Today, CIGENE colleague Tina Graceline Kirubakaran defended her PhD thesis entitled “Genomics exploring population structure and sex determination in Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua)”. The defence started with the trial lecture: “Evolutionary significance of chromosomal inversions: […]
Why does some fish migrate into the ocean while others stay in freshwater? A study providing new insight into this phenomenon, was published this week in Nature Ecology and Evolution. The study was led by […]
Last week, the 4th International Conference on Integrative Salmonid Biology (ICISB 2019) was arranged in Edinburgh, Scotland (UK). As part of the conference, several poster viewing sessions were held and approximately 30 posters presented. The […]
The Earth Biogenome Project (EBP) aims to map the DNA for all animals, plants, birds, fish, fungi, algae and eukaryotes on Earth. Norway has recently established a national board, EBP-Nor, and Simen Rød Sandve, Associate […]
Cigene seeks enthusiastic and motivated candidates for two new positions, with application date 17th October 2019: PhD research fellowship within computational analyses of genome regulation Postdoctor within CRISPR and molecular functional genomics We look forward […]
As much as 10-15 % of all farmed salmon smolt does not survive the transition from freshwater to salt water, and this is a great challenge for the Norwegian salmon farming. In the Synchrosmolt project we aim to improve smolt production protocols and innovate breeding strategies to produce salmon that have better health and growth in the sea
Full title: Advancing European Aquaculture by Genome Functional Annotation
Duration: May 2019 – April 2023
Responsible: Sigbjørn Lien