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SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMME Saturday, Sept. 6th. University Square 17:30 - 20:00 Registration 18:00 - 20:00 Welcoming reception 18:00 Welcome address Dr. Kristín Ingólfsdóttir, Rector of the University of Iceland 18:10 About FEMS Bjarnheidur K. Gudmundsdottir Institute for Experimental Pathology, University of Iceland at Keldur 18:20 Fish farming in Iceland Bernharð Laxdal, Lífsgleði ehf. Iceland 18:30 - 20:00 Get-together with a light buffet Sunday, Sept. 7th. Radisson-SAS-Hotel Saga 08:00 – 09:00 Registration 09:00 – 09:15 Opening ceremony Sigurdur Ingvarsson, director of the Institute for Experimental Pathology, University of Iceland, Keldur Plenary lecture 09:15 - 10:00 Host pathogen interaction Laura Brown, Fisheries and Oceans, Nanaimo, Canada 10:00 - 12:30 Session 1: Fish immunology Chair: Takashi Aoki, Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology K-1: Keynote lecture 10:00 - 10:30 The immune system of cod (Gadus morhua) Bergljot Magnadóttir, Institute for Experimental Pathology, University of Iceland, Keldur 10:30 - 11:00 Coffee O-1 11:00 - 11:15 Cloning and expression analysis of striped trumpeter (Latris lineata), pro- inflammatory cytokine genes in response to the ectoparasite Chondracanthus goldsmidi Jen M. Covello, University of Tasmania O-2 11:15 - 11:30 Genomic tools for cod immunological research: Characterization and expression of CC chemokines of the Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua). Stewart C. Johnson, Fisheries and Oceans, Nanaimo, Canada O-3 11:30 - 11:45 Disease related tissue damage and subsequent changes in fillet structure Hans-Christian Ingerslev, Technical University of Denmark O-4 11: 45 - 12:00 Seasonal changes in immunocompetence of common carp (Cyprinus carpio) and the potential associations to the metazoan parasites Karolína Lamková, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Czech Republic O-5 12:00 - 12:15 The antimicrobial peptide cathelicidin in divergent fish species Valerie H. Maier, Institute for Biology, University of Iceland O-6 12:15 - 12:30 Role of opioid peptides in regulation of splenic phagocyte activities in teleost fish Channa punctatus: An in vitro study Rajeev Singh, Department of Zoology, University of Delhi 12:30 - 13:30 Lunch 13:30 - 14:30 Poster session I 14:30-17:00 Session 2: Viral diseases of fish and causative agents Chair: Sigríður Guðmundsdóttir, Institute for Experimental Pathology, University of Iceland, Keldur K-2: Keynote lecture 14:30 - 15:00 Characterisation and identification of fish viruses Sven M. Bergmann, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Insel Riems, Germany O-7 15:00 - 15:15 Transcriptomic analysis of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) head kidney cells infected with infectious pancreatic necrosis virus William G. Starkey, Institute of Aquaculture, University of Stirling, Scotland O-8 15:15 - 15:30 Persistent nodavirus infection in adult clinically healthy cod Gadus morhua Mona Gjessing, National Veterinary Institute, Norway 15:30 - 16:00 Coffee O-9 16:00 - 16:15 Alternative cell lines for salmon aAlphavirus -1 isolation T. K. Herath, Institute of Aquaculture, University of Stirling, Scotland O-10 16:15 - 16:30 Infectious salmon anaemia virus HPR0, surveillance in marine Atlantic salmon farms across Scotland Alastair McBeath, Fisheries Research Services, Scotland O-11 16:30 - 16:45 Antibody response of the Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) against a soluble form of the ISAV hemagglutininesterase Bjarne Reinert, Norwegian College of Fishery Science / University of Tromsø O-12 16:45 - 17:00 Gene expression and viral infection studies of Atlantic cod cells Marit Seppola, Nofima Marin, Norway 19:30 Social event Reception/Dinner Monday Sept. 8th. Radisson-SAS-Hotel Saga 09:00 - 12:30 Session 3: Bacterial diseases of fish and causative agents Chair: Helene Mikkelsen, Nofima Marine Norway K-3: Keynote lecture 09:00 - 09:30 Diagnosis and management of bacterial kidney disease: Present and future Diane G. Elliott, Western Fisheries Research Center, USGS, USA O-13 09:30 - 09:45 Epidemiology of Renibacterium salmoninarum in farmed salmonids in Iceland Árni Kristmundsson, Institute for Experimental Pathology, University of Iceland, Keldur O-14 09:45 - 10:00 Renibacterium salmoninarum: A novel PCR and isolation of DNA from samples Ívar Ö. Árnason, Institute for Experimental Pathology, University of Iceland, Keldur O-15 10:00 - 10:15 Fish tuberculosis - A case study of host/pathogen interaction Sonia Dias, Universidade do Porto, Portugal O-16 10:15 - 10:30 Experimental mycobacteriosis in Atlantic cod, Gadus morhua Mulualem A. Zerihun, National Veterinary Institute, Oslo 10:30 - 11:00 Coffee Chair: Eva Benediktsdóttir, Institute for Biology, University of Iceland O-17 11:00 - 11:15 Characteristics of rough and smooth colony types of Flavobacterium psychrophilum Eva Högfors, Åbo Akademi University, Laboratory of Aquatic Pathobiology O-18 11:15 - 11:30 Diversity with in the Francisella philomiragia group Jarle Mikalsen, National Veterinary Institute, Oslo O-19 11:30 - 11:45 Challenge models for effluent mediated transmission of classical vibriosis and atypical furunculosis between fish species Helene Mikkelsen, Nofima Marine Norway O-20 11:45 - 12:00 Moritella viscosa subsp. iridensis, a “new” pathogen of farmed rainbow trout in Norway Duncan J. Colquhoun, National Veterinary Institute, Oslo O-21 12:00 - 12:15 Real-time PCR detection of the winter ulcer bacterium Moritella viscosa and immunogenic responses after bath challenge of Atlantic salmon Marie Løvoll, National Veterinary Institute, Oslo O-22 12:15 - 12:30 Characterisation and virulence assay of an extracellular vibriolysin of Moritella viscosa Bryndís Björnsdóttir, Institute for Experimental Pathology, University of Iceland, Keldur 12:30 - 13:30 Lunch 13:30 - 15:30 Session 4: Fish parasitology Chair: Arne Levsen, National institute of nutrition and seafood research (NIFES), Norway K-4: Keynote lecture 13:30 - 14:00 Parasites causing disease in wild and cultured fish in Newfoundland Rasul A. Khan, Memorial University of Newfoundland O-23 14:00 - 14:15 Loma morhua infections in Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua): A molecular diagnostic assay for the elucidation of epidemiological factors during aquaculture A. P. Frenette, University of New Brunswick, Canada O-24 14:15 - 14:30 Red vent syndrome (RVS) in wild Atlantic salmon in Scotland Noguera Patricia, FRS Marine Laboratory, Scotland O-25 14:30 - 14:45 Parasites of resident arctic charr, Salvelinus alpinus, and brown trout, Salmo trutta, in two lakes in Iceland. Sigurður H. Richter, Institute for Experimental Pathology, University of Iceland, Keldur O-26 14:45 - 15:00 Immunological parameters and parasite infection in chub Leuciscus cephalus in heavily polluted watershed M. Ondrackova, Institute of Vertebrate Biology ASCR, Czech Republic O-27 15:00 - 15:15 Stress response in rainbow trout during infection with Ichthyophthirius multifiliis and formalin bath treatment Thomas R. Jørgensen, University of Copenhagen, Faculty of Life sciences, Section of Fish Diseases O-28 15:15 - 15:30 X-cell disease (pseudobranchial tumours) in wild and farmed young cod, Gadus morhua L., in Iceland with a direct transmission study Matthías Eydal, Institute for Experimental Pathology, University of Iceland, Keldur 16:30 Social event - Excursion to the Blue Lagoon Tuesday Sept. 9th Radisson-SAS-Hotel Saga 09:00 - 11:00 Session 5: NordForsk Session: Communication networks in marine bacteria Chair: Henning Sørum, Norwegian School of Veterinary Science K-5: Keynote lecture 09:00 - 09:30 Prophylaxis in aquaculture based on bacterial interaction Lone Gram, Technical University of Denmark K-6: Keynote lecture 09:30 - 10:00 Quorum sensing and virulence in Vibrio anguillarum Debra Milton, Umeå University, Sweden O-29 10:00 - 10:15 The RNA chaperone Hfq regulates signal molecule production in Vibrio anguillarum Kristoffer Lindell, Umeå University, Sweden O-30 10:15 - 10:30 Cytotoxic, adhesive and invasive properties of the fish pathogen Moritella viscosa Hege Smith Tunsjø, Norwegian School of Veterinary Science O-31 10:30 - 10:45 Generation and phenotypic screening of a Vibrio salmonicida transposon mutant library Ane Mohn, Norwegian School of Veterinary Science O-32 10:45 - 11:00 Whole genome sequencing of Vibrio salmonicida as platform to study basic mechanisms in virulence Peik Haugen, University of Tromsø, Norway 11:00 - 12:00 Poster session II 12:00 - 13:00 Lunch 13:00 - 16:45 Session 7: Fish health and prophylaxis Chair Stewart Johnson, Fisheries and Oceans, Canada K-7: Keynote lecture 13:00 - 13:30 Diseases of cold water fish species Øivind Bergh, Institute of Marine Research, Norway O-33 13:30 - 13:45 Improved vaccine against Moritella viscosa Tor Lunder, ScanVacc AS, Drøbak, Norway O-34 13:45 - 14:00 Combined effects of stress and vaccination on the metabolic rate of Atlantic salmon smolts Mark D. Powell, Bodø University College, Norway O-35 14:00 - 14:15 Management of infectious salmon anaemia (ISA): Can vaccination prove to be an effective management tool? Kira Salonius, Novartis Animal Health, Aqua Health Business, Canada O-36 14:15 - 14:30 From laboratory to the field: Was the timing right to take an experimental AGD vaccine to sea? Mathew T Cook, CSIRO Food Futures Flagship, CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. O-37 14:30 - 14:45 Th1 and Th17 responses after Vibrio anguillarum vaccination in the gadoid haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus) Yolanda Corripio-Miyar, Scottish Fish Immunology Research Centre, University of Aberdeen O-38 14:45 - 15:00 Oligonucleotide microarray: An effective platform for antimicrobial resistance genotyping Takashi Aoki, Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology 15:00 - 15:30 Coffee 15:30 - 16:45 Session 7: Fish health and prophylaxis-continued Chair Lone Gram, Technical University of Denmark K-8: Keynote lecture 15:30 - 16:00 Persisting effects of different first feeding methods on Atlantic cod juveniles Albert Imsland, Akvaplan-niva and University of Bergen O-39 16:00 - 16:15 A Saprolegnia parasitica cDNA library: Mining expressed sequence tags (ESTs) for potential vaccine candidates Vicky Anderson, University of Aberdeen O-40 16:15 - 16:30 Application of putative probionts at larval and juvenile stages of Atlantic Cod (Gadus morhua L.) rearing Hélène L. Lauzon, Matis, Iceland O-41 16:30 - 16:45 Immune response in gilthead seabream Sparus aurata induced by a potential probiotic live yeast Debaryomyces hansenii CBS 8339 Martha R. Becerril, FEMS grantee Centro de Investigaciones Biologicas del Noroeste S.C., México 16:45 - 17:00 Closing of the conference Sigurður Helgason, Head of Fish Disease Department, Institute for Experimental Pathology,University of Iceland, Keldur |