The WSCS Student Subunit will be hosting the second WSCS Student Presentation Day on July 23rd from 6:00-7:30 PM CEST (9-10:30 AM PST). The topic will be Sturgeon Genetics. Dr. Leonardo Congiu (Padua University) will give the opening presentation followed by student talks from Canada, Hungary, Georgia and Italy.
Date: July 23rd, 2024
Time: 6:00-7:30 pm CEST
Topic: Sturgeon genetics
Agenda
6:00-6:30: Key Note by Prof. Leonardo Congiu
“Different contributions of genetics to sturgeon conservation: some examples from the Adriatic sturgeon”
Speakers:
- 06:30-06:45: Peter Johnson
“Assessing genetic diversity captured in conservation aquaculture for white sturgeon (Acipenser transmontanus)”
- 06:45-07:00: Katalin Bogar
“Extensive testing of a female-specific marker on the Hungarian ex-situ sterlet (Acipenser ruthenus) broodstock”
- 07:00-07:15: Ana Ananiashvili
“Russian Sturgeon (Acipenser gueldenstaedtii) – Distribution, Hybridization, and Sex Ratio in the Black Sea and the Rioni River”
- 07:15-07:30: Chiara Samassa
“Back to the origin: a molecular method to allocate Beluga specimens”
