Pathology

The effects of pollution on disease development

Microplastics

Microplastics contaminations in digestive, reproductive and circulatory systems of free-ranged sharks, skates and rays

Neurology

Chaperoning neurological disorders in sharks

Immunology

Application of  hepatic  melanomacrophages to understand response to environmental pressures

Field expeditions

We are studying elasmobranchs  in the continental shelves and upper sloped of the Adriatic and Ionian seas through:

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Diving with sharks

Fishery surveys

We are working closely with both commercial and small-scale fisherman.

Enhancing the post-release survival rates in by-catch.

Current research

LABORATORY STUDIES

FIELD EXPEDITIONS