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Genetics and sex differentiation

From gene manipulations to establishment of monosex prawn biotechnologies

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Molecular bio-mineralization in decapod crustaceans
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Monosex prawns as biocontrol agents over damaging snails
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Controlling sexual differentiation

Protandric shrimp as a model

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EXCITES

Induction of marine sex shift processes towards applied environmental and mariculture biotechnologies

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CRISPR-IL

The CRISPRIL consortium was established to address the CRISPR-Cas challenges.
Our vision is to develop different tools for improvement of crustacean aquaculture

About Our Laboratory

Professor Amir Sagi began studying crustaceans during grad school. Since then he has become a world renown specialist in crustaceans physiology.

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First Monosex Biotechnology

The first monosex biotechnology in aquaculture based on temporal gene silencing using RNAi

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Worldwide (almost)

Our research is spread over all the continents but not (yet) in Antarctica

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Unique Species

Crustacea comprises more than 65,000 species and we study seven representative decapod species

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Publications

Including manuscripts in scientific journals and book chapters