Description
- Basic research on zoonotic pathogens of interest in aquaculture. Model bacteria Vibrio vulnificus, fish and human pathogen.
- Aim: To understand the mechanisms of V. vulnificus-host interaction at functional and molecular level using eel and mouse as model animals to predict virulence for fish and humans, respectively.
- Methods: classical microbiology; molecular microbiology and genetics; classical and molecular immunology; tissue culture and cell lines; genomics, transcriptomics; microarrays; manipulation of laboratory animals.
- Research applied to aquaculture-related companies.
- Aim: to develop:
- diagnostic methods for infectious fish diseases.
- molecular methods for pathogen detection.
- vaccines and vaccination and immunostimulation procedures.
Goals CT
- To understand the molecular mechanism of V. vulnificus-host interaction using eel and mouse as model animals. To understand the evolution of the species and the emergence of new zoonotic groups.
- To develop methods of diagnosis of infectious fish diseases, molecular methods for pathogen detection and methods of fish disease prevention.
Research lines
Pathogenic bacteria in aquaculture: fish and zoonotic pathogens. Biology of pathogen-host interaction. Immune response to pathogens. Diagnosis and control of fish diseases. Vaccines.
Associated structure
Institute of Biotechnology and Biomedicine (BIOTECMED)
Contact group details
Pathogens in Aquaculture: Fish and Zoonotic Pathogens (PAFZP)
Burjassot/Paterna Campus
C/ Doctor Moliner, 50
46100 Burjassot (Valencia)
