Acronym AQUAGENOMICS
Category
Marine Biotechnology
Title Improvement of aquaculture production by the use of biotechnological tools Programme National Programme
Instrument (FP6)
Contact Type (FP7)
Strand (Interreg)
NA
Theme (FP7)
Activity Area (FP6)
Regional Area (Interreg)
Action (COST)
NA
Specific Programme (FP7)
NA
Funding source National Coordinator A. Figueras Coordinator email antoniofigueras@iim.csic.es
Coordinator institution
CSIC-IIM - Spanish National Research Council;Institute of Marine Research (Spain)
Institutions involved
UAB - Autonomus University of Barcelona (Spain) ,
UMH - Miguel Hernández University of Elche (Spain) ,
MINECO - Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (Spain) ,
INIA - National Institute of Agricultural and Food Research and Technology (Spain) ,
CSIC - Spanish National Research Council (Spain) ,
UB - University of Barcelona (Spain) ,
UM - University of Murcia (Spain) ,
USC - University of Santiago de Compostela (Spain) ,
Start year 2007 End year 2013 Funding (€) € 6,000,000 Website NA Summary Aquaculture, considered a strategic area of national interest, can greatly benefit from the recent advances in molecular biology and biotechnology. Interestingly and importantly, molecular biology technologies can be applied in aquaculture toward the diagnosis of disease, in vaccine design, in the control of growth and reproduction, and in increasing disease resistance of cultivated species. Moreover, the availability of genetic maps of the appropriate density is of high interest for the identification of genomic regions with characters of interest in production by means of marker-assisted selection programs. Furthermore, some of the cultivated animal or plant species could be used as biofactories for the production of molecules of interest related to human and animal health. It is important to stress that Spain is still in a position to make significant contributions to Aquatic Biotechnology because, among other reasons, this is still an emergent area of investigation in other advanced nations (e.g. USA, Canada and Norway). In addition, a highly important factor is that in Spain there are several leading research groups working in biotechnology applied to Aquaculture. These groups have strong ties to other leading international research groups, therefore they must be encompassed under a broader and more ambitious framework in order to potentiate their productivity and create scientifically strong and competitive cores. The global objective is to potentiate the development of Biotechnology and Genomics in the field of Aquaculture and more specifically in the study of the molecular basis of fundamental aspects including pathogens, growth, nutrition and reproduction, without forgetting stress and genetic improvement. By optimizing scientific resources through reinforcing and generating a higher degree of collaboration between research teams and/or the creation of multidisciplinary groups, the dispersion of scientific and economic effort is avoided.
Keywords
Biology;
Genomic;
Genetic;
Disease;
Fish reproduction;
Marine Region
76
Not associated to marine areas
0
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