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.
