Category: News

  • Progress in BlueMarine.Com3 project

    Progress in BlueMarine.Com3 project

    IMAQUA is proud to be part of the BlueMarine.Com3 project and of the progress we have made with shrimp breeding in Belgium in the past year. The BlueMarine3.Com project is funded by the Flemish government through Agency for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (VLAIO) and facilitated by the Blue Cluster program. It is a collaboration between different groups…

  • Dr Mathias Corteel joins IMAQUA

    Dr Mathias Corteel joins IMAQUA

    We are thrilled to announce that Dr Mathias Corteel, a veterinarian specialised in shrimp diseases, has joined IMAQUA’s research team as Senior project manager, after a 4-year stay in the United States where he worked for BASF animal nutrition.  “Joining IMAQUA is like coming home,” says Mathias Corteel. “Managing director of IMAQUA, João Lima and I…

  • IMAQUA’s doctorandus under Baekeland Mandate

    IMAQUA’s doctorandus under Baekeland Mandate

    Introducing Kateřina Řeháková –  IMAQUA’s Phd candidate under Baekeland Mandate, granted by VLAIO (Flanders Innovation & Entrepreneurship organisation) During her academic years Kateřina worked in the laboratories of Central European Institute of Technology (CEITEC) and University of Veterinary and Pharmaceutical Sciences in Czech Republic as well as Laboratory of Microbiology, Faculty of sciences in UGent, where she developed various laboratory skills…

  • IMAQUA moves to its new premises

    IMAQUA moves to its new premises

    Since July 2020 IMAQUA is moving from the premises of Gent University to the new private site at SME zone Lozen Boer in Lochristi, Belgium. Here IMAQUA is building its new state of the art testing facilities and laboratory… (to be continued)

  • IMAQUA at Aquaculture Europe 2019 in Berlin
  • July 2016

    July 2016

    IMAQUA launches a state of the art feeding trial facility composed of 24 custom-made tanks. Each tank has a capacity of 290 L and an individual complete water filtration system. This facility was designed for delivering the highest quality scientific results.

  • FEBRUARY 2016

    FEBRUARY 2016

    IMAQUA installs a state of the art shrimp RAS nursery facility based on the Landing PILOT™ unit developed by LandIng Aquaculture. This facility was designed with a double purpose, to satisfy the needs of  shrimp juveniles for the tests made at IMAQUA and to offer the possibility of performing nutrition tests on early shrimp developmental stages.

  • IMAQUA at LACQUA 16-19 November 2015

    IMAQUA at LACQUA 16-19 November 2015

    IMAQUA is present at the Latin American & Caribbean Aquaculture conference that will take place in Fortaleza, Brazil from 16 to 19 November 2015. You are welcome to visit us at our booth for finding out about our latest developments.

  • IMAQUA at the World Aquaculture 26-30 May 2015

    IMAQUA at the World Aquaculture 26-30 May 2015

    IMAQUA is present at the World Aquaculture 2015 conference in Jeju, South Korea. You are welcome to visit us at our booth in the conference’s trade show.

  • July 2014

    July 2014

    IMAQUA launches a disease challenge facility with a capacity to individually challenge 180 shrimp.