive Biology and Technology (SARBT) ASRM  2022. He produced the embryos that resulted in the first world’s babies following maternal  spindle transfer for the treatment of infertility associated to poor oocyte quality. Finally, he was involved in the team who developed a robot to perform ICSI automatically through which  the first babies were born in 2023.