Research Professor, College of Veterinary Medicine, Thad Cochran National Warmwater Aquaculture Center, Delta Research and Extension Center, Mississippi State University
That's a wrap on the 2024 Fish Health Section of the American Fisheries Society Summer Seminar Series, where all the PIs are reasonable, all the projects are achievable and all the students are above average. A special thanks to my partners Dr. Nick Phelps (University of Minnesota) and Dr. Megan Shavalier (Michigan State University) for making this all possible. You couldn't ask for a better team. Also thanks to our sponsors. I will thank ya'll in separate posts, but we couldn't do it without you. Thank you so much for supporting graduate student research! Lastly, thanks to the students. Ya'll make this seminar work. If you missed any seminars, don't worry. They are available in our archive. We had 33 student presentations this summer. They were all top shelf. You should check them out. https://lnkd.in/gcKCYxKK On that note...the winners have been announced. The field is always stacked, which makes reciept of the "Best Student Presentation Award" from this series one of the more prestigious honors in the field of fish health. The recipients of the 2024 AFS FHS SSS Best Student Presentation Award are listed below with links to their talks. Check them out. Renata Egger: Association between genetic diversity and virulence of Edwardsiella spp. in tilapia from Brazil; https://lnkd.in/g7uVwEAC Kim Jacobsen: Evaluation of Immunogenic Proteins for the Development of a Recombinant Protein Vaccine Against Edwardsiella piscicida; https://lnkd.in/gqcWcrzD Cheyenne Smith: Challenges and Considerations When Assessing Wild Fish Immunotoxicity; https://lnkd.in/gGd9SG9r Sarah Turner: Cellulose Nanomaterials: A Novel Adjuvant And Delivery System For Aquaculture Vaccine Applications; https://lnkd.in/gyAMsrtP
