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HAVBRUK2-Stort program for havbruksforskning

Characterization of fish immune cell transcriptome during infection and vaccination

Awarded: NOK 0.26 mill.

The research grant will enable Professor Tor Gjøen to work for 12 months in the lab of Professor David Traver at the Division of Molecular Medicine, Division of Biological Sciences, University of California, San Diego for the period july 2019-june 2020. The main focus will be to gain experience in the decoding of immune cell signalling pathways during development, infection and vaccination. Dr. Travers laboratory is at the forefont of immune cell research and use state of the art methods for cell characterization (flow cytometry) and functional analysis (transgenic models) of fish immune cells. The molecular mechanism for uptake and requirement of long chain unsaturated fatty acids in fish immune cells is also investigated in his lab and an is area of great importance for securing a sustainable aquaculture of atlantic salmon. A stay in this scientific environment will provide possibilities for future scientific collaboration and enhance our own resarch into atlantic salmon immunity.

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HAVBRUK2-Stort program for havbruksforskning