Carolina Herrera
MSc
Founder and laboratory director
Since 2000, Carolina Herrera has worked on in vitro production of mammalian embryos and preservation of genetic resources, working with cattle, horses, south American camelids, and zoo animals.
In 2014, Carolina joined the Clinic of Reproductive Medicine at the Vetsuisse-Faculty of the University of Zurich. There, she applied her previously acquired knowledge and established, together with her colleagues, the first Swiss program offering in vitro production of embryos for cattle and horse breeders.
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The demand for this service has increased steadily in the last years in Switzerland, following the same tendency as in other countries and regions. In January 2023 Carolina Herrera decided to start a new phase in her career and funded Paladis GmbH.
Julia Traversari
Dr. med. vet. FVH
Sanitary compliance
Since 2000, Carolina Herrera has worked on in vitro production of mammalian embryos and preservation of genetic resources, working with cattle, horses, south American camelids, and zoo animals.
In 2014, Carolina joined the Clinic of Reproductive Medicine at the Vetsuisse-Faculty of the University of Zurich. There, she applied her previously acquired knowledge and established, together with her colleagues, the first Swiss program offering in vitro production of embryos for cattle and horse breeders.
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The demand for this service has increased steadily in the last years in Switzerland, following the same tendency as in other countries and regions. In January 2023 Carolina Herrera decided to start a new phase in her career and funded Paladis GmbH.
Our Services
We will offer a range of reproductive biotechnology solutions
Milk and beef breeding cattle industry in switzerland and surrounding countries
1) In vitro production of bovine embryos by In Vitro Fertilization (IVF)
Oocytes collected in different farms around Switzerland and Europe and transported to our laboratory. We will produce the embryos in vitro and ship back the embryos to the breeders or their veterinarians.
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2) Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis (PGD) of bovine embryos
3) Genomic Selection of bovine embryos
Bovine embryos which are produced in vitro in our laboratory, will be biopsied before freezing and the biopsy sample will be submitted for Genomic Selection analysis.
Know the process
Oocytes
are sent to the laboratory
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Veterinarian
Collects oocytes from cows or mares
Laboratory
Produces embryos in vitro
Embryos
are shipped back to the Vet
Sport horse breeding industry in switzerland and europe
In vitro production of equine embryos by Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection (ICSI)
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Oocytes collected in different farms around Switzerland and Europe and transported to our laboratory. We will produce the embryos in vitro and ship back the embryos to the breeders or their veterinarians.
Embryo cryopreservation
Equine embryos collected by uterine flushing will be shipped to our laboratory, where we will cryopreserve by vitrification and ship the frozen embryo back to the owners or their veterinarians.
Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis (PGD) equine embryos
In vitro production of equine embryos
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Equine embryos produced in vitro or collected by uterine flushing will be biopsied and the biopsy sample will be analyzed to determine genetic makeup of the embryo to determine the sex of the embryo, or the presence of a certain gene involved in a particular trait of interest (for example: coat color).
Somatic cell culture and cryopreservation
Horse owners
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Horse owners wishing to reproduce their horses by somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT) will submit a skin sample from their horse to our laboratory. We will culture and cryopreserve the cells and submit them to an international cloning facility of the horse owner's choice.
Organizations involved in preservation of species
Tailor-made solutions for programs involved in species preservation
Human In vitro fertility clinics around the world
One-week hands on training courses for embryologists
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In collaboration with QUARTEC GmbH, we will offer hands-on, one-week courses for embryologists working in human IVF clinics around the world. During the training week, they will train in different reproductive biotechnologies using slaughterhouse bovine oocytes.