Three members of our group had the luck to participate at the 5th AQUAGAMETE training school in Valencia from 07-03-2016 to 11-03-2016 (organized by Dr. Juan Asturiano at the Polytechnic University of Valencia). Ákos was invited as a speaker, Ági and Eszti were selected as trainees.
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| Eszti, Ákos and Ági during the field trip of the second day of the course |
During the 5 days of the course we have heard very interesting presentations by Dr. Asturiano, Dr. Pšenička, Dr. Labbé, Dr. Pifferer, Dr. Robles, Dr. Pérez, Dr. Ciereszko and Dr. Soler.
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| Dr. Pifferer presenting about epigenetics |
...and we also prepared some presentations:
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| Ákos's second presentation was about standardization of methods |
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| students also made some presentations, here Eszti is advertising this blog :) |
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| Ági presenting her results |
And we have gained experience in cryopreservation, spermatogonia isolation and microinjection:
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| David showing us some cryopreservation tehcniques |
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| examination of eel sperm motility |
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| microinjection practice |
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| Victor dissecting a male eel to obtain testis for spermatogonia isolation |
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| Percoll gradient procedure |
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| Dr. Pšenička during microinjection |
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| the right point to inject 2-cell zebrafish embryos |
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| Dr. Pšenička showed us how to inject zebrafish larvae |
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| Eszti pulls a capillary for microinjection |
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| Ági practicing microinjection |
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| Ákos practicing microinjection |
We have visited PROISER facilities at the Scientific Parc of the University of Valencia:
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| Ági examines sperm motilty in the facility of PROISER |
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| sperm head morphometrty analysis (ASMA) at PROISER |
And we had a beautiful field trip at the Albufera lagoon:
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| the map shows the original size of Albufera lagoon (green) and the actual size (small blue lake) |
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| landscape with the city of Valencia in the background |
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| workers of the Tancat de la Pipa collect and remove invasive species found in the nets |
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| this small crayfish is also a non-native species in this area |
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| boat trip in the lagoon |
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Center for preservation of freshwater species
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| walking in El Palmar |
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| eel males |
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| Fishermen facilities, El Palmar |
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| presenation: Dr. Jover and Dr. Asturiano |
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| this is the point where eels can swim out to the sea from the lagoon |
In conclusion, the course was really interesting, and full of nice experiences, thanks to the organizers!
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