Hands-on embryology: from the lab to the procedure
See. Understand. Handle.
Choose your procedure. First learn to see it and to understand it. Then come to CNDT to practise it.
Online preparation from 12 November 2026 · Practical sessions at CNDT, Abidjan
An IVF laboratory is not learned in a lecture hall. It is learned by watching an experienced hand at length, by understanding why it works that way, and then by doing it yourself under supervision.
The Academy follows that order and refuses to shorten it. Every specialty begins with one month online — annotated photographs, a monthly group session, written feedback on your work. For those who wish, it ends with three days at the bench in Abidjan.
Four steps, in this order. The teaching order does not change: the core module first, then the specialty, then the hands-on session.
- 1
Core online preparation
You pay for CNDT LAB ESSENTIALS online, with no application. This module is common to every pathway: no one handles material in a laboratory whose running they do not know. If you do not have it yet, it is paid together with your first specialty.
- 2
Specialty online
You pay directly for the online preparation of the specialty you choose. It is paid once, and followed after the core module.
- 3
Application for the hands-on session
You submit your professional title and proof of practice. The teaching direction reviews your file and approves it before any payment for the session.
- 4
Practical session
Once your file is approved, you pay for the three-day session. The number of places varies from one specialty to the next.
The online preparation can be bought directly. Only the hands-on session requires an application, approved before payment.
Buying the online preparation does not reserve a place in the hands-on session.
One core module, six specialties. The online preparation can be bought directly and is paid once; the practical session is paid after your application is approved.
CNDT LAB ESSENTIALS
IVF laboratory management
For · Biologists, laboratory technicians, quality managers
- Online preparation
- USD 300
- Practical session
- USD 1,200
Practice for specific cases, on request, as part of the March 2027 Masterclass.
View the module →CNDT SPERM LAB
Sperm preparation
For · Laboratory technicians
- Online preparation
- USD 300
- Practical session
- On request
Practice for specific cases, on request, as part of the March 2027 Masterclass.
View the module →CNDT OOCYTE LAB
Retrieval and denudation
For · Biologists
- Online preparation
- USD 450
- Practical session
- On request
Practice for specific cases, on request, as part of the March 2027 Masterclass.
View the module →CNDT EMBRYO LAB
Culture and grading
For · Biologists
- Online preparation
- USD 450
- Practical session
- On request
Practice for specific cases, on request, as part of the March 2027 Masterclass.
View the module →CNDT ICSI LAB
Micromanipulation
For · Biologists
- Online preparation
- USD 950
- Practical session
- USD 6,900
13 – 15 September 2027
View the module →CNDT CRYO LAB
Vitrification and warming
For · Biologists
- Online preparation
- USD 950
- Practical session
- USD 4,900
22 – 24 February 2027
View the module →CNDT TRANSFER LAB
Transfer preparation
For · Biologists
- Online preparation
- USD 300
- Practical session
- On request
Practice for specific cases, on request, as part of the March 2027 Masterclass.
View the module →Online preparation opens on
Thursday 12 November 2026
Each online preparation runs over one month.
Group sessions
Second Thursday of every month · 14:00 GMT
Live sessions, open to those enrolled in a module. The cohort's first year is listed below.
- Thursday 12 November 2026
- Thursday 10 December 2026
- Thursday 14 January 2027
- Thursday 11 February 2027
- Thursday 11 March 2027
- Thursday 8 April 2027
- Thursday 13 May 2027
- Thursday 10 June 2027
- Thursday 8 July 2027
- Thursday 12 August 2027
- Thursday 9 September 2027
- Thursday 14 October 2027
Practical sessions
Three days at CNDT, Abidjan. The number of places varies from one specialty to the next. The deadline is that of the payment for the specialty's online preparation.
- CNDT CRYO LAB
22 – 24 February 2027
Online enrolment before 8 January 2027
6 places · 1 trainer for 3 trainees
- CNDT ICSI LAB
13 – 15 September 2027
Online enrolment before 30 July 2027
3 places · 1 trainer for 3 trainees
- CNDT LAB ESSENTIALS
Practice for specific cases, on request, as part of the March 2027 Masterclass.
- CNDT SPERM LAB
Practice for specific cases, on request, as part of the March 2027 Masterclass.
- CNDT OOCYTE LAB
Practice for specific cases, on request, as part of the March 2027 Masterclass.
- CNDT EMBRYO LAB
Practice for specific cases, on request, as part of the March 2027 Masterclass.
- CNDT TRANSFER LAB
Practice for specific cases, on request, as part of the March 2027 Masterclass.
Specialties whose date is not set open their session on request. Write to us to be put on the waiting list; it will open on this page.
The hands-on session requires an application: professional title and proof of practice. Your file is approved before payment for the session. The teaching direction answers within forty-eight working hours.
What this training is, and what it is not
CNDT Embryology Academy training attestation. Not a diploma, not a certification, not an authorisation to practise.
Training on real biological material, in a dedicated circuit.
See. Understand. Handle.
Choose your procedure, learn to read it, come and do it.