2006 Edwin W. Pauley Summer Program in Marine Biology

Aquatic Animal Health and Disease

June 5 to August 4, 2006

The objective of the 2006 Pauley Summer Program is to impart an understanding of the pathological processes and health management techniques relating to the etiology, diagnosis, and treatment of important aquatic animal diseases and to provide an important research opportunity to participants. Ornamental and food species of finfish, oysters, and shrimp will be emphasized, as well as species found locally in Hawai‘i. Nationally and internationally recognized individuals will present topics relating to aquatic animal health and disease diagnostics. Class size will be limited to sixteen students in order to allow maximum hands-on activities.

In weeks 1-5, the invited faculty will present lectures and laboratories and the remaining weeks will focus on individual student projects. Students will be required to present a research presentation at the end of the session. Following the workshop, students will return to their home institution and complete a research paper. The papers will be compiled into a formal report and published by year’s end. All students accepted into the program will receive scholarships for housing and airfare to / from Honolulu, Hawai‘i.

Dates	June 5 to August 4, 2006
Tentative Schedule	Topic	Faculty
Week 1: June 5-9	Intro to course, shrimp diseases and diagnostics	Lightner
Week 2: June 12-16	Oyster diseases and diagnostics	Reece, Carnegie
Week 3: June 19-23	Immunology and diagnostics	Kaattari, Noga
Week 4: June 26-30	Parasitology, fish anatomy/physiology, histology, fish disease and diagnostics, treatments	Noga, Berzins, Francis-Floyd
Week 5: July 3-7	Fish disease and diagnostics, treatments, Sea turtle diseases and diagnostics	Francis-Floyd, Work
Weeks 6-8: July 10-28	Student research, journal club	Lewis
Week 9: July 31-Aug. 4	Student research, journal club, and oral presentations	Lewis
October 2006	Final reports revised, completed and compiled into PSP 2006 Final Report	Lewis
Application deadline	April 15, 2006 Acceptance letters will be issued by April 31, 2006
To apply, please provide a letter of interest, CV, and two recommendation letters :	Dr. Teresa Lewis Email: tdlewis@hawaii.edu
For more information on this course, contact:	Dr. Teresa Lewis Email: tdlewis@hawaii.edu

Invited Faculty

Ilze Berzins, Ph. D., D.V.M. The Florida Aquarium

Ryan Carnegie, Ph. D. Virginia Institute of Marine Science/College of William & Mary

Ruth Francis-Floyd, D.V.M. University of Florida

Stephen Kaattari, Ph. D. Virginia Institute of Marine Biology/College of William & Mary

Donald Lightner, Ph. D. University of Arizona

Edward Noga, D.V.M. North Carolina State University

Kimberly Reece, Ph. D. Virginia Institute of Marine Biology/College of William & Mary

Thierry Work, D. V. M. USGS National Wildlife Health Center, Honolulu Field Station

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