As you may
already know, one of our research area is studying the molecular background of
marble pigment pattern formation in trout. The main focus of our study is
marble trout and its spectacular pigmentation, but in order to develop
hypothesis about general mechanism of pigment pattern formation, we are
interested also in other fish that display similar marble (labyrinthine-like)
patterns.
This month Dr.
Ákos Horváth kindly invited us to Gödöllő. With just two hours’ drive from their
Department of Aquaculture we arrived to a hatchery in Lillafüred where “Tiger
trouts” are reared. These hybrids between brown and brook trout exhibit an
interesting labyrinthine pigment pattern, similar to the one of marble trout. Since
the owner of the hatchery György Hoitsy is a really kind man (and an excellent cook!), he let
us take samples from several tiger trouts, and also their parental species. We
are now excited to see if the molecular pathways involved in the formation of
this pattern are similar to the one in marble trout.
>Ákos, Jelena and Zoran were excited to start sampling
>Tiger trout
>First
course of our delicious lunch at the hatchery
Apart from “field
work” we also had the opportunity to discuss some future plans about the
Hungarian-Slovenian project about spermatogonia transplantataion that will
involve the two groups and will start next year.
Of course we couldn’t go home
without tasting some of the local cuisine, including fruit soup and the so called Hortobágyi palacsinta (pancakes filled with meat).
>Hortobágyi palacsinta
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