Dr. Joanna J. Miest
I am a physiologist / immunologist / cell biologist / molecular biologist with a special interest in fish.
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My research focuses on the impact of environmental factors on fish physiology and on the development of innovative solutions for increasing productivity in aquaculture.
March 04, 2018
Publication of the relationship of immune response and learning accpeted.
The paper
December 22, 2017
Temperature acclimation study sampling
Adrian and I spent a week in the lab of Fredrik Jutfelt to take samples from temperature acclimated fish. These samples will be analysed for changes in gene expression.
Research stay May 2017
I spent 3 weeks at Fredrik Jutfelt's lab at NTNU in Trondheim, Norway to work on an initial study to investigate the odours involved in predator avoidance behaviour in zebrafish. This work was funded by a ECR travel grant from University of Greenwich.
November 01, 2016
PhD student Adrian Loh started
Adrian Loh from Malaysia has started his PhD project. Find out more in the My Group section.
MY LATEST NEWS
Watch a seminar talk I gave in June 2017 summarizing some of my research.
November 2016: Adrian Loh has joined the lab. He will be working on the fundamental cellular mechanisms that