9:00

KILLIFISH: BRIDGING 100 YEARS OF RESEARCH TO HUMAN HEALTH
Ben Dubansky, Louisiana State University

9:30

OPTIMIZING HUSBANDRY FOR DEVELOPMENT OF THE MEXICAN

CAVEFISH (ASTYANAX MEXICANUS) AS A GENETIC MODEL

Katie Gallman, Texas A&M University

10:00

ADVANCES IN CRYOPRESERVATION PROTOCOLS

Zoltan Varga, ZIRC

10:30

BREAK

11:00

CHARTING THE WATERS: A COMPARATIVE DIVE INTO CENSUS

DATABASES FOR AQUATIC RESEARCH MODELS

Lauren Krug, Aquaneering

11:30

HOW TO PROPERLY PREPARE YOUR RICE … FISH
McKenna Martin, Boston Children’s Hospital

12:00

POPULATION VARIATION IN HUSBANDRY NEEDS FOR THREESPINE

STICKLEBACK
Holly Valentine, UConn

12:30

LUNCH

1:30

KEYNOTE SPEAKER ESTABLISHING A NEW MODEL, Danionella cerebrum, FOR NERVOUS SYSTEM REGENERATION RESEARCH
Kutay Deniz Atabay, MIT

2:30

AQUATIC RESEARCH ORGANISMS AT THE STOWERS INSTITUTE: CARING FOR PLANARIA AND BEYOND
Shane Miller, Stowers Institute

3:00

Petronella Kettunen, Alexis Buatois, Fionn Stoltenberg, Jonathan A.C. Roque PACKING AND TRANSPORT OF ADULT ZEBRAFISH CAUSE BOTH ACUTE AND LONG-TERM ELEVATED WATER CORTISOL LEVELS

3:30

BREAK

4:00

OPPORTUNITIES IN LAND-BASED, INLAND SEA URCHIN CULTURE

Katie Gibbs, Steve Watts, University of Alabama Birmingham

4:30

TBA

5:00

TOWN HALL MEETING (The Town Hall Meeting is sponsored by Aquaneering)