Dr. Christer Silversand
Christer “Silver” Silversand is a Senior Scientist at Vitrolife. Silver is strongly committed to improving the implantation rate and the outcome of IVF treatments. He is dedicated to quality control and culture conditions and you can often hear him lecturing passionately about the importance of minimising intracellular stress during culture of human gametes and embryos.
Why hyaluronan is an invaluable molecule for embryo implantation
By Dr. Christer Silversand, Mar 14, 2017
Time-lapse technology triggers new requirements on embryo culture media
By Dr. Christer Silversand, Feb 24, 2016
The access to time-lapse technology has given a unique possibility to balance metabolic stress against less handling stress during embryo culture. In this blog post I will describe different culture media strategies and the rationale for using specific media for specific applications.
Embryoglue... is it really a glue?
By Dr. Christer Silversand, May 18, 2015
Recent news articles have featured happy couples describing their joy of becoming parents with the help of a special “glue”. The question however is if EmbryoGlue is a magic glue or how does it actually work?
How you can benefit from Time-lapse in IVF
By Dr. Christer Silversand, May 13, 2015