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Session: Regional Updates

• Gulf of Mexico: Status of Oyster Populations
  
• The Pacific Northwest - Oyster Aquaculture
  
• Chesapeake Bay and the Mid-Atlantic - Oyster Population Estimation in the Chesapeake Bay and Strategies for Restoration
  

Session: The State of Oyster Disease

• Pathogens Research Findings
  
• Summer Mortality of the Pacific Oyster, Crassostrea gigas, along the West Coast of the U.S.: Is oyster herpes virus associated with losses of seed?
  
• Juvenile Oyster Disease: Progress and Directions in Research
  
• Current State of Knowledge on MSX Disease caused by Haplosporidium nelsoni,
  and Priorities for Future Research
  
• Current state of knowledge on dermo disease caused by Perkinsus marinus
  
• Molecular Technologies: Applications to Dermo Disease
  
• Current and future roles of genetics in oyster restoration or recovery
  
• The Crucial Ecological Role of Oysters in Chesapeake Bay
  

Workgroup: Oyster Fisheries Management and Restoration

• Field and laboratory study of the process and dynamics of Perkinsus marinus infection in the eastern oyster, Crassostrea virginica
  
• Environmental effects on Perkinsus marinus infection rates, growth and survival among dermo-disease-free juvenile oysters planted at three salinity regimes in an enzootic Chesapeake Bay Oyster Recovery Area (continued)
  
• Environmental effects on Perkinsus marinus infection rates, growth and survival among dermo-disease-free juvenile oysters planted at three salinity regimes in an enzootic Chesapeake Bay Oyster Recovery Area
  
• In Situ Determination of Perkinsus marinus Transmission Dynamics in Low Salinity Habitats: Implications for Disease Avoidance Management Strategies and Oyster Restoration
  
• Predicting time to critical levels of Perkinsus marinus in eastern oysters, Crassostrea virginica : a new tool for increasing oyster production.
  
• DermoWatch: a web-based approach for managing Perkinsus marinus disease of oysters.
  
• Development and Management Applications of a Dual-Disease (MSX and Dermo) Model for Chesapeake Bay Oyster Populations
  
• Modeling the Effects of Climate Variability on the Prevalence and Intensity of Dermo and MSX Diseases in Eastern Oyster Populations
  
• Oyster Predator-Prey Interactions: Roles of Different Predators, Seasonality, Spatial Variation and Deterrents.
  
• Oyster Harvest Efforts in Pre-Diversion Barataria Bay During a Decade of Salinity Shifts, 1990-99
  
• Video Documentary on the Rise and Fall of the Chesapeake Oyster Fishery
  

Workgroup: Genetics and Oyster Populations

• Development of Nuclear DNA Markers and Pedigreed Families for Disease Resistance and Genetic Mapping in the Eastern Oyster
  
• Evaluation of American oyster stocks for resource rehabilitation: disease resistance and genetics
  
• Physiological and Genetic Correlates of Dermo Disease Resistance in the Eastern Oyster: An Interdisciplinary Approach
  
• Development of a moderate density linkage map of the eastern oyster Crassostrea virginica: Identification of disease resistance genes
  
• Cooperative Regional Oyster Selective Breeding (CROSBreed) Project: Comprehensive strategy for genetic rehabilitation and conservation of oysters.
  
• Breeding and Evaluation of Oyster (Crassostrea virginica) Strains Selected for Resistance to MSX, Dermo and JOD
  
• Breeding, Evaluation and Molecular Analysis of Oyster Strains Selected for Resistance to MSX, Dermo and JOD
  
• Combined use of a lytic peptide and protease inhibitor: a novel approach to eliminate Perkinsus marinus in eastern oysters
  
• Optimization of gene delivery for improved oyster health
  
• Accelerated Selective Breeding to Develop Dermo Resistance Oysters in the Gulf of Mexico and Identification of Potential Mechanisms for Increased Disease Resistance
  
• Creation of an oyster cell line in C. virginica
  

Workgroup: Frontiers in Disease Research

• Studies On Life Cycle Stages Of The Oyster Parasite Haplosporidium nelsoni (MSX)
  
• Life Cycle Studies Of Haplosporidium nelsoni (MSX): Spores And Non-Oyster Hosts
  
• Life Cycle Studies of Haplosporidium nelsoni (MSX) Using PCR Technology.
  
• Extracellular Proteins from Perkinsus marinus: Analysis of Pathogenic Mechanisms and Development of Enhanced Diagnostics.
  
• Identification of inhibitors against Perkinsus marinus proteases in oysters.
  
• The Molecular Basis for the Etiology of the Oyster "Dermo" Disease: Gene Regulation Events Susceptible to Chemical Inhibition
  
• Taxonomic and Genetic Characterization of Perkinsus marinus. Development of Mutagenesis and Gene transfer Systems with Application to Therapeutic Strategies.
  
• Molecular genetic analysis of Perkinsus marinus: Comparisons among laboratory isolates and natural populations
  
• Intracellular Survival of Perkinsus marinus: the Oxidative Stress Pathway as a Target for Therapy.
  
• The Role of Iron and Host-Derived Growth Factors in Regulating Gene Expression of the Oyster Parasite Perkinsus marinus: The Basis for Parasite Proliferation Inhibition Strategies
  
• Rabbit polyclonal antibody ELISA assay for detection of Perkinsus marinus infections in oyster tissues
  
• Monoclonal antibody ELISA assay for detection of Perkinsus marinus in oyster tissues
  
• Relationships between disseminated Perkinsus marinus cell abundance, water temperature, salinity, host oyster mortality rate, and dermo disease transmission rate, in Chesapeake Bay waters
  
• Assessing the Presence and Virulence of "Dermo" Disease in the Environment Using a PCR-Based Diagnostic Assay for Perkinsus marinus
  
• A Molecular Approach to Environment Studies on Perkinsus marinus. Transmission Dynamics of Infection in Chesapeake Bay.
  
• Epizootiology and pathogenicity of Perkinsus species.
  
• Identification of inhibitors against Perkinsus marinus proteases in oysters.
  
• Acid phosphatase(s): a virulence factor of the protozoan parasite, Perkinsus marinus, against host oyster's defense?
  
• Comparison of physiological condition and defense mechanisms among eastern oyster populations with "natural Dermo resistance"
  
• Evaluation of inherent and induced thermal-tolerance in protection of oyster populations from summer mortality caused by Dermo infection and thermal stress
  
• Induction of potential pathological states in Perkinsus marinus by exposure to oyster tissue extracts. Modulation of cell morphology and protease/antigen production.
  
• Infectivity , pathogenicity, and epizootiology of the clam parasites Perkinsus chesapeaki and Perkinsus andrewsi in Chesapeake Bay oysters: have we been misinterpreting Perkinsus marinus epizootiology?
  
• Role of oyster lysosomal enzymes in disease resistance
  
• Molecular Immune Responses of The Eastern Oyster Crassostrea virginica to the parasite Perkinsus marinus.
  
• Comparative Pathogenesis of P. marinus Disease in Bivalves:
  Development of Prevention Strategies for C. virginica.
  
• Antimicrobial Peptides: Overlooked Mechanisms of Disease Resistance?
  
• Development of Nuclear DNA Markers and Pedigreed Families for Disease Resistance and Genetic Mapping in the Eastern Oyster
  
• Comparative examination of biochemical correlates of disease resistance in selectively bred Crassostrea virginica and Crassostrea ariakensis
  
• Interactions of Crassostrea virginica hemocytes with the putative etiological agent of juvenile oyster disease (JOD).
  
• An Investigation of the Stress Response Summer Mortality and Disease Resistance in Crassostrea gigas
  
• Oyster Herpes Virus Threat to U.S. Oyster Producers
  
• Mortality of the oyster, Crassostrea gigas: health screening, environmental links and management options
  
• Mortality of the oyster, Crassostrea gigas: health screening, environmental links and management options
  
• Mortality of the Pacific Oyster, Crassostrea gigas: identification and evaluation of multiple environmental stressors and methods to reduce associated mortalities
  

Workgroup: Public Health and Processing

• Implementation and Coordination of the Gulf Oyster Industry Program
  
• The Effects of Freezing on Vibrio vulnificus in Whole and Half Shell Oysters
  
• Depuration of Galveston Bay Oysters (Crassostrea virginica) against Vibrio vulnificus Using Probiotic Bacteria
  
• Elimination of Vibrio vulnificus in Triploid Eastern Oysters
  
• Development of Processing Procedures for Oyster Products to Inactive Vibrio vulnificus and Vibrio parahaemolyticus in Raw Oysters
  
• Use of Bacteriophage for the Decontamination of Oysters Infected with Vibrio vulnificus
  
• Reduction of Red Tide Toxin in Clams and Oysters by Ozone Purification and Relaying
  
• Response of the Hooked Mussel, Ischadium Recurvum, to Relaying as a Remediation Technique to Reduce Biofouling on Oysters and Documentation of its Distribution in a Louisiana Estuary
  
• Investigation of Fresh Oyster Flavor Profiles and Changes Following Post-Harvest Treatments
  
• Development of Commercial Oyster Marinades for Vibrio vulnificus Control in Gulf Coast Oysters
  
• Gulf Oyster Industry Initiative - Consumer Attitudes and Preferences for Oysters
  
• Evaluating Consumer Attitudes and Preferences Toward Irradiated Oysters
  
• Technical Evaluation of a Freeze-Heat-Cool Process that Facilitates Oyster Shucking
  
• New Oyster Product: Processing and Market Research
  

Workgroup: Aquaculture and Hatchery Issues

• Cooperative Regional Oyster Selective Breeding (CROSBreed) Project
  
• Brood Stock Management of Disease Resistant Stocks in the Hatchery
  
• Brood Stock Management of Disease Resistant Stocks in the Hatchery
  
• The Caribbean Oyster: Genetic Resource for American Oyster Culture?
  
• Optimum Size for Planting Hatchery Produced Oyster Seed
  
• Caernarvon & Oyster Farmers: What Happened and What It Means
  
• Legal Authority to Clean Up Oyster Beds Closed Due to Pollution
  
• Recent Coastal Restoration and Oyster Leaseholder Conflicts Have Led to Changes in the Statutory and Regulatory Landscape: What Are the Changes and How Will They Affect the Industry?
  
• Improved Forecasts and Dissemination of Oyster Fisheries Closure Lines
  

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