Faculty Projects and Publications

Jo-Ann C. Leong, Ph. D.

Professor & Director

Hawai‘i Institute of Marine Biology,
School of Ocean & Earth Sciences Technology, University of Hawaii
PO Box 1346, Kaneohe, Hawaii 96744
FEDEX: 46-007 Lilipuna Road, Kane‘ohe, Hawaii 96744
Tel: (808) 236-7401
Fax: (808) 236-7443
Email: joannleo@hawaii.edu

Education

University of California, Berkeley	Zoology	B.A.	1964
University of California, San Francisco Med.Sch.	Microbiology	Ph.D.	1971
University of California, San Francisco Med.Sch.	Biochemistry	Postdoc	1971-74
University of California, San Francisco Med.Sch.	Cancer Res.	Postdoc	1971-74

Appointments

Director, Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology, University of Hawaii	2001-
Professor, School of Ocean & Earth Sciences Technology, Univ. Hawaii	2001-
Asst., Assoc., Full Professor of Microbiology, Oregon State University	1975-1992
Distinguished Professor of Microbiology, Oregon State Univ.	1993-2003
Chairperson, Dept. of Microbiology, Oregon State Univ.	1996-2001
Emile Pernot Endowed Professor of Microbiology	1998-2003
Editor, Viral Diseases of Fish, Diseases of Aquatic Organisms	1996-2006
Editorial Board, Marine Biotechnology	1991-2006
USDA/NSF Microbial Genome Sequence	2001,2003, 2004
USDA Molecular Basis of Animal Diseases Panel	2005, 2006
President, Board of Governors, Center for Tropical and Subtropical Aquaculture	2001-
Myron B. Thompson Academy School Board, Vice Chair	2002-2011
President, Western Assocation of Marine Laboratories	2011-2012
Co-Chair, Ecosystem Science and Management Working Group, a standing committee of the NOAA Scientific Advisory Board	2008-2012
President, National Assocation of Marine Laboratories Chairman, Public Policy Committee of NAML	2012-2014 2010-2012
National Climate Assessment Development and Advisory Committee (NCADAC)	2011-2014
Secretariat, NCADAC	2011-2014

Selected Refereed Publications (2006-2011)

Robertsen, B., J. Zou, C. Secombes, J. Leong. 2006. Molecular and expression analysis of an interferon-gamma inducible guanylate-binding protein from rainbow trout. Developmental & Comparative Immunology 30 (11): 1023-1033.

Hagedorn, M., V.L. carter, R.A. Steyn, D. Krupp, J. C. Leong, R.P. Lang, and T. R.l Tiersch. 2006. Preliminary studies of sperm cryopreservation in the mushroom coral, Fungia scutaria. Cryobiology 52(3):454-8.

Hagedorn, M., R. Pan, E. F. Cox, L. L. Hollingsworth, D. A. Krupp, T. D. Lewis, J. C. Leong, P. Mazur, W. Rall, D. MacFarlane, G. Fahy, and F. W. Kleinhaus. 2006. Coral larvae conservation physiology and reproduction. Cryobiology 52 (1):33-47.

Misumi, I., T. Yada, J. C. Leong, and C. B. Schreck. (2008) The effect of in vitro exposure to tributylin on the immune competence of Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) leukocytes. Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 56(2): 229-237.

Leong, J. C., and G. Kurath. 2011. Novirhabdoviruses. The Springer Index of Viruses. (C.A. Tidona and G. Darai, Editors), online. Springer-Verlag.

Palumbi, S.R., J. D. Allen, M. W. Beck, D. G. Fautin, M.J. Fogarty, B. S. Halpern, L.S. Incze, J. Leong, E. Norse, J. J. Stachowicz, D. H. Wall, and P. A. Sandifer. 2009. Managing for Ocean Biodiversity: Creating a National Biodiversity Agenda to Sustain Marine Ecosystem Services. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 7(4):204-211.

Van Oppen, Madeleine JH, Jo-Ann Leong, Ruth D. Gates. 2009 Coral-virus interactions: a double-edged sword? Symbiosis 47(1):1-8.

Work, T.M., J. Dagenais, G.H. Balazs, J. Schumacher, T. d. Lewis, J. C. Leong, R. N. Casey, and J. W. Casey. 2009. In vitro biology of fibropapilloma-associated turtle herpesvirus and host cells in Hawaiian green turtles (Chelonia mydas). Journal of General Virology 90:1943-1950.

Hagedorn, M., V.L. Carter, J. C. Leong, and F. W. Kleinhaus. 2010. The physiology and cryosenstivity of Coral endosymbiotic algae (Symbiodinium). Cryobiology 60(2):147-158.

Alonso, M.A., P.P. Chiou, and J. Leong. 2011. Development of a Suicidal DNA vaccine for Infectious Hematopoietic Necrosis Virus. Fish and Shellfish Immunology 30:815-823..

Wiener, C.S., MAJ Rivera, R.J. Toonen, J. C. Leong, R. K. Kosaki, S. Karl, K. Keller, and H. Johnson. 2011. Creating effective partnerships in Ecosystem-Based Management: A Culture of Science and Management. Journal of Marine Biology DOI 10.11555/2011/241610.

Misumi, I., T. D. Lewis, A. Takemura, and J. C. Leong. 2011. Elicited cross-protection and specific antibodies in Mozambique tilapia (Oreochromis mossambicus) against two different immobilization serotypes of Cryptocaryon irritans isolated in Hawaii. Fish and Shellfish Immunology 30:1152-1158.

J. C. Leong and T. A. Wilhelm. 2011. Coastal and Marine Spatial Planning and the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. Proceedings of the Fifth International Fishers Forum on Marine Spatial Planning and Bycatch Mitigation, Taipei, Taiwan.. ed E. Gilman, A. Ishizaki, D. Chang, W-Y Liu, and P. Dalzell. Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council.

Thesis Advisor & Postgraduate Scholar Sponsor

Marta Alonso	NEIKER- Tecnalia, Spain	malonso@neiker.net
Eric Anderson	Maine Bio-tek, VP	eric@mainebiotek.com
Rosemary Barrie	Newberg, Oregon	503-538-5901
Linda Bootland	Novartis, retired	lbootland@pei.sympatico.ca
Peter PinWen Chiou	Academia Sinica Marine Station, Ilan	ppchiou@gate.sinica.tw
John D. Drennan	Schering-Plough Animal Health Corp	john.drennan@spcorp.com
Barbara A. Drolet	Agricultural Res. Servic, Laramie, WY	Barbara.Drolet@ars.usda.gov
Linda Durrin	Beckman Research Institute, CA.	ldurrin@coh.org
H. Mark Engelking	Oregon Dept. of Fish & Wildlife	malonso@neiker.net
Manley Huang	Panorama Research Institute	mhuang55@yahoo.com
Robert D. Gilmore Jr	CDC, Fort Collins, Co	rbg9@cdc.gov
Yali Hsu	Academia Sinica – Zoology	zoohsu@ccvax.sinica.edu.tw
Marc Johnson	University of Missouri Med Sch	marcjohnson@Missouri.edu
Carol Kim	University of Maine at Orono	carolkim@maine.edu
Jennifer Kishimori	USAMRIID	jkishimo@hawaii.edu
Gael Kurath	USGS, Seattle, WA	gael_kurath@usgs.gov
Carla Mason Endres	College of Eastern Utah, San Juan	carlaendres@ceu.sjc.edu
Ichiro Misumi	University of North Carolina Sch Med	imisumi@email.unc.edu
Dan V. Mourich	Antivirals, Inc.	dan.mourich@antivirals.com
Jay A. Nelson	Oregon Health Sciences Univ., Portland	nelsonj@ohsu.edu
Marc Johnson	University of Missouri Med Sch	marcjohnson@Missouri.edu
Benjamin Simon	Evergreen State College	simonbe@evergreenstate.edu
Leslie A. Tengelsen	Epidemiology Services, State of Idaho	tengelse@idhw.state.id.us
Grant D. Trobridge	University of Washington	gtrob@u.washington.edu
Scott W. Wong	Gene Therapy Institute, OHSU	wongs@ohsu.edu
Dawn Jordan Hayes	Calif, Animal Health & Food Safety Lab	marcjohnson@Missouri.edu
Li Xu	Sea Lane Biotechnologies, Menlo Park	Li.Xu@sealanebio.com

Postdoctoral Fellows/Sabbatical Visitors

Mathias Ackerman	US Army Medical Research Institute for Infectious Diseases Faculty of Veterinary Med, Switzerland
Colin Munn	University of Plymouth, UK	C.Munn@plymouth.ac.uk
Satoru Suzuki	Ehime University, Lab Molec. Ecology	ssuzuki@agr.ehime~u.ac.jp

Testimony and speeches

March 19, 2008: Written and Oral Testimony before the Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, U.S. Senate, Hearing on Climate Change Impacts and Responses in Island Communities. Honolulu, Hawaii.
September 29, 2009 Written and Oral Testimony before the Interagency Ocean Policy Task Force Pacific Islands Public Hearing. Honolulu, Hawaii.
April 27, 2010. Scientific Expert Review. NOAA’s Aquaculture Listening Session, Ala Moana Hotel, Honolulu, Hawaii.
March 15, 2011. DNA Vaccines for Aquacultured Species. Future Directions. Pearl River Fisheries Research Institute, Guangzhou, China.

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