Zebrafish Husbandry Workshop and Summit Aquaculture 2024, February 19-20, 2024, San Antonio, TX

Created by Wei-Chia Tseng
Dec 09, 2023
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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