GIPA

GIPA, the Aquaculture Pathology Research Group, has a history of more than 50 years working in Bacterial and Viral Pathology (fundamentally, but not exclusively) of aquatic animals, both in aquaculture and in the natural environment. The lines of research are encompassed in five main sections: a) Detection and characterization of new pathogens, b) Epidemiological analysis, c) Development of new diagnostic strategies, d) Development of new prevention and control strategies and e) Study of the pathogen and host interaction, and the mechanisms of virulence of the agent. It has more than 500 high-level scientific publications and a long list of regional, national and international research projects, 12 of them currently active, as well as a long list of scientific and transference agreements and contracts with companies and public administrations.