Current mentees
I am accepting MSc thesis (including ERASMUS) students. Interns are welcome too.
Please send an email to carlo.lazado@nofima.no.
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Available research topics:
gill health • immunity to Neoparamoeba perurans • immunity to Spironucleus salmonicida • climate change and mucosal immunity • effects of algal and jellyfish blooms on mucosal functions • skin mucus metabolomics • molecular and cellular biology of H2S • immunity to early life stress • mucosal oxidative stress • pathogen dynamics in RAS • nasal and oral immunity of fish • circadian control of immunity
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Animal models: Atlantic salmon and Atlantic cod
Muhammad Salman Malik
Postdoc
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Salman is studying the immunological consequences of early life stress in Atlantic salmon. He is currently developing the RNAScope assay for salmon embryos to study the development of fish immune system.
Marc Ibanez
MSc
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Marc is a master student from Bodenkultur University Vienna (BOKU). His thesis focuses on proteomics and metabolomics in Atlantic salmon.
Thinh Nhan
MSc - Intern
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Thinh is an ERASMUS inhern enrolled at Autonomous University of Barcelona. His is currently analysing samples from a climate stressor exposure trial.
Victoria Vik
MSc
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Victoria is an Aquamedicine student enrolled at UiT-The Arctic University of Norway. Her thesis explores the immune responses to Francisella noatunensis vaccine in Atlantic cod.
Ana Lourenço
MSc
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Ana is a VetMed student from the University of Lisbon. Her thesis explores how the RAS environment contributes to compromised mucosal health in Atlantic salmon.
Johan Bergeton Johansen
MSc
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Johan is a master thesis student in Aquamedicine at UiT - The Arctic University of Norway . His MSc thesis investigates the mucosal immunity to Y. ruckeri in Atlantic salmon.
Christian Cordero
MSc
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Christian is a master student from Ghent University, Belgium. His thesis explores the nasal immunity of Atlantic cod.
Amin Naghizadeh
MSc
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Amin is a master student from NMBU. His MSc thesis focuses on the molecular responses of Atlantic salmon to water disinfectants and bioesecurity breach in RAS.
Trude Olaussen
MSc
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Trude is an Aquamedicine student enrolled at UiT-The Arctic University of Norway. Her thesis focuses on immune responses to Francisella noatunensis vaccine in Atlantic cod.
Jonas Rønstad Otterlei
MSc
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Jonas is an Aquamedicine master student from UiT - Arctic University of Norway. His thesis focuses on the mucosal immune responses of Atlantic salmon to Spironucleus salmonicida.
Pranil Nakhawa
MSc
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Pranil is an ERASMUS master student enrolled at NTNU. His thesis explores the immune responses to Yersinia ruckeri in Atlantic salmon.
Tabassum Ali
MSc
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Tabassum is a master thesis student at NMBU. Her MSc thesis focuses on biosecurity breach in RAS.
Maja Ruud Berg
MSc
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Maja is an Aquamedicine student enrolled at UiT-The Arctic University of Norway. Her thesis explores gill health of Atlantic salmon in RAS.
Former mentees
Rodrigo Pinto
MSc
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Rodrigo was a VetMed thesis student from the University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal. He studied the effects of early life stress on the neuro-olfactory immune responses to Yersinia ruckeri in salmon.
Thesis: Neuro-olfactory immune responses of Atlantic salmon parr to Yersinia ruckeri
Juan Bosco Ara Diaz
MSc
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Bosco was a master thesis student from Wageningen University and Research, The Netherlands. He unravelled the immunological function of H2S in Atlantic salmon mucosa.
Thesis: Mucosal responses to prolonged hydrogen sulphide exposure in post smolt Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar).
Anne-Marja Jannok-Joma
MSc
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Anne-Marja was an Aquamedicine master student from UiT - Arctic University of Norway. Her thesis explored the effects of climate change on the gills of salmon. (Co-supervised with E. Ytteborg)
Thesis: Impacts of climate-related temperature stress on Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) gills
Socorro Toxqui
Visiting PhD Student
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Soco was a visiting PhD student from the Institute of Aquaculture Torre de la Sal (IATS, CSIC), Spain. She visited the lab as an MSCA-ITN fellow. She was involved in a project that explored the impacts of climate change on mucosal microbiome of salmon.
Giuseppe Scaduto
MSc
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Giuseppe was a master thesis student from the University of Messina, Messina, Italy. He investigated the mucosal immune responses of Atlantic salmon following a simulated biosecurity breach in RAS.
Thesis: Molecular responses of Atlantic salmon to infectious pancreatic necrosis virus outbreak in a recirculating aquaculture system.
Francisco Furtado
MSc
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Francisco was a VetMed thesis student from the Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal. His thesis focused on mucosal oxidative stress in AGD-infected salmon and its role during chemotherapy.
Thesis: Alterations in mucosal structures and key regulatory molecules of oxidative stress in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) induced by amoebic gill disease and oxidant-based chemotherapeutic interventions.
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João Osório
MSc
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João was a master thesis student enrolled at Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal. During his time in the lab, he studied the physiological changes in Atlantic salmon exposed intermittently to an oxidant.
Thesis: Mucosal and physiological responses of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) in brackish water RAS following peracetic acid-based disinfection
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Nikko Alvin Cabillon
MSc
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Nikko was a master thesis student from the University of Highlands and Islands, Scotland and investigated the phenotypic and immunological alterations associated with increased water velocities in Atlantic salmon.
Thesis: Plasticity of muscle growth and mucosal defenses in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) subjected to different exercise intensities*
*won the best student thesis
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Md Inja-Mamun Haque
MSc-Intern
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Haque was a master student from Ghent University, Belgium. He visited the lab as an intern.
Ilona Lorraine Nicolaysen
MSc
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Ilona was a master thesis student from the University of Bergen. She studied the impacts of long-term exposure to sub-lethal levels of hydrogen sulphide in Atlantic salmon reared in RAS, particularly focusing on gut health and stress responses.
Thesis: Stress responses and gut health of post-smolt Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) exposed to chronic sub-lethal level of hydrogen sulphide in a recirculating aquaculture system.
Mina Bjerke Kleiv
MSc
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Mina was an Aquamedicine master student from UiT - Arctic University of Norway. She studied the effects of prolonged elevated temperature and heatwaves on the liver of salmon. (Co-supervised with E. Ytteborg)
Thesis: The effect of climate related stressors on liver in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar)
Julie Hansen Bergstedt
Visiting PhD Student
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Julie was a visiting PhD student from the Technical University of Denmark. She is interested in the metabolic consequences of H2S in Atlantic salmon. She visited the lab to study gene expression analysis.
Hanna Ross Alipio
MSc
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Hanna was a master thesis student enrolled at Wageningen University and Research, The Netherlands. For her MSc thesis, she elucidated the molecular basis of how hydrogen sulphide affects salmon mucosal immunity.
Thesis: Hydrogen sulphide as a regulator of mucosal immune defences in Atlantic salmon.
*Hanna's work won the best student poster at Aquaculture Europe 2022.
Danilo Carletto
MSc
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Danilo was a master thesis student enrolled at the University of Messina, Messina, Italy. He studied the interplay between oxidative stress and mucosal immunity in salmon. Danilo visited the lab again in 2022 for 6 months.
Thesis: Physiological hallmarks of Atlantic salmon parr responses to an oxidant.
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Sindre Haddeland
MSc
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Sindre was a master thesis student from the University of Bergen, Norway and studied the dynamics of mucous cells in the gills of Atlantic salmon after peracetic acid treatment.
Thesis: Benchmarking healthy gills in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) in seawater recirculating aquaculture system after repeated peracetic acid exposure
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Hiruni Kumaranatunga
MSc
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Hiruni was a master thesis student at University of Nordland, Norway. She studied the molecular clocks in Atlantic cod.
Thesis: Molecular regulation of circadian clocks in fast muscle of Atlantic cod, Gadus morhua.
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Christian Cordero
MSc-Intern
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Christian is a master student from Ghent University, Belgium. He visited the lab as an intern. He will in return in 2024 for his master's thesis on nasal vaccination in cod.
Bedika Ghising
MSc
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Bedika was a master thesis student from the Norwegian University of Life Sciences. She studied the responses of Atlantic salmon liver to hydrogen sulphide.
Thesis: Hepatic responses to chronic exposure to hydrogen sulfide in post-smolt Atlantic salmon.
Mishal Cohen
PostDoc
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Mishal investigated the impacts of climate-related stressors on the nasal microenvironment of fish, particularly on the microbial assemblages, of Atlantic cod.
Nora Albaladejo-Riad
Visiting PhD student
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Nora was a visiting PhD student from the University of Murcia, Spain. During her stay in the lab, she studied the molecular processes underpinning how the nasal leukocytes in Atlantic salmon respond to H2S. In particular, she focused on the VEGF pathway. She also did proteomics and metabolomics in skin mucus samples collected from her trial in Spain. She visited the lab twice (2021 and 2022).
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Lena Hovda Aas
MSc
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Lena was a master thesis student at UiT - The Arctic University of Norway, Norway. She studied the immune responses to Yersinia ruckeri of salmon parr in RAS.
Thesis: Mucosal immune responses of Atlantic salmon parr following a pathogen breach in a recirculating aquaculture system
Maia Eggen
MSc
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Maia was a master thesis student enrolled at UiT - The Arctic University of Norway, Norway. She studied the application of PAA in freshwater RAS, focusing on its health and welfare consequences. (Co-supervised with V. Mota)
Thesis: Determination of peracetic acid (PAA) exposure concentration and administration methods on Atlantic salmon.
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Malene Soleng
MSc
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Malene was a master thesis student enrolled at UiT - The Arctic University of Norway, Norway and investigated the physiological adaptive strategies of Atlantic salmon towards peracetic acid treatment.
Thesis: Systemic and mucosal stress responses of Atlantic salmon exposed to peracetic acid
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I had the privilege of working with the following students:
2015-2017 Mr. Dibo Liu. Ph.D. Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries, Germany.
2015-2017 Mr. Pongsaton Juntarut. Ph.D. Prince of Songkla University, Thailand.
2015 Ms. Trine Marie Nilsen. M.Sc. Technical University of Denmark, Denmark.
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