Aquaculture 2025

March 6 - 10, 2025

New Orleans, Louisiana USA

ONE HEALTH Epigenomes and Microbiomes 

Friday, March 7, 2025 11:00 AM - 5:30 PM Studio 7
Chair: Acacia Alcivar-Warren, Irina Yushenova

  • 11:00 AM
    Acacia Alcivar-Warren

    ONE HEALTH EPIGENOMES AND MICROBIOMES: FROM SOIL TO PEOPLE – RECOGNITION TO STUDENTS AND "OUTSTANDING ONE HEALTH RESEARCHERS IN AQUACULTURE AND FISHERIES" AWARDEES

  • 11:15 AM
    Laura N. Vandenberg

    FROM BISPHENOL A (BPA) TO PHTHALATES TO PER- AND POLYFLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCES (PFAS): HOW ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMICALS ARE HARMING FISH, SHELLFISH AND HUMAN HEALTH AND WHAT WE CAN DO ABOUT IT

  • 11:45 AM
    Jeremiah Minich

    CULTURE-INDEPENDENT META-PANGENOMICS ENABLED BY LONG READ METAGENOMICS

  • 12:15 PM
    Fernando Rodriguez

    ADVANCES IN TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENT ANNOTATION FOR GENOME ANALYSIS IN AQUACULTURE SPECIES OF INTEREST

  • 1:30 PM
    Salvador Rico

    COMMUNITY ACTION FOR FRESH WATER (CAFW): A ROTARY INTERNATIONAL (RI) AND UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME (UNEP) INITIATIVE TO RESTORE, PROTECT, AND SUSTAIN FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEMS

  • 2:00 PM
    Lea Jimenez

    REGENERATING COAST OF PUJADA BAY: A COMMUNITY-BASED MANGROVE REHABILITATION AND ENHANCEMENT IN THE CITY OF MATI, DAVAO ORIENTAL, PHILIPPINES

  • 2:15 PM
    Danielle A. Kreeger

    FRESHWATER MUSSELS: GLOBAL BELLWETHERS AND ENHANCERS OF AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM HEALTH

  • 2:30 PM
    Francesca Molee

    CHARACTERIZATION OF THE (GREEN) MICROBIAL AND PHYSIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY ON RETENTION PONDS IN THE LAKE ONTARIO WATERSHED

  • 2:45 PM
    Steve Morton

    PARTICIPATORY SCIENCE APPROACH TO MITIGATE THE EFFECTS OF HARMFUL ALGAL BLOOMS IN COSTA RICA

  • 3:00 PM
    Irina Yushenova

    REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE RELATED PROTEINS ARE RECRUITED BY MULTIPLE AQUATIC ORGANISMS TO SERVE IN ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS RESPONSE PATHWAYS

  • 3:15 PM
    Angela TenBroeck

    ENHANCING MARINE ECOSYSTEMS AND PROMOTING SUSTAINABLE AQUACULTURE

  • 3:30 PM
    Sydney Roy

    A REVIEW OF BIODIVERSITY AND CHEMICAL CONTAMINANTS IN FISH FROM LAKE VICTORIA, UGANDA

  • 3:45 PM
    Caroline DeWitt

    THE ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY ROTARY ACTION GROUP (ESRAG): HELPING TO IMPLEMENT SUSTAINABLE PRACTICES ON BIODIVERSITY, CIRCULAR ECONOMY, FOOD SYSTEMS, SUSTAINABILITY, CLIMATE AND POLLUTION

  • 4:00 PM
    Caroline DeWitt

    HOW TO WRITE EFFECTIVE GLOBAL GRANTS TO APPLY FOR FUNDING FOR YOUR PROJECT BY ROTARY INTERNATIONAL