SCIENTISTS from across the globe gathered in a Dorset laboratory to learn about infections and diseases in marine life.
The 27 delegates took part in a histopathology workshop at the Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (CEFAS) Laboratory in Weymouth.
The three-day workshop featured presentations from experts, laboratory tours and break-out' sessions.
Participants studied tissue samples through microscopes and examined tissue sections under high magnifying monitors.
Creatures examined included salmonids, cyprinids, molluscs and crustacea.
Pathologist John Bignell said: "We had 27 people from around the world - even from as far away as Tasmania and South Africa - coming to learn about histopathology.
"They will all be able to go away and use everything they've learned in their jobs.
"It was very informal and people got the chance to use microscopes and hear a series of lectures.
"In the workshop we taught people how to look at slides of tissue and to learn how to recognise different diseases."
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