Nutrition and biochemistry

Nutrition and biochemistry

Key research areas

Nutritional requirements, Feed ingredient evaluation, Feed formulation, Sustainable aquafeeds

 

People involved

Eleni Fountoulaki

Eleni Fountoulaki
Research Director
+302291076491
efoudo@hcmr.gr


Stavros Chatzifotis

Stavros Chatzifotis
Research Director


Ioannis (Yannis) Kotzamanis

Ioannis (Yannis) Kotzamanis
Research Director


Ioannis Nengas

Ioannis Nengas
Research Director


Antigoni Vasilaki

Antigoni Vasilaki
Technician


Dimitra Kogianou

Dimitra Kogianou
Research Scientist


Research Directions
Fish nutrition and feeding Fish nutrition and feeding
Fish quality and safety Fish quality and safety
Services
  • Aquafeed Bioassays and Biochemical Analyses
  • Commercial aquafeed evaluation
  • Fish nutrition and feeding
  • The institute operates fish rearing and analytical facilities in Crete and Anavyssos, near Athens.

    For the studies of fish nutrition the infrastructure in Crete is equipped with:

    • 44 indoor tanks (0.05, 0.2, 0.5, 17 m3) connected with Recirculating Aquaculture Systems (RAS) in which the abiotic conditions are fully controlled
    • 6 outdoor tanks 5 m3
    • Self-feeders connected with sensors which record the fish feeding activity
    • Special tanks for the determination of nutrient digestibility coefficients for aquafeeds and feed ingredients

    To support the in vivo growth trials the laboratory is coupled with analytical equipment such as nitrogen analyser, Bomb carlorimeter, Spectrophotometer, Speedvac, Fibertec, Centrifuge, Biochemical analyzer, Lyophilizer and more.

    The IMBBC’s analytical facility in Anavyssos is fully equipped with the most advanced scientific instruments for the determination of a large number of measurements in feeds, raw materials, food additives and fish tissues.

    Spectrophotometers, Digestion and Distillation Units (Kjeldahl method), Soxhlet, Hydrolisis system, Centrifuges, Nitrogen analyser, Bomb calorimeter, Biochemical analyser Fibertec are the main instruments used to enable the determination of the  gross nutrients and physiological responses in fish.

    The laboratory is also fully equipped with modern analytical instruments such as GC-MS, GC-FID, HPLC-MS, HPLC, HPTLC coupled with various types of detectors according to specific analytical needs.

    Nutrient requirement determinations, such as for vitamins, essential amino acids, and ω3, ω6 fatty acids, fish quality and freshness of various forms of seafood, as well as detection of veterinary drug residues, are undertaken by our specialised personnel, in order to cover the requirements of our EU, national and international research projects, as well as to implement contracts with the aquaculture industry.

    Related Content

    • Αquaculture waste production associated with antinutrient presence in common fish feed plant ingredients. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2018.06.003
    • Effects of long-term feed deprivation on body weight loss, muscle composition, plasma metabolites, and intermediate metabolism of meagre (Argyrosomus regius) under different water temperatures. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10695-017-0451-3
    • Effects of high-level fishmeal replacement by plant proteins supplemented with different levels of lysine on growth performance and incidence of systemic non-infectious granulomatosis in meagre (Argyrosomus regius). https://doi.org/10.1111/anu.12814

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