Jorge Manuel de Oliveira Fernandes

Professor Faculty of Biosciences and Aquaculture
E-mail:
jorge.m.fernandes@nord.no
Phone:
+47 75 51 77 36
Mobile:
Office:
Bodø, Hoved Campus 2065

About me

In a nutshell, I am using molecular and genomic tools to study muscle growth and the innate immune system in teleosts.

My main research interests are domestication, antimicrobial peptides, microRNAs and the epigenetic regulation of gene networks by environmental factors. I focus on commercially important species such as Nile tilapia, Atlantic cod, Atlantic halibut, Atlantic salmon and Senegalese sole but I also use zebrafish as a convenient model species.

You can find more information about my projects and publications at my personal page. 



Teaching

  • I have been the coordinator of the MSc level course 'Aquatic Genomics and Bioinformatics' (BI311F) at Nord since 2008.
  • In addition to mentoring 17 post-doctoral fellows and visiting research associates, I have been involved in supervision of 27 PhD theses (11 as main supervisor), 16 MSc theses (9 as main supervisor) and 10 BSc theses (main supervisor).

Research

Selected Research Grants (Project Leader)​

2022-2026. EPICOD: Novel insights into the epigenetic landscape of puberty onset in Atlantic cod. Research Council of Norway, HAVBRUK programme (12,000,000 NOK).

2021-2024. NORBRAQUA: Cooperation between Norway and Brazil in research and education for improved breeding in sustainable aquaculture. Research Council of Norway (2,666,000 NOK).

2018-2020. EPIMARK: Commercial feasibility of a kit for the identification of epigenetic markers in farmed fish. ERC Proof of Concept Grant. European Research Council (149,203 EUR).

2016-2022. EPIFISH: Innovative epigenetic markers for fish domestication. ERC Consolidator Grant. European Research Council (1,996,000 EUR).

2016-2022. EPIFISH: Innovative epigenetic markers for fish domestication. TOPPFORSK. Research Council of Norway (2,800,000 NOK).

2008-2013. GROWCOD: Impact of photoperiod and sexual maturation on growth performance of Atlantic cod - a genomic perspective. TOPPFORSK. Research Council of Norway (7,700,000 NOK).