Summer School 2024: Genomic and genetic tools for the blue revolution

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We are happy to announce we are organizing a Summer School on “Genomic and genetic tools for the blue revolution” at The Roslin Institute, in Edinburgh, Scotland. This summer school will take place between the 2nd and 5th of July and we are offering grants to cover travel and accommodation expenses of three participants. The selection will be done based on their current position and the usefulness of this training for their current work. More detail on the prerequisites and the criteria for selection, and the preliminary agenda is available below. Application are now closed.

The summer school agenda is available for download here.

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Training team

Diego Robledo

Group leader at Roslin Institute

Diego is working on sex determination in turbot as well as other traits and species, generally developing genomic resources and studying immune responses to pathogens.

Tim Bean

Group leader at Roslin Institute

Tim is focused on improving the productivity and success of bivalve aquaculture in the UK, by using the most appropriate technologies to deal with issues such as disease and environmental health.

Tim Reagen

Career Track Fellow at the Roslin Institute

Tim has established a research group investigating immunology of invertebrate aquaculture species in the context of industry-relevant challenges. With a strong background in immunology and bioinformatics, Tim has earned his PhD in Inflammatory Homeostasis in the Human Gastrointestinal Tract from University College Cork and has held various research positions at the Roslin Institute, including working with Genome-scale CRISPR Knock-Out (GeCKO) screening and systems biology. His research focuses on the immune systems of invertebrate aquaculture species and their interactions with host-associated microbiomes, environmental stressors, and environmental microbiota.

Alexandra Florea

PhD student at Roslin Institute

Alexandra is in the final year of her PhD at Roslin Institute working on gene editing for resistance to viral pathogens in Pacific whiteleg shrimp and Atlantic salmon in order to improve the health of aquaculture important stocks.

Jinhai Wang

Postdoctoral researcher at Roslin Institute

Jinhai is working to apply base editors in vitro to improve editing efficiency and reduce off-targets using fish cells, and establish disease-resistant fish lines by genome editing.

Robert Stewart

PhD student at Roslin Institute

Robert is studying the post-translational regulation of innate immune response to viruses infecting Atlantic Salmon for the development of gene editing candidates and vaccine improvement.

Jiaqi Wang

PhD student at Roslin Institute

Jiaqi is currently evaluating resistance to Tilapia Lake Virus in tilapia using CRISPR/Cas editing.

Learning material

1. Genomic and Genetic tools for the blue revolution

2. Novel CRISPR-based technologies and applications

4. Electroporation of cell cultures using NEON and NEPA systems

5. In-vivo CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing via microinjection

Thank you all!

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Funded from the European Union’s Horizon Europe research and innovation programme under grant agreement No. 101079467 (project GRINNAQUA). Views and opinions expressed are those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union. The European Union cannot be held responsible for them.