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Yangzhen Li

@LiYangzhen

Associate Prof in aquaculture genetics and genomics. Love to teach fishing, rather than giving fish.

 Edinburgh, Scotland
Joined February 2022
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Animals@Animals_MDPI11 Aug 2025
🐠 The next big catch in aquaculture? Functional genomics. Share your latest research on genomics-driven solutions for sustainable, high-yield farming of aquatic species in our Special Issue, guest edited by @robertmuk & @LiYangzhen 🔗mdpi.com/si/248106
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Major QTLs are rare..in our recently published paper, we utilised multi-omics tools to identify, refine and characterise the causal mechanisms for VNN resistance in European seabass @RossHouston @Diego___RS @TsigenopoulosCS @roslininstitute bmcbiol.biomedcentral.com/co…
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Happy to share our newly published paper, where Dr. @LiYangzhen explored the immune response mechanism against Mycobacterium marinum in farmed tongue sole (Cynoglossus semilaevis) using transcriptomics doi.org/10.1016/j.fsi.2025.1… @Diego___RS @roslininstitute #genomics #aquaculture
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🚨New 🧬 paper alert 🚨 When @LiYangzhen visited us @roslininstitute last year we worked together on imputation and QTL detection in Fugu 🐡 with a new 20K SNP array they developed. Excited to see this first paper with @robertmuk @Diego___RS published 👉🏻 authors.elsevier.com/c/1jq1v…
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Tim Bean@beatnim3 Sep 2024
Challenges in the shellfish industry: Workshop for early career scientists and students. You are invited to join a free workshop organized by The Roslin Institute, following the ASSG annual conference Spaces are limited, so apply now!
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New paper: Transcriptome Analysis Reveals the Immunosuppression in Tiger Pufferfish (Takifugu rubripes) under Cryptocaryon irritans Infection @roslininstitute @TheDickVet @Diego___RS @robertmuk @LiYangzhen Read more here: doi.org/10.3390/ani14142058
Transcriptome Analysis Reveals the Immunosuppression in Tiger Pufferfish (Takifugu rubripes) under...

Transcriptome Analysis Reveals the Immunosuppression in Tiger Pufferfish (Takifugu rubripes) under...

The tiger pufferfish (Takifugu rubripes), also known as fugu, has recently suffered from severe C. irritans infections under aquaculture environment, yet the underlying immune mechanisms against the...

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Integrated functional genomic analysis identifies the regulatory variants underlying a major QTL for disease resistance in European sea bass biorxiv.org/cgi/content/shor… #bioRxiv
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@FraslinClemence from @roslininstitute @EdinburghUni reveals the genomic underpinnings of growth rate in Fugu pufferfish at the GIA poster session! Aquaculture-reared Fugu aren't poisonous, meaning these insights could help make your next pufferfish meal risk-free. 🐡🧬
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The emerging role of tandem repeats in complex traits go.nature.com/3QC0X1z #Comment by Michael Lamkin & @mgymrek @UCSanDiego @ucsd_cse
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🎉 New year, new paper! A study led by @robertmuk in which we characterized wild fish from lakes Victoria, Albert and Yoga and farmed fish from the country. We showed that Uganda's 🇺🇬 Nile tilapia population populations are highly diverse with minimal levels of inbreeding. 🐟🎣
Dr. Robert Mukiibi (@robertmuk) profile pictureDr. Robert Mukiibi@robertmuk5 Jan 2024
Our new paper on the genetic characterisation of farmed and wild Uganda Nile tilapia populations @NAGRC_DB @roslininstitute @IUK_KTN @Diego___RS @RossHouston @Salisbury_Fish @FraslinClemence @ogwangj2 @beinepeter @EzraByakora sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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The next Genomics in Aquaculture conference will take place 22-24 May 2024, join us in beautiful Thessaloniki!! Abstract submission deadline 15th January 2024, all details: websites.auth.gr/gia2024/
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📚🐟 🧬Exciting opportunity alert! #PhD studentship available at @roslininstitute @Diego___RS, @AlbertTenesa, @robertmuk on "A genotype-tissue expression atlas of Atlantic salmon". Deadline: 8th January 2024. Don't miss this chance! findaphd.com/phds/project/ro…
Roslin Foundation Studentship - A genotype-tissue expression atlas of Atlantic salmon at University...

Roslin Foundation Studentship - A genotype-tissue expression atlas of Atlantic salmon at University...

PhD Project - Roslin Foundation Studentship - A genotype-tissue expression atlas of Atlantic salmon at University of Edinburgh, listed on FindAPhD.com

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Dr. Robert Mukiibi (@robertmuk) profile pictureDr. Robert Mukiibi@robertmuk23 Nov 2023
1/3 We are happy to announce an exciting open PhD studentship position in Aquaculture functional genomics at the RosIin Institute @roslininstitute , “A genotype-tissue expression atlas of Atlantic salmon” This is a pioneer in Aqua-GTEx.@Diego___RS @AlbertTenesa @DrMeenu_bhati
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Join us tomorrow for this seminar on genomic prediction in rainbow trout 🧬🐟💻 by Andrei Kudinov presenting results form @aqua_impact (email [email protected] for online access)
CGDG (@CGDG_Roslin) profile pictureCGDG@CGDG_Roslin7 Nov 2023
📢The next CGDG seminar is next week⏰ 14/11 at 3PM UK time Andrei Kudinov from @LukeFinlandInt will be talking about single-step genomic prediction in rainbow trout 🐟🧬💻 📧 us to get access to the zoom [email protected]
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🚨New Preprint!🚨 Sea lice threaten wild and farmed Atlantic Salmon worldwide! 🌎 But Coho Salmon are resistant to this parasite! 🐟💪 How can this be?🤔 We tackled this question with single nuclei RNA sequencing!🧬 A 🧵(1/7) biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/…
Keratinocytes Drive the Epithelial Hyperplasia Key to Sea Lice Resistance in Coho Salmon

Keratinocytes Drive the Epithelial Hyperplasia Key to Sea Lice Resistance in Coho Salmon

Background Salmonid species have followed markedly divergent evolutionary trajectories in their interactions with sea lice. While sea lice parasitism poses significant economic, environmental, and...

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📢 New paper alert! Our latest work on using LD-panel and imputation to improve rainbow trout resistance to columnaris disease from @aqua_impact now published and available online 👉 link.springer.com/article/10…

Potential of low-density genotype imputation for cost-efficient genomic selection for resistance to...

Genetics Selection Evolution - Flavobacterium columnare is the pathogen agent of columnaris disease, a major emerging disease that affects rainbow trout aquaculture. Selective breeding using...

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Tim Bean@beatnim20 Jun 2023
Job opportunity core scientist @roslininstitute... We are looking for a new post doc to work with us studying shellfish aquaculture, disease and biology. Lots of exciting projects underway at the moment. Please get in touch for more info... tinyurl.com/23xc2ydn
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Towards production of genome-edited aquaculture species 🧬 "..genome editing is a useful, complementary tool for breeders rather than a replacement for existing tools" #RAQresearch #genome #aquaculture #genomeediting ➡️doi.org/10.1111/raq.12739 @RossHouston @AWargelius
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New paper! We investigated the dynamics of ISAV infection in Atlantic salmon cells using single-cell RNAseq, finding evidence of paracrine signalling and more. Thanks to all co-authors!! @OGervais_ @gratacapr @Athi_pap @RossHouston @BioMedCentral bmcgenomics.biomedcentral.co…
Understanding host response to infectious salmon anaemia virus in an Atlantic salmon cell line...

Understanding host response to infectious salmon anaemia virus in an Atlantic salmon cell line...

BMC Genomics - Infectious Salmon Anaemia Virus (ISAV) is an Orthomixovirus that represents a large problem for salmonid aquaculture worldwide. Current prevention and treatment methods are only...

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We are now hiring a core-funded PDRA position ***Please share!!*** Interested in #sustainable #invertebrate #aquaculture #immunology & molecular biology?? Enquiries welcome. Full details here 👇 elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/…

Core Scientist (Research Fellow)

We are looking for a PDRA/Core Scientist to join a research group studying immunology and the relationships between the microbiota, host and environment in invertebrate aquaculture species.

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My colleague @TimReganLab is starting his own lab 👨‍🔬 and he's hiring a Postdoc @roslininstitute! I know nothing about #mussels or #host-microbiome interaction and very little about #immunology but I can tell you that Tim is a great colleague to work with!
Tim Regan Lab (@TimReganLab) profile pictureTim Regan Lab@TimReganLab5 Apr 2023
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We are now hiring a core-funded PDRA position ***Please share!!*** Interested in #sustainable #invertebrate #aquaculture #immunology & molecular biology?? Enquiries welcome. Full details here 👇 elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/…

Core Scientist (Research Fellow)

We are looking for a PDRA/Core Scientist to join a research group studying immunology and the relationships between the microbiota, host and environment in invertebrate aquaculture species.

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