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

Human embryo polarization requires PLC signaling to mediate trophectoderm specification.
Zhu M, Shahbazi M, Martin A, Zhang C, Sozen B, Borsos M, Mandelbaum RS, Paulson RJ, Mole MA, Esbert M, Titus S, Scott RT, Campbell A, Fishel S, Gradinaru V, Zhao H, Wu K, Chen Z, Seli E, de Los Santos MJ, Zernicka-Goetz M

Elife. 2021 doi:

Blastocyst collapse as an embryo marker of low implantation potential: a time-lapse multicentre study
Sciorio R, Herrer Saura R, Thong K J, Esbert M, Pickering S J, Meseguer M,

Zygote. Jan 13. 2020 doi: 10.1017/S0967199419000819

Role of the patient's social features in the destiny of cryopreserved surplus embryos
Molina J M, Riqueros M, Florensa M, Ballesteros A, Esbert M,

Medicina Reproductiva y Embriología Clínica. 2020 doi: 10.1016/j.medre.2020.09.001

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 M G, Fabozzi G, Gallego R D, Stoppa M, Bellver J, Giancani A, Esbert M, Capalbo A, Remohi J, Greco E, Ubaldi F M, Meseguer M,

Fertil Steril. Dec. 2019 doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2019.07.1322

Efectos del estilo de vida y determinados compuestos tóxicos sobre la fertilidad masculina
Sancho-Velasco M J, Esbert M,

Medicina Reproductiva y Embriología Clínica. 2019 doi: 10.1016/j.medre.2019.10.001

High sperm DNA fragmentation delays human embryo kinetics when oocytes from young and healthy donors are microinjected
Esbert M, Pacheco A, Soares S R, Amoros D, Florensa M, Ballesteros A, Meseguer M,

Andrology. Sep. 2018 doi: 10.1111/andr.12551

Spermatozoa with numerical chromosomal abnormalities are more prone to be retained by Annexin V-MACS columns
Esbert M, Godo A, Soares S R, Florensa M, Amoros D, Ballesteros A, Vidal F,

Andrology. Jul. 2017 doi: 10.1111/andr.12376

Cáncer, esterilidad y técnicas de reproducción asistida
Torra M, Esbert M,

Medicina Reproductiva y Embriología Clínica. 2016 doi:

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, Gonzalez-Utor A, Castilla JA,

Medicina Reproductiva y Embriología Clínica. 2015 doi:

Proposed guidelines on the nomenclature and annotation of dynamic human embryo monitoring by a time-lapse user group
Ciray H N, Campbell A, Agerholm I E, Aguilar J, Chamayou S, Esbert M, Sayed S, Time-Lapse User Group,

Hum Reprod. Dec. 2014 doi: 10.1093/humrep/deu278

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, Calderon G,

Reprod Biomed Online. 2011 Dec. doi: 10.1016/j.rbmo.2011.07.010

Presentaciones

Tejera A Alegre L Mifsud A De los Santos JM Esbert M Meseguer M P-21 ASSISTED HATCHING (AH) IN COLLAPSED BLASTOCYSTS IS ABLE TO RESTORE THE IMPLANTATION RATES: A RETROSPECTIVE STUDY. Presented at 76th American Society of Reproductive Medicine Scientific Congress, Virtual congress, October 17-21,2020

Esbert M Garcia C Georgina Cutts Evelin Lara-Molina Seli E Ballesteros A Garrido N Mariona Quera Scott RT Wells D Fragouli ER P-17 OOCYTE IN VITRO MATURATION DOES NOT ADVERSELY AFFECT THE PROGRESSION OF THE FIRST MEIOTIC DIVISION. Presented at 76th American Society of Reproductive Medicine Scientific Congress, Virtual congress, October 17-21,2020

Osman EK Esbert M Hanson BM Ayesha D. Winslow Seli E Scott RT O-92 EMBRYO VITRIFICATION IN SUPER COOLED SLUSH NITROGEN RESULTS IN SUPERIOR POST-THAW SURVIVAL COMPARED TO CONVENTIONAL LIQUID NITROGEN: A BLINDED, RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL. Presented at 76th American Society of Reproductive Medicine Scientific Congress, Virtual congress, October 17-21,2020

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 the 35th annual meeting of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology, Vienna, Austria, 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 the 35th annual meeting of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology, Vienna, Austria, 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 the 35th annual meeting of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology, Vienna, Austria, 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 the 74th Scientific Congress & Expo of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, Denver, CO, USA, 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 73rd annual meeting of the American Society of Reproductive Medicine, San Antonio, Texas, 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 73rd annual meeting of the American Society of Reproductive Medicine, San Antonio, Texas, 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 33rd annual meeting of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology, Geneva,Switerland, 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 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 2017

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