Curious about the challenges aquaculture fish face every day? 🐟
Give our maze game a try. Explore the obstacles they encounter and discover how we can improve their welfare in more sustainable ways.
🔗 Available in available in 🇬🇧 🇪🇸 🇵🇹 🇮🇹 🇩🇰 at lnkd.in/gGAAJKJE
We were delighted to hold our 7th progress meeting in beautiful Padova ☀️🇮🇹
A great opportunity to review developments, align next steps and strengthen collaboration.
Big thank you to UNIPD for the warm welcome and to all partners for the continued commitment to the project’s success!
How can we monitor the health of aquatic animals without stressing them? 🐟 🧬
Our team is advancing biomarker discovery to track health and detect diseases early, all with minimal disturbance to the animals.
@ciimar.bsky.social @science-crunchers.bsky.social
How can technology help us monitor fish health and welfare in real time?
Our team is developing cutting-edge machine vision tools to revolutionize aquaculture, enabling smarter, more sustainable farming practices.
Watch our video to see how it works and why it matters! 👇
🎲 Have you tried our clam board game yet? 🦪
A fun, educational way to explore the journey of a clam.
Available in 🇬🇧🇵🇹🇪🇸🇮🇹. Download it and give it a go!
🇬🇧🔗 zenodo.org/records/165708
91/files/IGNITION_GAME_OF_THE_CLAM_EN.pdf?download=1
Find other version on our website: ignition-project.eu/resources
A new Aquaculture Europe Magazine article highlights how the IGNITION Project developed the first dual-species SNP array for European clams, enabling genotyping and breeding for growth, disease resistance and heat tolerance
🔗 zenodo.org/records/1906...
#Aquaculture #Bivalve #Clam
🌊 New Fact Sheet Series!
We’re launching a new series of short, practical fact sheets sharing science and solutions for more sustainable aquaculture.
Our first focuses on improving Manila clam resilience to heatwaves and disease.
🔗 ignition-project.eu/resources/
#Aquaculture #farm2fork
Human, animal, and environmental health are deeply connected. 🧍🐾🌱
🌍 The One Health approach helps us understand and act on these links.
The IGNITION Project builds on this perspective to support healthier ecosystems and communities.
#OneHealth #Sustainability #Farm2Fork #Aquaculture #AnimalHealth
Our first 2026 publication is out!
“Biological Validation of Cortisol in Zebrafish Trunk, Skin Mucus, and Water as a Biomarker of Acute or Chronic Stress”
We explore alternative ways to measure cortisol in zebrafish to assess acute and chronic stress
doi.org/10.3390/fish...
#Aquaculture #Farm2Fork
In case you missed them, we’re sharing the publications that came out of IGNITION in 2025📚
They bring together insights and key outcomes from the work we developed throughout the year.
We hope you find them interesting and useful!
🔗 Check them out here: ignition-project.eu/resources/
Last week we held our 6th project progress meeting in Tromsø, hosted by Arctic University of Norway. Two productive days of discussions, insights, and planning for the next phase.
Thanks to Marwa, Tore and Roy for the warm hospitality!
#Aquaculture #Farm2Fork #AnimalWelfare
Tomorrow’s webinar is almost here — are you joining us?
lnkd.in/duA5aHjW
Join IGNITION in the AquaConnect webinar! 💧
Together with top EU projects, we’re exploring how circularity & biotech can transform aquaculture. 🌍
📅 14 Oct | 10–13 CET
🔗 ignition-project.eu/news/aquacon...
💡 Big smiles, curious minds, and lots of fun!
🧩 Our games were a big success at the CIIMAR Open Day. And you can try them at home! Download them for free at:
📥 ignition-project.eu/resources/
🤿 Thanks to all who came to explore the ocean with us!
What a week at Aquaculture Europe 2025! 🌊
4 talks 🎤, 7 posters 📊, an EAS student session 🎓, and sharing our work at the booth 🤝.
Huge thanks to everyone who visited and connected with us!
Already looking forward to AE2026 in Ljubljana 🇸🇮
#AE25VAL @ciimar.bsky.social @tyndallinstitute.bsky.social
🚀 At Aquaculture Europe 2025, IGNITION will deliver talks, posters & interactive activities on vaccines, bioactives & stress physiology.
Join us in Valencia, 22–25 Sept and visit us at Booth 55!
ℹ️ More details: ignition-project.eu/news/ignitio...
#AE25Val #AquacultureEurope
📢 Save the Date:
🗓️Oct 14, 10:00–13:00 CET
Discover innovations in aquaculture at the AQUACONNECT webinar
Registration coming soon!
Organized in collaboration between EU projects IGNITION, @cure4aqua.bsky.social, #GRINNAQUA, @euaqua.bsky.social, @innoaquaproject.bsky.social and Locality
Honored to join @ciimar.bsky.social 25th anniversary conference New Horizons! 🎉 Benjamin Costas presented @ignition-eu.bsky.social research: “New tools to prevent and mitigate the effects of climate change in aquaculture.” 🌊🐟
#Aquaculture #ClimateChange
🔔 It's Today!
If you're at the 22nd International Conference on Disease of Fish and Shellfish ( #EAFP2025), don't miss our workshop this afternoon
📣 Join us on Sept 1st, at the 22nd International Conference on Diseases of Fish and Shellfish ( #EAFP2025 ), in Heraklion.
IGNITION and Cure4Aqua are joining forces to showcase cutting-edge approaches to fish health and aquaculture sustainability in a joint workshop.
🎉 Congratulations to Stanislav Rudnyckyj, who is defending his PhD on biorefinery of organic waste & halophyte biomass, developed in IGNITION
🗓️Sep 5, 2025 | 13:00–16:00
📍Esbjerg + online
🔗www.energy.aau.dk/09-05-phd-defence-by-sta...
🐚 Our new study shows thermal priming boosts Manila clam survival during lethal marine heatwaves — with effects lasting over a month!
📘 "Thermal priming mitigates the effects of lethal marine heatwaves on the Manila clam (Ruditapes philippinarum)"
📜 doi.org/10.1016/j.is...
@unipd.bsky.social
🔥🦠 Can science help clams survive the heat and disease?
🧬We’re using selective breeding to give Manila clams a better chance against heatwaves and the Perkinsus olseni parasite. See how this approach could strengthen #shellfish farming in a warming world! 🦪
ℹ️ ignition-project.eu
#Aquaculture
Thrilled to see Benchmark Genetics dual-species SNP array live! 🐚🧬
Thanks to Drs. Penaloza Navarro, Houston, Woolley & #ShellFishBoost for the great collaboration.
We're proud to support more accessible shellfish genomics!
🔗 tiny.cc/h2mp001
🎉 We’re proud to share that Amy Fitzgerald, researcher at Swansea University and member of the IGNITION Project, has won the 2025 Young Author Award from Aquaculture, Fish and Fisheries! 🏆
For her paper on “Machine vision applications for welfare monitoring in aquaculture”
👉 doi.org/10.1002/aff2...
🧬 New publication by Stanislav Rudnyckyj & Mette Hedegaard Thomsen:
“Probiotics and Postbiotics from Saline/Marine Plant Feedstocks”
Developed under the IGNITION project, exploring novel bioresources for health & sustainability.
🔗 Read here: doi.org/10.1007/s126...
🎉Shoutout to Verónica de las Heras (Universidad de Cádiz) for winning 1st Prize in the INspira Awards for science communication
Her work with IGNITION links fish welfare in aquaculture to human health and oncology. Inspiring cross-sector impact!
ℹ️ lnkd.in/dGkM4z7f
#OneHealth#FishWelfare#HumanHealth
[ 📢 Missed our latest #EAStalk webinar? ]
🎥 “ #ElectrochemicalSensors to Improve #AnimalWelfare ”
🗓️ Dr. Sofia Teixeira
🔬 @ignition-eu.bsky.social
Sensors to reduce drug use, boost welfare, and monitor in real-time.
▶️ WATCH: www.youtube.com/watch?v=TiJb...
#AnimalHealth #AquacultureEurope
🔔 Reminder: June 10 - Sofia Teixeira will share the latest in electrochemical sensors for aquaculture & biomedical use at the EAStalk webinar. Registration is free!
ℹ️ ignition-project.eu/news/ignitio...
#BioSensors #EASTalk #Aquaculture #AnimalHealth
The A2S team is representing @ciimar.bsky.social at #AquaFuture Spain
Join us at stand A-33 to discover how we’re advancing aquaculture through projects like @ignition-eu.bsky.social , #GRINNAQUA and #ShellfishBoost
