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
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! 👇
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
🎉 Big congratulations to Inês Carvalho on successfully defending her PhD thesis: "Tailored methionine nutrition in fish: effects on immunity, oxidative stress and beyond!" 🐟
Proud to have you on our team!
@ciimar.bsky.social
🌊 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
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
🤝 La colaboración en el marco del #AQUAEXCEL3.0 ha generado dos trabajos de alto impacto del grupo de Nutrigenómica y Biología Integrativa de Peces
iats.csic.es/la-colaborac...
@csic.es @dicv.csic.es @ciimar.bsky.social @a2s-ciimar.bsky.social
🎣 We’re hiring!
The initMAPAfish project is looking for a technician to join our team at A2S/CIIMAR and help build the first Microbiome Genome Atlas of Portuguese aquaculture fish species.
ℹ️ a2s.ciimar.up.pt/2026/03/06/w...
#Aquaculture #microbiome #STEMjob @ciimar.bsky.social
🐟🌱 New paper out!
Our team and partners tested fermented sugar kelp in diets for post‑smolt Atlantic salmon and found no negative effects on gut morphology, plus promising modulation of antioxidant and immune responses, a potential application in functional aquafeeds
🔗 doi.org/10.1016/j.fs...
We’re excited to share that another Special Issue led by a member of our team has just been launched
“Low‑Trophic Organisms and Derived Ingredients in Aquaculture Nutrition”
Edited by Ana Filipe Basto and Diogo Peixoto (@ciimar.bsky.social)
📝 Deadline: 30 Dec 2026
🔗 www.mdpi.com/journal/anim...
We’re happy to share a new Animals (MDPI) Special Issue guest edited by our team's Carlos Fajardo and by Marcos Donato (CAT) on how genome editing is shaping a more resilient and sustainable aquaculture sector.
🗓️ Deadline: 𝟑𝟎𝐭𝐡 𝐨𝐟 𝐉𝐮𝐥𝐲
🔗 www.mdpi.com/journal/anim...
#Aquaculture #GenomeEditing
The 𝐆𝐑𝐈𝐍𝐍𝐀𝐐𝐔𝐀 project showed that dietary methionine boosts antiviral defenses in trout by increasing viperin during VHSV infection. Building on 𝐀𝐐𝐔𝐀𝐕𝐈𝐏, this work now continues with 𝐕𝐢𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐌𝐄𝐓.
ViralMET: doi.org/10.3390/biol...
GRINNAQUA: doi.org/10.3390/biol...
@ciimar.bsky.social #Aquaculture
We're starting 2026 with two new studies:
🔬Dietary Methionine Supplementation Improves Rainbow Trout Immune Responses Against VHSV
doi.org/10.3390/biol...
🐟Biological Validation of Cortisol in Zebrafish Trunk, Skin Mucus, and Water as a Biomarker of Acute or Chronic Stress
doi.org/10.3390/fish...
GRINNAQUA is now wrapped up, and we’re proud to share a recap of resources produced: 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗹𝘀, 𝗶𝗻𝗱𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘆 𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗹𝗲𝘀, 𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝘆 𝗱𝗼𝗰𝘂𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 and 𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰 𝗽𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀
All resources will stay available, and new results are still coming out
grinnaqua.eu
#Aquaculture #Farm2Fork @ciimar.bsky.social
We’re thrilled to be part of #ENAQUA2025!
Our team is bringing 5 presentations and 13 posters, and we’d love for you to stop by, meet us, and explore our latest research.
All details about our contributions are available at:
a2s.ciimar.up.pt/2025/11/26/e...
see you there!
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...
📣 A próxima "Conversas com ciência", sobre saúde e bem-estar dos peixes em aquacultura, conta com a Rita Azeredo
📅 12 de outubro pelas 11h
📍 Quinta do Parque de Serralves
ℹ️ lnkd.in/d-UmAUVd
@ciimar.bsky.social
📣𝗘𝗡𝗔𝗤𝗨𝗔𝟮𝟱
Submit your abstract today!
Learn more: www.ciimar.up.pt/events/enaqu...
#CIMARLA
Big cheers for our teammate Sara Jorge 🎉 She’s officially a PhD! 🎓
Years of hard work, passion, and ocean science all paid off, and we couldn’t be prouder. 💙
Congratulations, Sara! ✨
@ciimar.bsky.social @i3suporto.bsky.social
✨What a week at Aquaculture Europe 2025!
We delivered 🎤6 oral presentations, 📊10 posters, chaired 2 full days on welfare 🐟, joined a round table 💬, and 🤝shared our work at the stand
It was fantastic to reconnect and build new collaborations
We're looking forward for AE2026 in Ljubljana!
#AE25Val
We are so thankful for the amazing community that joined us at @ciimar.bsky.social Open Day! 💡🌊 Let’s keep exploring, learning, and protecting our oceans together. 💙
@ignition-eu.bsky.social
#CIIMAR #OceanScience #CIIMAREvents
From posters to panels, from booth chats to big discussions — our team is all-in at Aquaculture Europe 2025 #AE25Val! 🐟
Catch us at:
📍 Booth Nº 55: #GRINNAQUA & @ignition-eu.bsky.social
📑 10 posters
🎤 6 presentations
💬 Round table + welfare session
ℹ️ a2s.ciimar.up.pt/2025/09/18/a...
📢 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
Our team is proud to share that Inês Carvalho & Paulo Santos presented their research at the 6th Blue Think Conference, organized by @ciimar.bsky.social and @ccmar.bsky.social
Hats of to Inês, who was awarded Best Presentation in Biology, Aquaculture and Seafood Quality for her outstanding work! 👏
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
We’re proud to have joined researchers and professionals at the 22nd international conference on disease of fish and shellfish (#EAFP2025).
It was an excellent opportunity to share our work, learn from global experts, and strengthen collaborations to improve aquatic animal health.
🔔 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
We’re looking forward to engage with colleagues at #EAFP2025. Come check our presentations and posters and say hi! 🤝
🐟 Our team is joining the 22nd International Conference on Disease of Fish and Shellfish #EAFP2025 in Heraklion, Crete. We’re eager to present our research and engage with colleagues on advancing fish and shellfish health.
ℹ️ a2s.ciimar.up.pt/2025/08/19/e...
@ciimar.bsky.social #Aquaculture
🌊Check out what we do at CIIMAR, why we exist, and the impact we strive to create. 🐟 A clear look into our work and the mission that drives us.
#Aquaculture #Sustainability
