Past Awards Past Spotlight Awards World Aquaculture 2015, Jeju, Korea: Winners of student oral and poster presentation awards were as follows: First Place Oral: Zuliyati Rohmah Gyeongsang National University , South Korea “Enhancing growth and muscle coloration of sea-reared rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) with ascidian tunic carotenoids” Second Place Oral Natthinee Munkongwongsiri Kasetsart University, Thailand “Effects of postlarval quality on the occurrence of early mortality syndrome in farm-raised Pacific white shrimp”. First Place Best Poster Chao-Fen Lin National Cheng Kung University , Taiwan “Development of a novel subunit vaccine with linear array eritope against nervous necrosis virus infection in giant grouper” Second Place Best Poster Yi-Jhen Lee National Taiwan Ocean University “Characterization of the envelope protein VP51B of shrimp White Spot Syndrome Virus (WSSV)” Congratulations to all of our winners and those who supported them! World Aquaculture 2014, Adelaide, Australia: Winners of student oral and poster presentation awards were as follows: First Place Oral: Nicole Rhody University of Stirling, Scotland "Influence of tidal cycles on the control of reproductive activity in common snook Centropomus undecimalis" Second Place Oral Matthew Wylie University of Otago, New Zealand "Hapuku Polyprion oxygeneios aquaculture in New Zealand – Growth and gonadal development of F1 broodstock under two difference temperature regimes" First Place Best Poster Keng Ming We National Chung Hsing University, Taiwan "Evaluation of using microwave treatments to sterilize marine microalgae cultural media" Second Place Best Poster Yu-An Ma National Chung Hsing University, Taiwan "Effects of light quality change on the density, lipid and eicosapentaenoic acid production of the marine microalgae Nannochloropsis oculata" Congratulations to all of our winners and those who supported them! World Aquaculture 2011, Natal, Brazil: Winners of student oral and poster presentation awards were as follows: First Place Oral: Miguel Mies University of São Paulo, Brazil "Successful spawning and a possible solution for broodstock mortality in giant clames: A neurotransmitter injection through the byssal orifice" Second Place Oral Renato Kitagima Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology, Japan "Digestion of trangenic soybean DNA and dietary DNA tracking in common carp Cyprinus carpio" First Place Best Poster Carlo Lazado University of Nordland, Norway "Circadian perodicity of the molecular clock in Atlantic cod and its implications in precocious sexual maturation" Second Place Best Poster Sharifah Rahmah Kinki University, Japan "Photoperiod and feeding schedule influenced growth, cannibalism, and survival of Bagrid catfish Mystus nemurus " Congratulations to all of our winners and those who supported them! World Aquaculture 2010, San Diego, USA: Winners of student oral and poster presentation awards were as follows: First Place Oral: Ms. Megan Kent College of Charleston, Grice Marine Laboratory, USA> "Consumption and digestion of suspended microalgal species common in biofloc culture systems by juvenile Pacific white shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei" Second Place Oral Andrew McElwain Auburn University, USA "Scanning electron microscopy of skin of channel catfish Ictalurus punctatus exposed to Flavobacterium columnare" Best Poster Allan Heres University of Arizona "Histopathological, biological, and molecular characteistics of the pathogenic Spiroplasma penaei isolated from the hemolymph of infected Pacific white shrimp Penaeus vannamei" Congratulations to all of our winners and those who supported them! World Aquaculture 2009, Veracruz, Mexico: Winners of student oral and poster presentation awards were as follows: First Place Oral: Mr. Estaban Soto Louisiana State University, USA "Tilapia Francisellosis: Pathology, lethal dose 50 and definitive diagnosis by real time PCR" Second Place Oral Mr. Matthew DiMaggio University of Florida, USA "Assessment of a point of care clinical blood analyzer for use in aquaculture research" First Place Poster Ms. Diana Marcel Serrano Saldaña Animal Science and Veterinary College, National University of Colombia "Phosphorus requirements of Nile Tilapia fry" Second Place Poster Ms. Megan Kent College of Charleston, Grice Marine Laboratory, USA "Relative contribution of taxonomic groups within microbial biofloc communities to the growth of Litopenaeus vannamei when provided as dietary supplements" Congratulations to all of our winners and those who supported them! World Aquaculture 2008, Busan, Korea: Winners of student oral and poster presentation awards were as follows: First Place Oral: Mr. Jang K. Kim, University of Connecticut, Connecticut, USA "Desiccation of the economically important genus Porphyra (=Nori) alters nitrogen metabolism in a novel way” Second Place Oral Ms. Ana Teresa Gonçalves, Tokyo University Marine Science and Technology, Tokyo, Japan "Effects of probiotic bacteria Lactobacillus rhamnosus in stress response in Nile tilapia Oreochromis niloticus" First Place Poster Ms. Connie Fay Komilus, Laboratory of Aquatic Animal Nutrition, Faculty of Fisheries, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima, Japan "Texture rheology and freshness quality of wild and cultured red seabream Pagrus major" Second Place Poster Mr. Ha Thanh Tung, Laboratory of Aquatic Animal Nutrition, Faculty of Fisheries, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima, Japan "Effects of dietary heat-killed Lactobacillus plantarum on growth performances, stress resistance and protease activity of postlarvae Kuruma shrimp Marsupenaeus japonicus Bate" Congratulations to all of our winners and those who supported them! Students Awards from San Juan LACC 2007 as a PDF Aquaculture 2007, San Antonio: San Winners of student oral and poster presentation awards were as follows: First Place Oral: Heather J. Hamlin, Mote Marine Laboratory “Denitrification Carbon Sources for Use in Commercial Aquaculture” Second Place Oral Tina C. Crosby, University of Florida “Investigation of Metomidate Hydrochloride as a Sedative for Shipping of Ornamental Fish” First Place Poster Guillaume Salze, Virginia Tech Aquaculture Center “Impacts of Dietary Mannan Oligosaccharides and Yeast Cell Cytoplasm Extracts on Gene Expression in Zebrafish Danio rerio” Second Place Poster Mario Hernandez, University of Arizona “Growth and Development of Nile Tilapia Oreochromis niloticus Fingerlings, Fed with Different Diets Supplemented with Soapbark Tree Extract” Congratulations to all of our winners and those who supported them!