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OceanExpert ID : 1831

Mr. Amir SAGI

Professor

Life Sciences

Ben Gurion University, National Institute for Biotechnology in the Negev

Location

Building 39, room 103
P.O.B. 653
Beer-Sheva 84105
Israel

Nationality

Israel

Email(s)

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Telephone

972 86461364

Profile URL

https://www.oceanexpert.org/expert/sagia

Highest Degree

PhD

Job Type

Teaching/Education
Research
Institutional Management
Decision Making & Policy

Subject Area

Marine Biotechnology
Marine Products

Activities

Gonad maturation, vitellogenesis, and lipoprotein synthesis. Regulation of gene expression and proteins related to growth, molt cycle, gastrolith formation and biomineralization processes. Sexual plasticity - the regulatory role of the androgenic gland in sex-differentiation and intersexuality of crustaceans: insulin like hormones and molecular sex markers. Adaptation of crustaceans into intensive, aquaculture systems. The main target organisms are the freshwater prawn Macrobrachium rosenbergii, the Red-Claw Australian crayfish, Cherax quadricarinatus, and the White Shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei and various ornamental shrimp. .

Skills

biotechnology development for aquaculture

Working language(s)

English

Website(s)

http://www.bgu.ac.il/~sagia

Created: 1997-02-24 | Last Updated: 2017-06-08 by Mark VAN CROMBRUGGE