Antonio Capalbo

Dr. Capalbo received his Bachelor of Science degree in Biotechnology from University of Rome ‘La Sapienza’and his Ph.D. magna cum laude in Human Genetics at the Catholic University of Sacred Heart of Rome in 2011. From 2008 to 2012 Dr. Capalbo has been working as clinical embryologist, pioneering embryo biopsy approaches and applications. Since then, his research has focused on preimplantation genetic testing and on the development of novel molecular biology techniques to improve pregnancy and take-home baby rates in ART. His basic research has been focused on the mechanisms of aneuploidies in oocytes and preimplantation human embryos. He received several grants for innovative studies on these subjects. From 2012-2017 he was co-founder and Laboratory Director at GENETYX, largest PGT program in Italy. Since 2017 he is working as Genomics Research Director at Igenomix, and as laboratory director for Igenomix Italy.  He is currently coordinator of the ESHRE SIG in Reproductive Genetics and member of the genomics-working group of the Italian society of human genetics. He has published more than 100 peer-reviewed papers and book chapters and is currently reviewer for many journals in the field of reproductive biology and genetics.