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Aquatic Animal Health Team @a2s-ciimar.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

📍 Are you heading to Aquaculture Europe 2026? Visit us at Booth 225 and join us for talks, posters, and discussions on fish welfare, health, nutrition, and sustainable aquaculture. Find out where and when to catch our contributions: a2s.ciimar.up.pt/aquaculture-... #AE2026 #Aquaculture

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Aquatic Animal Health Team @a2s-ciimar.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

🎉 5 new papers from August 2026! 🦐 Shrimp nutrition 🧬 Fish antiviral responses 🐟 Disease resilience in seabass 💧 Aquaculture biosafety 🦪 Perkinsus olseni diversity Together, these studies support more sustainable and resilient aquaculture systems. ℹ️ Find these and more at: a2s.ciimar.up.pt

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Aquatic Animal Health Team @a2s-ciimar.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Our PhD students showcased their work on fish health, welfare, antiviral immunity and cetacean stress assessment at #BTC2026 (Faro,3-4 Sep) Congrats Aminur, Bernardo, Christopher, Mariana, and Salisa for representing our team and contributing to an inspiring event ℹ️https://a2s.ciimar.up.pt/btc2026

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Aquatic Animal Health Team @a2s-ciimar.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

🌊New team publications! 🔬 Aquatic microbial symbioses & sustainable aquaculture doi.org/10.3389/fmic... 🌿 The multifunctional microbiome of the East Kolkata Wetlands doi.org/10.1016/j.ha... These highlight the diversity & functional importance of microbial communities across aquatic environments

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Aquatic Animal Health Team @a2s-ciimar.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

📢 We have 2 new publications! 🧫Dietary yeast β-glucans enhanced immune response and disease resilience in European seabass challenged with Tenacibaculum maritimum 🌿Curcumin improved growth, antioxidant status, and immune response in seabass larvae Find these papers and more at a2s.ciimar.up.pt

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Aquatic Animal Health Team @a2s-ciimar.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Last Friday was all about learning and sharing within the team💡 We kicked off the morning with an internal workshop on using our computer cluster for data analysis In the afternoon, we switched gears to a hands-on animal sampling session Big thank you to our colleagues for sharing their expertise!

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IGNITION Project @ignition-eu.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

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

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IGNITION Project @ignition-eu.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

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! 👇

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IGNITION - Machine Vision

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IGNITION Project @ignition-eu.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

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

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Real-Time Health Monitoring in Aquaculture

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Aquatic Animal Health Team @a2s-ciimar.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

🎉 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

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IGNITION Project @ignition-eu.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

🌊 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

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IGNITION Project @ignition-eu.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

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

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Aquatic Animal Health Team @a2s-ciimar.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

🎣 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

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Aquatic Animal Health Team @a2s-ciimar.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

🐟🌱 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...

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Aquatic Animal Health Team @a2s-ciimar.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

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...

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Aquatic Animal Health Team @a2s-ciimar.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

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

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Aquatic Animal Health Team @a2s-ciimar.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

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

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Aquatic Animal Health Team @a2s-ciimar.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

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...

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Aquatic Animal Health Team @a2s-ciimar.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

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

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Aquatic Animal Health Team @a2s-ciimar.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

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!

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IGNITION Project @ignition-eu.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

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...

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Aquatic Animal Health Team @a2s-ciimar.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

📣 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

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CIIMAR @ciimar.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

📣𝗘𝗡𝗔𝗤𝗨𝗔𝟮𝟱 Submit your abstract today! Learn more: www.ciimar.up.pt/events/enaqu... #CIMARLA

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Aquatic Animal Health Team @a2s-ciimar.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

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

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Aquatic Animal Health Team @a2s-ciimar.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

✨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

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Aquatic Animal Health Team @a2s-ciimar.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

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

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Aquatic Animal Health Team @a2s-ciimar.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

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...

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IGNITION Project @ignition-eu.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

📢 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

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Aquatic Animal Health Team @a2s-ciimar.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

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! 👏

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Aquatic Animal Health Team @a2s-ciimar.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

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

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Aquatic Animal Health Team @a2s-ciimar.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

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.

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IGNITION Project @ignition-eu.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

🔔 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

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Aquatic Animal Health Team @a2s-ciimar.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

We’re looking forward to engage with colleagues at #EAFP2025. Come check our presentations and posters and say hi! 🤝

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Aquatic Animal Health Team @a2s-ciimar.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

🐟 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

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Aquatic Animal Health Team @a2s-ciimar.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

🌊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

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Aquatic Animal Health Team @a2s-ciimar.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

🚨 Attending the XV AIEC (Iberian Association of Comparative Endocrinology) meeting? Make sure to join the Metabolism and Immunity Symposium today at 17:15 and catch Diogo Peixoto’s presentation. @ciimar.bsky.social #CIIMARevents #AIEC2025 #Aquaculture

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Aquatic Animal Health Team @a2s-ciimar.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

Big shoutout to Inês Ferreira, whose PhD work was featured in misPeces! 🐟 She focused on how T. maritimum infects sea bass, the role of mucosal barriers, and the proteins involved in disease progression, offering valuable insights for health and disease prevention. a2s.ciimar.up.pt/2025/05/13/i...

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Aquatic Animal Health Team @a2s-ciimar.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

🐟 Our team members Diogo Peixoto, Rita Azeredo & Márcia Saraiva are co-editors of a new Frontiers in Aquaculture topic on diet–microbiota–immunity links in fish health, with Ana Basto. Now open for submissions! 🔗https://a2s.ciimar.up.pt/2025/07/11/frontiers-aquaculture/ #Aquaculture #Microbiome

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Aquatic Animal Health Team @a2s-ciimar.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

📰 New research alert! In May, our team published 4 papers on: 🐟 Seabass gene expression & tryptophan 🦪 Genetic resistance to Perkinsus in clams 🧬 The regulation and use of GM animal-derived products 🐛 Laboratory culture of digenean trematode parasites Well done to all involved!

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Aquatic Animal Health Team @a2s-ciimar.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

🚨Call for Papers! New Frontiers in Microbiology special issue "Harnessing Aquatic Microbial Symbioses for Sustainable #Aquaculture" 🗓️Sep 3 (summary)|Dec 31 (manuscript) Co-edited by Marcia Saraiva (@ciimar.bsky.social), Hilal Ay (YTU) & Anton Gerilovych (OHSRI) ℹ️ a2s.ciimar.up.pt/2025/07/08/f...

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Aquatic Animal Health Team @a2s-ciimar.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

Big shoutout to Diogo Peixoto whose PhD work on reducing stress in aquaculture fish using tryptophan is making headlines! 🐟💙 Covered by media in Portugal and Spain, this research is helping shape a more sustainable and humane future for aquaculture. 🔗 a2s.ciimar.up.pt/2025/01/31/d...

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Aquatic Animal Health Team @a2s-ciimar.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

Just finished a fantastic week at the Flow Cytometry #GRINNAQUA Summer School, organized and hosted by our project partner INIA. Great mix of hands-on training, insightful talks, and engaging discussions. Huge thanks to everyone who made it happen!

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Aquatic Animal Health Team @a2s-ciimar.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

🎉 Huge congratulations to João Estêvão on successfully completing his PhD! 🥳 Your dedication, hard work, and resilience have truly paid off. This is a remarkable achievement that reflects years of commitment and passion for your field. Wishing you continued success in all your future endeavors👏🎓🚀

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Aquatic Animal Health Team @a2s-ciimar.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

Benjamin Costas @bcostasciimar.bsky.social, will deliver the opening keynote lecture at the XV Congress of the Iberian Association of Comparative Endocrinology. 📍 Porto 📆 July 24 to 26, 2025. 📄 Abstract submission: until June 8 🖊️ Registration: until June 16 🔗 lnkd.in/diX4iZSh

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Aquatic Animal Health Team @a2s-ciimar.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

At the Climate Smart & Safe Aquaculture Conference 2025, our team showcased cutting-edge research from @ignition-eu.bsky.social. Kudos to Tonka Buha and Inês de Almeida Ferreira for their impactful presentations! 🐟✨

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Aquatic Animal Health Team @a2s-ciimar.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

The “Climate Smart & Safe Aquaculture” workshop by #GRINNAQUA, MycoFish & AquaClimAdapt at IPMA, Algés was a success! Huge thanks to the participants for sharing their valuable time & insights. Event outcomes will be shared soon. Stay tuned! grinnaqua.eu/news/climate...

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Aquatic Animal Health Team @a2s-ciimar.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

Our team had a great experience at AquaFuture Spain! We showcased our innovative work and connected with key stakeholders Benjamin Costas & Sergio Boo presented our most impactful projects: GRINNAQUA, IGNITION & ShellfishBoost Benjamin was interviewed by rTVE channel a2s.ciimar.up.pt/2025/05/30/a...

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Aquatic Animal Health Team @a2s-ciimar.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

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

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Aquatic Animal Health Team @a2s-ciimar.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

@ciimar.bsky.social and the University of Bergen took a major step in cross-border collaboration through a #GRINNAQUA staff exchange — sharing expertise in research strategy, innovation, and marine science. 🤝A productive visit with future joint projects on the horizon. grinnaqua.eu/news/ciimar-...

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