The CAPS project consortium gathered for its closing meeting on March 26th, 2026, in Ålesund, marking the culmination of the project's activities. During the meeting, partners reviewed and reflected on the data collected across all trials, highlighting key findings and their scientific and practical implications. Productive discussions focused on...
The 10th Norwegian Environmental Toxicology Symposium (NETS) was held at the University of Stavanger in August 2025. NETS's primary objectives is to bring the Norwegian scientific community, environmental managers and the industry together to share and discuss environmental challenges and solutions related to the protection of the environment. CAPS...
As part of the CAPS project, a comprehensive review detailing the current knowledge on gut microbiota in teleosts was published in Frontiers in Marine Science! Given the large scope of this review, it has been quite an undertaking. We are thrilled that its finally out and hope that it will be useful to all who are interested in the field! ...
There has been a lot of behind the scene activities in the CAPS project the last year. In October 2023, we completed a trial where the goal was to determine the effect of long term copper exposure on Atlantic salmon. Following the trial, material was gathered and distributed among various work packages that have since focused on data extraction...
CAPS prosjektet stilte med flere representanter under EAS konferansen i Wien i 2023!
Fish trials are necessary corner stones of the CAPS project and on August 8th we completed the end-point sampling for an acute copper exposure trial conducted at ILAB. We are excited to start processing material and analyzing data!
On February 22nd 2023 the CAPS consortium met for the 2nd time in person for an annual project meeting in Bergen. PhD students Qiang and Alisa presented the work they have conducted so far in their projects and it is clear that these industrious students have already made a lot of progress. Additionally, project members discussed issues related...
Qiang Hao is the newest member of the CAPS team. He is a PhD student from the city of Hohhot, the capital of Inner Mongolia in the north of the People's Republic of China. In recent years he has lived in Beijing, working at the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), where he also earned his Masters' degree. Qiang Hao is supervised by ...
Havbruk is a bi-annual conference held by the Norwegian Research Council and the Norwegian Seafood Research Fund. Havbruk2022 was held in Bergen from the 19th to the 21st of October. A broad selection of scientists, politicians and representatives from the aquaculture industry attended to present exciting new research and to partake in important...
On February 22nd 2022 the CAPS consortium met for a kick off meeting at Marineholmen in Bergen. The meeting was a great start to the project, especially since it was a chance for some members of the consortium to meet for the first time. During the meeting the project participants discussed the upcoming plans and time line for the project. ...