Aquaculture 2025

March 6 - 10, 2025

New Orleans, Louisiana USA

Visionary Opportunities in Aquaculture Genomics - Day 1

Sunday, March 9, 2025 11:00 AM - 5:30 PM Galerie 4
Chair: Mike Phelps, Louis Plough, Eric Saillant, Jon Puritz

  • 11:00 AM
    Rex A. Dunham

    TRANSGENIC FISH: PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE

  • 11:30 AM
    Benjamin J. Reading

    THE NRSP-8 NATIONAL AQUACULTURE GENOME RESEARCH PROGRAM

  • 11:45 AM
    Bernarda Calla

    EVALUATION OF GENETIC DIVERSITY IN PACIFIC OYSTERS FROM THE US WEST COAST USING WHOLE-GENOME RE-SEQUENCING

  • 12:00 PM
    Yniv Palti

    DE-NOVO GENOME ASSEMBLIES OF FOUR RAINBOW TROUT LINES TOWARDS A PAN-GENOME REFERENCE

  • 12:15 PM
    Debbie Plouffe

    HOW MANY MARKERS DO I NEED?  OPTIMAL MARKER DENSITY AND GENOTYPING TOOL CHOICE FOR LONG-TERM SUCCESS IN AQUACULTURE BREEDING PROGRAMS

  • 1:30 PM
    Neil Thompson

    DEVELOPMENT AND EARLY RESEARCH WITH A MICROHAPLOTYPE GENOTYPING-BY-SEQUENCING PANEL IN PACIFIC OYSTER Magallana gigas

  • 1:45 PM
    John Konvalina

    ANNOTATION OF FOUR RAINBOW TROUT GENOMES IN SUPPORT OF A PAN-GENOME REFERENCE

  • 2:00 PM
    Ridwan Ahmed

    MULTI-OMICS ANALYSIS IDENTIFIES CANDIDATE GENETIC AND MICROBIAL MARKERS AND THEIR POTENTIAL INTERACTION TO INFLUENCE FILLET YIELD AND QUALITY TRAITS IN RAINBOW TROUT

  • 2:15 PM
    Christopher Hollenbeck

    ASSESSMENT OF CHROMOSOMAL INVERSIONS IN EASTERN OYSTER POPULATIONS IN THE GULF OF MEXICO

  • 2:30 PM
    Cristian Gallardo

    WHOLE GENOME RESEQUENCING IN TRIPLOID PACIFIC OYSTERS REVEAL AMINO ACID CHANGE SIGNATURES AND SPLICE SITE EFFECT

  • 2:45 PM
    Eric H. Ignatz

    GENETIC POPULATION STRUCTURES AND PRESENCE-ABSENCE VARIATION AMONG MUSSELS Mytilus spp. ACROSS THE NORTH ATLANTIC

  • 3:30 PM
    Louis Plough

    DEVELOPMENT AND TESTING OF A NON-LETHAL DNA BIOPSY METHOD IN EASTERN OYSTER Crassostrea virginica

  • 3:45 PM
    Julia McDonough

    DNA METHYLATION IN RESPONSE TO HYPOXIC STRESS IN EASTERN OYSTERS

  • 4:00 PM
    Jonathan Puritz

    ASSESSING THE EVOLUTIONARY RESPONSE OF EASTERN OYSTER LARVAE TO EXPOSURE COASTAL ACIDIFICATION AND SEWAGE EFFLUENT: A CASE STUDY

  • 4:15 PM
    Ridwan Ahmed

    SHOTGUN METAGENOMICS REVEALS MICROBIAL TAXA LINKED TO FILLET YIELD AND QUALITY TRAITS IN RAINBOW TROUT

  • 4:30 PM
    Mackenzie Gavery

    SINGLE-CELL TRANSCRIPTOMICS SHEDS LIGHT ON EARLY GERM CELL DIFFERENTIATION IN THE PACIFIC OYSTER Crassostrea gigas

  • 4:45 PM
    Megan Ewing

    PARENTAL PRIMING FOR OCEAN ACIDIFICATION RESILIENCE IN MANILA CLAMS: MECHANISTIC INSIGHTS GAINED THROUGH EGG TRANSCRIPTOME ANALYSIS

  • 5:00 PM
    Johanna Aldersey

    SINGLE-NUCLEI TRANSCRIPTOME ATLAS OF SPLEEN CELLS FROM CHANNEL CATFISH Ictalurus punctatus

  • 5:15 PM
    Dina Proestou

    DIFFERENTIAL GENE EXPRESSION BETWEEN FEMALE AND MALE EASTERN OYSTER TISSUES