Genomic Tools for Fisheries Management and Conservation: Promises and Challenges, Part 3

Thursday, August 21, 2014: 8:20 AM-5:20 PM
205A (Centre des congrès de Québec // Québec City Convention Centre)
8:20 AM
The Draft Genome of the American Eel (Anguilla rostrata)
Scott A. Pavey, Institut de Biologie Intégrative et des Systèmes (IBIS); Jérémy Gaudin, Institut de Biologie Intégrative et des Systèmes (IBIS); Eric Normandeau, Institut de Biologie Intégrative et des Systémes (IBIS); Louis Letourneau, Génome Québec Innovation Centre, McGill University; Sébastien Boisvert, Université Laval; Jacques Corbeil, Université Laval; Céline Audet, UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À RIMOUSKI; Louis Bernatchez, Université Laval

8:40 AM
Genotyping in Thousands (GTseq): A Cost Effective SNP Genotyping Method Based on Custom Amplicon Sequencing
Nathan R. Campbell, Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission; Stephanie Harmon, Columbia River Inter Tribal Fish Commission; Shawn R. Narum, Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission

9:00 AM
Epigenomics of Temperature Sex Determination in a Non-Model Fish Species
Sofia Consuegra, Swansea University; Amy Ellison, Cornell University

9:20 AM
Divergent Immunity and Energetic Programs in the Gills of Migratory and Resident Oncorhynchus mykiss
Ben J.G. Sutherland, Université Laval; Kyle C. Hanson, USFWS Abernathy Fish Technology Center; Johanna R. Jantzen, University of Victoria; Ben F. Koop, University of Victoria; Christian T. Smith, U.S. Fish Wildlife Service

9:40 AM
Natural Hybridization of Two Invasive Carps: Perspectives from Genomics, Transcriptomics and Cross Experiments
Jun Wang, University of Nebraska at Omaha; James T. Lamer, Western Illinois University; Michael Wachholtz, University of Nebraska at Omaha; Sarah Gaughan, University of Nebraska at Omaha; Cheng-Hui Wang, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai, China; Guoqing Lu, University of Nebraska at Omaha

10:00 AM
Thursday Morning Break


10:30 AM
Mechanisms of Thermal Adaptation Among Desert and Montane Populations of Redband Trout
Shawn R. Narum, Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission; Nathan R. Campbell, Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission

10:50 AM
A Quest for Adaptive Variation from RNA-Seq and Genomic Shotgun Sequencing Among Brook Trout (Salvelinus Fontinalis) Populations Exhibiting Prodigious Genetic Differentiation at Neutral Loci
Tim L. King, U.S. Geological Survey; Aaron Aunins, Cherokee Nation Technology Solutions; Jay Stauffer Jr., Pennsylvania State University

11:10 AM
RNA-Seq Reveals Patterns of Immune Gene Activation in the Livers of Lake Trout Morphotypes in Response to Lamprey Parasitism in the Lab
Frederick Goetz, NOAA, Northwest Fisheries Science Center; Sara Smith, Washington State Department of Health Public Health Laboratories; Cheryl A. Murphy, Michigan State University; Giles Goetz, NOAA, Northwest Fisheries Science Center

11:30 AM
Identifying the Genetic Basis of Magnetite-Based Candidate Magnetoreceptors of Salmonids
M. Renee Bellinger, Oregon State University; Michael Banks, Oregon State University

11:50 AM
The Genetic Basis of Age at Maturity in Hatchery and Natural Origin Chinook Salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha)
Benjamin C. Hecht, Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission; Krista M. Nichols, NOAA, Northwest Fisheries Science Center; Maureen A. Hess, Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission; Craig D. Rabe, Nez Perce Tribe; Michael J. Ford, NOAA, Northwest Fisheries Science Center; Shawn R. Narum, Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission

12:10 PM
Thursday Lunch


1:30 PM
Genome-Wide SNP Analysis Reveals a Genetic Basis for Sea-Age Variation in a Wild Atlantic Salmon Population
Craig Primmer, University of Turku; Susan Johnston, University of Turku; Panu Orell, Finnish Game & Fisheries Research Institute; Victoria Pritchard, University of Turku; Eero Niemelä, Finnish Game & Fisheries Research Institute; Sigbjorn Lien, Centre for Integrative Genomics; Matthew Kent, Centre for Integrative Genomics; Jaakko Erkinaro, Finnish Game & Fisheries Research Institute

1:50 PM
Genes That Predict Large-Bodied Pacific Lamprey Go the Distance: An Adaptive Context for Conservation Management Applications
Jon E. Hess, Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission; Christopher C. Caudill, University of Idaho; Dave Close, University of British Columbia (Vancouver, Canada); Matthew Keefer, University of Idaho; Brian McIlraith, Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission; Mary L. Moser, NOAA Northwest Fisheries Science Center; Shawn R. Narum, Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission

2:10 PM
Refining Management Units through Genomics
Justine Whitaker, West Virginia University; Amy Welsh, West Virginia University; Tim King, U.S. Geological Survey

2:30 PM
Genetic Diversity Among Historical Collections of Two Sander Species from Lake Erie: Comparisons of Microsatellite DNA and SNP Data
Wendylee Stott, USGS-Great Lakes Science Center; Cheryl Morrison, USGS-Leetown Science Center; Katharine Coykendall, USGS-Leetown Science Center; Chris Wilson, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources

2:50 PM
Looking for Half-Siblings and Beyond: Application to the Management of Threatened Species
Pierre Feutry, Charles Darwin University; Mark Bravington, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO); Richard Pillans, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO); Peter Grewe, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO); Peter Kyne, Charles Darwin University

3:10 PM
Thursday Afternoon Break


3:40 PM
Examination of DNA Profiles Reveals Close Kin Relationships and Provides a Tool for a Genomics Based Fishery Management Approach to Estimate Spawning Stock Biomass in Southern Bluefin Tuna
Peter Grewe, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO); Mark Bravington, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO); Peta Hill, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO); Rasanthi Gunasekera, CSIRO; Matt Lansdell, CSIRO; Pierre Feutry, Charles Darwin University; Campbell Davies, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)

4:00 PM
What Genome Sequencing May Be Hiding From You: Lake Whitefish (Coregonus clupeaformis) as a Cytogenetic Case Study
Anne-Marie Dion-Côté, Université Laval; Radka Symonova, Institute of Animal Physiology and Genetics; Fabien Lamaze, Universite Laval; S Pelikanova, Institute of Animal Physiology and Genetics; P Rab, Institute of Animal Physiology and Genetics; Louis Bernatchez, IBIS, Université Laval

 
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A genetic approach to the conservation of Arctic charr in North Wales: past, present and future (Withdrawn)
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