Aquatic Biotechnology Laboratory

Our laboratory studies the fundamental question of how the development of complex organisms is regulated, using turbot and zebrafish as models.

The main scientific objective of the Aquatic Biotechnology Laboratory is to apply molecular and cellular approaches to the study of the early stages of fish development and the diseases that affect them, as well as to apply basic science to improve the performance, efficiency and sustainability of marine aquaculture worldwide.

Our laboratory's research broadly focuses on understanding how cells correctly use the information encoded in DNA to carry out the physiological functions required during the different stages of development.

The alteration or disruption of these regulatory mechanisms is responsible for many developmental abnormalities, such as morphological deformities. We aim to discover how some of these mechanisms work, which in turn will help us understand the cause of the associated abnormalities. We use zebrafish (Danio rerio) and turbot (Scophthalmus maximus) as model systems.