AQUAEXCEL2020

AQUAEXCEL2020: AQUAculture infrastructures for EXCELlence in European fish research towards 2020

AQUAEXCEL2020 is a European infrastructure project financed by the European Commission as part of its Horizon 2020 project. It comprises 22 partner institues that work towards advanced integration and standardization of tools for aquaculture research in Europe. AQUAEXCEL aims to promote their use and coordinate their development.

AquaExcel2020 is a project for the support and coordination of aquaculture research whose goal is to integrate the best European infrastructures into aquaculture research, from genetics to biology and including pathology, nutrition and technological developments. The project provides unique and simplified access for all European aquaculture actors to research and development services offered by the 39 facilities of the project that include old and new aquaculture species. The ambition of AquaExcel2020 is to become a key tool for the improvement of aquaculture research practices, on the scientific and methodological levels - with innovative methods like the use of nanotechnology or the development of virtual laboratories - with ethics for the pursuit of "3R" policies, reduced experimentations (for example through the harmonization of animal lines or an improved sharing of experimental data), refinement (by the improvement and control of experimental procedures) and replacement (thanks to virtual laboratories).

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Financing CE H2020

Programme : H2020-EU.1.4.1.2. - Integrating and opening existing national and regional research infrastructures of European interest

Topic(s) : INFRAIA-1-2014-2015 - Integrating and opening existing national and regional research infrastructures of European interest

Call for proposal : H2020-INFRAIA-2014-2015

Funding Regime: RIA - Research and Innovation action

Period: 1 octobre 2015 - 31 octobre 2020

Coordination: INRAE Marc Vandeputte (UMR GABI, Equipe GenAqua) - marc.vandeputte@inrae.fr

22-partner Consortium:
HAVFORSKNINGSINSTITUTTET (Norway), THE UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING (United Kingdom), AGENCIA ESTATAL CONSEJO SUPERIOR DEINVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS (Spain), HELLENIC CENTRE FOR MARINE RESEARCH (Greece), NEMZETI AGRARKUTATASI ES INNOVACIOS KOZPONT (Hungary), INSTITUT FRANCAIS DE RECHERCHE POUR L'EXPLOITATION DE LA MER (France), NOFIMA AS (Norway), JIHOCESKA UNIVERZITA V CESKYCH BUDEJOVICICH (Czechia), NORGES TEKNISK-NATURVITENSKAPELIGE UNIVERSITET NTNU (Norway), SINTEF FISKERI OG HAVBRUK AS (Norway), SINTEF OCEAN AS (Norway), UNIVERSIDAD DE LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA (Spain), WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY (Netherlands), UNIVERSITEIT GENT (Belgium), STICHTING WAGENINGEN RESEARCH (Netherlands), AquaTT UETP Ltd (Ireland), INRA TRANSFERT SAS (France), UNIVERSITE DE LORRAINE (France), DANMARKS TEKNISKE UNIVERSITET (Denmark), CENTRO DE CIENCIAS DO MAR DO ALGARVE (Portugal), INSTITUTO ESPANOL DE OCEANOGRAFIA (Spain), PLATEFORME TECHNOLOGIQUE ET DE L INNOVATION DE L AQUACULTURE EUROPEENNE ASBL (Belgium).

Scientific coordinator: Marc Vandeputte (UMR GABI, GenAqua Team) - marc.vandeputte@inrae.fr

Modification date : 09 October 2023 | Publication date : 25 February 2020 | Redactor : GABI - Edition P. Huan - Translation W. Brand-Williams