First Prize Winner
Dr. Zoe Hilton
Scientist, Cawthron Institute, New Zealand
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Titles of presentations (Dr. Hilton gave two presentations.)
- Progress in selective breeding for resilience to ostreid herpes virus in Crassostrea gigas in New Zealand.
(Zoe Hilton, Norman Ragg, Hannah Mae, Aditya Kesarcodi-Watson, Samantha Gale, Mark Camara, Nick King, David Burritt, Brendon Dunphy, Ben Mortensen, Andrea Alfaro and Tim Young.) - Overview of the recent occurrence of Bonamia ostreae in the native flat oyster Ostrea chilensis in New Zealand; current status, control efforts, and challenges for the future.
(Zoe Hilton. Steve Webb, Nick King, Jane Symonds, Julien Vignier, Jonathan Banks, Suong Thao Nguyen, Konstanze Steiner, Serean Adams. )
Comments from the Award Selection Committee
(Dr. Keisuke Takahashi, Vice President of WOS, wrote)
Dr. Hilton is a scientist at Cawthron Institute, New Zealand. She is working a range of industry and is one of academic collaborators at the Institute. At IOS7, she gave two presentations. Especially, the presentation entitled “Progress in selective breeding for resilience to ostreid herpes virus in Crassostrea gigas in New Zealand” was a high level study where her expertise was adequately given. Thus, her presentation was highly evaluated by members of the Award selection committee.
Second Prize Winner
Dr. Ma. Junemie Hazel Lebata-Ramos
Researcher, the Aquaculture department of SEAFDEC (Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center), Philippines
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Title of presentation
Why me? Because I’m single, young and more meaty
( Ma. Junemie Hazel Lebata-Ramos, Cleresa Dionela, Schedar Rose Novilla, Jonas Mediavilla, Rema Sibonga, Ellen Flor Solis and Frances Patrick Alicante. )
Comments from the Award Selection Committee
(Dr. Keisuke Takahashi, Vice President of WOS, wrote)
Dr. Lebata-Ramos is a researcher at the Aquaculture department of SEAFDEC (Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center), Philippines. Her research focuses on maintaining environmental integrity through responsible aquaculture. At IOS7, she gave a presentation with an unique title of “ Why me? Because I’m single, young and more meaty”. This is a comparison on the quality of oyster culture between traditional methods and new methods. Her ambitious efforts were highly appreciated.
Third Prize Winner
Mr. David L.J. Vendrami
University of Bielefeld and Marie Curie Initial Training Network fellow, Germany
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Title of presentation
Investigation of the genetic structure of the Pacific oyster (Crassostrea gigas) in Europe using a high density SNP array.
(David L.J. Vendrami, Luca Telesca and Joseph I. Hoffman.)
Comments from the Award Selection Committee
(Dr. Keisuke Takahashi, Vice President of WOS, wrote)
Mr. Vendrami is a Ph. D student at University of Bielefeld and Marie Curie Initial Training Network fellow. His research focuses on the exploitation of genetic markers to develop population genetics and population genomics. At IOS7, he gave a presentation entitled “Investigation of the genetic structure of the Pacific oyster (Crassostrea gigas) in Europe using a high density SNP array”. It is well known that Pacific oyster is brought to France and Netherlands from Japan via Canadian west coast. Then, pacific oysters have been expanded their distribution throughout Europe, his study is how widely spread to analyze with genetic perspectives. His ambitious efforts were highly appreciated by the Award selection committee.