Methods and systems for tracking biological material

One or more non-transitory computer storage media storing:

• instructions that when executed by one or more computers cause the one or more computers to perform operations for tracking a biological material in an assisted reproductive process, the operations comprising:
• receiving, from a camera, an image of a pipette and a drop disposed on a dish, the biological material being in the drop;
• processing the image of the pipette and the drop;
• and
• determining that the pipette has entered the drop upon identifying a meniscus created by the pipette and the drop.

A system for tracking a biological material in an assisted reproductive process, the system comprising:

• a microscope;
• a camera;
• one or more computers;
• and
• one or more storage devices communicatively coupled to the one or more computers, wherein the one or more storage devices store:
• instructions that, when executed by the one or more computers, cause the one or more computers to perform operations comprising:
• receiving, from the camera, an image of a pipette and a drop disposed on a dish, the biological material being in the drop;
• processing the image of the pipette and the drop;
• and
• determining that the pipette has entered the drop upon identifying a meniscus created by the pipette and the drop.