AQUA 2024

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Congrats Benjamin Costas and Inês Ferreira

Our team celebrated two significant achievements!

We are proud to congratulate our team leader, Benjamin Costas, on being elected to the European Aquaculture Society (EAS) Board of Directors. His forward-thinking leadership will undoubtedly contribute to the future of aquaculture.

Additionally, we proud to congratulate Inês Ferreira for winning the prestigious Ibrahim Okumus Poster Award. Her outstanding research and presentation truly stood out among her peers. These accomplishments highlight the exceptional talent and dedication within our team.

We’re at AQUA 2024

Meet us at AQUA 2024

The A2S team is set to make a strong impression at AQUA 2024, taking place in Copenhagen, Denmark in the coming 27th to 30th of August. Our team will be actively involved in the conference, delivering three oral presentations and contributing with fifteen posters, highlight our progress in aquatic animal health and welfare.

Oral presentations

30 August, 9:00 – Diogo Peixoto, Inês Carvalho, André Cunha, Lourenço Ramos-Pinto, Paulo Santos,
Marina Machado, Rita Azeredo, Benjamín Costas. OUTCOMES OF A SHORT-TERM DIETARY TRYPTOPHAN INTERVENTION UPON VACCINATION IN A TELEOST FISH MODEL

30 August, 9:15 – Mariana Vaz, Inês Carvalho, Gonçalo Espregueira Themudo, Diego Robledo, Carolina Tafalla, Patricia Díaz-Rosales, Benjamín Costas, Marina Machado. METHIONINE NUTRACEUTICAL ROLE AGAINST VIRAL HEMORRHAGIC SEPTICEMIA VIRUS (VHSV) INFECTION IN RAINBOW TROUT Oncorhynchus mykiss

30 August, 9:45 – Bruno Reis, Francisco Cunha, Francisca Brito, Benjamín Costas. RAINBOW TROUT Oncorhynchus mykiss ACUTE STRESS RESPONSES INDUCED BY TRANSPORT: A HOLISTIC APPROACH

Poster presentations

Biosecurity, Disease Prevention ePosters

  • (#1053) Tonka Buha, Costas B., Gonçalves A.T.. NON-INVASIVE BIOMARKER DISCOVERY IN FARMED FISH SPECIES: A MULTIOMICS APPROACH

Feed Additives ePosters

  • (#1030) Inês Carvalho, Peixoto D, Ferreira I, Robledo D, Gonçalves JF, Machado M, Tafalla C, Costas B. TRANSCRIPTOMIC ANALYSIS OF SKIN RESPONSE TOTenacibaculum maritimum INFECTION IN EUROPEAN SEABASS FED DIETARY METHIONINE SUPPLEMENTATION
  • (#1043) Tânia Pereira, Azeredo R., Machado M., Ramos-Pinto L., Fernández-Boo S., Tafalla C., Díaz-Rosales P., Nielsen F., Robledo D., Bean T., Costas B. GRINNAQUA: GREEN INNOVATION STRATEGIES FOR ANIMAL HEALTH MANAGEMENT: TOWARDS SUSTAINABLE AQUACULTURE
  • (#1051) Mariana Hinzmann, Guimarães P., Pereira B., Teodósio R., Livramento M., Sousa R., Soares F., Pousão-Ferreira P., Vitorino R., Magalhães S., Aires T., Conceição L.E.C., Gonçalves A.T., Engrola S., Costas B. FUNCTIONAL DIETS BASED ON MICROALGAE CAN BOOST IMMUNE RESPONSES IN GILTHEAD SEABREAM (Sparus aurata) JUVENILES
  • (#1054) André Cunha, Santos, P., Hinzmann, M., Magalhães S., Aires, T., Conceição, L., Machado, M., Vitorino R., Gonçalves, A.T., B. Costas. EVALUATING THE IMPACT OF DIETARY Tetraselmis chui EXTRACTS ON IMMUNITY AND DISEASE RESISTANCE IN EUROPEAN SEABASS Dicentrarchus labrax JUVENILES
  • (#1055) Paulo Santos, Cunha A., Hinzmann M., Ferreira I., Ramos-Pinto L., Aires T., Magalhães S., Vitorino R., Conceição L., Azeredo R., Gonçalves A.T., Costas B. SYNERGISTIC EFFECT OF BIOACTIVE COMPOUNDS EXTRACTED FROM ALGAE ON EUROPEAN SEABASS Dicentrarchus labrax IMMUNITY
  • (#1056) Muhammad Nauman, Silva-Brito F., Saraiva M., Santos P., Cunha P., Cardoso H., Pereira H., Conceição L.E.C., Gonçalves A.T., Costas B. BIOACTIVES FROM Euglena gracilis TO BOOST IMMUNITY AND DISEASE RESISTANCE IN FISH
  • (#1057) Márcia Saraiva, Silva-Brito F., Santos P., Simões L., Conceição L.E.C., Gonçalves A.T., Cunha P., Cardoso H., Pereira H., Costas B. IMMUNOMODULATORY POTENTIAL OF Euglena gracilis BIOACTIVE COMPOUNDS: AN IN VITRO APPROACH
  • (#1058) Francisca Silva-Brito, M. Saraiva, L. Simões, P. Cunha, H. Cardoso, H. Pereira, L.E.C. Conceição, A.T. Gonçalves, B. Costas. THE EFFECTS OF DIETARY SUPPLEMENTATION WITH SULFATED
    POLYSACCHARIDES FROM Nannochloropsis oceanica ON THE ANTIOXIDANT AND IMMUNE STATUS OF Dicentrarchus labrax INFECTED WITH Photobacterium damselae SUBSP. piscicida
  • (#1059) Lourenço Ramos-Pinto, A. Cunha, D. Medina, C. Oliveira, J. Dias, C. Castro, R. Serradeiro, E. Cabrita, B. Costas. Immuno-modulatory effects of dietary macro- and microalgae on turbot (Scophthalmus maximus) breeders: non-lethal assessment through humoral immune parameters and skin mucus proteomics
  • (#1063) Joana Pedro, M. Monteiro, J. Henriques, M. Bergvik, N. Tokle, L.E.C. Conceição, B. Costas. EFFECTS OF FEEDING PROTOCOLS ON OXIDATIVE STRESS RESPONSES OF ATLANTIC COD (Gadus morhua) LARVAE
  • (#1064) Muhammad Nauman, F. Silva-Brito, M. Saraiva, P. Santos, P. Cunha, H. Cardoso, H. Pereira,
    L.E.C. Conceição, A.T. Gonçalves, B. Costas. BIOACTIVES FROM Euglena gracilis TO BOOST IMMUNITY AND DISEASE RESISTANCE IN FISH

Health – Immunology and Pathology ePosters

  • (#1045) Inês A. Ferreira, A. do Vale, B. Costas. IDENTIFICATION OF TENACIBACULUM MARITIMUM EXTRACELLULAR PRODUCTS: IN VITRO AND IN VIVO PROTEOMIC APPROACH

Welfare ePosters

  • (#1052) Maria João Peixoto, F. Cunha, G. Themudo, B. Reis, P. Rema, A. Barreto, R. Rocha, B. Costas. EVALUATING NON-INVASIVE BIOMARKERS FOR ASSESSING RESPONSES TO ACUTE TRANSPORT STRESS IN ATLANTIC SALMON Salmo salar SMOLTS

Various Topics – ePosters

  • (#1032) Benjamin Costas, T. Pereira, R. Azeredo, M. Machado, L. Ramos-Pinto, T. Seternes, R. Dalmo, M.H. Thomsen, M. Milan, L. Peruzza, L. Bargelloni, A. do Vale, J.A. Martos-Sitcha, K. Viswanath, S. Teixeira, R. Rocha, L.E.C. Conceição, A.T. Gonçalves, H. Tribler, J. Marques, M. Leal, G. Micallef, A. Lane, A. Viskovic, T. Bean, D. Robledo, C. Leaniz, A. Hodgkinson, S. Fernández-Boo. IGNITION – IMPROVING GREEN INNOVATION FOR THE BLUE REVOLUTION: NEWS TOOLS AND OPPORTUNITIES
    FOR A MORE SUSTAINABLE ANIMAL FARMING
  • (#1048) Gonçalo E. Themudo, B. Reis, F. Cunha, C. Pimentel, A. Barreto, R. Rocha, P. Simó-Mirabet, J.A. Martos-Sitcha, B. Costas. COMPARATIVE TRANSCRIPTOMICS ACROSS ATLANTIC SALMON Salmo salar SMOLTS, EUROPEAN SEABASS Dicentrarchus labrax AND RAINBOW TROUT Oncorhynchus mykiss UNDERGOING ACUTE STRESS INDUCED BY TRANSPORT

AQUA 2024 is a prestigious gathering of global experts who come together to discuss and share the latest research and advancements in the field. The A2S team’s involvement underscores their commitment to driving innovation and best practices in sustainable aquaculture.

For more information about the conference, please visit the official symposium website: www.was.org/Meeting/code/AQUA24