Training School on Epigenetics in Reproductive Biology in Murcia

I had the luck to participate at the Epiconcept Training School on Epigenetics in Reproductive Biology in Murcia, Spain (at the Espinardo Campus, Murcia University, organized by COST Action: FA1201) from 18-05-2015 to 21-05-2015.

21 people from 21 countries had a chance to participate at the very interesting and informative lectures and practices.

RRBS (Reduced Representation Bisulfate Sequencing) protocol

during lab session with Dr. Elena Ivanova (U.K.)

magnetic beads technique

Training School team: organizers with participants

Field work in Slovenia

With the company of two Portuguese collegues; Elsa Cabrita and Paulo Gavaia we were in Slovenia for sperm cryopreservation works from 06-04-2015 to 10-04-2015.

The sperm samples from grayling (Thymallus thymallus) individuals were taken in the area of the Angling Association of Tolmin, with the help of Dusan Jesensek and his team.

collecting fish

grayling

stripping the sperm

lab work in non-lab conditions :) 1. - Elsa and Paulo

lab work in non-lab conditions :) 2. - Ákos, Zé, Eszti

lab work in non-lab conditions :) 3. - Gergő, Elsa, Ákos

hatchery

fertilization part of the experiment

We were also cryopreserving the sperm of huchen (Hucho hucho) with the group of the Angling club of Radovljica, at the area of the Angling Association of Bled.

releasing the male

on-the-field cryopreservation

huchen sperm

Field work in Serbia

We have a good cooperation with colleagues from the Department of Biology and Ecology, Faculty of Science, University of Kragujevac, Serbia, prof. dr Vlaica Simic and his team. This year we were in Kragujevac for cryopreservation of sperm of Danube barbell (Barbus balcanicus) and huchen (Hucho hucho).

Making plans (from left: Ákos, Natasa Radojkovic, Vladica Simic)

Danube barbell

Danube barbell sperm sampling

CASA analysis of Danube berbell sperm

huchen sperm sampling

huchen tagging

huchen tagging

CASA analysis of huchen sperm

4th AQUAGAMETE Training School “Optical Microscopy and Image Analysis”

Members of our group (Timea Kollar, Zoran Marinovic, Gergely Bernath, Jelena Lujic) attended 4^th AQUAGAMETE Training School “Optical Microscopy and Image Analysis” from 16^th to 20^th March 2015. Training School was organized by Faculty of Fisheries and Protection of Waters, Vodnany, Czech Republic and was supported by COST Action FA1205: AQUAGAMETE.

during practice with J. Cosson

during practice with C. Rouvière

during practice with C. Matthews and C. Rouvière

preparing material for confocal microscopy

Our colleagues from Spain, Serbia and Croatia (from left: Alejandro Valdiviso, Zoran, Jelena, Natasa Radojkovic, Tijana Velickovic, Carles Soler, Tatjana Dobroslavic)