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Dr Monica Betancor

Associate Professor

Institute of Aquaculture Pathfoot Building, 我要吃瓜, Stirling, FK9 4LA

Dr Monica Betancor

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Research (3)

Projects

Assessing the potential for selection and improvement of red seaweed affected by increasing water temperatures in Tanzania
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Funded by: Innovate UK

Investigating the potential of nutritional programming to improve the utilisation of sustainable feeds in aquaculture
PI: Dr Monica Betancor
Funded by: Biomar Ltd and Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council

Optimising dietary fatty acids and lipids of Atlantic salmon to secure their health and welfare thorugh varying environmental conditions and life stages (Optihealth)
PI: Professor Brett Glencross
Funded by: The Norwegian Seafood Research Fund

Outputs (118)

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Article

Rimoldi S, Quiroz KF, Kalemi V, McMillan S, Stubhaug I, Martinez-Rubio L, Betancor MB & Terova G (2025) Interactions between nutritional programming, genotype, and gut microbiota in Atlantic salmon: Long-term effects on gut microbiota, fish growth and feed efficiency. Aquaculture, 596 (Part 1), p. 741813. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2024.741813


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Wischhusen P, Heraud C, Broughton R, Surget A, Lanuque A, Betancor M, Terrier F & Fontagné-Dicharry S (2024) Vitamin B6 and selenium supplementation induce contrasting effects in the transsulfuration pathway of juvenile rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) with interactive effects in stressed fish. Aquaculture, 593, Art. No.: 741354. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2024.741354


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Tawfik MM, Betancor MB, Mcmillan S, Norambuena F, Tocher DR, Douglas A & Martin SAM (2024) Modulation of metabolic and immunoregulatory pathways in the gut transcriptome of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) after early nutritional programming during first feeding with plant-based diet. Overland M (Editor) Frontiers in Immunology, 15. https://doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2024.1412821


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Tawfik MM, Lorgen-Ritchie M, Król E, McMillan S, Norambuena F, Bolnick DI, Douglas A, Tocher DR, Betancor MB & Martin SAM (2024) Modulation of gut microbiota composition and predicted metabolic capacity after nutritional programming with a plant-rich diet in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar): insights across developmental stages. Animal Microbiome, 6, Art. No.: 38. https://doi.org/10.1186/s42523-024-00321-8


Article

Marrero M, Monroig O, Perez JA, Betancor M, Galindo A, Bolanos A, Acosta NG & Rodriguez C (2024) Dietary LC-PUFA and environmental salinity modulate the fatty acid biosynthesis capacity of the euryhaline teleost thicklip grey mullet (Chelon labrosus). Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - Part B: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 269, Art. No.: 110865. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cbpb.2023.110865


Article

Caballero MJ, José Perez-Torrado F, Velázquez-Wallraf A, Betancor MB, Fernandez A & Castro-Alonso A (2023) Fish mortality associated to volcanic eruptions in the Canary Islands. Frontiers in Marine Science, 9, Art. No.: 999816. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.999816


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Velázquez-Wallraf A, Fernández A, Caballero MJ, Arregui M, González Díaz ?, Betancor MB & Bernaldo de Quirós Y (2022) Establishment of a fish model to study gas-bubble lesions. Scientific Reports, 12, Art. No.: 6592. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-10539-8


Article

Carlos Campos-Sánchez J, Gonzalez-Silvera D, Gong X, Broughton R, Guardiola FA, Betancor MB & ?ngeles M (2022) Implication of adipocytes from subcutaneous adipose tissue and fatty. Fish and Shellfish Immunology, 131, pp. 160-171. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fsi.2022.09.066


Article

Fernandez-Senac C, Monaghan SJ, Mascolo D, Baily JL, Betancor M, Chalmers L, Paladini G, Adams A, Fridman S & Bron JE (2022) Investigating the impacts of H(2)O(2) treatment on gills of healthy Atlantic salmon reveals potential changes to mucus production with implications on immune activity. Fish and Shellfish Immunology, 128, pp. 74-81. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fsi.2022.06.063


Article

Wang X, Jin M, Cheng X, Hu X, Zhao M, Yuan Y, Sun P, Jiao L, Tocher DR, Betancor MB & Zhou Q (2022) Lipidomic profiling reveals molecular modification of lipids in hepatopancreas of juvenile mud crab (Scylla paramamosain) fed with different dietary DHA/EPA ratios. Food Chemistry, 372, Art. No.: 131289. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodchem.2021.131289


Article

Jin M, Shen Y, Pan T, Zhu T, Li X, Xu F, Betancor MB, Jiao L, Tocher DR & Zhou Q (2021) Dietary Betaine Mitigates Hepatic Steatosis and Inflammation Induced by a High-Fat-Diet by Modulating the Sirt1/Srebp-1/Pparɑ Pathway in Juvenile Black Seabream (Acanthopagrus schlegelii). Frontiers in Immunology, 12, Art. No.: 694720. https://doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2021.694720


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Ruiz MA, Betancor M, Montero D, Caballero MJ, Hernandez-Cruz CM, Rosenlund G, Fontanillas R & Izquierdo M (2021) The effect of fish stocking density and dietary supplementation of vitamin C and micronutrients (Mn, Zn and Se) on the development of systemic granulomatosis in juvenile meagre (Argyrosomus regius). Aquaculture Research, 52 (11), pp. 5703-5718. https://doi.org/10.1111/are.15446


Article

El Kertaoui N, Lund I, Betancor MB, Carpentier C, Montero D & Kestemont P (2021) Dietary DHA and ARA level and ratio affect the occurrence of skeletal anomalies in pikeperch larvae (Sander lucioperca) through a regulation of immunity and stress related gene expression. Aquaculture, 544, Art. No.: 737060. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2021.737060


Article

de Roos B, Wood S, Bremner D, Bashir S, Betancor MB, Fraser WD, Duthie SJ, Horgan GW & Sneddon AA (2021) The nutritional and cardiovascular health benefits of rapeseed oil-fed farmed salmon in humans are not decreased compared with those of traditionally farmed salmon: a randomized controlled trial. European Journal of Nutrition, 60 (4), pp. 2063-2075. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00394-020-02396-w


Article

Rodriguez-Carretero I, Betancor MB, López-Jiménez JA, Esteban MA, Sánchez-Vázquez FJ & López-Olmeda JF (2021) Daily rhythms in the morphometric parameters of hepatocytes and intestine of the European sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax): influence of feeding time and hepatic zonation. Journal of Comparative Physiology B, 191, pp. 503-515. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00360-020-01334-w


Article

Marrero M, Monroig ?, Betancor M, Herrera M, Pérez JA, Garrido D, Galindo A, Giráldez I & Rodríguez C (2021) Influence of Dietary Lipids and Environmental Salinity on the n-3 Long-Chain Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids Biosynthesis Capacity of the Marine Teleost Solea senegalensis. Marine Drugs, 19 (5), Art. No.: 254. https://doi.org/10.3390/md19050254


Article

Shi B, Lu J, Hu X, Betancor MB, Zhao M, Tocher DR, Zhou Q, Jiao L, Xu F & Jin M (2021) Dietary copper improves growth and regulates energy generation by mediating lipolysis and autophagy in hepatopancreas of Pacific white shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei). Aquaculture, 537, Art. No.: 736505. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2021.736505


Article

Shi B, Xu F, Zhou Q, Regan MK, Betancor MB, Tocher DR, Sun M, Meng F, Jiao L & Jin M (2021) Dietary organic zinc promotes growth, immune response and antioxidant capacity by modulating zinc signaling in juvenile Pacific white shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei). Aquaculture Reports, 19, Art. No.: 100638. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aqrep.2021.100638


Article

Wang X, Jin M, Cheng X, Hu X, Zhao M, Yuan Y, Sun P, Jiao L, Betancor M, Tocher D & Zhou Q (2021) Dietary DHA/EPA ratio affects growth, tissue fatty acid profiles and expression of genes involved in lipid metabolism in mud crab Scylla paramamosain supplied with appropriate n-3 LC-PUFA at two lipid levels. Aquaculture, 532, Art. No.: 736028. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2020.736028


Article

Shi B, Yuan Y, Jin M, Betancor MB, Tocher DR, Jiao L, Song D & Zhou Q (2021) Transcriptomic and physiological analyses of hepatopancreas reveal the key metabolic changes in response to dietary copper level in Pacific white shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei. Aquaculture, 532, Art. No.: 736060. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2020.736060


Article

Napier JA, Haslam RP, Olsen R, Tocher DR & Betancor MB (2020) Agriculture can help aquaculture become greener. Nature Food, 1, pp. 680-683. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43016-020-00182-9


Article

Shi B, Jin M, Jiao L, Betancor MB, Tocher DR & Zhou Q (2020) Effects of dietary zinc level on growth performance, lipolysis and expression of genes involved in the calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase kinase-β/AMP-activated protein kinase pathway in juvenile Pacific white shrimp. British Journal of Nutrition, 124 (8), pp. 773-784. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0007114520001725


Article

Broughton R, Tocher DR & Betancor MB (2020) Development of a C18 Supercritical Fluid Chromatography-Tandem Mass Spectrometry Methodology for the Analysis of Very-Long-Chain Polyunsaturated Fatty Acid Lipid Matrices and Its Application to Fish Oil Substitutes Derived from Genetically Modified Oilseeds in the Aquaculture Sector. ACS Omega, 5 (35), pp. 22289-22298. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.0c02631


Article

Jin M, Zhu T, Tocher D, Luo J, Shen Y, Li X, Pan T, Yuan Y, Betancor M, Jiao L, Sun P & Zhou Q (2020) Dietary fenofibrate attenuated high-fat-diet-induced lipid accumulation and inflammation response partly through regulation of pparα and sirt1 in juvenile black seabream (Acanthopagrus schlegelii). Developmental and Comparative Immunology, 109, Art. No.: 103691. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dci.2020.103691


Article

Luo J, Zhu T, Wang X, Chen X, Yuan Y, Jin M, Betancor M, Tocher D & Zhou Q (2020) Toxicological mechanism of excessive copper supplementation: Effects on coloration, copper bioaccumulation and oxidation resistance in mud crab Scylla paramamosain. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 395, Art. No.: 122600. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2020.122600


Article

Yuan Y, Wang X, Jin M, Jiao L, Sun P, Betancor MB, Tocher DR & Zhou Q (2020) Modification of nutritional values and flavor qualities of muscle of swimming crab (Portunus trituberculatus): Application of a dietary lipid nutrition strategy. Food Chemistry, 308 p. 11, Art. No.: 125607. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodchem.2019.125607


Article

Betancor M, Oboh A, Ortega A, Mourente G, Navarro JC, de la Gandara F, Tocher D & Monroig O (2020) Molecular and functional characterisation of a putative elovl4 gene and its expression in response to dietary fatty acid profile in Atlantic bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus). Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - Part D: Genomics and Proteomics, 240, Art. No.: 110372. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cbpb.2019.110372


Article

Sun P, Jin M, Jiao L, Monroig O, Navarro JC, Tocher DR, Betancor MB, Wang X, Yuan Y & Zhou Q (2020) Effects of dietary lipid level on growth, fatty acid profiles, antioxidant capacity and expression of genes involved in lipid metabolism in juvenile swimming crab, Portunus trituberculatus. British Journal of Nutrition, 123 (2), pp. 149-160. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0007114519002563


Conference Paper (published)

Berntssen MHG, Olsvik PA, Rasinger JD, Sele V, Hamre K, ?rnsrud R, Sundal TK, Buttle L, Hillestad M & Betancor M (2019) Selenium supplementation to salmon feeds: Speciation, toxic mode of action, and safe limits. In: Banuelos G, Lin Z, Liang D & Yin X (eds.) Selenium Research for Environment and Human Health: Perspectives, Technologies and Advancements. 6th International Conference on Selenium in the Environment and Human Health (ICSEHH 2019), Yangling, Xi'an, China, 27.10.2019-30.10.2019. London: CRC Press/Balkema, pp. 115-116. https://doi.org/10.1201/9780429423482-54


Article

Jin M, Pan T, Tocher D, Betancor M, Monroig O, Shen Y, Zhu T, Sun P, Jiao L & Zhou Q (2019) Dietary choline supplementation attenuated high-fat diet-induced inflammation through regulation of lipid metabolism and suppression of NFKB activation in juvenile black seabream (Acanthopagrus schlegelii). Journal of Nutritional Science, 8, Art. No.: e38. https://doi.org/10.1017/jns.2019.34


Article

Sprague M, Xu G, Betancor MB, Olsen RE, Torrissen O, Glencross BD & Tocher DR (2019) Endogenous production of n-3 long-chain PUFA from first feeding and the influence of dietary linoleic acid and the α-linolenic:linoleic ratio in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar). British Journal of Nutrition, 122 (10), pp. 1090-1102. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0007114519001946


Article

Ruiz MA, Hernandez-Ruiz CM, Caballero MJ, Fernandez-Palacios H, Saleh R, Izquierdo MS & Betancor MB (2019) Appearance of systemic granulomatosis is modulated by the dietary supplementation of vitamin E and C in meagre (Argyrosomus regius) larvae fed inert microdiets [Supplementation of vitamin E and C prevent granulomatosis in meagre larvae]. Aquaculture, 506, pp. 139-147. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2019.03.032


Article

Betancor MB, Ortega A, de la Gandara F, Tocher DR & Mourente G (2019) Performance, feed utilization, and hepatic metabolic response of weaned juvenile Atlantic bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus L.): effects of dietary lipid level and source. Fish Physiology and Biochemistry, 45 (2), pp. 697-718. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10695-018-0587-9


Article

Ruiz MA, Hernández-Cruz CM, Caballero MJ, Fernandez-Palacios H, Saleh R, Izquierdo M & Betancor MB (2019) Incidence of systemic granulomatosis is modulated by the feeding sequence and type of enrichment in meagre (Argyrosomus regius) larvae [Nutritional prevention of granulomatosis in meagre larvae]. Aquaculture Research, 50 (1), pp. 284-295. https://doi.org/10.1111/are.13896


Article

Ruiz MA, Betancor MB, Robaina L, Montero D, Hernández-Cruz CM, Izquierdo MS, Rosenlund G, Fontanillas R & Caballero MJ (2019) Dietary combination of vitamin E, C and K affects growth, antioxidant activity, and the incidence of systemic granulomatosis in meagre (Argyrosomus regius). Aquaculture, 498, pp. 606-620. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2018.08.078


Article

Betancor M, Li K, Bucerzan V, Sprague M, Sayanova O, Usher S, Han L, Norambuena F, Torrisen O, Napier JA, Tocher DR & Olsen RE (2018) Oil from transgenic Camelina sativa containing over 25 % n-3 long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids as the major lipid source in feed for Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar). British Journal of Nutrition, 119 (12), pp. 1378-1392. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0007114518001125


Article

Mesa-Rodriguez A, Hernandez-Cruz CM, Betancor M, Fernández-Palacios H, Izquierdo MS & Roo J (2018) Effect of increasing docosahexaenoic acid content in weaning diets on survival, growth and skeletal anomalies of longfin yellowtail (Seriola rivoliana, Valenciennes 1833). Aquaculture Research, 49 (3), pp. 1200-1209. https://doi.org/10.1111/are.13573


Article

Torrecillas S, Betancor M, Caballero MJ, Rivero F, Robaina L, Izquierdo MS & Montero D (2018) Supplementation of arachidonic acid rich oil in European sea bass juveniles (Dicentrarchus labrax) diets: Effects on growth performance, tissue fatty acid profile and lipid metabolism. Fish Physiology and Biochemistry, 44 (1), pp. 283-300. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10695-017-0433-5


Article

Houston S, Karalazos V, Tinsley J, Betancor M, Martin SAM, Tocher DR & Monroig O (2017) The compositional and metabolic responses of gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata) to a gradient of dietary fish oil and associated n-3 long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acid content. British Journal of Nutrition, 118 (12), pp. 1010-1022. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0007114517002975


Article

Benitez-Dorta V, Caballero MJ, Betancor M, Manchado M, Tort L, Torrecillas S, Zamorano MJ, Izquierdo MS & Montero D (2017) Effects of thermal stress on the expression of glucocorticoid receptor complex linked genes in Senegalese sole (Solea senegalensis): Acute and adaptive stress responses. General and Comparative Endocrinology, 252, pp. 173-185. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ygcen.2017.06.022


Article

Dantagnan P, Gonzalez K, Hevia M, Betancor M, Hernández A, Borquez A & Montero D (2017) Effect of the arachidonic acid/vitamin E interaction on the immune response of juvenile Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) challenged against Piscirickettsia salmonis. Aquaculture Nutrition, 23 (4), pp. 710-720. https://doi.org/10.1111/anu.12438


Conference Abstract

Sprague M, Betancor M, Dick JR & Tocher DR (2017) Nutritional evaluation of seafood, with respect to long-chain omega-3 fatty acids, available to UK consumers. Nutrition Society Spring Conference 2017: Nutrition and exercise for health and performance, Stirling, 28/03/2017 - 29/03/2017. Proceedings of the Nutrition Society, 76 (OCE2), p. E38. https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/proceedings-of-the-nutrition-society/article/nutritional-evaluation-of-seafood-with-respect-to-longchain-omega3-fatty-acids-available-to-uk-consumers/81A58EB320FD82BA230C54AEB88D4539; https://doi.org/10.1017/S0029665117000945


Article

Betancor M, Sprague M, Montero D, Usher S, Sayanova O, Campbell P, Napier JA, Caballero MJ, Izquierdo MS & Tocher DR (2017) Erratum to: Replacement of Marine Fish Oil with de novo Omega-3 Oils from Transgenic Camelina sativa in Feeds for Gilthead Sea Bream (Sparus aurata L.). Lipids, 52 (5), p. 463. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11745-017-4248-z


Article

Betancor M, Li K, Sprague M, Bardal T, Sayanova O, Usher S, Han L, Masoval K, Torrissen O, Napier JA, Tocher DR & Olsen RE (2017) An oil containing EPA and DHA from transgenic Camelina sativa to replace marine fish oil in feeds for Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.): Effects on intestinal transcriptome, histology, tissue fatty acid profiles and plasma biochemistry. PLoS ONE, 12 (4), Art. No.: e0175415. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0175415


Article

Roo J, Estefanell J, Betancor M, Izquierdo MS, Fernández-Palacios H & Socorro J (2017) Effects of supplementation of decapods zoea to Artemia basal diet on fatty acid composition and digestive gland histology in common octopus (Octopus vulgaris) paralarvae. Aquaculture Research, 48 (2), pp. 633-645. https://doi.org/10.1111/are.12910


Article

Oboh A, Betancor MB, Tocher DR & Monroig O (2016) Biosynthesis of long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids in the African catfish Clarias gariepinus: Molecular cloning and functional characterisation of fatty acyl desaturase (fads2) and elongase (elovl2) cDNAs7. Aquaculture, 462, pp. 70-79. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2016.05.018


Article

Betancor M, Olsen RE, Solstorm D, Skulstad OF & Tocher DR (2016) Assessment of a land-locked Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) population as a potential genetic resource with a focus on long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acid biosynthesis. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Lipids and Lipid Metabolism, 1861 (3), pp. 227-238. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbalip.2015.12.015


Book Chapter

Izquierdo MS & Betancor M (2015) Vitamin E. In: Lee C, Lim C, Gatlin ID & Webster C (eds.) Dietary Nutrients, Additives and Fish Health. Hoboken, NJ, USA: Wiley Blackwell, pp. 173-193. http://eu.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0470962887.html


Article

Saleh R, Betancor M, Roo J, Benitez-Dorta V, Zamorano MJ, Bell JG & Izquierdo MS (2015) Effect of krill phospholipids versus soybean lecithin in microdiets for gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata) larvae on molecular markers of antioxidative metabolism and bone development. Aquaculture Nutrition, 21 (4), pp. 474-488. https://doi.org/10.1111/anu.12177


Article

Betancor M, Sprague M, Sayanova O, Usher S, Campbell P, Napier JA, Caballero MJ & Tocher DR (2015) Evaluation of a high-EPA oil from transgenic Camelina sativa in feeds for Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.): Effects on tissue fatty acid composition, histology and gene expression. Aquaculture, 444, pp. 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2015.03.020


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