Marga Esbert, Ph.D.

Senior Embryologist and Local Coordinator of Research and Teaching at IVI Barcelona

IVI Barcelona

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Marga Esbert, Ph.D.

Biografía

Dr. Marga Esbert, is a senior embryologist and local coordinator of research and teaching at IVI Barcelona. She graduated from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, with a Major in Genetics, and received Master’s Degree in Human Reproduction and Assisted Reproduction Techniques at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona and the Institut Universitari Dexeus. She received her Ph.D. degree in Cell Biology with great distinction (Cum Laude) by the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona; her thesis was on “Spermatozoa DNA fragmentation”.

As a researcher, her main focus is male infertility. She has been invited to speak nationally and internationally and has authored and contributed to several peer reviewed publications, published chapters and abstracts. She is on the referee pool of several journals and member of the advisory board of the magazine “Medicina Reproductiva y Embriología Clínica” since 2014.

Dr. Esbert has been working as an embryologist in an IVF laboratory since 1999, and she has been accredited as an ESHRE Senior embryologist and an ASEBIR clinical embryologist. She is a lecturer in the “Master’s degree of Cytogenetics and Reproductive Biology» of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona and lecturer in the “Master’s degree of Biotechnology of the Human Reproduction” of the Universidad de Valencia, both since 2009.

Dr. Esbert is member of the permanent board of the Special Interest Group for Andrology of the SEF (Sociedad Española de Fertilidad), member of the Special Interest Group for Embryology of ASEBIR (Estudio de la Biología de la Reproducción) and member of the Special Interest Group for Safety and Quality in ART of ASEBIR.

Formación

Biology degree	Universidad Autonoma de Barcelona, Spain (1999)
Master’s degree: Human Reproduction and Assisted Reproduction Techniques	Universidad Autonoma de Barcelona, Spain (2001)
PhD: Cell Biology with great distinction (Cum Laude)	Universidad Autonoma de Barcelona, Spain (2015)

Publicaciones

Time of morulation and trophectoderm quality are predictors of a live birth after euploid blastocyst transfer: a multicenter study.
Rienzi L Cimadomo D Delgado A Minasi MG Fabozzi G Gallego RD Stoppa M Bellver J Giancani A Esbert M Capalbo A Remohí J Greco E Ubaldi FM Messeguer M
Fertil Steril. 2019 Dec;112(6):1080-1093.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2019.07.1322.

High sperm DNA fragmentation delays human embryo kinetics when oocytes from young and healthy donors are microinjected.
Esbert M Pacheco A Soares SR Amoros D Florensa M Ballesteros A Meseguer M
Andrology, 6(5):697-706, 2018.

Spermatozoa with numerical chromosomal abnormalities are more prone to be retained by Annexin V-MACS columns.
Esbert M Godo A Soares SR Florensa M Amorós D Ballesteros A Vidal F
Andrology, 5(4):807-813, 2018.

Spermatozoa with numerical chromosomal abnormalities are more prone to be retained by Annexin V-MACS columns.
Esbert M Godo A Soares SR Florensa M Amorós D Ballesteros A Vidal F
Andrology. 2017 Jun 14. doi: 10.1111/andr.12376. [Epub ahead of print]

Cáncer, esterilidad y técnicas de reproducción asistida
Torra M Esbert M
Medicina Reproductiva y Embriología Clínica, 3:159-168, 2016

Grupo de interés de calidad de ASEBIR: Actualización de las especificaciones para los indicadores de calidad de la Asociación para el Estudio de la Biología de la Reproducción (ASEBIR).
Mantilla A Orozco I Zamora S Ortiz N Prados F Moreno JM Ardoy M Esbert M Marina F Vilchez MA González-Útor A Castilla JA
Medicina Reproductiva y Embriología Clínica, 2:46-54, 2015.

Proposed guidelines on the nomenclature and annotation of dynamic human embryo monitoring by a time-lapse user group.
Ciray HN Campbell A Agerholm IE Aguilar J Chamayou S Esbert M Sayed S
Hum Reprod, 29:2650-2660, 2014.

Impact of sperm DNA fragmentation on the outcome of IVF with own or donated oocytes.
Esbert M Pacheco A Vidal F Florensa M Riqueros M Ballesteros A Garrido N Calderón G
Reprod Biomed Online, 23:704-710, 2011.

Cáncer, esterilidad y técnicas de reproducción asistida.
Torra M, Esbert M.
Medicina Reproductiva y Embriología Clínica, 3:159-168, 2016.

Grupo de interés de calidad de ASEBIR: Actualización de las especificaciones para los indicadores de calidad de la Asociación para el Estudio de la Biología de la Reproducción (ASEBIR).
Mantilla A, Orozco I, Zamora S, Ortiz N, Prados F, Moreno JM, Ardoy M, Esbert M, Marina F, Vilchez MA, González-Útor A, Castilla JA.
Medicina Reproductiva y Embriología Clínica, 2:46-54, 2015.

Proposed guidelines on the nomenclature and annotation of dynamic human embryo monitoring by a time-lapse user group.
Ciray HN, Campbell A, Agerholm IE, Aguilar J, Chamayou S, Esbert M, Sayed S.
Hum Reprod, 29:2650-2660, 2014.

Impact of sperm DNA fragmentation on the outcome of IVF with own or donated oocytes.
Esbert M, Pacheco A, Vidal F, Florensa M, Riqueros M, Ballesteros A, Garrido N, Calderón G. Reprod Biomed Online, 23:704-710, 2011.

Nitric Oxide Triggers the Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinase/Akt Survival Pathway in Insulin-Producing RINm5F Cells by Arousing Src to Activate Insulin Receptor Substrate-1.
Tejedo JR, Cahuana GM, Ramírez R, Esbert M, Jiménez J, Sobrino F, Bedoya FJ.
Endocrinology, 145:2319-2327, 2004.

Presentations

Esbert M Cristina García Garrido N Lara-Molina EE Wells D Seli E Georgina Cutts Ballesteros A Javier Herreros Marissa Riqueros Fragouli E O-112 Use of next generation sequencing for the analysis of in vitro matured oocytes and their polar bodies. Presented at 75th American Society of Reproductive Medicine Scientific Congress, Philadelphia, PA. USA, 14-16 October 2019

Javier Herreros Héctor Huete Florensa Bargallo M Esbert M P-65 Does the endometrium have a role in selecting embryo gender? . Presented at 75th American Society of Reproductive Medicine Scientific Congress, Philadelphia, PA. USA, 14-16 October 2019

Bellés M Florensa Bargallo M Esbert M P-245 DOES MALE AGE AFFECT THE SPERM PARAMETERS AND IVF OUTCOMES?. Presented at 75th American Society of Reproductive Medicine Scientific Congress, Philadelphia, PA. USA, 14-16 October 2019

Rienzi L Cimadomo D Delgado A Minasi MG Fabozzi G Del Gallego R Stoppa M Bellver J Giancani A Esbert M Capalbo A Remohí J Greco E Ubaldi F Meseguer M O-006: Time of morulation and trophectoderm quality are associated with live birth after euploid blastocyst transfer: a multicenter study. Presented at annual meeting of the 66th European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology, Vienna, Austria, 23-26 June 2019

Esbert M Soares SR Pacheco A Ballesteros A Florensa M Meseguer M Human zygotes respond to sperm dna damage by delaying embryonic development. Presented at the 74th Scientific Congress & Expo of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, Denver, CO, USA, October 6-10, 2018

Herrer Saura R Sciorio R Esbert M Pickering S Thong J Meseguer M Blastocysts collapse as an embryo marker of low implantation potential a Time-Lapse study. Presented at the 34rd annual meeting of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology, Barcelona, Spain, July 1-4,2018

Esbert M Garrido N Ballesteros A Giménez Sanz A Florensa M Predictors of positive sperm retrieval in azoospermic . Presented at the 34rd annual meeting of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology, Barcelona, Spain, July 1-4,2018

Esbert M Pachecho A Reis Soares S Amoros D Meseguer M Oocytes from healthy donors delay embryo cleavage to repair DNA. Presented at the 73rd annual meeting of the American Society of Reproductive Medicine, San Antonio, Texas, October 28-November 1,2017

Esbert M Marconetto A Reis Soares S Quera M Molina J Florensa M Ballesteros A Meseguer M Does the blastocyst collapse respond to a biological need? The analysis of 1,952 embryos by time-lapse can give an answer. Presented at the 73rd annual meeting of the American Society of Reproductive Medicine, San Antonio, Texas, October 28-November 1,2017