Dr. Jaromír Vašíček is a research scientist at the Department of Animal Production, National Agricultural and Food Centre, and is also partly based at the Institute of Biotechnology, Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra (SUA Nitra). He completed his PhD studies in Biotechnology at SUA Nitra. He has been awarded by The Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Sport of the Slovak Republic in the category of “The Personality of Science and Technology up to 35 years” for his scientific contribution in the fields of agricultural and animal biotechnologies and biomedicine. He has been also awarded several times for his publication activity by different scientific organisations, such as SAPV and SSPLPVV SAV, as well as by the Dean of Faculty of Biotechnology and Food Sciences at SUA Nitra. He has coordinated five research projects and participated in 15 research projects. He has published over 90 papers in various journals, and serves as a member of the Czech Society for Analytical Cytometry, Czechoslovak Microscopy Society, Commission for Biosafety, an advisory committee of Ministry of Environment of the Slovak Republic, and as a member of the Department of Animal Production at the Slovak Academy of Agricultural Sciences. His research and teaching disciplines include farm animal male generative cells and somatic stem cells as well as application of biotechnological methods for the conservation of animal genetic resources.