The student will be involved in WP2 and WP5 of the IGNITION project dealing with animal welfare assessment, novel non-invasive tools and machine learning approaches. Although aquaculture represents the fastest-growing food production sector globally, its sustainability is at stake due to the predicted effects of climate change that are not only a future but also…
The cultivation of marine bivalves faces increasing challenges due to climate change, which has a significant impact on the immune and specific systems, resulting in the emergence of diseases that negatively affect production. It was recently discovered that these organisms are affected by a type of cancer unique in nature that is contagious both between…
On October 17th, Benjamin Costas, coordinator of the IGNITION project, delivered a presentation at the midterm event of the EEA Grants Blue Growth Program. Despite IGNITION being a Horizon Europe project, it was featured in the event to showcase its significant contribution to the advancement of sustainable practices within the Blue Growth Programme. In his…
We’re looking for BSc to support our team in fish rearing trials, samples collection and lab processing; culture and identification of pathogenic bacteria; sample processing; data processing and statistical analysis as well as report writing. The candidate will also assist on results dissemination The work will be carried out at the Animal Health and Aquaculture…
The PhD Student at A2S participated int he Animal Science Doctoral Program Workshop with 4 oral presentations and 3 posters. Once again the effort and quality of our student transpired with one more prize for best student poster, secured by Inês Carvalho. Shout out to Ana Garcia, Diogo Ferreira, Inês Ferreira and João Estevão for…
The A2S team presence at Aquaculture Europe Conference 2023 was marked by the presentation of ten thought-provoking posters. The highlight of our success was getting the prize for best student poster, secured by Sara Jorge. In addition to these achievements, we co-organized a sucessful workshop in the context of IGNITION toghether with Cure4Aqua. Our participation…