Lab Interest during  MEFS2009

State of the ART workshop

Very interesting topic to every embryologist  seeking perfection in performance

The lab interest group team held its annual activity during MEFS 2009 in Cairo, as a state of the ART workshop, presenting a very interesting topic relevant to every embryologist seeking perfection in performance. The workshop was conducted by Dr David Mortimer and Dr Sharon Mortimer from Oozoa biomedical Inc, Canada, presenting the essential issues of quality and risk management in IVF laboratories.

The workshop was attended by  Scientists and clinicians in two sessions. The morning session was dedicated to layout of general information and the afternoon session was mainly concerned with trouble shooting and problem solving for difficulties and dilemmas faced in day to day practice in our IVF laboratories. Also, many obscure phenomena observed in embryology labs were discussed by the attendants in an organised interactive manner, and innovative solutions were suggested by the workshop conductors and the participants.

At the end of the second session attendants received handouts of the topics discussed and certificate of attendance. The original JPG files of this workshop will be delivered through the MEFS website.

As am being a strong believer in the team work, i welcome your valued comments on this workshop and appreciate suggestions regarding topics for future activities. Please send your buzz to the MEFS main office or to me directly on the following: 

mefs@mefs.org 

mariamg@agu.edu.bh

Last but not least, i would like to express my thanks to the conductors of the workshop, attendants and to Miss Hayfa Honineh, the secretary of LIG for her perseverance and hard administrative input in organisation and registration issues.

I am looking forward to our next LIG annual activity in Damascus with more enthusiasm to join and make the upcoming activity a success.

Dr Mariam A.Ghuloom Dashti

MEFS/ LIG, Chairperson