- E-mailAndreas.Borchel@uib.no
- Phone+47 55 58 45 60
- Visitor AddressThormøhlens gate 53 A/B5006 Bergen
- Postal AddressPostboks 78035020 Bergen
My work is connected to the Sea Lice Research Center at UiB within the Fish Health Group.
I have a lot of experience with molecular biology and genetics of salmon lice, identifying new gene functions (1, 2), and identifying the reaction of lice to their environment, like heat or reduced salinity. I have employed RNA-Sequencing to analyse gene expression of salmon lice and their salmon hosts.
- (2024). Salmon louse labial gland enzymes: implications for host settlement and immune modulation. Frontiers in Genetics.
- (2023). Without a pinch of salt: effect of low salinity on eggs and nauplii of the salmon louse (Lepeophtheirus salmonis). Parasitology Research.
- (2023). Transcriptomic and targeted immune transcript analyses confirm localized skin immune responses in Atlantic salmon towards the salmon louse. Fish and Shellfish Immunology. 16 pages.
- (2023). Mining Lepeophtheirus salmonis RNA-Seq data for qPCR reference genes and their application in Caligus elongatus. Experimental parasitology.
- (2022). Sex differences in the early life stages of the salmon louse Lepeophtheirus salmonis (Copepoda: Caligidae). PLOS ONE.
- (2021). The transcriptomic response of adult salmon lice (Lepeophtheirus salmonis) to reduced salinity. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - Part D:Genomics and Proteomics.
- (2020). The synergistic interaction of thermal stress coupled with overstocking strongly modulates the transcriptomic activity and immune capacity of rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss). Scientific Reports. 1-15.
- (2019). Identification and Description of the Key Molecular Components of the Egg Strings of the Salmon Louse (Lepeophtheirus salmonis) . Genes.
- (2019). Evolutionary expression differences of creatine synthesis-related genes: Implications for skeletal muscle metabolism in fish. Scientific Reports. 1-8.
- (2019). A molecular survey of programmed cell death in rainbow trout: Structural and functional specifications of apoptotic key molecules. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - Part B: Biochemistry & Molecular Biology. 57-69.
- (2018). A novel gene‐family involved in spermatophore generation in the economically important salmon louse Lepeophtheirus salmonis. Molecular Reproduction and Development. 478-489.
- (2017). Systematic identification and characterization of stress-inducible heat shock proteins (HSPs) in the salmon louse (Lepeophtheirus salmonis). Cell stress & chaperones (Print). 127-139.
- (2017). Microarray-predicted marker genes and molecular pathways indicating crowding stress in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss). Aquaculture. 355-365.
- (2017). Identification of genes involved in cold-shock response in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss). Journal of Genetics. 701-706.
- (2016). Transcriptome sequencing of maraena whitefish (Coregonus maraena). Marine Genomics. 27-29.
- (2019). Main components of the egg strings of salmon lice.
- (2017). Understanding male reproduction in sea lice.
- (2022). Molekylære tilpasningsmekanismer av lakselus til brakk- og ferskvann.
- (2022). Molecular responses of salmon lice to reduced salinity.
- (2018). Sex in salmon lice (Lepeophtheirus salmonis).
- (2018). Sex determination and reproduction in the sea louse – the biggest enemy of salmon farming.
- (2017). Characterization of genes involved in the male reproductive system of salmon louse (Lepeophtheirus salmonis).
- (2023). LsLGP3 from Salmon Louse (Lepeophtheirus salmonis) Causes Cell Death in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) Leukocytes. Developmental and Comparative Immunology. 104980.
More information in national current research information system (CRIStin)
I am currently working on the FHF-funded projects Salivax and SaliFilaVax, in which we try to develop and optimise a DNA vaccine targeting the proteins secreted from the salmon louse onto the fish.
I'm also involved in the Microboost project, which is funded by the EEA and Norway Grants and is a cooperation with several portugese partners. In this project we try to use microalgae as functional food ingredient to improve the immune system of fish and prevent lice infestation.
Nanolus is led by Marineholem RASLab AS and is analysing the suitability of ion-modified water as an anti-louse treatment. I'm the project reponsible at UiB and will perform transcriptomic studies on lice treated with this water.
Previously I have worked on the projects Freshnet and Freshnet 2 where we looked at the osmoregulation of salmon lice. Additionally I was involved in the project ModuLus which analysed the interaction of salmon lice and their hosts.