Work packages (WP)
- WP1: Sample collection in Romania and Turkey
Partner: DDNI and CFRI, IUFF - WP2: Isolation of species-specific microsatellite loci
Partner: IGB (subcontracting a commercial service: GenoScreen, France, www.genoscreen.com ) - WP3: Developing panels of 12-15 microsatellite loci per species for routine genotyping
Partner: IGB - WP4: Microsatellite genotyping of Romanian sturgeon samples
Partner: IGB and DDNI - WP5: Microsatellite genotyping of Turkish sturgeon samples
Partner: CFRI and IGB - WP6: Developing species-specific primers for sequencing the target mtDNA regions
Partner: DDNI - WP7: Mitochondrial DNA sequencing of Romanian and Turkish sturgeon samples
Partner: DDNI and CFRI - WP8: Population genetic analyses of data; identification of management units
All partners
Short Profile
Duration
- 01.04.2015 – 31.10.2018
Department
- Laboratories and Research Stations
- Genetics and Molecular Ecology Laboratory
Team
- Mitica Ciorpac – Coordinator and Scientist | mitica.ciorpac@ddni.ro
- Radu Suciu – Scientists
- Daniela Holostenco – Scientist | daniela.holostenco@ddni.ro
- Elena Taflan – Scientist | elena.taflan@ddni.ro
Partners
- Germany: IGB Leibnitz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries
- Romania: DDNI Danube Delta National Institute:
- Turkey: CFRI Central Fisheries Research Institute:
- Turkey: IUFF Istanbul University, Faculty of Fisheries:
Funded by
This project is conducted within the ERA-Net COFASP (Cooperation in Fisheries, Aquaculture and Seafood Processing). The German partner (IGB) is financially supported by the German Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL) through the Federal Office for Agriculture and Food (BLE), grant number 2814ERA01G. The Romanian partner (DDNI) is financially supported by the Executive Agency for Higher Education, Research, Development and Innovation Funding (UEFISCDI grant number 26 / 2015). The Turkish partners (CFRI und IUFF) are financially supported by the Republic of Turkey, Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Livestock.