INTERNATIONAL SUMMER SCHOOL

#ISS2026

An extraordinary summer awaits you in a small town with big potential!

INTERNATIONAL SUMMER SCHOOL

"We are a young active faculty that creates a self-sustaining economic, social, dynamic and nature-friendly Europe."

WHERE: Faculty of Fisheries and Protection of Waters of University of South Bohemia (FFPW USB), International Environmental Educational, Advisory and Information Centre of Water Protection (IEEAI/MEVPIS)

WHEN: 1^st July - 15^th July 2026

The Summer School is a course for University students (BSc., MSc., Ph.D.) within which you are involved in a small research project, working in very well-equipped laboratories under the guidance of experienced researchers of the FFPW USB.

APPLICATIONS TO THE INTERNATIONAL SUMMER SCHOOL 2026 ARE OPEN!

Online application (open till the 31^st March 2026)
School confirmation
Brochure

Course coordinator: Adéla Minaříková (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)

PROJECTS International Summer School 2026

No	Project title (abstract)	Project leader	Leader´s e-mail	Workplace	Occupation
1	Histological Techniques in Aquaculture Studies	MSc. Faranak Dadras Asiabar	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	Laboratory of Aquatic Toxicology and Ichthyopathology
2	Influence of the genetic background of carp on KHV or CEV susceptibility	MSc. Anju Sebastian	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	Laboratory of Aquatic Toxicology and Ichthyopathology
3	Identification of the gene set required for nitrogen fixation in Pseudanabaena sp.	Mgr. Barbora Zdvihalová	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	Laboratory of controlled reproduction and intensive fish culture
4	Identification, Characterization, and Selection of Beneficial Microbial Consortia to Enhance Biofilters in Intensive Aquaculture	MSc. Mohammad Arghideh	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	Laboratory of controlled reproduction and intensive fish culture
5	Fate of pharmaceuticals in the aquatic environment: From wastewater to fishponds	Ing. Helena Hinterholzová	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	Laboratory of environmental chemistry and biochemistry
6	Comprehensive Mapping of 6PPD-quinone Distribution in Czech Freshwater Systems	MSc. Rajakaruna Wasala Mudiyanselage Gayani Kumari Kapukotuwa	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	Laboratory of environmental chemistry and biochemistry
7	Biological invasions through macroecological lens: leveraging publicly available global databases to address knowledge gaps	MSc. Neil Angelo S. Abreo	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	Laboratory of Freshwater Ecosystems
8	Detection of Crayfish Populations in the Volyňka River Basin Using Environmental DNA (eDNA)	Ing. Jakub Kocour	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	Laboratory of Freshwater Ecosystems
9	Blastomere Transplantation as a Strategy to Rescue Development in Androgenetic Fish Embryos	MSc. João Ferreira	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	Laboratory of Germ Cells
10	Changes in Gene Expression in Pikeperch Induced by Manipulation Stress: Introduction to PCR Techniques	MSc. Laura Ostolaza	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	Laboratory of Intensive Aquaculture
11	Dynamics of weaning process in pikeperch (Sander lucioperca) advanced fry: Effects of fish size and two different types of frozen live feed	Ing. Vašek Kučera	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	Laboratory of Intensive Aquaculture
12	Genetic parameters of selected quantitative traits of common carp farmed in Pond-RAS-Pond conditions	MSc. Gyamfua Afriyie	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular and Quantitative Genetics
13	Enhancing Commercial Burbot (Lota lota, L.) Production through Selective Breeding and Induced Triploidy	MSc. Thatikonda Bhargavi	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular and Quantitative Genetics
14	Optimization of Multiplex PCR of Microsatellite DNA Markers to Study the Genetic Structure of Brown Trout	MSc. Jithindas Chakkamalayath	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular and Quantitative Genetics
15	Effect of medium viscosity on sperm motility	MSc. Laurine Mule Mueni	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	Laboratory of Reproductive Physiology
16	How the age of the sperm is imprinted in its RNA	MSc. Zhijun Ma	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	Laboratory of Reproductive Physiology
17	Antioxidant Supplementation for Improved Short-Term Storage and Cryopreservation of Fish Sperm	MSc. Mohammad Riaz Morshed	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	Laboratory of Reproductive Physiology
18	Determination of the presence of SLO and CNGK channels in Carp sperm through a pharmaceutical approach	MSc. Mohammad Rashed	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	Laboratory of Reproductive Physiology
19	Respiration and Coupling of Fish Liver Mitochondria During Storage	MSc. Yaser Mohammadi	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	Laboratory of Reproductive Physiology

The International Summer School is supported by the budget of the Faculty of Fisheries and ProtectionThe International Summer School is supported by the budget of the Faculty of Fisheries and Protectionof Waters USB and the budget for development of the University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice.