AQUANOR 2015

We had a busy and productive visit to Trondheim, Norway, for AquaNor 2015, where we hosted a stand for the second time. There was a real sense of energy and exciting business opportunity across the aquaculture industry.

We attracted considerable interest in our groundbreaking new markers for increased muscle fibre number in Atlantic salmon. Following some very successful evaluations this year we are now in discussions with several major breeding companies with a view to bringing the marker selected lines into production in the near future.

We had an encouraging number of inquiries for our gene expression service, mostly from large feed companies who use qPCR to evaluate the biological effects of diet formulations.

There can be no doubt that genetic analysis is becoming a routine part of the aquaculture cycle across a wide range of species, and is no longer the preserve of large companies and high value species. Having spoken with several new-start hatchery operations and various smaller producers it is clear that we will be able to provide valuable assistance with breeding programme management and stock selection to a wide range of businesses across the industry.

PRESS RELEASE – CROMARIS AND XELECT AGREE GENETIC SERVICE CONTRACT

March 2018 - Cromaris, the leading Croatian bass and bream producer, has chosen Scotland’s Xelect Ltd as their provider of genetic services. Xelect will provide a complete package of genetic management to the selective breeding program in support of Cromaris’ continued advances in product quality, welfare and sustainability.

Aberdeen intern makes great progress

Alicia Bertolotti has spent the last 3 months performing an internship placement at Xelect in St Andrews.

PRESS RELEASE – NEW ZEALAND KING SALMON AND XELECT AGREE 4 YEAR BREEDING PROGRAM MANAGEMENT CONTRACT.

New Zealand King Salmon, the producers of the internationally renowned Ōra King breed have chosen Scotland’s Xelect Ltd as their provider of genetic breeding program management for the next 4 years, after an extensive worldwide search.

EXPERT GENOMIC CONSULTANT JOINS OUR TEAM

We are delighted announce the appointment of Dr Chris Hollenbeck as a specialist consultant in fish genomics.

PRESS RELEASE – CERMAQ

Xelect is delighted to announce a licence and genetic services agreement with Atlantic salmon producer Cermaq Canada, granting access to Xelect’s proprietary genetic marker technology for selecting fish with superior production traits.

PRESS RELEASE – Xelect Secure Investment for Growth

Xelect limited and the EOS Technology Investment Syndicate are pleased to announce the completion of an equity investment round.

XELECT WIN MOST ENTERPRISING START-UP AWARD

Xelect were proud winners of the Most Enterprising Start-up Company at the recent Fife Business awards, hosted by Fife Chamber of Commerce, to celebrate prospering local businesses.

AQUANOR 2015

PRESS RELEASE – High yield tilapia coming to the fillet market

GenoMar, the world’s premier tilapia breeding company today announces a partnership with Xelect Ltd., a global leader in marker assisted selection to bring higher yielding tilapia to the market.

PRESS RELEASE – Aquaculture Industry Receives New Impulse from Horizon 2020 Programme

Aquaculture Industry Receives New Impulse from Horizon 2020 Programme

eDNA ASSAY FOR INVASIVE SEA-SQUIRT

We now offer validated eDNA detection for the invasive carpet sea-squirt, Didemnum vexillum. This species poses threats to aquaculture and fragile marine habitats as it forms a rapid encrusting growth.

XELECT TO CO-FUND PHD STUDENTSHIP AT ABERDEEN

Xelect will be the industrial sponsor of an exciting PhD studentship in the research group of Dr Dan Macqueen at the University of Aberdeen.

DOWNLOAD ATLANTIC SALMON MARKERS BROCHURE

We are very pleased to announce that we have expanded our range of broodstock selection markers for Atlantic salmon and have identified QTLs for muscle fibre number and pigment retention efficiency, ready for validation in commercial strains.

BROWN TROUT GENETIC RELATEDNESS – NEW SERVICE

We have now added brown trout, Salmo trutta, to our range of genetic relatedness and parentage assignment services.

XELECT ASSIST DAWNFRESH WITH TEXTURE ANALYSIS

Xelect are providing assistance and training in the establishment of a new texture monitoring facility at Dawnfresh, a major UK processor and farmer of high quality rainbow trout.

XELECT AT AQUACULTURE UK

We had a busy and productive couple of days at Aviemore. It was good to meet customers old and new!

XELECT AWARDED SMART:SCOTLAND FUNDING

February 2014 Scottish Enterprise have awarded Xelect Ltd a SMART: SCOTLAND grant to develop genetic tests for selecting broodstock Atlantic salmon with superior production traits for farming.

TEXTURE ANALYSIS SERVICE

We are pleased to announce a new texture analysis service for salmon and trout.
Precise firmness and tensile (gaping) measurements available to farmers and processors.
Standard and same-day services available!

XELECT AWARDED TSB FUNDING

Xelect has been awarded funding from the Technology Strategy Board as part of its “Technology Inspired Feasibility Studies – Biosciences” scheme to develop “Automated image analysis of muscle phenotypes for genetic marker discovery in Atlantic salmon”. The project commences in August and will run for 4 months”.

TRIPLOIDY ANALYSIS SERVICE LAUNCHED

We are pleased to announce that we are now offering a rapid and cost-effective flow cytometry service to determine triploidy in fish.

SALMOBREED LICENSE HIGH YIELD MARKERS

Salmobreed has licensed Xelect’s High Fillet Yield (HFY-1) markers for exclusive use in Europe. Fish selected using HFY-1 have up to 6% more recoverable flesh than unselected fish worth ~£600 per tonne at current market prices.