Professor Imarai at the Centro de Biotecnología Acuícola, Universidad de Santiago de Chile, focuses on four main research areas: (i) adaptive immune response mechanisms in rainbow trout and Atlantic salmon; (ii) immune responses of salmonid fish to pathogenic microorganisms, including Infectious Pancreatic Necrosis Virus (IPNV), Piscirickettsia salmonis, and Tenacibaculum dicentrarchi; (iii) immunomodulatory activity of isolated compounds, extracts, and dietary supplements; and (iv) production of polyclonal and monoclonal antibodies.