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Building a biological knowledge-base on fish lifecycles for competitive, sustainable European aquaculture
Start date:2009-02-01
End date:2013-07-31
Project Acronym:LIFECYCLE
Project status:Execution
Coordinator
| Organization name:GOETEBORGS UNIVERSITET | |
| Administrative contact | Address |
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Name:Pirjo |
Vasaparken 100 GOETEBORG SVERIGE Region:SVERIGE VÄSTSVERIGE Göteborgs och Bohus län |
| Tel:+46-317865346 | |
| Fax:+46-317864355 | |
| E-mail:Contact | |
| URL:http://www.gu.se | Organization Type:Education |
Description
Objective:
LIFECYCLE (14 partners, 9 countries) will deliver a knowledge-base to improve competitiveness and sustainability of European aquaculture, through a combination of question-problem driven approaches. The focus will be on early developmental events, growth and environmental adaptation throughout the lifecyle, and on the physiology and immunology of key life-stage transitions, such as metamorphosis, smoltification and puberty. To advance current knowledge on mechanisms governing essential biological functions in fish, state-of-the-art physiological research will be combined with functional genomics by leading European research groups.
LIFECYCLE will focus on all major life stages of sea bass, sea bream, Atlantic salmon and rainbow trout. For these important aquaculture species, substantial resources and biological information exists which will be exploited and integrated to potentiate the overall impact. Two key conceptual approaches will be taken: 1. Changes in physiological systems at different points during the lifecycle will be studied to establish how early factors impact on later stages. 2. Cross-cutting experiments will address integration and crosstalk between physiological systems. LIFECYCLE is planned to direct research at current production bottlenecks.
The knowledge generated about development and growth, adaptation and homeostasis, the immune system, sex differentiation and puberty will have a major impact on alleviating problems linked to abnormal larval development, skeletal deformities, poor growth and energy utilization, mortalities related to life stage transitions, poor environmental performance, and unwanted sexual maturation. The focused dissemination of such knowledge will make the EU aquaculture industry more efficient and stimulate its sustainable expansion. The knowledge-base established will pave way for future advances within fields of stress and disease control, breeding selection, environmental performance and species diversification.
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General information:
Project Details
Start date:2009-02-01
End date:2013-07-31
Duration:54 months
Project Reference:222719
Project cost:8753000 EURO
Project Funding:5995801 EURO
Programme Acronym:
FP7-KBBE
Programme type:Seventh Framework Programme
Subprogramme Area:Essential biological functions related to the most relevant stages of aquaculture fish life-history
Contract type:Large-scale integrating project
URL:http://www.lifecycle-fp7.eu/
Subject index:Agricultural biotechnology , Resources of the Sea, Fisheries
Results for this Project
| Periodic Report Summary - LIFECYCLE (Building a biological knowledge-base on fish lifecycles for competitive, sustainable European aquaculture) | 07/09/2010 |
Other participants
| Organization name:CENTRO DE CIENCIAS DO MAR DO ALGARVE | |
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Name:Adelino |
UNIVERSIDADE DO ALGARVE FARO PORTUGAL Region:CONTINENTE ALGARVE |
| Tel:+351-289800925 | |
| Fax:+351-289800069 | |
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| URL:http://ccmar.ualg.pt | Organization Type: |
| Organization name:UNIVERSITE DE RENNES I | |
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Name:Yolaine |
RUE DU THABOR 2 CS 46510 RENNES CEDEX FRANCE Region:OUEST BRETAGNE Ille-et-Vilaine |
| Tel:+33-223233723 | |
| Fax:+33-223235876 | |
| E-mail:Contact | |
| URL:http://www.univ-rennes1.fr | Organization Type:Education |
| Organization name:THE UNIVERSITY COURT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN | |
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Name:Frederick |
KING'S COLLEGE ABERDEEN UNITED KINGDOM Region:SCOTLAND GRAMPIAN |
| Tel:+44-122-4272121 | |
| Fax:+44-122-4272319 | |
| E-mail:Contact | |
| URL:http://www.abdn.ac.uk | Organization Type:Education |
| Organization name:MAX PLANCK GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER WISSENSCHAFTEN E.V. | |
| Administrative contact | Address |
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Name:Joachim |
Hofgartenstrasse 8 MUENCHEN DEUTSCHLAND Region:BAYERN OBERBAYERN München, Kreisfreie Stadt |
| Tel:+49-3084131423 | |
| Fax:+49-3084131129 | |
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| URL:http://www.mpg.de | Organization Type:Research |
| Organization name:INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE AGRONOMIQUE | |
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Name:François |
Rue De L'Universite 147 PARIS CEDEX 07 FRANCE Region:ÎLE DE FRANCE Ile de France Paris |
| Tel:+33-142759374 | |
| Fax:+33-142759159 | |
| E-mail:Contact | |
| URL:http://www.inra.fr | Organization Type:Research |
| Organization name:UNIVERSITETET I BERGEN | |
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Name:Inger |
Museplassen 1 BERGEN NORGE Region:VESTLANDET Hordaland |
| Tel:+47-55584980 | |
| Fax:+47-55584991 | |
| E-mail:Contact | |
| URL:http://www.uib.no | Organization Type:Education |
| Organization name:CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONESCIENTIFICAS | |
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Name:Mar |
Calle Serrano 117 MADRID ESPAÑA Region:COMUNIDAD DE MADRID |
| Tel:+34-915668852 | |
| Fax:+34-915668913 | |
| E-mail:Contact | |
| URL:http://www.csic.es | Organization Type:Research |
| Organization name:UNIVERSITAT DE BARCELONA | |
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Name:Joaquin |
GRAN VIA DE LES CORTS CATALANES 585 BARCELONA ESPAÑA Region:ESTE CATALUÑA Barcelona |
| Tel:+34-934021532 | |
| Fax:+34-934110358 | |
| E-mail:Contact | |
| URL:http://www.ub.edu | Organization Type:Education,Other |
| Organization name:INSTITUT DE RECERCA I TECNOLOGIA AGROALIMENTARIES. | |
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Name:Agusti |
Passeig de Gracia, 44 3 planta BARCELONA ESPAÑA Region:ESTE CATALUÑA Barcelona |
| Tel:+34-934674040 | |
| Fax:+34-934674042 | |
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| URL:http://www.irta.es | Organization Type: |
| Organization name:HAVFORSKNINGSINSTITUTTET | |
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Name:Helene |
NORDNESGATEN 50 1870 BERGEN NORGE Region:SØR-ØSTLANDET Østfold |
| Tel:+47-55236890 | |
| Fax:+47-55238531 | |
| E-mail:Contact | |
| URL:http://www.imr.no | Organization Type: |
| Organization name:FISKEY HF | |
| Administrative contact | Address |
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Name:Arnar Freyr |
HJALTEYRI AKUREYRI ÍSLAND Region: |
| Tel:+354-4627489 | |
| Fax:+354-4627171 | |
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| URL:http://www.fiskey.is | Organization Type: |
| Organization name:THE UNIVERSITY COURT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS | |
| Administrative contact | Address |
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Name:Trish |
College Gate, North Street ST ANDREWS UNITED KINGDOM Region: |
| Tel:+44-1334467286 | |
| Fax:+44-1334462217 | |
| E-mail:Contact | |
| URL:http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk | Organization Type:Education |
| Organization name:UNIVERSITEIT UTRECHT | |
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Name:Nasrin |
Heidelberglaan 8 UTRECHT NEDERLAND Region:WEST-NEDERLAND UTRECHT |
| Tel:+31-302532938 | |
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| URL:http://www.uu.nl | Organization Type:Education |
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