Biotechnology-Aquaculture Interface:

The Site of Maximum Impact Workshop

Contents
-Home
-Welcome Letter
-Purpose of Workshop
-Program
-Presentations

Appendix
-Participants
-Steering Committee
-Program Committee

Workshop Report
-Preface
-Final Report

Workshop Participants

Acacia Alcivar-Warren
Tufts University
School of Veterinary Medicine
Department of Environmental and Population Health
200 Westboro Road
North Grafton, MA 01536 USA
508-839-7970
aalcivar@yahoo.com

Meryl Broussard
USDA-CSREES
Waterfront Rm 3018
901 D Street S.W.
Washington, DC 20250
202-401-6438
mbroussard@reeusda.gov

Robert Bullis
The Oceanic Institute
41-202 Kalanianaole Hwy.
Waimanalo, HI 96795
808-259-3141
rbullis@oceanicinstitute.org

Jim Carlberg
Kent SeaTech Corporation
11125 Flintkote Ave
San Diego, CA 92121
858-452-5765
jcarlberg@kentseatech.com

Mrunal Chapekar
Department of Commerce, NIST
Advanced Technology Program
Administration Building 101, Room. A407
Gaithersburg, MD 20899-4701
301-975-6846
mrunal.chapekar@nist.gov

Thomas T. Chen
University of Connecticut
Biotechnology Center, U-149
184 Auditorium Road
Storrs, CT 06269-3149
860-486-5011
Fax: (860) 486-5005
tchen@uconnvm.uconn.edu

Rita R. Colwell
National Science Foundation
4201 Wilson Blvd, Suite 1205
Arlington, VA 2220
703-292-8000
rcolwell@nsf.gov

Robert A. Curtis
Cape Aquaculture Technologies, Inc.
32 Hook Drive
New Seabury, MA 02649
508-539-0240
rcurtis@capecod.net

John E. Dowling
Harvard University
Biological Laboratories
16 Divinity Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
617-495-2245
dowling@fas.harvard.edu

Leland C. Ellis, Jr.
USDA-ARS
RM 4-2192
5601 Sunnyside Avenue
Beltsville, MD 20705-5138
301-504-4788
lce@ars.usda.gov

Elliot Entis
A/F Protein
935 Main Street
Waltham, MA 02154
781-899-7755
eentis@aol.com

Thomas E. Farewell
The Oceanic Institute
41-202 Kalanianaole Hwy.
Waimanalo, HI 96795
808-259-3102
tfarewell@oceanicinstitute.org

Ian P. Forster
The Oceanic Institute
41-202 Kalanianaole Hwy.
Waimanalo, HI 96795
808-259-3122
iforster@oceanicinstitute.org

Perry B. Hackett
University of Minnesota
Department of Genetics, Cell Biology and Development
1445 Gortner Avenue
St. Paul, MN 55108-1095
612-624-6736
perry@cbs.umn.edu

Eric. M. Hallerman
Virginia Tech
Department of Fisheries and Wildlife Sciences
Blacksburg, VA 24061
540-231-3257
ehallerm@vt.edu

Harlyn Halvorson
University of Massachusetts, Boston
100 Morrissey Blvd.
Boston, MA 02125
617-287-7458 or 508-540-1030

hhalvors@mbl.edu

Joseph A. Hankins
The Conservation Fund
Freshwater Institute
P.O. Box 1889
Shepherdstown, WV 25443
304-876-2815 x212
j.hankins@freshwaterinstitute.org

John F. Heidelberg
The Institute for Genomic Research
9712 Medical Center Drive
Rockville, MD 20850
301-315-2528
jheidel@tigr.org

William K. Hershberger
USDA-ARS
P.O. Box 100
Kearneysville, WV 25430-0000
304-724-4457

bhershbe@afrs.ars.usda.gov

Floyd P. Horn
USDA-ARS
Jamie L. Whitten Building, 302-A
14th & Independence Ave., SW
Washington, D.C. 20250
202-720-3656
admars@ars.usda.gov

John A. Howard
ProdiGene
101 Gateway Blvd.
College Station, TX 77845
979-690-8537
jhoward@prodigene.com

Huw P. A. Hughes
Intervet Inc.
405 State Street
P.O. Box 318
Millsboro, MD 19966
302-934-8051 or 4318 (direct)
huw.hughes@intervet.com

Steven Kappes
USDA-ARS
Room 4-2164
5601 Sunnyside Ave.
George Washington Carver Building
Beltsville, MD 20705-5138
301-504-4736
smk@ars.usda.gov

John Killifer
West Virginia University
Div. of Animal & Vet. Sciences
P.O. Box 6108
Morgantown WV 26506-6108
304-293-2631, Ext. 4435
jkillef@wvu.edu


Phillip H. Klesius
USDA-ARS
P.O. Box 952
Auburn, AL 36831
334-887-4526
klesiph@vetmed.auburn.edu

Kurt R. Klimpel
Super Shrimp Group
1545 Tidelands Avenue Suite J
National City, CA 91950
619-477-5394
klimpel@supershrimp.com

Edward Knipling
USDA-ARS
Jamie L. Whitten Building, 302-A
1400 Independence Ave., Sw
Washington, DC 20250
202-720-3658
eknipling@ars.usda.gov

Thomas D. Kocher
University of New Hampshire
Department of Zoology
Durham, NH 03824
603-862-2115
Tom.Kocher@unh.edu

Irving Kornfield
University of Maine
5751 Murray Hall
Orono, ME 04469-5751
207-581-2548
irvk@umit.maine.edu

Ed Korwek
Hogan & Hartson
555 13th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20004
202-637-5661
elkorwek@hhlaw.com

David J. Kyle
Martek Biosciences Corp.
6480 Dobbin Road
Columbia, MD 21045
410-740-0081
Dkyle@martekbio.com

Leland Lai
Aquatic Stock Improvement Co.
P.O.Box 5
Hawthorne, CA 90250
310-973-5275
lelandlai@aquafauna.com

Charles Laidley
The Oceanic Institute
41-202 Kalanianaole Hwy.
Waimanalo, HI 96795
808-259-3150
claidley@oceanicinstitute.org

Jo-Ann C. Leong
Oregon State University
Department of Microbiology
220 Nash Hall
Corvallis, OR 97331
541-737-4441
leong@orst.edu

John Matheson
Food and Drug Administration
CVM-Office of Surveillance and Compliance
5600 Fishers Lane
Rockville, Maryland 20857
301-827-6649
jmatheso@cvm.fda.gov

Margaret J. McFall-Ngai
University of Hawaii
Pacific Biomedical Research Center
Kewalo Marine Laboratory
41 Ahui Street
Honolulu, HI 96813
808-539-7310
mcfallng@hawaii.edu

James P. McVey
DOC-NOAA
National Sea Grant College Program
1315 East-West Highway, Rm 11839
Silver Spring, MD 20910
301-713-2451
jim.mcvey@noaa.gov

Shaun Moss
The Oceanic Institute
41-202 Kalanianaole Hwy.
Waimanalo, HI 96795
808-259-3110
smoss@oceanicinstitute.org

Edward J. Noga
North Carolina State University
College of Veterinary Medicine
4700 Hillsborough Street
Raleigh, NC 27606
919-513-6236
ed_noga@ncsu.edu

Henry S. (Hank) Parker
USDA-ARS
5601 Sunnyside Avenue
Beltsville, MD 20705-5138
301-504-6964
hsp@ars.usda.gov

Gary Pruder
The Oceanic Institute
41-202 Kalanianaole Hwy.
Waimanalo, HI 96795
808-259-3105
gpruder@oceanicinstitute.org


John J. Reddington
DiagXotics, Inc.
27 Cannon Road
Wilton, CT 06897
203-762-0279
john@diagxotics.com

Caird E. Rexroad, Jr.
USDA-ARS
5601 Sunnyside Avenue
Beltsville, MD 20705-5138
301-504-7050

cer@ars.usda.gov

Caird E. Rexroad, III
USDA-ARS
P.O. Box 100
Kearneysville, WV 25430-0000
304-876-7723
crexroad@afrs.ars.usda.gov

Edwin W. Rhodes Jr.
DOC-NMFS
Bldg: SSMC3 Rm: 13360
1315 East-West Hwy
Silver Spring, MD 20910-3282
301-713-2334 x102

Edwin.Rhodes@noaa.gov
Lewis W. Smith
USDA-ARS
5601 Sunnyside Avenue
Bldg. 4, Rm. 2168
Beltsville, MD 20705
301-504-5925
lws@ars.usda.gov

Gary H. Thorgaard
Washington State University
School of Biological Sciences
Pullman, WA 99164
509-335-7438
thorglab@wsu.edu

Hein van der Steen
Pig Improvement Co.
2929 Seventh St.
Berkeley, CA 94710
510-981-2105
HvanderSteen@pic.com

Curtis P. Van Tassell
USDA-ARS
BLDG 005, BARC-WEST RM 318
10300 Baltimore Ave
Beltsville, MD 20705-2350
(301) 504-9271 or 6501
fax 301-504-8414

curtvt@aipl.arsusda.gov



Geoffrey C. Waldbieser
USDA-ARS
Thad Cochran National Warmwater Aquaculture Center
P.O. Box 38
Stoneville, MS 38776-0038
662-686-3593
gwaldbieser@ars.usda.gov

Mark E. Westerman
Kent SeaTech Corporation
11125 Flintkote Ave
San Diego, CA 92121
858-452-5765
mwesterman@kentseatech.com

William R. Wolters
USDA-ARS
P.O. Box 38
Stoneville, MS 38776
662-686-3597
bwolters@ars.usda.gov

Oskar R. Zaborsky
The Oceanic Institute
41-202 Kalanianaole Hwy.
Waimanalo, HI 96795
703-847-6625
ozabo@aol.com

Thomas Zeigler
Zeigler Bros., Inc.
P.O. Box 95
400 Gardners Station Rd
Gardners, PA 17324
717-677-6181
tomz@zeiglerfeed.com

Yonathan Zohar
University of Maryland
University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute
Center for Marine Biotechnology
701 E. Pratt Street
Suite 236, Columbus Center
Baltimore, MD 21202
410-234-8803
zohar@umbi.umd.edu