About Us

IVF Bioscience is a world-leading manufacturer of animal IVF culture media. Based in the United Kingdom, we supply media to IVF practitioners through direct sales and a network of international distributors.

At IVF Bioscience we take a partnership approach to our business. We believe that the best way for us to be successful is to make our customers successful. Rather than simply taking orders from our customers, we find out what they are trying to achieve and then work with them to achieve it. This often involves not just advising on the use of our media, but on all aspects of In Vitro Fertilisation.

The IVF Bioscience team combines scientific pedigree with an extensive knowledge of the IVF sector, helping to transform success rates for in vitro embryo production. At the core of our philosophy is a drive for excellence in everything we do. Whether manufacturing, quality control, training and customer support, or order processing, we strive to be the best.

Our experienced team is here to help; when and how you need it. We can provide answers to your technical and protocol queries, offer customised advice and thorough troubleshooting assistance.

Our Mission

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Our Mission

To increase the quality and productivity in global animal production by producing innovative, world-leading media manufactured to the highest standards of quality and consistency.

Our Values

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Our Values

Customer Service
Improved Results
Integrity
Quality
Consistency

Our Vision

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Our Vision

To improve worldwide accessibility to in vitro reproductive techniques, to increase genetic efficiency of livestock and improve customer yields.

Meet our Scientific Advisory Panel

Professor Helen Picton Scientific Advisor

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Professor Helen Picton

Professor at the University of Leeds, Scientific Director of Leeds Fertility, Scientific Advisor for IVF Bioscience

Professor Helen Picton is Head of the Reproduction and Early Development Research Group and Programme Manager for MSc and PGDip in Clinical Embryology and Assisted Reproduction Technology at the University of Leeds as well as Honorary Consultant and Scientific Director of Leeds Fertility within the Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. Helen achieved her BSc in Animal Production Science from the University of Edinburgh in 1985 before achieving her PhD from the University of Edinburgh Medical School in 1989.

Helen’s research is focused on the development of a detailed understanding of the cellular, metabolic and molecular biology of ovarian follicles, oocytes and embryos in humans and domestic animals. Helen is actively involved in the identification of cellular and molecular markers of oocyte and embryo quality, the development of methods for the in vitro maturation of oocytes, oocyte and ovarian tissue freezing and the therapeutic production of oocytes in vitro for the preservation of fertility in girls and women or the conservation of female germ plasm in domestic and rare species. Most recently her team has designed and tested microfluidic culture devices to aid embryo production in vitro.

Helen’s research laboratory has been the recipient of numerous research awards and prizes and she has supervised over 100 MSc research projects, and 32 PhD. and MD fellows. Helen has filed 4 patents and has published over 135 original research papers, reviews and book chapters in the field of female reproduction, fertility and the conservation of fertility. Helen has delivered over 128 invited lectures, seminars, symposium papers or prize lectures at national and international conferences and workshops worldwide. Helen is the former Chair of the UK Society for Reproduction and Fertility and the former Coordinator of the ESHRE Task Force on Fertility Preservation in Severe Diseases. She has acted as a temporary technical advisor to the WHO. She is a current member of the UKRI, MRC Population Systems and Medicine Board.

Helen has trained many embryology students in her state-of-the-art laboratory teaching facilities and many of her past students are active in clinical and veterinary IVF laboratories all over the world. Helen is a true expert and pioneer in the IVF field and brings a rich bank of knowledge to the IVF Bioscience Scientific Advisory Panel. As our Scientific Advisor, Helen will be advising us on IVF media development, BEA testing, new product development and customer support.

Dr Carlos PintoMare Reproduction Expert

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Dr Carlos Pinto

Professor and Service Chief of Theriogenology at Louisiana State University, School of Veterinary Medicine

Carlos Pinto, MedVet, PhD, DACT, is a Professor of Theriogenology at Louisiana State University, School of Veterinary Medicine. Carlos is also a diplomate of the American College of Theriogenology.

Carlos earned his veterinary degree in 1986 in Brazil, and in 2001 Carlos completed his PhD and residency training in theriogenology at Louisiana State University. Carlos has extensive experience in theriogenology, preparation and management of animals and Ovum Pick-Up (OPU) in large animals. He was part of the team that pioneered the work at Louisiana State University leading to the birth of the first foals produced by ICSI in the world (Cochran et al, 1998. Live foals produced from sperm-injected oocytes derived from pregnant mares. doi.org/10.1016/S0737-0806(98)80504-2).
Previously serving on the faculty of the Ohio State University and North Carolina State University, he has been on the faculty at LSU since 2013.

Carlos’s clinical interests are in comparative theriogenology and assisted reproduction in equine, bovine and canine species.

Carlos equips the IVF Bioscience Scientific Advisory panel with a wealth of knowledge and experience in large animal OPU.

Dr Chelsey Leisinger Equine ICSI Advisor

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Dr Chelsey Leisinger

Laboratory Director for Ovation® Fertility in Lafayette and Baton Rouge, Adjunct Professor at Louisiana State University, School of Veterinary Medicine

Chelsey Leisinger, PhD, HCLD/CC, is the Laboratory Director for Ovation® Fertility Lafayette and Ovation® Fertility Baton Rouge. Dr. Leisinger has extensive experience and knowledge in oocyte and embryo vitrification techniques, intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) and embryo biopsy for preimplantation genetic testing (PGT).

After earning her BSc at Iowa State University, Chelsey specialised in cattle embryo transfer. She returned to school at the Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine to work as the research assistant and clinical coordinator for the Theriogenology section. There, she assisted with clinical procedures and research in both small and large animals. Chelsey also ran the bovine IVF lab for the section and earned a MSc in Comparative and Veterinary Medicine, with a focus on reproductive physiology.

Dr. Leisinger shifted into a career in human IVF as a Junior Embryologist at an IVF lab in Overland Park, Kansas. After a few years gaining hands-on experience, she pursued her PhD in Biomedical and Veterinary Medical Sciences, with a focus on reproductive physiology, at Louisiana State University School of Veterinary Medicine. During that time, she travelled regularly to the West Coast to assist with batch IVF cycles at a Seattle fertility centre as a consulting Senior Embryologist.

Dr. Leisinger enjoys the challenges of working in the fertility field, and has a particular passion for teaching and training other scientists. She currently serves as adjunct faculty in the Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences at the Louisiana State University School of Veterinary Medicine, and helps with research projects in the equine ICSI lab that she helped to establish. Chelsey has authored and co-authored peer-reviewed research studies, and has presented her research findings at several national and international scientific symposia. She is a member of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, Society for the Study of Reproduction, College of Reproductive Biology and American Association of Bioanalysts.

Dr. Leisinger brings her expertise and innovative techniques from the human IVF world and applies this to the animal IVF world, meaning IVF Bioscience will be advised by an expert with real-life experience. Chelsey will mainly be advising on the technique of equine ICSI; however, she is also able to consult on micromanipulator set-up, laboratory design and protocol adaptations.

Dr Jonathan Lehouiller OPU-IVP Veterinarian

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Dr Jonathan Lehouiller

Veterinarian at Medi-Vet Inc., Canada

Dr Jonathan Lehouiller is a veterinarian at Medi-Vet Inc., Canada. Jonathan specialises in OPU-IVF technologies for research and commercial purposes and he developed a Mobile OPU Unit, which has now been patented for Canada and USA.

Jonathan gained his DVM from the University of Montreal in 2013 and has experience in multiple ovulation and embryo transfer (MOET). In 2016, Dr Lehouiller underwent training in the technique of OPU before being trained in IVF and establishing his own IVF laboratory in 2018.

Jonathan is General manager and Co-owner of DMV GenetiQ Services, a private bull stud in Canada, exporting semen worldwide and now having his own sexing laboratory, collecting around 60 private bulls.

Jonathan is a member of the International Embryo Technology Society (IETS) and is currently Vice-President of the Canadian Embryo Transfer Association (CETA).

Dr Lehouiller currently assists IVF Bioscience with consultancy services for customers in North America. Jonathan brings his knowledge of commercial OPU-IVP to the IVF Bioscience Scientific Advisory Panel and he will be able to consult with customers about how to make bovine IVF work commercially.