Posts Tagged ‘Xelect’
Xelect and Petuna’s cutting edge breeding program to ‘climate proof’ fish
Genetics experts Xelect and Tasmanian fish farming business Petuna are collaborating to breed temperature-tolerant salmon, improving performance as water temperatures increase. The Xelect team worked alongside Petuna to develop a sophisticated genetic toolkit that routinely assesses warmer water resilience, and creates cumulative performance gains every generation. Xelect’s senior breeding programme manager Dr. Marie Smedley commented…
Read MoreRecircle of Life
New frontier in global aquaculture requires a new approach to selective breeding One of my first experiences of working in the aquaculture industry was on a tilapia farm in Cambridgeshire, thousands of miles from anywhere a tilapia may normally call home. Those were the early days of recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS) – it was the…
Read MoreYou’re hired!
Independent aquaculture genetics specialists Xelect have recently announced a number of new customers, and several new hires. Xelect confirmed the appointment of experienced geneticist Dr Paolo Ruggeri as Scientific Officer, and earlier in the year Xelect also recruited Dr Mark Looseley as Senior Geneticist. Xelect’s CEO, Professor Ian Johnston, commented: ‘We’ve been delighted to see…
Read MoreRapid response to get the right genes
ST ANDREWS based genetics specialist Xelect has launched what it calls a rapid response range of services for the aquaculture sector. Xelect Express will provide services including genotyping, pedigree assignment, gene expression, ploidy and sex determination. The company has been managing breeding programmes for fish farmers since 2012, but the new service offers quick, cost…
Read MoreCareers fair connects students to industry
THIS year’s annual Aquaculture Careers Event, organised by Stirling University’s Institute of Aquaculture (IoA), is to take place on April 20 at the Stirling Court Hotel. The aim of the event – called #ACE2020 – is to connect students, particularly those at postgraduate level, with the wider industry, providing an opportunity for the next generation…
Read MoreCroatian farmer Xelects ideal partner
SCOTTISH genetics company Xelect has won a contract to provide its services to leading Croatian sea bass and bream producer, Cromaris. St Andrews based Xelect will deliver a complete package of genetic management to the farmer’s selective breeding programme. The Cromaris fish are bred at a state-of-the-art hatchery in Nin, Croatia, and are, says the…
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