Ongoing PhD research

Brecht Stechele (Belgium): Supportive study for a new sector. How native oyster aquaculture and Restoration can enhance each other
Marieke Vandeputte (Belgium): Development of a diagnostic monitoring system for AHPND in shrimp aquaculture and use of transferrins as antimicrobial and immunomodulatory compounds against this infection.
Dongdong Wang (China): The possible positive effects of beta-glucan, mnn9 yeast and Hsp70 on the performance of blue mussel larvae
Xiaoting (Anly) Zheng (China): Effects of dietary different strains of Lactobacillus on growth performance, immunity and intestinal microbiota in gnotobiotically grown Artemia
Kateřina Řeháková (Czechia): Establishment of an innovative contract research platform to support shrimp health product R&D
Alfredo Gabriel Loor Mera (Ecuador): Application of mutant yeast cells and their beta-glucans on performance on the Pacific oyster (Crassostrea gigas) larvae and spat
Elaheh Hasan Nataj Niazi (Iran): Culture of Artemia on bioflocs using halophilic bacteria
Nguyen Ngoc Diem (Vietnam): Effects of individual probiotic strains and multi-species probiotic on gene expression and translation in gnotobiotic Artemia and white shrimp

Luana Granada Almeida (Portugal): EPISTRESS – Epigenetic mechanisms of stress tolerance in Brachionus sp.
Martin Sserwadda (Uganda): Artificial propagation and larviculture of local commercially important freshwater fish species
Ssekyanzi Athanasius (Uganda): Optimal water management for enhanced aquaculture production in the Rwenzon region, Uganda
Minh Tu Nguyen (Vietnam): White leg shrimp in finfish-integrated systems
Le Tran Huu (Vietnam): Optimized feeding strategies for Artemia franciscana production in salt pond systems in Vietnam