Reproductive Health niPGT Webinar: Speakers

Dr. Gary Nakhuda
Founder and Co-Director
Olive Fertility Centre
Canada

Current status of niPGT-A

Dr. Gary Nakhuda is the Founder and Co-Director of the Olive Fertility Centre, and an Associate Clinical Professor at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver. Prior to moving to BC in 2011, He was at Columbia University where completed my residency, fellowship, and served on faculty for five years. Dr. Nakhuda’s clinical research interests include PGT-A and more recently niPGT-A. He was a co-author on the STAR study, and lead author on the recently published results on the NICEST trial, which was recognized as seminal contribution in Fertility & Sterility.

Dr. Anil Biricik
Scientific Director
IVD-PGT Business Unit, Eurofins Genoma
Italy

Recommendations to the IVF laboratory for the most effective cfDNA analysis during non-invasive PGT

Dr. Anıl Biricik received his bachelor's degree and master’s degree in medical biology and genetics. He received his PhD from Sapienza University of Rome in 2011 with his work on genetics of endometriosis. Dr. Biricik has published more than thirty peer-reviewed articles as author and co-author in molecular biology and reproductive genetics field. He is a member of ESHRE, PGDIS and GenQA special advisory group. He is scientific director of the IVF-PGT business unit at Eurofins Genoma Group Italia and his main research areas are the genetics of female and male infertility, and novel application methods in pre-implantation genetic testing.

Dr. Evrim Unsal
Director of Molecular Genetics
Mikrogen Genetic Diagnosis Center
Turkey

Minimal invasive Genetic sampling of the Blastocoel

Evrim Unsal, an Embryologist since 1997, received her Ph.D. in Biotechnology. Specializing in reproductive genetics, she became an Associate Professor in 2016, lecturing in Medical Genetics. As a Molecular Biologist, she directed the Mikrogen Genetic Diagnostic Lab, focusing on PGT. Currently, she's an Associate Research Scientist at Yale University Fertility Clinic between August 2023-August 2024. Nowadays, she continues her position in Molecular Genetics Department of Mikrogen Genetic Diagnosis Center.