The research activity of the group focuses on the main following lines: 1) Study of the molecular, cellular and physiological basis of fish reproduction 2) Development of environmental technologies, hormonal therapies, genetic engineering and reproductive cycle manipulation to control and study fish reproduction. Specifically the group activity is focused in the study of gonadotropins and sex steroids as key elements controlling gamentogénesis.

The group of “Fish reproduction and diversification” from IATS-CSIC was established in January 2004. It is made up by one senior scientist, Dr. Evaristo L. Mañanós, as the head of the group, a laboratory technician and punctually, students and visitors. The main research line is the study of the physiology and endocrinology of fish reproduction.

Diseases of aquatic organisms, with main focus on parasitic diseases of farmed fish: diagnose, treatment, prevention and control in aquaculture.

The group consists of two permenet members, a senior researcher and a laboratory technician (graduate). Specialization: population and quantitative genetics and genomics, genetic markers such as microsatellites or SNPs, transcriptomics, hatchery bivalve culture techniques. Objective: study of the biology, improvement of the production and conservation of genetic resources of species of molluscs relevant from the point of view of shellfish fisheries and aquaculture (mussels, clams, oysters, etc.), without specifically excluding other marine organisms of commercial or ecological interest .

The research group on Live Preys, Larviculture and Ecotoxicology, was established as such in 1984, and owes its origin and current diversity of research areas to initial studies focused on the biology, ecology, biodiversity and use in aquaculture of the branchiopod crustacean Artemia. The use of Artemia nauplii as live preys in marine larviculture, and the lack of knowledge on the biodiversity and biogeography of the species of the genus both on local and global scales, have largely conditioned the evolution of the team's lines of research during the first 25 years of existence.

The Group is composed 3 staff researchers, and it currently participates in 5 European projects (PERFORMFISH, MAGNIFICIENT, EATFISH, AQUAIMPACT, AQUAEXCEL3.0) and the PI of the Group is also the PI of CSIC in 4 of them. Research is carried out on fish growth, nutrition-genome interaction, and the development of new aquaculture feeds through omics techniques (transcriptome, proteome, metabolome, microbiome) and biosensors of behavior and metabolic activity. The generation of virtual production models with environmental and animal monitoring is a new field of interest.

Synthesis, experimental and theoretical studies on organic molecules with nonlinear optical activity and dyes for DSSC (Dye Sensitized Solar Cells)

Our research is focused on two of the main neurodegenerative pathologies, Alzheimer's disease (AD) and Parkinson's disease (PD). In AD, we studied the role of microglia in the development of the disease, with a special interest in the HIF-PHD3 signaling pathway. In the EP, we studied the reciprocal trophic relationships that maintain postnatally the dopaminergic neurons of the substantia nigra and the striatal interneurons. We use biochemical, genetic, bioinformatic, histological and behavioral approaches in genetically modified animals. In parallel, Dr.

Mechanisms of cellular sensitivity to oxygen. Neurodegeneration and neuroprotection in Parkinson's disease. Pathophysiological mechanisms of hypertension and vascular spasm.