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 […]
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
Friday 7th June 2019, Thomas Nelson Harvey defended his PhD, entitled “Towards a genome wide understanding of salmon lipid metabolism gene regulation across tissues and life stages.” Atlantic salmon is an important source of omega-3 […]
Simon Stenberg from CIGENE, defended his thesis entitled “Epigenetic and genetic adaptation in experimental yeast populations” Friday 12th April. The thesis of Stenberg is focused on rapid clonal adaptation. Using experimental evolution on yeast populations, […]
Yang Jin, researcher at CIGENE, recently defended his PhD at NTNU. His thesis was entitled “Development of lipid metabolism in early life stages of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar)”. Why is this interesting? Lipids are the […]