About
The Genomics Research Division explores genomes and transcriptomes using high throughput DNA sequencing at our advanced DeepSeq facility.
Research areas include epigenetics, transcriptomics and proteomics of immunity and growth in aquaculture species. Experimental research is used to study the reproductive and developmental biology of aquatic species. Zebrafish is the major organism model for functional studies.
Another primary objective is to explore the distribution of genetic variation in natural populations and how it is affected by environmental change. Molecular markers are used to study behaviour, biodiversity, and adaptive variation.
Sequencing
DeepSeq is the high throughput sequencing facility at Nord University.
Selected Research Projects
EPIFISH is a scientifically innovative and timely project that will address fish domestication and selection from a new perspective using a multidisciplinary approach. The rapid pace of substantial phenotypic changes during adaptation to new environmental conditions in fish undergoing domestication raises the original hypothesis that epigenetic mechanisms are involved in this process. Thus, the overarching aim of EPIFISH is to ascertain the importance of epigenetics in fish domestication using the Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) as model species.
The project has an overall budget of NOK 25 million over five years, of which the European Research Council (ERC) will fund NOK 20 million.
This cutting-edge project investigates regulatory mechanisms governing the transfer, modifications, and execution of parental developmental instruction at the onset of embryonic development. Zebrafish and medaka are vertebrate animal models.
Blog
The landscape genomics group has its own blog: