Theoretical-practical workshop on fish vaccination

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The 2nd GRINNAQUA workshop, on fish vaccination will take place on the 18 and 19th of October, in Porto.

The theoretical session will be held on the 18th at Espaço Atmosfera M and is limited to 40 participants.

The practical session, which is optional, will be held on the 19th at Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar (ICBAS). For logistic reasons this session is limited to 30 participants

If you are interested in attending, please register before the 4th of September

The workshop agenda is available for download

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Learning materials

Presentation for personal use only:

Benjamin Costas – GRINNAQUA overview

Carolina Tafalla – Fish immune system

Patricia Rosales – Fish Vaccination Methods

Carolina Tafalla – Adjuvants

Niels Lorenzen – DNA vaccines

Kim Thompson – Developing bacterial vaccines

Carolina & Patricia – Methods to evaluate vaccine efficacy

Patricia Rosales – Vaccine Efficacy Evaluation

Training team

Carolina Tafalla

Principal Investigator at the Animal Health Research Center (CISA-INIA-CSIC)

She is a Principal Investigator at the Animal Health Research Center
(CISA-INIA-CSIC) where she leads the Fish Immunology and Pathology
group. Her main focus throughout her career has been understanding
how fish organize immune responses to pathogens and vaccines, with
a special focus on B cells.

Patrcia Díaz Rosales

Researcher at the Animal Health Research Center (CISA-INIA-CSIC)

The improvement of cultured fish production has been the goal of her research, focusing on studying the fish immune response, investigating methods to improve it, allowing fish to cope with infections. Her main line of research in the past years has been exploring the use of functional ingredients as potential adjuvants in oral vaccines.

Øystein Evensen

Research group leader at the Norwegian University of Life Sciences

Works on host-pathogen interactions with a particular focus on viral infections in salmonids, with an aim to translate the cross-talk between the host and the pathogen into preventative measures and early stage vaccine development.

Niels Lorenzen

Professor at the Technical University of Denmark (DTU Aqua)

He is educated as biologist and employed as professor at the Technical
University of Denmark, National Institute of Aquatic Resources (DTU
Aqua). His key research focus is on host-pathogen interactions in fish
with emphasis on understanding of protective immunity and vaccine
development.

Kim Thompson

Principal Investigator at Moredun Research Institute

She is a Principal Investigator at Moredun Research Institute, where she heads the Aquaculture Research Group. She has over 30 years of experience in fish immunology, vaccine development, functional feeds, disease resistance of fish, and host-pathogen interactions and has published +200 articles relating to this work.

Ansgar Stratmann

Biotechnology Director at Aquatreck Animal Health SL

Spanish-German company for fish vaccines. He is specialized in the production of recombinant vaccines in Pichia pastoris

Rosa Merino

Biologist with over 13 years of experience

She first ran a small lab near Glasgow, Scotland, specializing in salmon readiness analyses for sea water transfer and salmonid pathogen identification. In 2017 she joined HIPRA, as part of its Aquaculture Unit, focused on disease prevention. As Global Technical Manager she has gained a broad perspective and field experience, understanding and dealing with the idiosyncrasies of several farmed fish species around the world.

Thank you all!

Co-funded by the European Union’s (EU) Horizon Europe research and innovation programme, under grant agreement No. 101079467 (project GRINNAQUA) and the UK Research and Innovation (UKRI). Views and opinions expressed are those of the authors only and do not necessarily reflect those of the EU, the research executive agency (REA) or the UKRI. Neither the EU nor the granting authorities can be held responsible for them

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.