The Institute of Aquaculture facilitated the visit of Research Technician, Vasso Terzoglou, from 20th – 28th November 2023, via the AQUAEXCEL3.0 Technician Transnational Mobility Programme. She works in the Biotechnology and Aquaculture Division at the Hellenic Centre for Marine Research (HCMR), Heraklion, Crete, and came to the Institute to gain additional experience in Molecular Biology… Read More »
A third round of funding is now available for technician mobility between AQUAEXCEL3.0 partner organisations. This funds up to €2,000 per visit. The deadline for applications is 29th September 2023. See the post from the second call for further details – https://aquaexcel.stir.ac.uk/2022/07/technician-transnational-mobility-program/
Silvere Santos, Animal Care Technician (NACWO) at the Institute of Aquaculture took advantage of the AQUAEXCEL Technician Transnational Mobility funds to spend time at the IFREMER PEARS facility in the South of France, to learn more about the husbandry of sea bass and to take part in some of the behavioural research. Here is the… Read More »
AQUAEXCEL 3.0 offers the opportunity for technicians working at any of the AQUAEXCEL Infrastructures to apply for a short training visit to one of the other Infrastructures (usually 1-2 weeks). The aim of the programme is to promote capacity building and the sharing of innovative experiments and best practices on how to improve the provision… Read More »