Nuno Costa-Borges, PhD

Nuno Costa-Borges is an embryologist with over 18 years of experience in research and clinical practice. 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, he joined the embryology team of IVI Barcelona, where he 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, maternal spindle transfer technique.

Nuno’s work has led to several peer-reviewed publications and he has awarded with prestigious prizes and grants. Stands out two recent awards, the congress PaperPrize of the American Society of Reproductive Medicine (ASRM) in 2017 and the IVI foundation award in 2019. He has produced the embryos that resulted in the world’s first baby after maternal spindle transfer for treating infertility.