Nuno Costa-Borges, a world-acclaimed embryologist that has been involved in both research and clinical practice and also a scientific associate of the Institute of Life – IASO Assisted Reproduction Unit, received an important international distinction from the American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM). In particular, at the ASRM Annual Meeting in San Antonio, Texas, Nuno Costa-Borges received the first prize among hundreds of candidates for Spindle Transfer (MST) with his research paper entitled “Meiotic Spindle Transfer overcomes Embryo Developmental arrest in compromised oocytes: proof of concept in the mouse model “.