Who We Are

About Us
This is an organization that specializes in
the preservation of endangered species.
This is done through to development of
embryo banks.

Contact Us
Phone: 1-876-378-8798
Email: Seco@conservation.com
Web: www.secoconservation.com
What will you be investing in?

 Renting/ Purchasing of
Laboratory space
 Purchasing and Maintenance of
computers and other machinery.
 Purchasing of Liquid Nitrogen and
cryoprotectants and other Species
chemicals.
 Renewable Energy/ power Endangerment
methods. and
 Research/Development of new
methods of cryopreservation due Conservation
to difficulty in storing some
species (reptiles, fish and
Organization
amphibians). These embryos are (SECO)
relatively large and divided into
multiple components making them
difficult to cool and warm without Species Endangerment
and Conservation
damage.
Organization (SECO)
43 Broad St.
Asbury Park, NJ 07712

What is an embryo bank?
This is the process of freezing of
one or more embryos of an
organism for development of the
organism at a later date or in
controlled conditions. This is
usually conducted in tandem with
IVF (in vitro fertilization) which is
the removal of eggs from a female’s
ovaries for combination with a
sperm cell in a laboratory
Process of preserving Embryo
Embryo Cryopreservation is the process of
cooling embryos which undergo chemical
and enzymatic activity to a very low
temperature in which all chemical and
enzymatic processes come to a halt
Methods of embryo cryopreservation:
Slow freezing:
Cryoprotectants is added to an organism,
Examples of frozen embryos
which prevents the formation of ice
crystals, which is then cooled to -196*C by
computer controls. This process has a 30 % Importance of embryo banks
thaw success rate, which means that one o Preserves the possible continuality of a
third of the thawed embryos may not be species after extinction
viable. o Potential ecotourism
o Allows for food security for countries
Limitation: this process cannot be carried
out on non-inseminated embryos or
oocytes Graph showing the increase in endangered
species population between 2006 and 2018
Vitrification:
Cryoprotectants are added to the organism
to remove water molecules which form ice
crystals in the cells on freezing which
causes damage to the cell, then being
cooled. This is the preferred method as it
has a 98% thaw rate and can be carried out
on inseminated and non-inseminated
embryos.
Limitation: this process can only be done to
one organism at a time and hence is time
consuming.