Aquaculture America 2026

February 16 - 19, 2026

Las Vegas, Nevada

Physiology and Microbiome

Wednesday, February 18, 2026 8:30 AM - 12:30 PM Loire
Chair: Omolola Betiku

  • 8:30 AM
    Nada Dahouk

    PHYSIOLOGICAL AND IMMUNOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF ASTAXANTHIN IN NILE TILAPIA Oreochromis niloticus

  • 8:45 AM
    Shah Sumaiya Khaled

    PREDICTING LONG-TERM IMPACT OF DIETARY NUTRACEUTICAL SUPPLEMENTS ON PHYSIOLOGICAL AND IMMUNOLOGICAL RESPONSE IN LARGEMOUTH BASS Micropterus nigricans USING SUPERVISED MACHINE LEARNING APPROACHES

  • 9:00 AM
    Elena Deng

    EFFECTS OF FIVE NUTRACEUTICALS ON PHYSIOLOGICAL AND IMMUNE GENE EXPRESSION IN HYBRID CATFISH

  • 9:15 AM
    Emily G. Aguirre

    KELP ARK – A BIOBANK OF BENEFICIAL MICROBES INVOLVED IN CRUCIAL LIFE STAGES OF KELP AND BEYOND

  • 9:30 AM
    Kashyap Adhikari

    HARNESSING AMMONIA STRESS MEMORY FOR IMPROVING TOLERANCE AGAINST AMMONIA TOXICITY IN CHANNEL CATFISH: INSIGHTS INTO ION-REGULATION, ENERGY BALANCE, AND GENE EXPRESSION

  • 9:45 AM
    Nishan Kafle

    MILD IRON PRE-EXPOSURE INDUCES STRESS MEMORY AND ENHANCES TOLERANCE IN JUVENILE CATFISH UNDER TOXIC IRON CONDITIONS

  • 10:30 AM
    Ye Joon Seo

    POTENTIAL OF Sargassum honeri EXTRACT AS A NATURAL BIOSTIMULANT FOR IMPROVING THE SALT TOLERANCE OF Suaeda japonica

  • 10:45 AM
    Nolwenn Callac

    WANTED: BACTERIAL LINEAGES INVOLVED IN PENAEIDAE LARVAE HEALTH IN HATCHERIES IN NEW-CALEDONIA

  • 11:00 AM
    Yonathan Tilahun

    CONCENTRATED MEDIA INOCULANT FOR FOOD PRODUCTION USING METAGENOMICS

  • 11:15 AM
    Marina Subramaniam

    USSING CHAMBER CHARACTERIZATION OF INTESTINAL METHIONINE TRANSPORT AND EFFECTS OF SPECIFIC ANTI-NUTRITIONAL FACTORS IN RAINBOW TROUT Oncorhynchus mykiss AND ATLANTIC SALMON Salmo salar

  • 11:30 AM
    Elisa Casadei

    ACUTE HEAT STRESS RESHAPES THE SKIN MICROBIOME OF RAINBOW TROUT