Employee photo: Florence Chandima Perera Willora Arachchilage

Florence Chandima Perera Willora Arachchilage

Researcher
Faculty of Biosciences and Aquaculture
Study location
Bodø
Office
Bodø, Hovedbygning 2006
https://site.nord.no/nonfor/,
Doktorgrad/PhD: Ph.D. - Faculty of Biosciences and Aquaculture, Nord University.

Year and title of thesis: 2020, The potential of plant ingredients in diets of juvenile lumpfish (Cyclopterus lumpus).

Year and title of thesis: 2011, An investigation of the biochemical mechanisms behind the loss of texture during ice storage of farmed Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua)

Year and title of thesis: 2007, Feeding ecology, reproductive biology & aspects related to selected marine ornamental fish species (Abudefduf vigiensis and Neopomacentrus azysron)

: Webpage manager https://site.nord.no/nonfor/

Supervision:

Master and Bachelor thesis supervision

Student supervision for internship and exchange students

Teaching:

Aquaculture Nutrition (AK320F) in 2020 and 2021

Lab teaching for Master students connected to the project NON-Fôr

Cell biology BSc program in 2012 and 2013

Basic Chemistry BSc program in 2013

-Novel feed ingredients including algal oil, algal astaxanthin and insect meals to improve the sustainability of aquafeeds for Atlantic salmon
https://www.linkedin.com/in/florence-perera-willora
-Potential of second generation feed ingredients for juvenile lumpfish

-Fish quality and protein degradation in Atlantic cod

Research group: Aquaculture
2024
Mucosal barrier status in Atlantic salmon fed rapeseed oil and Schizochytrium oil partly or fully replacing fish oil through winter depression 2024, Fish and Shellfish Immunology: Volum 149 Islam, S M Majharul; Willora Arachchilage, Florence Chandima Perera; Sørensen, Mette; Rbbani, Md Golam; Siddik, Muhammad A.B.; Zatti, Kyla
2023
Closing the gap – producing black soldier fly larvae on aquaculture side streams 2023, Journal of Insects as Food and Feed: Volum 9 s. 885-892 Liland, Nina Sylvia; Sørensen, Mette; Belghit, Ikram; Willora Arachchilage, Florence Chandima Perera; Torrissen, A.; Torrissen, Ole Johan
2022
Replacement of fishmeal with plant protein in the diets of juvenile lumpfish (Cyclopterus lumpus, L. 1758): Effects on digestive enzymes and microscopic structure of the digestive tract 2022, Aquaculture: Volum 561 Willora Arachchilage, Florence Chandima Perera; Vatsos, Ioannis; Mallioris, Panagiotis; Francesco, Bordignon; Keizer, Sven; Martinez-Llorens, Silvia
2020
The potential of plant ingredients in diets of juvenile lumpfush (Cyclopterus lumpus) 2020, Nord universitet: Willora Arachchilage, Florence Chandima Perera; Hagen, Ørjan; Sørensen, Mette
Growth performance, fast muscle development and chemical composition of juvenile lumpfish (Cyclopterus lumpus) fed diets incorporating soy and pea protein concentrates 2020, Aquaculture Reports: Volum 17 Willora Arachchilage, Florence Chandima Perera; Nadanasabesan, Nimalan; Knutsen, Helene Rønquist; Liu, Cui; Sørensen, Mette; Hagen, Ørjan
2023
2022
Schizochytrium-derived oil for Atlantic salmon (salmo salar) undergoing smoltification 2022, Willora Arachchilage, Florence Chandima Perera; Sørensen, Mette; Kiron , Viswanath; Saraswathy, Bisa; Farris, Nathaniel Wesley; Gupta, Shruti
IMPROVED HEALTH STATUS OF ATLANTIC SALMON (SALMO SALAR) DURING SMOLTIFICATIONS AFTER REPLACING FISH OIL WITH ALGAL OIL 2022, Islam, S M Majharul; Willora Arachchilage, Florence Chandima Perera; Gupta, Shruti; Santigosa, Ester; Carr, Ian; Zatti, Kyla
Diet containing Schizochytrium-derived oil offered to Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) during smoltification 2022, Farris, Nathaniel Wesley; Willora Arachchilage, Florence Chandima Perera; Hendrick Blaauw, Dmitri; Gupta, Shruti; Santigosa, Ester; Carr, Ian
2021
Potential of plant protein ingredients in the diets of juvnile lumpfish (Cyclopterus lumpus) 2021, Willora Arachchilage, Florence Chandima Perera; Sørensen, Mette; Hagen, Ørjan
2019
The potential of plant protein ingredients in diets for juvenile lumpfish 2019, Willora Arachchilage, Florence Chandima Perera; Hagen, Ørjan; Sørensen, Mette
The potential of plant ingredients in diets for juvenile lumpfish 2019, Perera Willora , Florence ; Sørensen, Mette; Hagen, Ørjan