Announcing the latest V4SDB Student Summer School - UPDATED INFORMATION (24.07.2024)

Practical, zebrafish, frog and chicken embryology!

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(Monday 2nd - Friday 6th September 2024 in Brno, Czech Republic)

UPDATED INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND BELOW IN MAIN TEXT (Registration & payment) & THE ATTACHED POSTER/FLYER (foot of page)



The V4SDB committee is happy to announce that the second V4SDB Developmental Biology Student Summer School will take place between the 2nd-6th September 2024 in the modern lecture halls and well-equipped laboratories of Masaryk University Campus Bohunice in Brno, Czech Republic.

The course will consist of multiple hands on experimental practicals and lectures covering a variety of models of developmental biology such as Xenopus, Danio and Gallus and state-of-the art methods of their imaging and analysis. Our target audience are graduate students (both at MSc and PhD level), up to 15 participants ensure many opportunities for hands-on training.

The registration fee of 150 € covers material and cost associated with attendance of invited speakers, scientific and social programme. The fee does not include travel costs, meals and accommodation of participants. 

Confirmed daily programme listed below:


 

2024 Course confirmed speakers
Alice Reis (Columbia University, New York, USA)
Máté Varga (Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary) Peter Walentek (Universitätsklinikum Freiburg, Germany) Milan Ešner (CEITEC MU, Brno, Czech Republic) Marcela Buchtová (CAS & Masaryk Univesity, Brno, Czech Republic) Jakub Harnoš (Masaryk University, Brno Czech Republic)

 
Registration – tell us about your interest
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Participant fee payment
https://is.muni.cz/obchod/baleni/350910

 


CONFIRMED V4SDB STUDENT SUMMER SCHOOL 2024 - DAILY PROGRAMME:

Monday 2.9.2024
08:45-09:00 | Introduction to the Course | Marcela Buchtová, Jakub Harnoš
09:00-10:00 | Introduction to Xenopus: Techniques and Examples | Peter Walentek
10:00-12:00 | Practical Session
Group 1: Microinjection into Xenopus | Alice Reis and Jakub Harnoš
Group 2: Transplantation (e.g., Spemann-Mangold) | Peter Walentek and Lorena Maia
12:00-13:00 | Lunch
13:00-14:00 | Types of Microscopes and Their Utilization for Vertebrate Research | Milan Ešner
14:00-16:00 | Practical Session
Group 1: Transplantation (e.g., Spemann-Mangold experiment) | Peter Walentek and Lorena Maia
Group 2: Microinjection into Xenopus, Fluorescent Dyes | Alice Reis and Jakub Harnoš
16:00-16:30 | Break
16:30-17:30 | Talk: Alice Reis´s Research | Room A11/306
17:30-18:30 | Introductory Short Talks by Students
18:30-19:00 | Career Development | Peter Walentek
19:00 | Dinner/beer in Campus River 
Tuesday 3.9.2024
09:00-10:00 |  Image Analyses and Possibilities in Our Facility | Wojciech Jesionek
10:00-11:30 | Practical Session
Group 1: Imaging of xenopus embryos | Milan Ešner and Bára Hutečková
Group 2: Light sheet to visualize zebrafish embryos | Milan Ešner and Marija Dubaič
11:30-13:00 | Practical Session
Group 1: Light sheet to visualize zebrafish embryos | Milan Ešner and Marija Dubaič
Group 2: Imaging of xenopus embryos | Milan Ešner and Bára Hutečková
13:00-14:00 | Lunch
14:00-15:00 | Talk: Peter Walentek's Research (TBA)
15:00-16:00 | Transportation to Museum
16:00-18:00 | Visit: Mendel Museum
19:00 | Beer/dinner in Starobrno Brewery 
Wednesday 4.9.2024
09:00-10:00 | Introduction to Zebrafish | Maté Varga
10:00-13:00 | Practical Session
Group 1: CRISPR Toolbox in Zebrafish for Studying Development and Disease| Maté Varga and Maria Dubaic
Group 2: Xenograft application into zebrafish embryos | Nikodém Zezula and Zuzana Paleníčková
13:00-14:00 | Lunch
14:00-17:00 | Practical Session
Group 1: Xenograft application into zebrafish embryos  | Nikodém Zezula and Zuzana Paleníčková
Group 2: CRISPR Toolbox in Zebrafish for Studying Development and Disease | Maté Varga and Maria Dubaic
17:00 | Free Evening Thursday 5.9.2024
09:00-10:30 | Practical Session
Group 1: TBA| Maté Varga and Maria Dubaic
Group 2: Evaluation of transplantation experiments from xenopus and zebrafish | Jakub Harnoš/Lorena Maia and Nikodem Zezula/Zuzana Pálečníčková
10:30-12:00 | Practical Session
Group 1: Evaluation of transplantation experiments from xenopus | Jakub Harnoš and Lorena Maia
Group 2: TBA| Maté Varga and Maria Dubaic
12:00-13:00 | Lunch
13:00-14:00 | Talk: Mate Varga: Research topic (TBA)
14:00 | Trip to Brněnská přehrada/Hrad Veveří
Friday 6.9.2024
09:00-10:00 | Introduction to Chicken as a Developmental Model | Marcela Buchtová
10:00-12:00 | Practical Session
Group 1: Opening Eggs, Staging/Electroporation | Petra Kolísková
Group 2: Implantation of Beads/CAM Grafts | Marcela Buchtová
12:00-13:00 | Lunch
13:00-15:00 | Practical Session
Group 1: Implantation of Beads/CAM Grafts | Marcela Buchtová
Group 2: Opening Eggs, Staging/Electroporation | Petra Kolísková
15:00-16:00 | Student Session: Short Talks by Students on "What I Learned?"
16:00-16:30 | Closing Remarks (Marcela Buchtová, Jakub Harnoš)
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