Meeting with Kenyan and other government officials (e.g. KWS) in Nairobi to discuss next steps in the BioRescue conservation research project including ETHAS.
BioRescue is a pioneering conservation research program using advanced reproductive technologies to save the Northern White Rhino from extinction. Partly funded by the German Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), it unites international experts to create viable embryos and restore the species.
Meeting with Kenyan and other government officials (e.g. KWS) in Nairobi to discuss next steps in the BioRescue conservation research project including ETHAS.
ETHAS knowledge exchange with Kenyan and other government officials (e.g. KWS) in Nairobi for the BioRescue conservation research project.
Prof Barbara de Mori from Padua University explaining the ETHAS procedure at Ol Pejeta Conservancy in the Laikipia region, Kenya.
Local veterinarian filling the analog ETHAS form before procedures starts; Ol Pejeta Conservancy, Laikipia region, Kenya.
Local veterinarian filling the analog ETHAS form before procedures starts; Ol Pejeta Conservancy, Laikipia region, Kenya.
Local veterinarian filling the analog ETHAS form before procedures starts; Ol Pejeta Conservancy, Laikipia region, Kenya.
Photo: Jan Zwilling
Ovum pick-up in northern white rhinos after filling ETHAS forms. Prof Barbara de Mori from Padua University is monitoring ethical aspects of the whole procedure; Ol Pejeta Conservancy, Laikipia region, Kenya.
Ovum pick-up in northern white rhinos after filling ETHAS forms. Prof Barbara de Mori from Padua University is monitoring ethical aspects of the whole procedure; Ol Pejeta Conservancy, Laikipia region, Kenya.
Photo: Rio the photographer
Part of the BioRescue team analysing the worlds first southern white rhino fetus produce with modern ART techniques; Ol Pejeta Conservancy, Laikipia region, Kenya.
Photo: Jon A Juárez Garcia
A huge success of the BioRescue programme, the world’s first southern white rhino fetus produced with modern ART techniques. Sadly, the mother died from poison released from clostridia bacteria due to heavy rain and flooding in Ol Pejeta Conservancy, Laikipia region, Kenya. The steady monitoring by ETHAS helped to setup promptly save security measures for the northern and southern white rhinos on site.
Photo: Jon A Juárez Garcia
Part of the BioRescue team analysing the worlds first southern white rhino fetus produce with modern ART techniques; Ol Pejeta Conservancy, Laikipia region, Kenya.
Photo: Jon A Juárez Garcia
Part of the BioRescue team analysing the worlds first southern white rhino fetus produce with modern ART techniques; Ol Pejeta Conservancy, Laikipia region, Kenya.
Photo: Jon A Juárez Garcia
Prof Barbara de Mori from Padua University explaining and monitoring the ETHAS in-vitro fertilization (IVF) procedure at AVANTEA laboratories in Cremona, Italy.
Prof Barbara de Mori from Padua University explaining and monitoring the ETHAS in-vitro fertilization (IVF) procedure at AVANTEA laboratories in Cremona, Italy.
Prof Barbara de Mori from Padua University explaining and monitoring the ETHAS in-vitro fertilization (IVF) procedure at AVANTEA laboratories in Cremona, Italy.
Selecting northern white rhinos oocytes for IVF; AVANTEA laboratories, Cremona, Italy.
Photo: Ami Vitale
Performing Intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) into an northern white rhino oocyte; AVANTEA laboratories, Cremona, Italy.
Development stages after ICSI. Last stage shows a viable blastocyte (embryo) at AVANTEA laboratories, Cremona, Italy.
Performing Intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) into an northern white rhino oocyte; AVANTEA laboratories, Cremona, Italy.
Photo: Ami Vitale
Cryopreserving a northern white rhino blastocyte (embryo) at AVANTEA laboratories, Cremona, Italy.
Photo: Ami Vitale
Cryopreserving a northern white rhino blastocyte (embryo) at AVANTEA laboratories, Cremona, Italy.
Prof Barbara de Mori from Padua University explaining Prof Kastuhiko Hayashi and team members the ETHAS stem cell at Osaka University, Japan
Photo: Steven Seet
Prof Barbara de Mori evaluating the stem cell laboratory setup for ETHAS criteria at Osaka University, Japan.