Aquaculture researchers' meeting 2025
Welcome to a research meeting to enhance collaboration and networking within the aquaculture researcher community in Sweden. The target group is researchers already working within aquaculture and researchers working in related research areas interested in aquaculture.
Start date: 10 November 2025 19:00
End date: 11 November 2025 16:00
Organiser: Nationellt Kompetenscentrum för Vattenbruk (NKfV) together with SLU Aquaculture and Swemarc
Venue: Bankettsalen, Ladugården, SLU Campus Ultuna, Duhrevägen 8
Location: Uppsala
Last day of registration: 15 September 2025
The meeting will allow participants to draw inspiration from other people's research and share their research findings – it will be an excellent opportunity to be updated on developments in aquaculture research in Sweden.
Target group: researchers already working within aquaculture, and researchers who work in related research areas but are interested in aquaculture.
Date and time: 11 Nov 2025, 9:00-16:00 (with joint dinner 10 Nov 19:00 (SLU Aquaculture covers the cost of food, but you have to pay for your own drinks).
Location: Bankettsalen (in the same building as Ulls restaurant, on the 2nd floor), Almas allé, Campus Ultuna, Uppsala. How to get there: and a map of Campus Ultuna, SLU
Programs
The programme will run from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM and include research presentations interspersed with discussions and networking opportunities.
09:00 INTRODUCTION
09:15 SHORT PRESENTATION ROUND
10:00 FIKA & NETWORKING
10:30 Trends in aquatic nutrient levels and implications for aquaculture, Martyn Futter, SLU
10:40 Environmental impact of open-cage aquaculture in hydropower reservoirs from a microbiome perspective, Bella Safitri, SLU
10:50 NETWORKING
11:05 Tracking toxins and decoding colour: New tools for smarter aquaculture, Elin Dahlgren, SLU
11:15 Baltic Mussels for Aquaculture: Tracking OH-PBDEs Across Seasons, Manne Larsson, SLU
11:25 NETWORKING
11:40 Improving the welfare of low-trophic aquaculture species in a changing climate, Adrianus Both, IVL
11:50 Microbial community dynamics under elevated organic matter conditions in RAS, Nhat Ton Nguyen, SLU
12:00 LUNCH
13:00 Application of low-coverage whole genome sequencing for uncovering the genetic basis of fertility in Arctic charr (Salvelinus alpinus), Khrystyna Kurta, SLU
13:10 POSTER SESSION (stand beside your poster and give a 3-minute pitch)
13:40 NETWORKING
13.55 Assessing local feed ingredients for sustainable African Catfish farming in Nigeria: A path towards increased productivity and food security, Arnold Ebuka Irabor, SLU
14:05 Cardiovascular disease in farmed fish, Erik Sandblom, GU
14:15 Running out of breath, physiological and behavioural responses of tilapia and catfish to progressive hypoxia, Erika Sundell, SLU
14:25 FIKA & NETWORKING