22nd International Conference on Disease of Fish and Shellfish (EAFP2025)

Our research group will take part in the 22nd International Conference on Diseases of Fish and Shellfish (EAFP 2025), which will be held in Heraklion, Crete, from September 1 to 4, 2025, at the Cultural Conference Center of Heraklion (eafp2025.org).

We will be contributing through:

Three oral presentations:

3rd September – Nutrition and Fish Health Session (Ariadni room)

• 16:45. Mariana Vaz – “Role of methionine supplementation in immune modulation and resistance of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) to Salmon Louse (Lepeophtheirus salmonis)”

• 17:00. Inês Carvalho – “Time-dependent effects of dietary methionine supplementation on immune status and antioxidant defenses in European seabass (Dicentrarchus labrax)”

3rd September – Immunostimulants, prebiotics & probiotics session (Ariadni room)

• 11:00. Márcia Saraiva – “Dietary Supplementation with Euglena gracilis Enhances Mucosal Immune Responses in Fish”

Four posters:

• P124. Marina Machado – “Methionine dietary supplementation improves antiviral response of rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) against viral hemorrhagic septicemia virus (VHSV) – a transcriptomic approach”

• P146. Márcia Saraiva – “Chlorella vulgaris aquafeed supplementation as microbiota-gut-brain axis modulator in Dicentrarchus labrax“

• P257. Benjamin Costas – “GRINNAQUA Project: Building Capacity for a more Sustainable Aquaculture”

• P258. Tânia Pereira – GRINNAQUA Insights from Stakeholder Engagement: Addressing Challenges and Opportunities in Aquaculture

A workshop on “Advancing EU Aquaculture: Health and Welfare”, co-organized by the IGNITION and Cure4Aqua projects.

We warmly invite all participants to attend our presentations, posters, and workshop, and to join us in discussing innovative approaches for advancing health and welfare in aquaculture.