XV Congress of the Iberian Association of Comparative Endocrinology

Our team actively participated in the XV Congress of the Iberian Association of Comparative Endocrinology (AIEC 2025), held in Porto from July 24 to 26, 2025, at the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Porto.

• Benjamin Costas delivered the opening keynote lecture, focusing on nutritional immunology, aquatic animal health, and welfare, and exploring innovative and sustainable solutions to enhance the health of farmed animals.

• Diogo Peixoto gave an oral presentation on:

  • Dietary tryptophan modulates stress and inflammatory responses in European seabass (Dicentrarchus labrax), and its stress-buffering effect declines during prolonged inflammation

• Christopher Pimentel gave an oral presentation on:

  • Transport induced acute stress response in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) juveniles may shed light into novel welfare biomarkers

• Lourenço Pinto presented a poster entitled:

  • Optimizing blow sampling methods for non-invasive hormone assessment in cetaceans

For more details about the event, visit the XV AIEC webpage.