Acronym NA
Category
Marine Biotechnology
Title The effect of narrow banded LED light on development and growth performance Programme National Programme
Instrument (FP6)
Contact Type (FP7)
Strand (Interreg)
NA
Theme (FP7)
Activity Area (FP6)
Regional Area (Interreg)
Action (COST)
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Specific Programme (FP7)
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Funding source National Coordinator Jon Vidar Helvik Coordinator email Vidar.Helvik@uib.no
Coordinator institution
UiB - University of Bergen (Norway)
Institutions involved
NA
Start year 2016 End year 2021 Funding (€) € 925,000 Website https://prosjektbanken.forskningsradet.no/project/FORISS/254894?Kilde=FORISS&distribution=Ar&chart=bar&calcType=funding&Sprak=no&sortBy=date&sortOrder=desc&resultCount=30&offset=90&Organisasjon.5=Institutt+for+biovitenskap Summary In this project we will investigate the effect of narrow banded LED light exposure during the early developmental stages of Atlantic salmon. The exposure will be done at a stage where the common practice today is to keep the eggs in darkness. Light is known to influence the cell cycle progression in teleosts and the project will examine photoreception and the effect light has on growth and development. We have shown that the nonvisual photoreceptor system seems to be the first light detectors that are functional at embryonal stages of salmon. It is suggested that these photoreceptors are involved in the first light responses in salmon, before development of the image forming visual system. Our main objective will be to gain fundamental understanding of early photo sensory systems in salmon and understand how light influences early development, generation of muscle stem cells and subsequent impact on muscle growth. We will use light of different specter, intensity and period to try to influence establishment and proliferation of muscle stem cells. This will be done in collaboration with commercial partners and the project will provide new insights into how light potentially can be use on early developmental stages of salmon to improve growth and development.
Keywords
Salmon;
Genetic;
Fish biology;
Fish;
Marine Region
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