The ONE HEALTH Epigenomes and Microbiomes: From Soil to People’ workshop will address the following topics: reverse transcriptase-related genes and their possible role in the host cell response to transition metal pollution; from mangrove to fork: metal presence in the Guayas estuary (Ecuador) and commercial mangrove crabs; from field to plate: agricultural pesticide presence in the Guayas estuary (Ecuador) and commercial mangrove crabs; a transposable element–epigenetics perspective to understand antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and contamination by endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) like heavy metals, biocides, glyphosate, microplastics, bis(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEPH), and per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS): adaptation to global change; AMR in aquaculture from a ONE HEALTH approach; ONE HEALTH epigenomics, wastewater-based epidemiology and AMR: a role for glyphosate-based herbicides, Bacillus thuringiensis , Vibrio sp .; metals chelated by glyphosate, organophosphates, disinfectants, and persistent organic pollutants (PCBs, PAHs) in emerging resistant pathogens of public health concern; neutral processes and salinity shape microbial community assembly in mangrove ecosystems along estuary; impact of host genotype on gut and hepatopancreas microbiota of Litopenaeus vannamei ; a bacteriophage cocktail as an alternative for the control of Vibrio parahaemolyticus responsible for AHPND in Penaeus vannamei ; the hunt for wild caught probiotics: comparison of microbiomes from 569 vertebrates including 115 fish species; aquaculture at the crossroads of global warming and AMR and the use of bioactive plants and algae as a sustainable alternative; bacteriophage technology, an effective solution to tackle AMR in aquaculture; and the welfare concept – does it apply to shellfish, too?.
Four female scientists will be recognized as 2022 “Outstanding ONE HEALTH Researchers in Aquaculture”: Suhua Shi (China), Nitsara Karoonuthaisiri (Thailand), Fuhua Li (China) and Sandra Shumway (USA) by the Foundation for Conservation of Biodiversity (FUCOBI) of Ecuador. Twenty-two students, postdocs, and research associates from twelve countries (Belgium, Chile, China, Ecuador, India, Honduras, Mexico, Nigeria , Philippines, Romania, Thailand, United States ) are winners of the ‘ 2022 Johnnie Castro Montealegre Travel Awards’ of the FUCOBI Foundation to attend the triennial AQUACULTURE 2022 meeting in San Diego, February 28 – March 4, 2022.