Business trip report, China, Tichopád

From 3^rd December to 8^th December 2024, M.Sc. Tomáš Tichopád, Ph.D. visited the Chinese city of Wuhan. Specifically, he accepted an invitation to attend the "International Symposium on Higher Education in Fisheries, Fish Genomics and Aquaculture oriented Biotechnology" at Huazhong University, where he also gave a lecture on "Molecular Background behind hybrid loaches (Cobitis) sterility: genes and regulations". In addition to the lecture itself, he participated in a number of expert discussions on the possibilities of international cooperation. An important part of the programme was a discussion with Chinese colleagues on future cooperation in the field of gene manipulation and its use in the study of reproductive traits in fish. We also had the opportunity to share knowledge on the latest technologies in the field of CRISPR/Cas9 and their applications in aquaculture.