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The STORABLE group brings together a cluster of similar research projects for disseminating sustainable innovative methods on sperm storage and assisted reproductive techniques in animal science. You can find out more information can be found at neogiant.eu/neo-cluster/

The AETE Conference took place in Cork, Ireland in early September.  AETE is an interactive society for practitioners in fields of Embryo Transfer, Assisted Reproduction, Embryology and associated areas in domestic animals. Great to have our doctoral candidates speaking there!

Partners met at the BullNet consortium meeting to discuss progress over the last six months. Great to hear from the whole team about their exciting work, secondments and visits to AI centres, such as our Cologne colleagues visiting RBB in Germany (pictured)! ✈️🐂📣

Nominations now open for the Simmet Prize in Assisted Reproduction! This prestigious prize recognizes impactful research and will be awarded at @ICAReproduction 2026 in Japan. Deadline: 1 Sept 2025. Call for Nominations: Simmet Prize for Assisted Reproduction | Minitube

Great to see 3 of our BullNet team involved today at the BSAS early career symposium. @DaithiK2000 @sharonhuws @seanfair2

Prof. Sean Fair, Co-Ordinator of BullNet at UL celebrates the first year of BullNet! 🥳1️⃣. We began one year ago, we have made great progress in recruiting a diverse doctoral group, working on our first Training Week and the key work packages. Thank you to everyone so far!

Continuing our online seminar series, Prof Akio Miyamoto discussed research conducted in sperm hyperactivation in the uterus! Fantastic to get this insight from Obihiro in Northern Japan. ありがとう! 🇯🇵🎙️🍺#fertility #learninganddevelopment

Continuing our PhD Profiles series: Introducing Jinhee Kim who is working with Prof. Martin Schulze and Muhammad Khan at IFN Schönow focusing on antibacterial defence mechanisms in bull semen. #MSCA #research #fertility

Lets get practical!! Our doctoral network really got involved with the practical elements of our first Training week, understanding semen analysis as well as handling the bovine female reproductive tract! #Training #livestock #doctoralnetwork 🔬🔎

Killian Simmet from ⁦@Minitube⁩ speaking about innovation in animal ART to the ⁦@BullnetDN⁩ group ⁦@UL⁩ while also promoting the prestigious Simmet prize which will be awarded ⁦@ICAReproduction⁩ 2026 in Japan

BullNet Training Week - Day 3 focused on practical and soft skills that our doctoral candidates can build on in their projects. Prof. Sean Fair talks through career objectives and self-assessment with the group. #CareerGrowth #PhD 🎓💻

Great insight to the US cattle reproduction market by ⁦@BoHarstine⁩ from ⁦@SelectSiresInc⁩ at the ⁦@BullnetDN⁩ training week

BullNet Training Week - Bernard Eivers formerly from NCBC kicks off day 2 with a history lesson in AI and genomic selection! Great industry insights for the group!

Julia, from University of Limerick presenting her PhD BullNet project as part of our BullNet training week. It has been great to see our doctoral candidates present their insights today! 🇮🇪🇪🇺

BullNet Training Week - Informative and interesting first day with PhD presentations and valuable discussion with the whole network! We look forward to industry talks on day 2

A cold but fresh start to the BullNet Launch and Training week in Limerick, Ireland today ! Looking forward to meeting the network!

PhD Profiles series: Bonne année! We welcome in the new year and other members of the BullNet team, including Joao from Brazil based at Universite Clermont Auvergne in France, supervised by Fabrice Saez. Happy new year all! #MSCA #research #fertility

We enjoyed Prof. Hubert Pausch's talk today, from ETH Zurich, about the genetic factors affecting bull fertility as part of the BullNet online seminar series! #Genetics #fertility #learninganddevelopment

PhD Profiles series: Hola! to Julia Ibanez Princep, from Spain and joining the team at the University of Limerick in Ireland. She will be looking at the sperm modulation of the female adaptive immune response, alongside Prof. Sean Fair. #MSCA #research #fertility

PhD Profiles series: We welcome Ahmad Abu Dayeh, at the University of Cologne, exploring distributed machine-learning for prediction of fertility with FAIR data management with Prof Oya Beyan and Hajira Jabeen. Welcome! #MSCA #research #fertility