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Gert Flik investigates fish adaptation to environmental stress factors, with significant implications for aquaculture and fish farming. His research addresses the stresses experienced by fish bred in high-density environments, including disease and the challenges of maintaining clean basins. Flik's work leads to the development of improved breeding methods aimed at enhancing fish resilience. The research is significant from a scientific perspective, as fish present versatile and easily modifiable models for studying stress-related adaptation mechanisms. Utilizing advanced imaging techniques such as magnetic resonance imaging, he examines living fish by integrating various factors: the functionality of the endocrine stress axis, the thyroid axis, and the immune system, as well as their interactions and the control systems managed by higher brain structures.
Applies to Research Master's in Linguistics and Communication Sciences (Centre for Language Studies/Department of Language and Communication).