Program | NACIW

Keynote Session
Chair: Katharine Magor

9:00 - 10:00

Jim Kaufman, Yale University

A class II system strongly expressed in intestinal epithelial cells

10:00 - 10:20

Coffee Break

Immune Responses in the Real World
Chair: TBA

10:20 - 10:40

Eric H. Ignatz, Dalhousie University

Genetics vs. the environment: evaluating MSX-induced mortality with a reciprocal transplant of oysters (Crassostrea virginica) in Cape Breton

10:40 - 11:00

Louise A. Rollins-Smith, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine

Season and life stage differences in skin defenses of Coqui frogs (Eleutherodactylus coqui)

11:00 - 11:20

Jacques Robert, University of Rochester

Leveraging Xenopus to assess the risks of microplastic exposure on immunity

11:20 - 11:40

Matthew Rise, Memorial University of Newfoundland

Impact of diet on Atlantic salmon immune system function

11:40 - 12:00

Shayne Oberhoffner, Wilfrid Laurier University

Enhancing innate antiviral immunity in aquaculture: ex vivo and in vitro evaluation of a novel cationic phytoglycogen nanoparticle– poly I:C complex

12:00 - 13:00

Lunch

Tools & Techniques in Aquaculture
Chair: Dan Barreda

13:00 - 13:20

Valentina Wong-Benito, University of Waterloo

Development of an antigen presentation assay using rainbow trout (Oncorhyncus mykiss) dorsal fin cells stimulated with heat-inactivated viral hemorrhagic septicemia virus (vhsv) IVb

13:20 - 13:40

Laura Rivera-Méndez, University of Waterloo

Oreochromicin-2 as an alternative to antibiotics: temperature-dependent effects against Flavobacterium columnare

13:40 - 14:00

Shawna L. Semple, University of Prince Edward Island

Using Coho salmon CRISPR knockouts to identify immune gene targets for resistance to sea lice infestation.

14:00 - 14:20

Massiel de F. Copara Chino, University of Alberta

Behavioral fever as a segregation tool to improve Tenacibaculum maritimum outbreak management in aquaculture

14:20 - 14:40

Jayoon Lee, University of Alberta

Optimizing animal behaviour analysis: machine learning approach for behavioural fever in fish research

14:40 - 15:00

Coffee Break

Aquaculture: Viruses & Vaccines

Chair: Stephanie DeWitte-Orr

15:00 - 15:20

Janet Velazquez Perez, Wilfrid Laurier University

Developing new dsRNA therapy for viral diseases in aquaculture

15:20 - 15:40

Dean Porter, INRAE

Divergent B cell repertoire remodelling by mRNA, DNA and live attenuated vaccines in fish

15:40 - 16:00

Donnie Sonier, University of Waterloo

Evaluating the Immune Response of Atlantic Salmon, Salmo salar Coinfected with Viral (Piscine othoreovirus and Piscine myocarditis virus) and Parasitic Pathogens (Sea Louse - Lepeoptheirus salmonis)

16:00 - 16:20

Marianna Rampaul, Dalhousie University

Prophylactic-simulated antiviral defence of northern shrimp (Pandalus borealis) using a novel nanoparticle conjugate.

16:20 - 16:40

Coffee Break

Immune System Evolution

Chair: Jonathan Rast

16:40 - 17:00

Brooklyn Osborne, University of Alberta

Cellular interactions of Riplet and influenza NS1 in human and duck cells

17:00 - 17:20

Ian Birchler De Allende, North Carolina State University

Immunogenetic Consequences of Habitat Transitions in Marine Mammals: CD300 Evolution in Cetaceans

17:20 - 17:40

Yuko Ohta, University of Maryland School of Medicine

Characterization of Ancient Nonrearranging Antibodies in Shark

17:40 - 18:00

Ellen Hsu, SUNY Downstate

Evolution of localized regulation of V(D)J recombination

18:30

Banquet

NACI New Investigator
Chair: Brian Dixon

9:00 - 10:00

Comparative Immunological Responses of Macrophages from Diverse Species to Nanoparticle- Delivered Double-Stranded RNA

Sarah Poynter, Wilfrid Laurier University

10:00 - 10:20

Coffee Break

Cellular Immune Responses: Creatures of the sea & cockroaches
Chair: Kate Buckley

10:20 - 10:40

Tony Wilson, Brooklyn College

Exploring a unique comparative model of immune deficiency: adaptive immunity in the seahorse

10:40 - 11:00

Renald James Legaspi, University of Alberta

Cellular composition of zebrafish spleen melanomacrophage centers

11:00 - 11:20

Sebastian Fugmann, Chang Gung University

Immune cell diversity and cytokines in echinoderm immunity

11:20 - 11:40

Amelia Williams, Auburn University

A novel population of phagocytes in sea stars

11:40 - 12:00

Elizabeth Schwartz, Auburn University

Decoding hemocyte subsets and functions in the American cockroach

12:00 - 13:00

Lunch

Cellular Immune Responses: Flies, Fishes, and Frogs
Chair: Leon Grayfer

13:20 - 14:20

Keynote Speaker: Francesca Di Cara, Dalhousie University

TBD

14:20 - 14:40

Samuel Amoah, University of Alberta

Identification and qualitative assessments of putative stimulatory goldfish (Carassius auratus) leukocyte immune-type receptor calitr positive leukocytes in goldfish tissues.

14:40 - 15:00

Riley Crow, The George Washington University

Uncovering the hallmarks of amphian mast cell activation

15:00 - 15:20

Andrea Vu, University of Rochester

In vitro Xenopus tropicalis cell culture infection model for amphibian chytridiomycosis

15:20 - 15:40

Christina Garvey Griffith, The George Washington University

Amphibian (Xenopus laevis) macrophage subsets play disparate roles in skin regeneration

15:40 - 16:00

Coffee Break

Pathogens of the Sea

Chair: Fraser Clark

16:20 - 16:40

Jesús Luis Betancourt, University of Waterloo

Immunomodulatory and antibacterial effects of the pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide in white shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei

16:40 - 17:00

Zohreh Fazelan, Dalhousie University

RNA-seq analysis of hepatopancreas extracted from American lobster (Homarus americanus) provides some clues regarding their resistance to Vibrio sp. (splendidus clade)

17:00 - 17:20

17:20 - 17:40

17:40 - 18:00

Mariam S. Abdulsayed, University of Waterloo

Spores of Spraguea americanus elicit oxidative burst reactions in Oncorhynchus mykiss (rainbow trout) immune cells ex vivo

Zahra Ghiasvand, Dalhousie University

Immune responses in Carcinus maenas following Vibrio sp. challenge

Jake Tatum, Auburn University

Genetic manipulation of Vibrio diazotrophicus reveals motility and secretion systems as pathogenicity factors and identifies phagocytic cell populations in purple sea urchin larvae

16:30 - 18:30

Poster Session: Standard and Wacky!

Immunology Grab Bag!
Chair: Rob Miller

9:00 - 9:20

Pierre Boudinot, INRAE

Divergent B cell repertoire remodelling by mRNA, DNA and live attenuated vaccines in fish

9:20 - 9:40

9:40 - 10:00

10:00 - 10:20

10:20 - 10:40

10:40 - 11:00

11:00 - 12:00

Stephanie J DeWitte-Orr, Wilfred Laurier University

Engineering ldsRNA with nanocarriers: unraveling cross-species antiviral mechanisms

Julie M. Old

The fight against wombat sarcoptic mange

Coffee Break

Jonathan Rast, Emory University

Single cell rna sequencing analysis of the sea lamprey adaptive immune system

J. Oriol Sunyer, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania

Protective role of secretory IgM against the deleterius effects of colitis-induced damage

Business Meeting & Wrap-up

Full Program

Abstracts

North American Comparative Immunology Workshop

NACI New Investigator Chair: Brian Dixon

9:00 - 10:00

Sarah Poynter, Wilfrid Laurier University

10:00 - 10:20

Coffee Break

Cellular Immune Responses: Creatures of the sea & cockroaches Chair: Kate Buckley

10:20 - 10:40

Tony Wilson, Brooklyn College

Exploring a unique comparative model of immune deficiency: adaptive immunity in the seahorse

10:40 - 11:00

Renald James Legaspi, University of Alberta

Cellular composition of zebrafish spleen melanomacrophage centers

11:00 - 11:20

Sebastian Fugmann, Chang Gung University

Immune cell diversity and cytokines in echinoderm immunity

11:20 - 11:40

Amelia Williams, Auburn University

A novel population of phagocytes in sea stars

11:40 - 12:00

Elizabeth Schwartz, Auburn University

​Decoding hemocyte subsets and functions in the American cockroach

12:00 - 13:00

Lunch

Cellular Immune Responses: Flies, Fishes, and Frogs Chair: Leon Grayfer

13:20 - 14:20

Keynote Speaker: Francesca Di Cara, Dalhousie University

TBD

14:20 - 14:40

Samuel Amoah, University of Alberta

Identification and qualitative assessments of putative stimulatory goldfish (Carassius auratus) leukocyte immune-type receptor calitr positive leukocytes in goldfish tissues.

14:40 - 15:00

Riley Crow, The George Washington University

Uncovering the hallmarks of amphian mast cell activation

15:00 - 15:20

Andrea Vu, University of Rochester

In vitro Xenopus tropicalis cell culture infection model for amphibian chytridiomycosis

15:20 - 15:40

Christina Garvey Griffith, The George Washington University

Amphibian (Xenopus laevis) macrophage subsets play disparate roles in skin regeneration

15:40 - 16:00

Coffee Break

Pathogens of the Sea

Chair: Fraser Clark

16:20 - 16:40

Jesús Luis Betancourt, University of Waterloo

Immunomodulatory and antibacterial effects of the pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide in white shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei

16:40 - 17:00

Zohreh Fazelan, Dalhousie University

RNA-seq analysis of hepatopancreas extracted from American lobster (Homarus americanus) provides some clues regarding their resistance to Vibrio sp. (splendidus clade)

17:00 - 17:20

17:20 - 17:40

17:40 - 18:00

Mariam S. Abdulsayed, University of Waterloo

Spores of Spraguea americanus elicit oxidative burst reactions in Oncorhynchus mykiss (rainbow trout) immune cells ex vivo

Zahra Ghiasvand, Dalhousie University

Immune responses in Carcinus maenas following Vibrio sp. challenge

Jake Tatum, Auburn University

Genetic manipulation of Vibrio diazotrophicus reveals motility and secretion systems as pathogenicity factors and identifies phagocytic cell populations in purple sea urchin larvae

16:30 - 18:30

Poster Session: Standard and Wacky!

North American
Comparative Immunology
Workshop

NACI New Investigator
Chair: Brian Dixon

Cellular Immune Responses: Creatures of the sea & cockroaches
Chair: Kate Buckley

Decoding hemocyte subsets and functions in the American cockroach

Cellular Immune Responses: Flies, Fishes, and Frogs
Chair: Leon Grayfer