IGNITION is proud to share that Inês Ferreira, a researcher from CIIMAR – Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research, has successfully defended her PhD thesis on Tenacibaculum maritimum, an important bacterial pathogen affecting marine aquaculture.
Her thesis, titled “Insights into the pathogenesis of Tenacibaculum maritimum: virulence traits and host-pathogen interaction”, and within the framework of IGNITION, provides critical advances in understanding how this pathogen operates at the molecular level and interacts with its fish hosts. This knowledge is essential for developing better strategies to prevent and control tenacibaculosis outbreaks in fish farms.
Inês conducted her research as part of the PhD Programme in Biomedical Sciences at the Abel Salazar Institute of Biomedical Sciences (ICBAS), University of Porto. Her work was supervised by Ana do Vale (ICBAS) and Filipe Costa (CIIMAR), with collaborative input from Nuno Mendes from the Norwegian Veterinary Institute (NVI).
The IGNITION project is committed to reducing antimicrobial use in aquaculture by advancing early disease detection and prevention. Outcomes like those of Inês PhD research contribute directly to this mission by deepening our understanding of fish disease mechanisms—an essential step toward developing innovative, non-invasive, and non-antibiotic solutions.
Stay tuned as IGNITION continues to support young researchers and building a more sustainable and resilient aquaculture sector.
