Suggested Reading List

Last update: 28 January 2025

Recommended list

(older editions of these books are also suitable, you do not need to buy a new book in case you have a version not older than 15 years)

• Human Embryology & Developmental Biology, B. Carlson, 7th edition, 20,
  ISBN 978-0323881685
  
  
• Essential Reproduction, M.H. Johnson, 8th edition, 2018, Wiley-Blackwell,
  ISBN 978-1119246398
  
  
• Human reproductive genetics, K. Sermon & S. Viville, 2nd edition, 2023,
  ISBN-9781009197700
  
  
• In vitro fertilization, K. Elder & B. Dale, 4th edition, 2020, Cambridge University Press, ISBN-10 1108441815
  
  
• Textbook of Assisted Reproductive Techniques: Laboratory and Clinical Perspectives, D.K. Gardner, A. Weissman, C.M. Howles, Z. Shoham, 5th edition, 2018, Taylor & Francis,
  ISBN-10 9781498740098 or ISBN-13 9781498740098
  
  
• The Sperm Cell, C. De Jonge & C. Barratt, 2nd edition, 2017,
  ISBN 978-1107126329
  
  
• WHO laboratory manual for the examination and processing of human semen
  World Health Organization, 6th edition, 2021,
  ISBN 978-9240030794 or ISBN 978-9240030787
  
  
• Quality and Risk Management in the IVF Laboratory, D. Mortimer & S. Mortimer, 2nd edition, 2015, Cambridge University Press
  ISBN 978-1139680936 or ISBN 978 1107421288
  
  
• ESHRE guidelines (use only latest version upon exam date of the guidelines)
  - MAR and viral disease
  - PI’s ART Clinic
  - PGT
  - Time Lapse Technology
  - PI’s ART Lab
  - Good practice in IVF laboratories
  - Good practice recommendations on add-ons in reproductive medicine
  - Number of embryos to transfer during IVF/ICSI
  
  

• ESHRE Atlas of Human Embryology
  
  
• The Istanbul consensus: workshop on embryo assessment: proceedings of an expert meeting, Human Reproduction 2011
  
  
• European Union Tissues and Cells Directives (EUTCD) Directive 2004 23 EC
  
  
• European Union Tissues and Cells Directives (EUTCD) Directive 2006 17 EC
  
  
• European Union Tissues and Cells Directives (EUTCD) Directive 2006 86 EC
  
  
• ESHRE position paper on the revision of the EU legislation on Blood, Tissues and Cells
  
  
• Guide to the quality and safety of tissues and cells for human application, EDQM 5th edition 2022 – chapters 1 (Introduction), 29 (MAR), 30 (Fertility Preservation) (freely downloadable from https://register.edqm.eu/freepub. Just provide your e-mail address and download from under the subheading ‘organs, tissues and cells’.)
  
  
• ISO 23162 for basic semen analysis
  
  
• ISO 15189 for medical laboratories

Additional list

• ESHRE educational tracks
  
  
• ESHRE Special Interest Group for Andrology Basic semen analysis course: a continued focus on accuracy, quality, efficiency and clinical relevance, Human Reproduction 2011
  
  
• Essentials of Genetics, W. Klug, M. Cummings, C. Spencer, M. Palladino, 10th edition, 2019 (only chapters related to humans)
  ISBN 978-0134898414
  
  
• Yen & Jaffe's Reproductive Endocrinology, J.F.Strauss & R.L. Barbieri, 9th edition, 2023,
  Part 1: chapters 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 13, 35, 36 and 37
  ISBN 978-0323479127
  
  
• Langman’s Medical Embryology, N. Langman, 14th edition, 2018,
  ISBN-978-1496383907
  
  
• Principles of IVF laboratory practice optimising performance and outcomes, M. Montag & D. Morbeck, 1st edition, 2017,
  ISBN-10 1316603512
  
  
• Vitrification in Assisted Reproduction, M.J. Tucker & J. Liebermann, 2nd edition, 2016,
  ISBN 978-1482242577
  
  
• Manual of Embryo Culture in Human Assisted Reproduction, K. Lundin & A. Ahlström, 1st edition, 2021,
  ISBN 978-1108874014
  
  
• Essential Cell Biology, B. Alberts, D. Bray, K. Hopkin, A. Johnson, J. Lewis, M. Raff, K. Roberts, P. Walter, 5th edition, 2018, Garland Science
  ISBN-10 0393680371 or ISBN-13 978-0393680379
  
  
• The Hidden Relay: How the Germline Connects Generations. P. de Boer. 1st edition, 2024. DOI: https://doi.org/10.54195/ZQDR3182. ISBN-13 (15) 9789493296527 (online free of charge)