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. Fields of science agricultural sciencesagriculture, forestry, and fisheriesfisheriesnatural sciencesbiological sciencesgeneticssocial sciencessociologydemographymortalitymedical and health sciencesbasic medicineimmunologymedical and health sciencesbasic medicinephysiologyhomeostasis Programme(s) FP7-KBBE - Specific Programme "Cooperation": Food, Agriculture and Biotechnology Topic(s) KBBE-2007-1-2-16 - Essential biological functions related to the most relevant stages of aquaculture fish life-history Call for proposal FP7-KBBE-2007-2A See other projects for this call Funding Scheme CP-IP - Large-scale integrating project Coordinator GOETEBORGS UNIVERSITET Address Vasaparken 405 30 Goeteborg Sweden See on map Region Södra Sverige Västsverige Västra Götalands län Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Pirjo Gustafson (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window EU contribution € 994 546,00 Participants (13) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all INSTITUT NATIONAL DE RECHERCHE POUR L'AGRICULTURE, L'ALIMENTATION ET L'ENVIRONNEMENT France EU contribution € 800 611,00 Address 147 rue de l'universite 75007 Paris See on map Region Ile-de-France Ile-de-France Paris Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact François Chambelin (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window HAVFORSKNINGSINSTITUTTET Norway EU contribution € 582 645,00 Address Nordnesgaten 50 5817 Bergen See on map Region Norge Vestlandet Vestland Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Helene Pedersen (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window THE UNIVERSITY COURT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS United Kingdom EU contribution € 399 999,60 Address North street 66 college gate KY16 9AJ St andrews See on map Region Scotland Eastern Scotland Clackmannanshire and Fife Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Trish Starrs (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window UNIVERSITEIT UTRECHT Netherlands EU contribution € 422 180,00 Address Heidelberglaan 8 3584 CS Utrecht See on map Region West-Nederland Utrecht Utrecht Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Nasrin Vaziry (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window CENTRO DE CIENCIAS DO MAR DO ALGARVE Portugal EU contribution € 366 303,60 Address Universidade do algarve 8005-139 Faro See on map Region Continente Algarve Algarve Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Adelino Canario (Prof.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window UNIVERSITETET I BERGEN Norway EU contribution € 406 620,00 Address Museplassen 1 5020 Bergen See on map Region Norge Vestlandet Vestland Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Inger Gjesdahl (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window UNIVERSITE DE RENNES I France EU contribution € 407 627,00 Address Rue du thabor 2 35065 Rennes cedex See on map Region Bretagne Bretagne Ille-et-Vilaine Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Yolaine Bompays (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window UNIVERSITAT DE BARCELONA Spain EU contribution € 299 947,20 Address Gran via de les corts catalanes 585 08007 Barcelona See on map Region Este Cataluña Barcelona Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Joaquin Gutierrez (Prof.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window AGENCIA ESTATAL CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS Spain EU contribution € 406 241,00 Address Calle serrano 117 28006 Madrid See on map Region Comunidad de Madrid Comunidad de Madrid Madrid Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Mar García-Ferrer (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN United Kingdom EU contribution € 393 505,60 Address King's college regent walk AB24 3FX Aberdeen See on map Region Scotland North Eastern Scotland Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Frederick Stevenson-Robb (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window MAX-PLANCK-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FORDERUNG DER WISSENSCHAFTEN EV Germany EU contribution € 270 000,00 Address Hofgartenstrasse 8 80539 Munchen See on map Region Bayern Oberbayern München, Kreisfreie Stadt Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Joachim Gerlach (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window FISKEY HF Participation ended Iceland EU contribution € 58 574,50 Address Hjalteyri 601 Akureyri See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Arnar Freyr Jonsson (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window INSTITUT DE RECERCA I TECNOLOGIA AGROALIMENTARIES Spain EU contribution € 187 000,50 Address Ctra c-59 km 12 torre marimon 08140 Caldes de montbui barcelona See on map Region Este Cataluña Barcelona Activity type Other Administrative Contact Agusti Fonts Cavestany (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window
