Hypersensitivity to Marine Biomolecules

Background

Occupational asthma and allergy are prevalent among seafood industry workers exposed to bioaerosols.

Overall aim

Lower the risk of occupational asthma, allergy and other hypersensitvity reactions among seafood industry  workers through increased understanding of exposure agents in bioaerosols, disease mechanisms and effectiveness of preventive interventions.

Biomedical research areas in the projects

• Marine biomolecules linked to airway symptoms and disease present in the workplace athmosphere in seafood industry
• Mechanisms of respiratory allergy and hypersensitivity reactions to fish allergens and proteases
• Exposure - response –associations

Ongoing projects

The «SHINE Project»

The SHINE project is a multi-center project focusing on hypersensitivity diseases in the salmon industry worker population, with the aim of reducing the risk to develop disease through knowledge-based interventions.

• Project owner: University Hospital North Norway
• Funded by: the Research Council of Norway
• Project period: 01.04.2020 - 30.04.2025
• Project partners from UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Haukeland University Hospital, University of Bergen, and St. Olavs University Hospital Trondheim
• Collaborators from The National Research Center of the Working Environment Denmark, University of Cape Town South Africa, University Hospital Birmingham UK, and University of Utrecht The Netherlands

«Improved diagnostic tools for fish allergy»

A PhD-project closely linked to the SHINE project

• PhD student: Inga Elda
• Funded by: the Northern Norway Regional Health Authority Research Fund
• Project period: 2023-2026
• Supervisors: Berit Bang, Miriam Grgic