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Paula Simó-Mirabet doctorates

Paula has presented by video-conference during the Covid confinement her PhD Thesis at the Autonomous University of Barcelona. The study entitled "MOLECULAR AND FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS OF SIRTUINS AS METABOLIC MARKERS IN SEABREAM  was conducted…
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The success story of AQUAEXCEL2020 at 2019

The Institute of Aquaculture has participated actively on AQUAEXCEL2020 at 2019. Researchers of Fish Pathology and Nutrigenomics groups participated on two face to face training courses: Planning and conducting experimental infection trials…

Epigenetic regulation of sirt1 in gilthead sea bream

Researchers from the Nutrigroup of IATS-CSIC have described the gene organization of the seven gilthead sea bream sirtuins, a family of proteins considered as master regulators of energy metabolism from bacteria to higher vertebrates. The study…

Broodstock nutrition can shape scd1a gene expression in the gilthead sea bream offspring

Researchers from the Nutrigroup of IATS-CSIC and  IU-ECOAQUA of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria University have evaluated the effects of linolenic acid (ALA) broodstock nutrition in the offspring of gilthead sea bream. The study revealed the epigenetic…

AQUAEXCEL2020 TNA stay

PhD student Federico Moroni, from the Department of Biotechnologies and Life Science of University of Insubria (Italy) has completed an AQUAEXCEL2020 TNA stay with IATS-Nutrigroup. The LABFORTIFEEDBREAM TNA is aimed to assess the beneficial…
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POSTDOCTORAL CONTRACT JUAN DE LA CIERVA-FORMACIÓN (Nutrigenomics group)

We are looking for candidates to request a Juan de la Cierva formación contract (see bases here)  to develop a scientific career within the Nutrigenomics and Fish Growth Endocrinology Group (www.nutrigroup-iats.org) led by Dr. Jaume Pérez…
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IATS-CSIC researchers sequence the gilthead sea bream genome

This species shows several genetic duplications, which could explain its high plasticity and adaptation capacity under different farming conditions. The findings of the study will be applied in genetic selection and environmental programming…
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Serum metabolome markers of intestinal parasitic infection in gilthead sea bream

Researchers of IATS-CSIC Nutrigenomics group and Fish Pathology group, in collaboration with Universitat Jaume I, Universidad de Cadiz and Portuguese Algarve University, have recently reported the effect of the myxozoan parasite Enteromyxum…
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Protective effects of seaweed supplementation in European sea bass diets

Researchers of CIIMAR (Centro Interdisciplinar De Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal), ALGAPLUS Lda (Ílhavo, Portugal) and IATS Nutrigenomics group have reported the positive effects of 5% dietary supplementation of an aqueous extract…
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Closing lecture of Aquaculture Master by Jaume Pérez-Sánchez

  Prof. Jaume Pérez Sánchez, from Instituto de Acuicultura Torre de la Sal (IATS-CSIC), gave the closing lecture of the Official Interuniversity (UAB-UB-UPC) Aquaculture Master , entitled “Nutrition and genetic selection. New tools…