In August 2024 we were very pleased to welcome Carina Mónico from CCMAR, Portugal, to the Institute of Aquaculture laboratories in Stirling. Carina works in the Microscopy Facility at CCMAR and came to the Institute of Aquaculture to learn about fish cell culture techniques and how to propagate and maintain established cell lines. In particular… Read More »
A big welcome to Sushee Dunn who has joined us as AQUAEXCEL TNA Operations Officer. Sushee has previously worked on multiple projects in a number of environments including health, construction and manufacturing. Latterly, she was Head of Quality, Research and Standards at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh and spent a year as senior… Read More »
June, 2023 – We are currently recruiting for a part-time Operations Officer to administer all AQUAEXCEL Transnational Access project applications. The post provides for flexible working, mainly involving maintaining contact with AQUAEXCEL Transnational Access applicants, reviewers and facility managers to ensure proposals are smoothly administered through the review process. The post also involves supporting the… Read More »
In early 2023, Andrea Bertini a PhD researcher from the University of Trento in Italy, visited the Institute of aquaculture for collaborative research as part of the AQUAEXCEL Transnational Access to Research Infrastructures Programme. Andrea’s research focus is on aquaculture nutrition and in particular the study of novel sustainable ingredients and their application into aquafeed… Read More »
Michela Massimo from the University of Udine (Italy) visited the Institute of Aquaculture in 2018 to work with Professor James Bron and Jacquie Ireland on this parasitic dinogflagellate. The research investigated the defence mechanisms adopted by European sea bass (ESB) against the protozoan parasite Amyloodinium ocellatum (AO). To achieve this, an expression fluorescent in situ hybridization… Read More »
Dr Mónica Betancor of the Institute of Aquaculture at the University of Stirling is working with other partners on a ground-breaking carbon recycling project supported by the Scottish Aquaculture Innovation Centre. The Institute of Aquaculture’s contribution is to evaluate a single-cell protein (SCP) produced from industrial emissions of carbon dioxide as a substitute for marine… Read More »