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17:00	Registration Main Hall

19:00	Welcome Cocktail Reception Sala Domenech i Muntaner
	Guided Tour – Sant Pau Modernist Complex Following the cocktail reception, participants will be invited to join a guided tour of the Recinte Modernista de Sant Pau, which is expected to conclude at approximately 20:30.

08:00	Registration Main Hall

09:00-09:10	Welcome Sala Pau Gil: main auditorium
	Silvia Torrecillas, IRTA, Auaxulture Program, La Rapita, Spain
09:15-13:15	SESSION: FUNCTIONAL FEEDS AND NUTRITIONAL MODULATION OF MUCOSAL HEALTH Sala Pau Gil: main auditorium
	Chairs: Enric Gisbert. IRTA, Aquaculture, Centre La Ràpita, Catalonia, Spain. Daniel Montero. Grupo de Investigación en Acuicultura (GIA), IU-ECOAQUA, Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas, Spain. 09:15-10:00 KEYNOTE 1 - MUCOSAL HEALTH – FROM BIOLOGICAL COMPLEXITY TO INDUSTRIAL RESILIENCE Keynote Speaker: Linda B. Jensen. Skretting Aquaculture Innovation, R&D Health, Stavenger, Norway 10:00-11:00 ORAL PRESENTATIONS 1 - Functional Feeds and Nutritional Modulation of Mucosal Health 10:00-10:15 OP-01 (1). THE ROLE OF ZINC IN MUCOSAL INTEGRITY AND WOUND HEALING IN SALMONIDS: IMPLICATIONS FOR AQUACULTURE HEALTH MANAGEMENT Claudia Figueiredo-Silva, Joana Silva 10:15-10:30 OP-02 (39). MUSHROOM STEM MEALS FROM Agaricus bisporus and Pleurotus ostreatus BY-PRODUCTS DIFFERENTIALLY MODULATE INTESTINAL MUCOSAL HEALTH, BARRIER INTEGRITY AND IMMUNE RESPONSES IN RAINBOW TROUT Carl John Saromines, Enric Gisbert, Karl Blyth Andree, Yanis Cruz-Quintana, Silvia Torrecillas. 10:30-10:45 OP-03 (26). DIETARY VITAMIN A REDUCES SALMON LOUSE (Lepeophtheirus salmonis) INFESTATION IN ATLANTIC SALMON (Salmo salar) IN A DOSE-DEPENDENT MANNER Ingeborg Kjønnø Schaanning, Koestan Gadan, Øystein Evensen, Elin C. Valen, Aliaksandr Hubin, Katerina Kousoulaki, Pauline Wischhusen, Åshild Krogdahl, Guro Løkka, Trond M. Kortner. 10:45-11:00 OP-04 (75). Dietary EPA and DHA Modulate Skin Wound Healing Dynamics in Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar) Jinni Gu, Torunn Forberg, Elisabeth Aasum 11:00-11:30 COFFEE BREAK Espacio 1902 (Level -1) 11:30-13:15 ORAL PRESENTATIONS 2 - Functional Feeds and Nutritional Modulation of Mucosal Health 11:30-11:45 OP-05 (92). FUNCTIONAL EFFECTS OF KRILL MEAL ON SKIN HEALTH AND BARRIER FUNCTION IN ATLANTIC SALMON Kiranpreet Kaur, Karin Pittman, Mark Fast. 11:45-12:00 OP-06 (96). COLD STRESS RESHAPES THE SKIN-MUCUS BARRIER IN GILTHEAD SEABREAM: CAN PROTEIN HYDROLYSATES MITIGATE THE IMPACT? Bia Pinho, Ana Claro, André Almeida, Sara Magalhães, Marta Monteiro, Luisa Maria Pinheiro Valente. 12:00-12:15 OP-07 (52). DIETS CONTAINING MICROBIAL INGREDIENTS MODULATED IMMUNE RESPONSES AND INCREASED ROBUSTNESS OF ATLANTIC SALMON (Salmon salar) CHALLENGED WITH Moritella viscosa . Sérgio Rocha, Marte Røsvik, Byron Morales-Lange, Dominic Mensah, Veronica Blihovde, Henning Sørum, Liv Torunn Mydland, Margareth Øverland. 12:15-12:30 OP-08 (15). A PHYTOBIOTIC-BASED ADDITIVE SUPPORTS FISH SKIN HEALTH BEYOND DISEASE CONTROL I-Tung Chen, Alex Makol, Waldo Nuez-Ortín. 12:30-12:45 OP-09 (76). FROM Hermetia illucens-BASED AQUAFEEDS TO FUNCTIONAL BIOACTIVES: A MULTIDISCIPLINARY APPROACH TO INVESTIGATING THE EFFECTS OF CHITIN AND LAURIC ACID ON RAINBOW TROUT GUT MUCOSAL HEALTH Simona Picchietti, Valeria Pianese, Roselida Opere, Nicole Verdile, Giulia Pascon, Enrico Daniso, A Kosakyan, Gloriana Cardinaletti, Fulvio Gandolfi. 12:45-13:00 OP-10 (67). DIETARY AUREOCIN A53 AND ENTEROCIN P MODULATE GUT HEALTH RESPONSES IN NILE TILAPIA (Oreochromis niloticus) EXPOSED TO CLIMATE-RELATED STRESS Samira Sarih, Dolors Furones, Karl Blyth Andree, Enric Gisbert, Samira Reinoso, Yanis Cruz, Anna Arís, Elena Garcia-Fruitós, Eva Balan, Mahmoud Eltholth, Jennifer Cole, Ismail Ayoade Odetokum, Silvia Torrecillas. 13:00-13:15 OP-11 (59). DATA INTEGRATION AND BIOMARKER DISCOVERY TO CHARACTERIZE THE IMMUNE-MODULATING EFFECTS OF FUCOIDAN FROM SUGAR KELP IN ATLANTIC SALMON Byron Morales Lange, Dominic Mensah, Sérgio Rocha, Liv Torunn Mydland, Margareth Øverland.
13:15-14:30	LUNCH Espacio 1902 (Level -1)

14:30-18:00	SESSION: MUCOSAL BARRIERS: STRUCTURE, CROSSTALK, AND FUNCTION Sala Pau Gil: main auditorium
	Chairs: Carolina Tafalla. Biotechnology Department, INIA-CSIC, Madrid, Spain. Carlo Lazado. Senior Scientist. Fish Health Department, Nofima, Norway 14:30-15:15 KEYNOTE 2 - WATER OR LAND? REMODELING OF MUCOSAL BARRIERS BY THE IMMUNE SYSTEM IN AFRICAN LUNGFISH Keynote Speaker: Irene Salinas. Center for Evolutionary and Theoretical Immunology, Department of Biology, University of New Mexico, New Mexico, USA 15:15-16:15 ORAL PRESENTATIONS 3 - Mucosal Barriers: Structure, Crosstalk, and Function 15:15-15:30 OP-12 (63). A NOVEL PAN-T CELL ANTIBODY ENABLES THE CHARACTERIZATION OF T CELL POPULATIONS IN RAINBOW TROUT MUCOSAL TISSUES Angela Etayo, Xu-Jie Zang, Jing-Yi Zhuang, Ting Wang, Diana Fagundez, Beatriz Abos, Samuel Vicente-Gil, Esther Morel, Carolina Tafalla. 15:30-15:45 OP-13 (18). MUCOSAL REMODELING IN FARMED ATLANTIC SALMON (Salmo salar) DURING SEAWATER TRANSFER (SWT): INTEGRATING SKIN AND GILL MUCOUS CELL DYNAMICS WITH SKIN MUCUS Neu5Gc Karin Pittman, Bjørn Barlaup, Mearge Okubamichael, Trond-Inge Kvernevik, Anette Sauve, Grigory Merkin. 15:45-16:00 OP-14 (37). AN ACTIVE MUCOSAL IMMUNE LANDSCAPE IN THE ATLANTIC SALMON TONGUE Carlo Lazado, Miroslava Hansen, Erik Burgerhout, Hanne Brenne, Marianne Vaadal, Torstein Tengs, Lene Sveen, Marianne Iversen, Lill-Heidi Johansen, Elisabeth Ytteborg, Arvind Sundaram, Aleksei Krasnov. 16:00-16:15 OP-15 (54). ULTRA-LONG TUNNELING NANOTUBES MEDIATE INTERCELLULAR ORGANELLE TRANSFER IN ATLANTIC SALMON (SALMO SALAR)KERATOCYTES Marie Mikkelborg,Bilal Muhammad Afzal, Balpreet Singh Ahluwalia, Deanna Wolfson, Roy Dalmo, Dhivya Borra Thiyagarajan. 16:15-16:45 COFFEE BREAK Espacio 1902 (Level -1) 16:45-18:00 ORAL PRESENTATIONS 4 - Mucosal Barriers: Structure, Crosstalk, and Function 16:45-17:00 OP-16 (35). HIGH-RESOLUTION SPATIAL TRANSCRIPTOMICS IDENTIFIES DISTINCT MUCOSAL IMMUNE NICHES IN ATLANTIC SALMON LARVAE Lene Sveen, Marianne Vaadal, Torstein Tengs, Carlo Lazado. 17:00-17:15 OP-17 (47). MIGRATORY KERATOCYTES IN SALMON EXPRESS MHC II AND RECRUIT IMMUNE CELLS IN RESPONSE TO VARIOUS STIMULI Dhivya Borra Thiyagarajan, Marie K Mikkelborg, Bilal M Afzal, Balpreet S Ahluwalia, Deanna L Wolfson, Roy A Dalmo. 17:15-17:30 OP-18 (45). GILTHEAD SEABREAM (SPARUS AURATA) RESPONSE TO ANOXIA AND CROWDING: A COMPARISON BETWEEN MUCOSAE Nuria Ruiz, Manuel Blonç, Lluís Tort. 17:30-17:45 OP-19 (10). EFFECTS OF DIFFERENT TEMPERATURE REGIMES ON ATLANTIC COD (Gadus morhua L.) SKIN MUCUS GLYCOME AND PATHOGEN BINDING ABILITY Sara Lindén, Kyung Min Lee, John Benktander, Carlos Lazado, Elisabeth Ytterborg. 17:45-18:00 OP-20 (87). PRIMING THE BARRIER: EVALUATING ALGAE-BASED FEEDS AGAINST SEA LICE AND CHEMICAL INSULTS USING AN EX VIVO SALMON SKIN MODEL Ana Teresa Gonçalves, André Barreto, Rute Félix, Daniel Jerónimo, Claudia Magalhães, Jorge Dias.
18:00-18:45	POSTER SESSION Rooms 1&2 (Level -1)

09:00-13:15	SESSION: MUCOSAL IMMUNITY: MECHANISMS, BIOMARKERS, AND DIAGNOSTICS Sala Pau Gil: main auditorium
	Chairs: Steve Bird. Aquaculture Program, Institut de Recerca i Tecnologia Agroalimentàries (IRTA), La Ràpita, Spain Felipe Reyes. Associate Professor, Department of Animal Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, University of Chile 09:00-09:45 KEYNOTE 3 - INTERPRETING MUCOSAL HEALTH THOUGH TRANSCRIPTOMIC APPROACHES Keynote Speaker: Samuel Martin. Director Scottish Fish Immunology Research Centre. Aberdeen, United Kingdom 09:45-11:00 ORAL PRESENTATIONS 5 - Mucosal Immunity: Mechanisms, Biomarkers, and Diagnostics 09:45-10:00 OP-21 (40). B CELL DYNAMICS IN RAINBOW TROUT GILLS FOLLOWING PRIMARY AND SECONDARY CHALLENGE WITH Lactococcus petauri Carolina Tafalla, Aitor Arrogante, Beatriz Abós, Samuel Vicente-Gil, Pablo Jiménez-Barrios, Patricia Díaz-Rosales, Pedro Perdiguero, Juan-Germán Herranz-Jusdado, Esther Morel. 10:00-10:15 OP-22 (68). ANTIGEN-SAMPLING AND INDUCTION OF LOCAL IMMUNE RESPONSES IN THE INTESTINE OF RAINBOW TROUT AFTER ANAL INTUBATION OF BACTERIAL ANTIGENSL Goshi Kato, Toi Kaneko, Riko Ishida, Aika Guruge, Megumi Matsumoto, Esther Bárcena, Patricia Diaz-Rosales, Carolina Tafalla, Motohiko Sano. 10:15-10:30 OP-23 (101). IMPACT OF SEASONAL TEMPERATURE ON THE SKIN TRANSCRIPTOMIC RESPONSE OF ATLANTIC SALMON (Salmo salar) TO Caligus rogercresseyi INFESTATION Felipe E. Reyes-López,Mabel Vidal, Kevin Aguilar-Valdés, María Jesús Santillán-Araneda, Daniela Vargas, Gabriel Jerez, Eva Vallejos-Vidal. 10:30-10:45 OP-24 (9). DIVERGENT HOST RESPONSES TO SALMON LOUSE INFESTATION AND EXPERIMENTAL WOUNDING IN COHO AND ATLANTIC SALMON Renate Kvingedal, Stanko Skugor, Cynthia Valenzuela, Aleksei Krasnov, Torstein Tengs, Marianne Hansen, Siri Helene Helland-Riise, Marianne Vaadal, Lene Sveen. 10:45-11:00 OP-25 (7). FISH SKIN MUCUS AS A SENSITIVE NON-LETHAL MATRIX FOR ASSESSING BENZO[A]PYRENE EXPOSURE IN SALMO TRUTTA Coline Louvet, Patrice Noury, Laura Garnero, Léa Gobillot, Valérie Hamelet, Lucía Viñas, Emilie Réalis-Doyelle, Carmen Gonzàlez-Fernàndez. 11:00-11:30 COFFEE BREAK Espacio 1902 (Level -1) 11:30-13:15 ORAL PRESENTATIONS 6 - Mucosal Immunity: Mechanisms, Biomarkers, and Diagnostics 11:30-11:45 OP-26 (69). FROM TRANSPORT STRESS TO RECOVERY: THE UNDERLYING RESPONSES OF THE SKIN-MUCUS INTERFACE IN ATLANTIC SALMON (Salmo salar) André Barreto, Cláudia Raposo De Magalhães, Bruno Reis, Paulo Rema, Rui J.M. Rocha, Benjamin Costas, Ana Teresa Gonçalves. 11:45-12:00 OP-27 (30). DISTINCT CELL STATES IN GILL EPITHELIAL ANTIGEN SAMPLING CELLS REVEALED BY SINGLE-CELL RNA SEQUENCING Nagisa Saito, Masachika Harada, Hiroki Kusaka, Hajime Yuasa, Kayo Konishi, Megumi Matsumoto, Motohiko Sano, Keiichiro Koiwai, Goshi Kato. 12:00-12:15 OP-28 (44). SKIN MUCUS SAA AS A NON-LETHAL BIOMARKER OF SOYBEAN MEAL–INDUCED ENTERITIS IN ATLANTIC SALMON J. German Herranz-Jusdado, Beatriz Abós, David Peggs, Tommy B. Eriksen, Linda B. Jensen, Carolina Tafalla. 12:15-12:30 OP-29 (4). TRACKING MUCOSAL HEALTH IN PFAS-EXPOSED FISH VIA IMMUNE AND STRESS BIOMARKERS Carmen González Fernández, Coline Louvet, Laura Garnero, Valerie Hamelet, Emmanuelle Vulliet, Florent Lafay, Emilie Réalis-Doyelle. 12:30-12:45 OP-30 (29). DISTRIBUTION OF CD4 1, CD4 2, AND CD8 ALPHA POSITIVE T CELL SUBPOPULATIONS ACROSS MUCOSAL, SYSTEMIC LYMPHOID, AND CIRCULATING COMPARTMENTS IN GINBUNA CRUCIAN CARP Terumi Goto, Lik-Ming Lau, Megumi Matsumoto, Motohiko Sano, Goshi Kato. 12:45-13:00 OP-31 (46). CORTISOL MODULATES LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE-INDUCED IMMUNE RESPONSES IN A RAINBOW TROUT INTESTINAL EPITHELIAL CELL LINE (RTGUTGC) Nuria Ruiz, Marlid García, Nerea Roher, Lluís Tort. 13:00-13:15 OP-32 (48). CHARACTERIZATION OF CD4+ AND CD8+ T CELL POPULATIONS IN RAINBOW TROUT (ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS) SKIN AND THEIR MODULATION DURING IHNV INFECTION. Aitor Arrogante, Melanie Salazar, Samuel Vicente-Gil, Ángela Etayo, Carolina Tafalla, Germán Herranz-Jusdado.
13:15-14:30	LUNCH Espacio 1902 (Level -1)

14:30-17:45	SESSION: HOST–MICROBIOTA INTERACTIONS AT MUCOSAL SURFACES Sala Pau Gil: main auditorium
	Chairs: Sam Martin. Professor, University of Aberdeen, Director of Research, School of Biological Sciences, Director Scottish Fish Immunology Research Centre Carla Piazzon. Institute of Aquaculture Torre de la Sal, CSIC, Castellón, Spain 14:30-15:15 KEYNOTE 4 - DECODING GRANULOMATOUS IMMUNITY IN FISH Keynote Speaker: Jorge Galindo-Villegas. Department of Genomics, Faculty of Biosciences and Aquaculture, Nord University, Bodo, Norway 15:15-16:15 ORAL PRESENTATIONS 7 - Host–Microbiota Interactions at Mucosal Surfaces 15:15-15:30 OP-33 (13). AMPSEQ GENOMIC SURVEILLANCE OF AMOEBIC GILL DISEASE REVEALS TRANSMISSION AND HOST-SYMBIONT DYNAMICS Brendan Robertson, Bachar Cheaib, Konstantin Checkanov, Tina Oldham, Yee Wan Liu, Martin Llewellyn, Kyrie Dickson. 15:30-15:45 OP-34 (72). PROTEOMIC CHARACTERIZATION OF VIRULENCE FACTORS INVOLVED IN THE COLONIZATION OF Moritella viscosa IN SALMON MUCUS USING AN IN VITRO MODEL M Pilar Escribano, Øystein Evensen, Gustav Vaaje-Kolstad. 15:45-16:00 OP-35 (88). SECRETORY IGM REGULATES MICROBIOTA GUT HOMEOSTASIS AND METABOLISM IN RAINBOW TROUT (ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS) Oriol Sunyer, Alvaro Fernández-Montero, Yang Ding, Amir Mani, Elisa Casadei, Yasuhiro Shibasaki, Fumio Takizawa, Ryuichiro Miyazawa, Irene Salinas. 16:00-16:15 OP-36 (91). DISSECTING THE FUNCTIONAL REDUNDANCY OF IgM AND IgT IN MUCOSAL MICROBIOME HOMEOSTASIS IN TELEOST FISH Álvaro Fernández-Montero, Yang Ding, Elisa Casadei, Daniel Montero, Irene Salinas, Oriol Sunyer. 16:15-16:45 COFFEE BREAK Espacio 1902 (Level -1) 16:45-17:30 ORAL PRESENTATIONS 8 - Host–Microbiota Interactions at Mucosal Surfaces 16:45-17:00 OP-37 (50). EXTERNAL MUCOSAL MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES DETERMINED BY TIME OVER TISSUE IN ATLANTIC SALMON Marlene Lorgen-Ritchie, Lynn Chalmers, Michael Clarkson, John F. Taylor, Herve Migaud, Samuel A. M. Martin. 17:00-17:15 OP-38 (41). DEPICTING HOST GENETICS, EPIGENETICS, AND GUT MICROBIOME DYNAMICS TO IMPROVE RESILIENCE IN FARMED FISH Federico Moroni, Ricardo Domingo-Bretón, Fernando Naya-Català, Jaume Pérez-Sánchez. 17:15-17:30 OP-39 (20). GILL MICROBIOME RESPONSES TO PATHOGEN AND PHYTOPLANKTON EXPOSURE IN ATLANTIC SALMON Arianna Destefani, Paola E. Campos, Jens Carlsson, Colin Hannon, Oluwasegun Ige, Michelle McCormack, Katie O'Dwyer, Hamish Rodger, Orla Slattery, Liam Strachan, Julia C. Jones.
17:30-18:15	POSTER SESSION Rooms 1&2 (Level -1)

21:00	Gala Dinner Restaurante La Barceloneta Moll dels Pescadors, Port Vell Address: Carrer de l'Escar, 22, 08039 Barcelona, Spain Getting There by Public Transport Metro Barceloneta Station (L4): approximately 15 minutes on foot from the restaurant. Drassanes Station (L3): approximately 20 minutes on foot from the venue. Bus Several city bus lines stop within walking distance of the restaurant, including: V15 V19 47 59 The nearest bus stops are located around Passeig Joan de Borbó and the Barceloneta area, just a short walk from the restaurant.

09:30-12:30	SESSION: VACCINATION STRATEGIES FOR MUCOSAL PROTECTION IN AQUATIC SPECIES Sala Pau Gil: main auditorium
	Chairs: Ansgar Stratmann. Aquatreck Animal Health S.L, Director of Biotechnology Dortmund, Germany Nerea Roher. Institut of Biotecnology and Biomedicine (IBB-MRB), Barcelona, Spain. 09:30-10:15 KEYNOTE 5 - Oral vaccines for aquatic animals Keynote Speaker: Nerea Roher Armentia. Institut of Biotecnology and Biomedicine (IBB-MRB), Barcelona, Spain 10:15-11:00 ORAL PRESENTATION 9 - Vaccination Strategies for Mucosal Protection in Aquatic Species 10:15-10:30 OP-41 (100). PICHIA PASTORIS AS VECTOR FOR ORAL UPTAKE STRATEGIES A Stratmann, C Tafalla, N Lorenzen, Ep Preetham, C Gallardo, V Valenzuela-Muñoz, P Christofilogiannis. 10:30-10:45 OP-42 (61). SPORE-BASED ORAL VACCINES COMBINED WITH MOLECULAR ADJUVANTS AS NEXT-GENERATION MUCOSAL IMMUNISATION STRATEGIES FOR THE AQUACULTURE INDUSTRY Bárbara Guedes, Rafaela A. Santos, Gabriela Gonçalves, Aires Oliva-Teles, Ana Couto, Claudia R. Serra. 10:45-11:00 OP-43 (6). BATH VACCINATION INDUCES DIFFERENT IGM AND IGT REPERTOIRE SIGNATURES IN TURBOT (Scophthalmus maximus) SKIN Rocio Toucedo,Ana Isabel Bargiela, Jorge Hernández-Urcera, Ysabel Santos, Susana Magadán. 11:00-11:30 COFFEE BREAK Espacio 1902 (Level -1) 11:30-12:30 ORAL PRESENTATION 9 - Vaccination Strategies for Mucosal Protection in Aquatic Species (continued) 11:30-11:45 OP-44 (16). MICROALGAE-BASED ORAL VACCINE EXPRESSING IHNV GLYCOPROTEIN G FOR SALMONID AQUACULTURE Luis Pérez, Ainhoa Gómez-Quintanilla, Yeray Cerpa-Damas, Marlid García-Ordoñez, Borja Ordoñez-Grande, Nerea Roher, María Del Mar Ortega-Villaizán. 11:45-12:00 OP-45 (36).FEEDING IMMUNITY: CAN LIVE WORMS WORK AS VACCINE CARRIER? Joyce Arguelles Hilario, Lakshan Warnakula, Jacob Günther Schmidt, Valentina Donati, Lone Madsen, Ansgar Stratmann, Martin Holmstrup, Mathias Holmstrup, Dagoberto Sepulveda, Niels Lorenzen. 12:00-12:15 OP-46 (65). ORAL MICROALGAE-BASED VACCINATION AGAINST SALMONID ALPHAVIRUS (SAV2) IN RAINBOW TROUT: IMMUNE RESPONSES AND PROTECTIVE EFFICACY Yeray Kevin Cerpa Damas, Ainhoa Gómez Quintanilla, Adrián López Murcia, Celia García Quintanila, Verónica Chico Gras, Luis Pérez García-Estañ, María del Mar Ortega-Villaizán Romo. 12:15-12:30 OP-47 (27). TARGETING SEA LICE WITH AI AND REVERSE VACCINOLOGY: ORAL VACCINE ANTIGEN DISCOVERY FOR ATLANTIC SALMON Xuhang Wu, Marc Nicolas Faber, Carol Mcnair, Ayham Alnabulsi, Dorota Androscuk, Kevin Mclean, Kim Thompson, James Bron, Alasdair Nisbet, Stewart T.G. Burgess, Sean Monaghan, Anita Jaglarz
12:30-13:30	AWARDS AND CLOSING Sala Pau Gil: main auditorium

14:30-16:00	FSI Seminar Sala Pau Gil: main auditorium. Carolina Tafalla Steve Bird This interactive seminar from Fish & Shellfish Immunology offers MHA2026 participants a unique opportunity to meet members of the journal's editorial team and gain practical insights into scientific writing, publishing and research integrity. As a journal closely aligned with the research interests of many attending MHA2026, the session will provide an opportunity to learn more about how the journal works, what editors and reviewers look for, how to choose the right journal and communicate research effectively, and how to navigate the peer-review and publication process. The seminar will also address emerging challenges in research integrity and responsible publishing. Importantly, the session is intended to be interactive, giving researchers the opportunity to speak directly with editors, ask questions about publishing and peer review, and discuss issues they encounter as authors. While relevant to researchers at all career stages, it should be particularly valuable for students and early-career researchers developing their experience of scientific publishing.