ZEBRAFISH HUSBANDRY WORKSHOP and SUMMIT
Aquaculture 2024 •San Antonio • February 19-20
Monday February 19th
Disease Session
2:00 – 2:20 Weaponizing eDNA Pathogen Surveillance for SPF Facilities
Corbin Schuster/Heritage U
2:20 – 2:40 Veterinary Care for Zebrafish: What’s Changed Since 2008? Training and the IACUC
George Sanders/U Washington
2:40 – 3:00 Viral Infections in Zebrafish: Overview and Recent Developments
Marcus Crim/IDEXX
3:00 – 3:20 Controlling Pseudoloma in Zebrafish: Advancements and Challenges
Katy Murray/ZIRC
3:20 – 3:30 BREAK
ZHA Session
3:30 – 3:40 And Now For Something Completely Different: Sea Lamprey Husbandry
Hugh Hammer/U Pitt
3:40 – 4:00 Keeping A Head – A Novel Husbandry Method for Novel Research
Derek Walsh/Boston U
4:00 – 4:30 Zebrafish Colony Background PFAS Survey: Are Your Fish at Risk From Forever Chemicals?
Joan Hedge/US EPA
Tuesday February 20th
9:00 – 9:45 Introduction Aquaneering
ZIRC Update Zoltan Varga
UAB COURSE UPDATE Katie Dorris
ZHA UPDATE/AALAS SUMMARY Michelle Altemara
IZFS Introduction Kristen Kwan
9:45 – 10:15 Designing a Zebrafish Research Program to Engage Undergraduate Students
Mary Beth Hawkins/St. Mary’s U
10:15 – 10:30 BREAK
10:30 – 11:00 Publishing Key Findings in Animal Care Science
Steve Ekker/DPRI
11:00 – 11:30 Survey of Data Systems Used in Aquatic Facilities
Dante D’India/Seattle Children’s
11:30 – 12:00 Back to School - What Do We Really Know about Zebrafish Housing Density and Other Aspects of Housing Zebrafish?
Petronella Kettunen/U Gothenburg
12:00 – 1:30 ZHA LUNCH
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
2:00 – 3:00 Interagency Coordination to Encourage Science-Based Regulations
Dr. Kathleen Hartman/Task Force on Regulatory Efficiency in Aquaculture
3:00 – 3:30 Zebrafish Diets: Looking Backwards and Forwards
Steve Watts/U Alabama Birmingham
3:30 – 4:00 Health and Diseases of Zebrafish: State of the Science and Gaps
Michael Kent/Oregon State U
4:00 – 4:30 Zebrafish Husbandry: Where We Are**
Zoltan Varga/ZIRC
4:30 – 6:00 FIRST ZEBRAFISH HUSBANDRY SUMMIT
Dr.s Watts, Kent, Sanders, Varga, Kettunen, Kwan, Ekker, and Audience
6:00 – 7:00 Social
Improving Welfare and Reproducibility in Zebrafish Research
9-11 April 2024
In-person - Exeter, UK
More info: https://science.rspca.org.uk/documents/d/science/more-info-and-call-forabstracts_122023
A 2.5 day in-person NC3Rs-funded workshop presented by the University of Exeter (with support from the RSPCA Animals in Science Department) aimed at zebrafish researchers, facility managers and technical staff.
Workshop theme: latest developments in zebrafish welfare, husbandry and study reproducibility.
We welcome abstracts for short talks and poster presentations. Abstract submission closes 19 January 2024.The workshop will also include breakout groups to discuss the most important issues relating to zebrafish welfare and reproducibility.
Registration fee: £300 (including lunches, evening meals and refreshments), payable to the RSPCA, who are acting as agent on behalf of the University of Exeter in collecting this money. Registration closes on 22 March 2024.
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