Undergraduate
We teach courses at the Faculty of Science, Faculty of Medicine and Faculty of Nursing.
Faculties
Degree programmes
Degree in Biology, Degree in Biotechnology, Double Degree Biology/Biotechnology, Degree in Medicine, Degree in Nursing
Academic education
Teaching and learning
TechnoSperm group is firmly committed to student training, integrating research with quality education.
Teaching delivered
TechnoSperm group members actively participate in university teaching, teaching classes in various degrees and masters programs at the University of Girona.
Master
We teach courses in the Faculty of Sciences and the Polytechnic School.
Master’s programmes
Internships, TFG and TFM
Each year we offer positions for internship students, TFG and TFM. Students join the research team to learn in a first-rate science environment.
What you will learn to do
Students who join the group leave able to run the techniques we use in the lab every day.
Seminogram (CASA)Flow cytometrySperm cryopreservationIn vitro fertilizationComet assayTUNELSCSA (Sperm Chromatin Structure Assay)Chromomycin A3 (CMA3) testImmunofluorescenceWestern blotConfocal microscopyElectron microscopyRT-qPCR (Real-time PCR)ProteomicsMetabolomicsCell culturesEvaluation of reactive oxygen species (ROS)Evaluation of oxygen consumption (OCR)DNA quantification by fluorimetrySCD (Sperm Chromatin Dispersion)See the lab equipment →Supervised Doctoral Theses
The TechnoSperm group has supervised numerous doctoral theses that have contributed to advancing reproductive biotechnology. Below are the theses defended under the supervision of group members.
27
Supervised theses
1994–2026
First to latest
27 theses
2026
Optimising pig semen liquid storage: insights into sperm functional integrity and mitochondrial activity
Ferran Garriga i Font
Supervision: Marc Yeste, Marc Llavanera
2023
Relevance of sperm chromatin protamination, condensation and DNA integrity for sperm function and fertility: the role of toroid linker regions
Estel Viñolas Vergés
Supervision: Marc Yeste, Jordi Ribas
2023
Novel insights into paternal factors influencing the maternal environment and embryo development
Yentel Mateo Otero
Supervision: Marc Yeste, Isabel Barranco
2023
Molecular insights into mammalian sperm physiology: a comparative study of glutathione S-transferases in male reproduction
Marc Llavanera Bruguera
Supervision: Marc Yeste, Sergi Bonet
2022
Physiological role of mitochondrial and plasma membrane channels in sperm
Ariadna Delgado Bermúdez
Supervision: Marc Yeste
2022
Relevancia de los antioxidantes en la regulación de las especies reactivas de oxígeno (ROS) en el semen de burro y caballo
Iván Patricio Yánez Ortiz
Supervision: Marc Yeste, Jordi Miró
2022
Physiological role of sperm and seminal plasma proteins along the female reproductive tract in livestock
Sandra Recuero Cobos
Supervision: Marc Yeste, Beatriz Fernández
2021
Efectos de la fotoestimulación en el semen de burro y caballo
Jaime Catalán Bahamondes
Supervision: Marc Yeste, Jordi Miró
2021
Applying a sequential approach in order to detect and interpret a possible increased rate of myeloid malignancies in the Girona province
Enrique Y. Bitchatchi
Supervision: Marc Yeste, Elisabeth Pinart, Rina Chen
2019
How does seminal plasma protect mammalian spermatozoa? Species-linked variations within the genus Equus
Marion Papas
Supervision: Jordi Miró, Marc Yeste
2019
Identificación, localización y función de las acuaporinas en el espermatozoide equino y su relación con la criopreservación
Sebastian Bonilla Correal
Supervision: Jordi Miró, Marc Yeste
2017
Aquaporins in boar and bull spermatozoa: identification and functional implications
Noelia Prieto Martínez
Supervision: Marc Yeste, Sergi Bonet
2016
Bacteriospermia and porcine reproduction: effects on sperm quality and fertility potential of boar spermatozoa
Lilian Sepúlveda
Supervision: Sergi Bonet, Eva Bussalleu
2016
Freezability markers for boar sperm: new proteomic approaches
Ingrid Vilagran Martí
Supervision: Sergi Bonet, Marc Yeste, Sílvia Sancho
2014
Vitrification of in vitro produced porcine blastocysts: the effects of culture medium and antioxidants
Miriam Castillo Martín
Supervision: Sergi Bonet, Marc Yeste
2014
In vitro production of porcine embryos. New insights into optimization of culture media with relevance to sex ratio purposes
Eva Torner Bosch
Supervision: Maria Dolors Briz, Eva Bussalleu
2014
Efectos del glutatión reducido y la procaína en la resistencia a la criopreservación de semen porcino. Acciones a nivel de la estabilidad nuclear y su efecto en la fertilidad «in vivo»
Efren Estrada Paqui
Supervision: Marc Yeste, Joan Enric Rodríguez
2012
A molecular approach on sperm changes during epididymal maturation, ejaculation and in vitro capacitation of boar spermatozoa
Anna Fàbrega Coll
Supervision: Sergi Bonet, Elisabeth Pinart
2010
A practical approach on boar sperm cryodamage. Morphofunctional and immunocytochemical study of cryopreserved boar sperm intended for use in artificial insemination
Isabel Casas Roqueta
Supervision: Sergi Bonet, Maria Dolors Briz, Sílvia Sancho
2008
New insights into boar sperm function and survival from integrated field and laboratory studies
Marc Yeste Oliveras
Supervision: Sergi Bonet, Maria Dolors Briz
2008
Millora de la qualitat espermàtica de dosis seminals de mascles reproductors Piétrain per filtració en diverses reïnes
Eva Bussalleu Muntada
Supervision: Sergi Bonet, Elisabeth Pinart
2006
Estudi citològic i bioquímic del fluid epididimari de «Sus domesticus»
Anna Pruneda Sais
Supervision: Sergi Bonet, Elisabeth Pinart
2006
Cultiu de les cèl·lules epididimàries de «Sus domesticus»: anàlisi estructural, funcional i proteòmic
Judit Bassols Casadevall
Supervision: Sergi Bonet, Elisabeth Kádár
2002
Efectes del fotoperíode sobre la qualitat espermàtica de mascles porcins Sus domesticus
Sílvia Sancho Badell
Supervision: Sergi Bonet, Elisabeth Pinart
2002
Estructura i ultraestructura testicular del mascle reproductor porcí (Sus domesticus)
Núria Garcia Gil
Supervision: Sergi Bonet, Maria Dolors Briz
1998
Efectos de la criptorquidia espontánea abdominal sobre la calidad espermática y la estructura testicular de machos porcinos postpuberales
Elisabeth Pinart Nadal
Supervision: Sergi Bonet
1994
Análisis microscópico del esperma eyaculado y de la maduración epididimaria de los espermatozoides de Sus domesticus
Maria Dolors Briz González
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