Introduction of Our Research Topic
Aquatic animals would face to a challenge - "changes of the surrounding environments". These changes are natural or human-induced and lead to interference in functional activity of cells and molecules. Cells and organisms respond to this challenge through physiological mechanisms that restore normal biological functions and repair stress-induced damages. However, excessive stress can overwhelm the stress responses and cause cell injury or even death. The purpose of study on stress physiology is to explore the physiological mechanisms of aquatic animals for coping with the environmental stresses and try to understand how the failure of stress responses disrupts the cellular homeostasis; how the aquatic ecosystem would be damaged by stressors.
Research Interests in our Lab
The research interests in our lab focused on the physiological mechanisms at cellular and molecular levels involved in coping with environmental challenges under the natural condition or aquaculture system. Specifically, the subjects for investigation include the cytoprotective mechanisms, cellular signaling, metabolic changes and ionoregulatory responses affected by environmental stresses, revealing these adaptive regulations and realizing the compensatory effects. Subsequently, these regulations and responses are integrated at the organismal level to rebuild homeostasis under stressful conditions. Students or researchers are interested in pursuing graduate studies in our lab or collaboration with us can contact me directly at [email protected]
Current Research Topics
Environmental and Ecological Physiology:
Physiological and molecular stress responses in aquatic animals upon environmental challenges that occur naturally (e.g., salinity, temperature, pH).
Aquaculture Physiology:
Impacts of nitrogenous wastes in the aquaculture condition on the physiological homeostasis and compensatory responses of economic species (e.g., Edible species: tilapia, milkfish, cuttlefish; Ornamental species: clownfish, silver moony).
Physiological and molecular stress responses in aquatic animals upon environmental challenges that occur naturally (e.g., salinity, temperature, pH).
Aquaculture Physiology:
Impacts of nitrogenous wastes in the aquaculture condition on the physiological homeostasis and compensatory responses of economic species (e.g., Edible species: tilapia, milkfish, cuttlefish; Ornamental species: clownfish, silver moony).
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