Fish immunology research is at a pivotal point with the increasing availability of functional immunoassays and major advances in <i>omics</i> approaches. However, studies on fish B cells and their distinct subsets remain a challenge due to the limited availability of differentially expressed surface markers. To address this constraint, cell surface proteome of Atlantic salmon IgM⁺ B cells ...

Despite the rapid development of molecular techniques relevant for natural product research, culture isolates remain the primary source from which natural products chemists discover and obtain new molecules from microbial sources. Techniques for obtaining and identifying microbial isolates (such as filamentous fungi) are thus of crucial importance for a successful natural products’ discovery program. ...

The general understanding has been that only adaptive immunity is capable of immunological memory, but this concept has been challenged in recent years by studies showing that innate immune systems can mount resistance to reinfection—as the innate immune system can adapt its function following an insult. Innate immune training offers an attractive approach in intensive fish larval rearing, especially ...

Compound screening in biological assays and subsequent optimization of hits is indispensable for the development of new molecular research tools and drug candidates. To facilitate such discoveries, the European Research Infrastructure EU-OPENSCREEN was founded recently with the support of its member countries and the European Commission. Its distributed character harnesses complementary knowledge, ...

The Norwegian Food Safety Authority (NFSA) requested the Norwegian Scientific Committee for Food and Environment (VKM) to provide an overview of substances in foods, drinks and dietary supplements that may constitute a potential health risk for humans, based on the VKM members’ expert judgements. VKM was further requested to perform a ranking of these substances. Additionally, VKM should ...

Novel species of fungi described in this study include those from various countries as follows: <b>Australia</b>, <i>Chaetomella pseudocircinoseta</i> and <i>Coniella pseudodiospyri</i> on <i>Eucalyptus microcorys</i> leaves, <i>Cladophialophora eucalypti</i>, <i>Teratosphaeria dunnii</i> and <i>Vermiculariopsiella dunnii</i> on <i>Eucalyptus dunnii</i> leaves, <i>Cylindrium grande</i> and <i>Hypsotheca ...

The vast developmental opportunities offered by the world’s coasts and oceans have attracted the attention of governments, private enterprises, philanthropic organizations, and international conservation organizations. High-profile dialogue and policy decisions on the future of the ocean are informed largely by economic and ecological research. Key insights from the social sciences raise concerns ...

The ocean capacity to store carbon is crucial, and currently absorbs about 25% CO₂ supply to the atmosphere. The ability to store carbon has an economic value, but such estimates are not common for ocean environments, and not yet estimated for the Arctic Ocean. With the severe climatic changes in the Arctic Ocean, impacting sea ice and potentially the vertical carbon transport mechanisms, ...

The growing Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) aquaculture production is confronted with many challenges that limit the potential development of the industry. The major current problem threatening the salmon aquaculture production is the parasitic sea lice (Lepeophtheirus salmonis) that negatively affects both cultured salmon and wild stock populations. Several treatment options have failed to deliver ...

Det er en økende bekymring for at antibiotikaene vi har tilgjengelige i dag ikke vil være effektive mot humane patogener grunnet resistensutvikling. WHO har uttalt at en pre-antibiotika tid der vanlige infeksjoner og mindre skader kan drepe, er en reell virkelighet i det 21. århundre. Havet dekker over 70% av jordoverflaten, og det er estimert at mellom 50 og 80% av alle arter lever i havet. Organismer ...