Professor Amaya Albalat

Professor

Institute of Aquaculture Pathfoot Building, University of Stirling, Stirling, FK9 4LA

Professor Amaya Albalat

Research (13)

I am a fish and crustacean physiologist. My research interests are focused in three main areas:

1) A better understanding on how fishing and aquaculture practices impact the physiology of fish and decapod crustaceans from a health and welfare perspective.

2) Development of new strategies and processing methods to ensure fish and crustacean quality is maintained throughout the food chain. This is a topic that aims at linking animal's physiological condition when alive (linked to animal welfare), the conditions around how animals are harvested (peri-slaughter stress) and the effects that all these processes have on seafood quality. Currently, working on a number of projects aimed at optimising harvesting and stunning protocols for decapod species.

3) And finally, expand the approaches we use for assessing physiological changes by proteomic profiling. This approach can then be used to map out, for example, early responses to infection or stress mechanisms in aquatic organisms.

Projects

AQUASoS; an integrative scalable interdisciplinary approach for climate resilient sustainable aquaculture
PI: Professor Simon MacKenzie
Funded by: Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council

AQUAculture Infrastructures For EXCELlence In European Fish Research 3
PI: Professor Sonia Rey Planellas
Funded by: European Commission (Horizon 2020)

Effect of swimming training in smolt; A Basic Study
PI: Professor Amaya Albalat
Funded by: The Research Council of Norway

Phage-based shelf-life extension of langoustines-Next Steps
PI: Professor Amaya Albalat
Funded by: Centre for Enviroment, Fisheries & Aquaculture

OP Validation of operational indicators of consciousness in tropical prawns (Penaeus vannamei)
PI: Professor Amaya Albalat
Funded by: Open Philanthropy

Vaccines against AMR in Aquaculture
PI: Professor Margaret Crumlish
Funded by: International Development Research Centre

ROBUST-SMOLT Impact of Early Life History in Freshwater Recirculation Aquaculture Systems on A. Salmon Robustness and Susceptibility to Disease at Sea
PI: Professor Herve Migaud
Funded by: Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council

Phage-based shelf-life extension of langoustines
PI: Professor Amaya Albalat
Funded by: Centre for Enviroment, Fisheries & Aquaculture

Impact of Net Cleaning and Sea Lice treatment upon Gill Health in Salmon
PI: Professor Simon MacKenzie
Funded by: The Norwegian Seafood Research Fund

Curriculum Development for Sustainable Seafood and Nutrition Security
PI: Professor Amaya Albalat
Funded by: European Commission (Horizon 2020)

Development of a full season production protocol for rainbow trout
PI: Professor Simon MacKenzie
Funded by: Norwegian Research Council

Post catch survivability of discarded Norway lobsters: Further investigations within the large-scale fleet operation
PI: Professor Amaya Albalat
Funded by: Fisheries Innovation Scotland

Post-catch survivability of under-sized Norway lobsters (Nephrops norvegicus): Towards a regional and ecosystems-based approach.
PI: Professor Amaya Albalat
Funded by: Fisheries Innovation Scotland