We are back with some news from busy September 2018…
1. Nejc went to the Last best place (Montana USA) to participate in ConGen 2018 (http://www.umt.edu/sell/cps/congen2018/): Applications of New Sequencing Technologies to Understand Population Structure, Adaptation, and Environmental Influences on Genomic Variation, September 9-15, 2018. Course packed with useful information spread by the Superstars of the field in most beautiful surroundings. This combination handed him what he describes a semi-spiritualistic journey with new skills to ride the freshly discovered wave of élan vital. Among sponsors of the event were local breweries and NASA, which might have contributed slightly as well.
2. Ida and Simona have participated at the 8th Congress of the Genetics Society of Slovenia and the 8th meeting of the Slovenian Society for Human Genetics, which was held in Radenci, Slovenia, from 19th to 21st September 2018 (http://genetika2018.alfa-faktor.si/eng/index.html). During the congress, Ida gave an oral presentation, entitled Transcriptome Analysis and Cellular Background of the Pigment Pattern in Marble and Brown Trout, in The Golden Chromosome Session, and she was awarded with the third place among the young Slovenian geneticists. Congratulations, Ida!
> Ida during her presentation.
> Announcement for The Golden Chromosome award recipients.
> Ida with the diploma and 3rd place award.
3. Laboratory reconstruction: after the damage caused by water leaking at the end of 2017, our lab was renewed (floor, furniture, electrical and plumbing installation) during the summer months. Looks nice and a bit sterile J, but when occupied with smiley, fully motivated colleagues and students, we are sure it will became a pleasant place where many interesting results will be generated…
4. Last, but not least… During the summer months, our new research facility, the first recirculating unit for experimental fish rearing (RAS) in Slovenia, was being constructed. We are all looking forward to see the circulating water and fish of all life stages swimming in the new tanks within the next few weeks. Recirculating experimental aquaculture system was partially financed by The Slovenian Research Agency (ARRS), from the framework of Public tender for the co-financing new research equipment (Package 17), and performed by Daniel Gospić, G2O (http://www.g2o.si/si/o-nas/).
> On the construction site.
