Finalized Projects
Hereby, a selection of recently terminated projects that can be disclosed, each placed in the framework of the scope of the Stress Physiology Research Group.
1.1 Mechanism(s) of glucocorticoid incorporation
- Physiological validation of scale cortisol in carp (Cyprinus carpio) as biomarker for chronic stress >>
- The influence of chronic stress in the framework of a feeding experiment in Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) >>
- Innovative UPLC-MS/MS method for quantification of a glucocorticoid profile in whole body of a single fish larva of European sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) and sole (Solea solea) >>
- Applicability of cortisol in hair of pigs as a long-term indicator of stress for on-site evaluation of animal welfare on pig farms >>
- Artemia: a potential source of glucocorticoids for fish larvae? >>
- Innovative UPLC-MS/MS method for quantification of a glucocorticoid profile in whole body of a single fish larva of European sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) and sole (Solea solea) >>
- Search for a biomarker for chronic stress in fish >>
1.2 Chronic stress, target glucocorticoid receptor profiles and ligand binding kinetics
At present, none to be disclosed.
1.3 Extra-interrenal and -adrenal glucocorticoids and alternative substrates for glucocorticoid biosynthesis
- Is the fish scale an extra-interrenal matrix for cortisol biosynthesis in carp (Cyprinus carpio)? >>
1.4 Glucocorticoid-mediated developmental programming and early life stress
1.5 Glucocorticoid-mediated bone (de)formation
At present, none to be disclosed.
1.6 Individual variation in stress response
At present, none to be disclosed.
2.1 Management as stressor in fish farms, in ornamental fish aquaculture, in home and public aquaria, in zebrafish facilities, in amphibian and reptile terraria, in avian farms, in pig farms and in cattle farms
2.2 Feed as stressor focusing on invertebrates (e.g. Artemia) and fish feed constituents
- Optimization of fish diets by inclusion of lupine meal and its potential effect on the chronic stress level in European sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) >>
- Green Aquaculture Intensification in Europe >>
- Mycotoxins in fish feed: a potential stressor for fish? >>
2.3 Microbial endocrinology, interaction between bacteria, glucocorticoids and the stress level in fish
- The influence of glucocorticoids on the bacterial pathogen Vibrio anguillarum and Vibrio Harveyi >>
- Flavobacterium columnare in common carp (Cyprinus carpio) and rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss): antimicrobial susceptibility and interplay with its host >>
2.4 Pollutants as stressor
At present, none to be disclosed.
2.5 Stress in human related pathologies
3.1 Development and validation of a biosensor for on-site glucocorticoid analysis in fish scale
At present, none to be disclosed.
3.2 Improving sustainability and animal welfare in aquaculture and husbandry
- Ecophysiology of selected aquaculture species in Indonesia and the Philippines >>
- Characterization and development of new function-based tools for welfare documentation and assessment of post-smolts of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) in closed containment systems >>