Aquaculture America 2024

February 18 - 21, 2024

San Antonio, Texas

Zebrafish Husbandry Workshop and Summit - continued

Tuesday, February 20, 2024 7:30 AM - 4:00 PM Room 20
Chair: Bobbi Baur

9:00             Introduction                                          Aquaneering
                   ZIRC Update                                        Katy Murray
                   UAB COURSE UPDATE                       Katie Dorris
                   ZHA UPDATE/AALAS SUMMARY        Michelle Altemara
                   IZFS Introduction                                  Kristen Kwan

 

9:45 Designing a Zebrafish Research Program to Engage Undergraduate Students

Mary Beth Hawkins/St. Mary’s U

 

10:15 BREAK

 

10:30 Publishing Key Findings in Animal Care Science

Steve Ekker/DPRI

 

11:00 Survey of Data Systems Used in Aquatic Facilities

Dante D’India/Seattle Children’s

 

11:30 Back to School - What Do We Really Know about Zebrafish Housing Density and Other Aspects of Housing Zebrafish?

Petronella Kettunen/U Gothenburg

 

12:00 ZHA LUNCH

 

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

 

2:00 Interagency Coordination to Encourage Science-Based Regulations

Dr. Kathleen Hartman/Task Force on Regulatory Efficiency in Aquaculture

 

3:00 Zebrafish Diets: Looking Backwards and Forwards

Steve Watts/U Alabama Birmingham

 

3:30 Health and Diseases of Zebrafish: State of the Science and Gaps

Michael Kent/Oregon State U

 

4:00 Zebrafish Husbandry: Where We Are

Zoltan Varga/ZIRC

 

4:30 FIRST ZEBRAFISH HUSBANDRY SUMMIT

Drs. Watts, Kent, Sanders, Varga, Kettunen, Kwan, Ekker, and Audience

 

6:00 Social