On February 20th, CIIMAR had the honor of hosting a visit from Dr. José Maria Costa, the Portuguese Secretary of State for Maritime Affairs. During the visit, Dr. José Maria Costa explored the CIIMAR laboratories, encompassing its three primary research domains. The tour provided an in-depth insight into the progress and ongoing initiatives, underscoring CIIMAR’s…
We are thrilled to share that A2S researcher Márcia Saraiva will be guest editing a special issue in Animals, MDPI, on “Genomic and Transcriptomic Studies in Aquaculture”! This Special Issue aims to publish high-quality multidisciplinary papers related to the latest advances in the fields of genomic and transcriptomic aquaculture. Original research articles and reviews are…
Registrations for the 5th edition of the Workshop on Reproductive Biotechnology in Flatfish Species: Trends in Breeders’ Management are now open. 📅 7-9th February 2024 📍University of Algarve Experts from A2S, Benjamin Costas, Marina Machado and Lourenço Ramos-Pinto, will take you by the hand to dive into less-invasive fish welfare evaluation techniques The workshop will be held…
In November, the AQUACOMBINE consortium celebrated the conclusion of its ground-breaking project during a final conference in Esbjerg. The event was as a platform to share the project’s achievements with a diverse audience, offering attendees a unique chance to explore the biomass processing demonstration at Aalborg University and the combined aquaculture and Salicornia cultivation demonstration…
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…