Eszti defends her PhD dissertation

On Thursday September 14th, Eszti has defended her PhD dissertation entitled "Vitrification of fish spermatozoa and spermatogonia" at the PhD School of Animal Sciences of Szent István University. With this step she has concluded a 4-year process in her development as a professional scientist. The committee has praised Eszti's scientific achievements and outstanding presentation skills. Congratulations Eszti, we are very proud of you!

Eszti during the presentation of her results

The defense committee discussing Eszti's dissertation

6th International Workshop on the Biology of Fish Gametes

Between September 4-7, 2017 we had the pleasure of attending the 6th International Workshop on the Biology of Fish Gametes in České Budějovice and Vodňany, Czech Republic. After 10 years, the workshop has returned to the institution where it had its beginnings. During the meeting, topics related to gametogenesis, gamete and germ cell biology, quality, preservation and omics were discussed. Oral presentations were given by Ákos, Jelena, Gergő, Eszti, Zoran and Timi, while posters were presented by Ákos and Zoran. In addition to these, Ákos also gave a plenary lecture on fish gamete and germ cell preservation. We are especially proud of Zoran who received a prize for the best student oral presentation. Overall, the workshop was a wonderful professional, scientific and social experience, a good opportunity to meet old colleagues and friends and to form new partnerships. We sincerely wish to thank the organizers, Martin, Klára, Míša and all others for the flawless professional work and friendly atmosphere. We are also looking forward to the next meeting in 2019 that will be organized by Catherine Labbé, Julien Bobe and their colleagues in Rennes, France.

Oral presentations by our team:

Jelena Lujić, Zoran Marinović, Simona Sušnik Bajec, Ida Djurdjevič, Aleš Snoj, Béla Urbányi, Ákos Horváth: Interspecific transplantation of brown trout and grayling germ cells into rainbow trout: Conservation of valuable Balkan trout genetic resources

Ákos Horváth: Gamete and germ cell preservation and storage: Perspectives and the reality

Eszter Kása, Gergely Bernáth, Zoltán Bokor, Béla Urbányi, Kinga Katalin Lefler, Dušan Jesenšek, Ákos Horváth: Development of sperm vitrification protocols for endangered ealmonids: Adriatic grayling (Thymallus thymallus) and marble trout (Salmo marmoratus)

Ákos Horváth, Tímea Kollár, Gergely Bernáth, Béla Urbányi, Zsolt Csenki-Bakos, Bernadett Faragó, Katalin Szabó, Csilla Budai, Eszter Losonczi, Judit Cserepes: PTAT preconditioning of zebrafish embryos in order to increase their chilling resistance

Gergely Bernáth, Zsolt Csenki-Bakos, Zoltán Bokor, Levente Várkonyi, József Molnár, Alexandra Kajtár, Tamás Szabó, Ádám Staszny, Árpád Ferincz, Krisztián Szabó, Béla Urbányi, Balázs Csorbai: The effects of different preservation methods on ide (Leuciscus idus) sperm and the longevity of sperm movement

Zoran Marinović, Qian Li, Jelena Lujić, Eszter Kása, Yoshiko Iwasaki, Béla Urbányi, Ákos Horváth, Goro Yoshizaki: Cryopreservation of zebrafish spermatogonia: Slow-rate freezing vs vitrification

Tímea Kollár, Eszter Kása, Árpád Ferincz, Balázs Csorbai, Béla Urbányi, Zsolt Csenki-Bakos, Ákos Horváth: In vitro toxicology test system based on common carp (Cyprinus carpio) sperm analysis

Posters:

Ákos Horváth, Jelean Lujić, Zoran Marinović, György Hoitsy, Nataša Cvetković, Jovana Lovren, Béla Urbányi: Exploring the possibility of using tiger trout (Salmo trutta × Salvelinus fontinalis) as a recipient for germ cell transplantation

Roman Franěk, Zoran Marinović, Jelena Lujic, Vojtěch Kašpar, Ákos Horváth, Martin Pšenička:  Cryopreservation and transplantation of common carp spermatogonia

Zoran Marinović, Nataša Radojković, Tijana Veličković, Jelena Lujić, Ákos Horváth, Vladica Simić: Subpopulation structure of the Danube barbel Barbus balcanicus sperm before and after cryopreservation

Zoran's certificate of giving the best student oral presentation

the participants of the conference

Ákos during his plenary lecture

Discussion after Ákos`s presentation with one of the chairmen, Juan F. Asturiano

During Zoran`s presentation

Discussion after Zoran`s presentation

Jelena during her presentation

Timi during her presentation

Eszti during her presentation

Eszti answering questions of the audience

Zoran presenting results of collaboration with colleagues from the University of Kragujevac (Serbia)

Jelena and Ákos presenting results during the poster section

Roman Fraňek from the University of South Bohemia (Czech Republic) and Zoran presenting results of our joint collaboration

Always together

During presentations in Vodňany (MEVPIS)

During presentatin in Clarion Hotel (České Budějovice)

Dinner with Spanish and French collegues

Český Krumlov