INTERNATIONAL SUMMER SCHOOL

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Come to spend an extraordinary summer in a small town with a 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 2024 - 19^th July 2024

The Summer School is a three-week 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 2024 ARE OPEN!

Online application (open till the 31^st March 2024)
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 2024

No	Project title (abstract)	Project leader	Leader´s e-mail	Workplace	Occupation
1	Optimizing extenders for short-term storage of Sterlet (Acipenser ruthenus) sperm for hatchery purposes	MSc. Shazada Nururshopa Eskander	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	Laboratory of Reproductive Physiology	✔
2	Exploring Behavioral and Functional Responses of Crayfish to Noxious Stimuli: Implications for Pain Perception	MSc. Davinder Kaur	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	Laboratory of freshwater ecosystems
3	Measuring standard metabolic rates of crayfish using the signal crayfish as a test specie	MSc. Azeem Iqbal	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	Laboratory of freshwater ecosystems
4	Feeding behavior and size-selective predation on zooplankton by the invasive topmouth gudgeon (Pseudorasbora parva) in laboratory conditions	MSc. Natalia Szydłowska	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	Laboratory of freshwater ecosystems	✔
5	In vitro screening of the occurrence of hormonally active substances in the aquatic environment	MSc. Beatrice Kyei Amankwah	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	Laboratory of Aquatic Toxicology and Ichtyopathology	✔
6	Potential of crayfish tissue cells for ecotoxicological studies	Ing. Nikola Mikušková	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	Laboratory of Aquatic Toxicology and Ichtyopathology	✔
7	Chronic toxicity of flurpyradifurone to marbled crayfish (Procambarus virginalis) evaluated by biochemical analyses of oxidative stress and antioxidants	Ing. Alžběta Strouhová	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	Laboratory of Aquatic Toxicology and Ichtyopathology
8	How do environmental differences affect young European grayling growth, diet, and flow resistance?	MSc. Mladen Avramovic	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	Laboratory for Environmental chemistry and biochemistry	✔
9	Effect of "sewage" pollution on the early development of rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)	MSc. Ning Zhang	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	Laboratory for Environmental chemistry and biochemistry	✔
10	Flocculation/coagulation: a suitable combination of water treatment and value-addition for a more circular aquaculture?	MSc. Anil Axel Tellbüscher	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	Laboratory of Nutrition	✔
11	Dynamics of macrozoobenthos in ponds with 2-years-old common carp – how does the benthic community change when carp fed under different (non)balance feeding strategies?	Ing. Lenka Kajgrová	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	Laboratory of Nutrition	✔
12	Mitochondrial transfer in fish embryos	MSc. Linan Gao	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	Laboratory of Germ Cells	✔
13	Germ cell transplantation in zebrafish	MSc. Rigolin Nayak	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	Laboratory of Germ Cells	✔
14	Involvement of Caspases in degradation of post ovulatory aged oocytes in zebrafish Danio rerio	MSc. Konar Essaikiammal Sodalai Muthu	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	Laboratory of Intensive Aquaculture	✔
15	Varying dissolved CO2 content of water in RAS on fish production	Mgr. Tomáš Pěnka	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	Laboratory of Intensive Aquaculture	✔
16	A comparison of whole and cut otolith processing methods for estimating the age of pikeperch (Sander lucioperca)	MSc. Million Tesfaye Godana	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	Fish Ecology Unit, Institute of Hydrobiology	✔

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.

The Faculty of Fisheries and Protection of Waters, University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice, condemns invading Ukraine by Russian Federation. As a part of public higher education, the Faculty subscribes to the principles of democracy, freedom and support for the inviolability of the territorial integrity of Ukraine. In line with the restrictions on citizens of the Russian Federation and Belarus (non-issuance of visas, limited transport connections), these students will not be considered for any Summer School project.