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\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\tFISHSTRESS - Causes and consequences of the stress response in fish: environmental factors and transgenerational adaptation<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAccording to Hans Seyle\u2019s classical definition, the stress response is a \u201cnon-specific result of any demand\u00a0upon the body\u201d to maintain or restore homeostasis . While the stress response is usually adaptive in the\u00a0sense that allows animals to cope with perceived stressors to regain balance, prolonged or acute stressors\u00a0can be mal-adaptive and detrimental to health and welfare, a state coined as \u201cdistress\u201d by Seyle\u2019s . Over\u00a0the past years, it has become clear that the stress response is highly heterogenous, varying between individuals according to their genetic background, early-life experiences, and vertical epigenetic transmission. Stress research in fish is a relatively recent topic but it has been gaining attention, in particular because of the increasing use of fish in animal farming and the need to keep production performance while improving animal welfare.<\/span><\/p>In the context of domestication, fish have been brought from nature into captive environments for a\u00a0number of reasons, including as sources of food and raw materials, for biomedical research, for the\u00a0aquariology and exhibition industries, or for cultural reasons. Under captive conditions, animals are\u00a0exposed to a set of factors that can act as stressors, including the physical conditions of the environment,\u00a0dietary shifts, transport practices, handling, confinement, high-density, among others. In fish, like in other\u00a0vertebrates, early-stages of domestication entail the adaptation of wild-animals to captive conditions by a\u00a0progressive genetic and phenotypic transformation.<\/span><\/p>The project aims to study the mechanisms of the stress response in fish framed within the context of domestication. It will focus on two fish species that have undergone domestication processes, the zebrafish Danio rerio<\/em> and the fighting fish Betta splendens<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>The project is a collaboration between the Institute of Science and Environment of the University of Saint Joseph<\/span><\/span><\/a>\u00a0(Macao)\u00a0and the\u00a0Instituto Gulbenkian de Ci\u00eancia <\/a><\/span><\/span>(Portugal).<\/span><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>This project is funded by the Macao Science and Technology Development Fund (FDCT)<\/a><\/span>. Project reference:\u00a0FDCT\u00a00025\/2020\/A1<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\tTEAM<\/h5>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDavid Gon\u00e7alves<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t![\"\"](\"https:\/\/ise.usj.edu.mo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Davidpassport-150x150.jpg\")
\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tInstitute of Science and Environment, University of Saint Joseph, Macau<\/a><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRui Oliveira<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t![\"\"](\"https:\/\/ise.usj.edu.mo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/ruiol-at-igc-1.jpg\")
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According to Hans Seyle\u2019s classical definition, the stress response is a \u201cnon-specific result of any demand\u00a0upon the body\u201d to maintain or restore homeostasis . While the stress response is usually adaptive in the\u00a0sense that allows animals to cope with perceived stressors to regain balance, prolonged or acute stressors\u00a0can be mal-adaptive and detrimental to health and welfare, a state coined as \u201cdistress\u201d by Seyle\u2019s . Over\u00a0the past years, it has become clear that the stress response is highly heterogenous, varying between individuals according to their genetic background, early-life experiences, and vertical epigenetic transmission. Stress research in fish is a relatively recent topic but it has been gaining attention, in particular because of the increasing use of fish in animal farming and the need to keep production performance while improving animal welfare.<\/span><\/p> In the context of domestication, fish have been brought from nature into captive environments for a\u00a0number of reasons, including as sources of food and raw materials, for biomedical research, for the\u00a0aquariology and exhibition industries, or for cultural reasons. Under captive conditions, animals are\u00a0exposed to a set of factors that can act as stressors, including the physical conditions of the environment,\u00a0dietary shifts, transport practices, handling, confinement, high-density, among others. In fish, like in other\u00a0vertebrates, early-stages of domestication entail the adaptation of wild-animals to captive conditions by a\u00a0progressive genetic and phenotypic transformation.<\/span><\/p> The project aims to study the mechanisms of the stress response in fish framed within the context of domestication. It will focus on two fish species that have undergone domestication processes, the zebrafish Danio rerio<\/em> and the fighting fish Betta splendens<\/em>.<\/span><\/p> The project is a collaboration between the Institute of Science and Environment of the University of Saint Joseph<\/span><\/span><\/a>\u00a0(Macao)\u00a0and the\u00a0Instituto Gulbenkian de Ci\u00eancia <\/a><\/span><\/span>(Portugal).<\/span><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div> This project is funded by the Macao Science and Technology Development Fund (FDCT)<\/a><\/span>. Project reference:\u00a0FDCT\u00a00025\/2020\/A1<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t David Gon\u00e7alves<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t Institute of Science and Environment, University of Saint Joseph, Macau<\/a><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t Rui Oliveira<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\tTEAM<\/h5>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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