The aquaculture trade is rising at a speedy charge, however our understanding of the components that contribute to fish ‘efficiency’ – that’s, how to make sure optimum well being and progress – just isn’t retaining tempo. Moderately than conduct pricey subject experiments, researchers on the Institute of Biodiversity, Animal Well being & Comparative Medication are taking a special method. Be a part of us as we communicate to Dr Martin Llewellyn and PhD candidate Raminta Kazlauskaite about their venture SalmoSim, by which they’ve developed a synthetic salmon intestine. Whereas it seems like one thing out of Franken-fish, they see this technique getting used for a spread of functions, from learning drug stability, to the consequences of pre- and pro-biotics on the microbiome, to antimicrobial resistance switch, and finally to variations in fish efficiency by the usage of completely different feeds. Tune in to search out out extra!
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This podcast was produced by Lydia Bach and Taya Forde.
Function picture: Authentic art work courtesy of PhD researcher Eleni Christoforou, 2019©
Intro and outro music sampled from: “The Curtain Rises” and “Early Riser” Kevin MacLeod [CC BY 3.0]
