Grant Stentiford is the Cefas Chief Scientist and an honorary Associate Professor at the University of Exeter.
His work focuses on some of the most important diseases affecting aquatic food animals and the future prospects for their control in the context of global aquatic food security. On Twitter @grantstent.
Cefas and the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) are leading on a new Defra-funded international programme re-defining how controlling hazards in food systems can positively impact biodiversity and improve their climate-efficiency. Food systems are defined as the web of …
One third of all animal protein produced on the planet comes from the water - half of this is from aquaculture.
Grant D. Stentiford Pathology and Microbial Systematics Theme Lead , Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (Cefas), Barrack Road, The Nothe, Weymouth, Dorset DT4 8UB, United Kingdom. A recent Newton Fund Researcher Links workshop on aquatic animal disease gave …
Millions of people enjoy seafood. But achieving food security remains a significant and ongoing challenge for society.
A highly opportunistic group of parasites called microsporidians can live within the cells of a wide range of host organisms - including humans.