The University of Toledo

Presentations

Past Presentations:

2012    International Joint Congress on Evolution annual conference in Ottawa, Canada (September): "Evolution and biogeography of an emerging quasispecies: Diversity patterns of the fish Viral Hemorrhagic Septicemia virus (VHSv)" by Lindsey Pierce and Carol Stepien (platform presentation by Pierce)

2012    Annual Midwest Graduate Symposium annual conference in Toledo, OH (March): "Evolution and biogeography of an emerging quasispecies: Diversity patterns of the fish Viral Hemorrhagic Septicemia virus (VHSv)" by Lindsey Pierce and Carol Stepien (platform presentation by Pierce)

2012    Ohio Fish and Wildlife Managers Association annual conference in Columbus, OH (February): “Does viral load of VHS virus change over the course of infection in immersion and injection challenged yellow perch?” by Vrushalee Palsule, Lindsey Pierce and Carol Stepien (platform presentation by Palsule)

2011    Department of Medical Microbiology Seminar in Toledo, OH (October): “Proteins regulating innate immune responses to RNA viruses in humans, mice and fish” by Douglas Leaman.

2011    Ohio Department of Agriculture Aquaculture Fish Necropsy and Inspection Techniques course in Reynoldsburg, OH (September): “Progress in rapid PCR testing for VHS” by Lindsey Pierce, Erin Crawford, Vrushalee Palsule, James Willey and Carol Stepien (platform presentation by Palsule)

2011    Ohio Dept. of Agriculture Aquatic Animal Health Care Committee Meeting in Reynoldsburg, OH (April): “Genetic Detection and Geograhpic Analysis of Great Lakes Fish Infection by Viral Hemorrhagic Septicemia virus (VHSv)” by Lindsey Pierce, Erin Crawford, Vrushalee Palsule, James Willey and Carol Stepien (platform presentation by Pierce and Palsule)

2011    Annual Midwest Graduate Symposium annual conference in Toledo, OH (March): “A rapid genetic test for the VHS fish virus and viral load from laboratory challenge experiments” by Lindsey Pierce, Erin Crawford, Vrushalee Palsule, James Willey, Mohamed Faisal, Robert Kim and Carol Stepien (platform presentation by Pierce)

 2011    Ohio Fish and Wildlife Managers Association annual conference in Columbus, OH (February): “Results of unique RT-PCR test for detecting VHS viral infections in fish” by Lindsey Pierce, James Willey, Erin Crawford, Douglas Leaman and Carol Stepien (platform presentation by Pierce)

2011    Lake Erie – Inland Waters Annual Research Review in Columbus, OH (January): “A rapid genetic test for the VHS fish virus and viral load from laboratory challenge experiments” by Lindsey Pierce, James Willey, Mohamed Faisal, Robert Kim and Carol Stepien (platform presentation by Pierce)

2010    Lake Erie Fishery Genetics and Stock Structure Workshop for Managers in Oregon, OH (December): “Unique RT-PCR test with internal controls to detect, quantify and distinguish active VHSv in fish” by Lindsey Pierce, James Willey, Erin Crawford, Douglas Leaman and Carol Stepien (platform presentation by Pierce)

2010    American Fisheries Society annual conference in Pittsburg, PA (September): “Unique RT-PCR test for replicating Viral Hemorrhagic Septicemia virus (VHSv), with internal controls” by Lindsey Pierce, James Willey, Erin Crawford, Douglas Leaman and Carol Stepien (platform presentation by Pierce)

2010    International Conference on Aquatic Invasive Species annual conference in San Diego, CA (August): “Unique RT-PCR test for replicating Viral Hemorrhagic Septicemia virus (VHSv), with internal controls” by Lindsey Pierce, James Willey, Erin Crawford, Douglas Leaman and Carol Stepien (platform presentation by Stepien)

2009    USDA Annual Review, Washington DC (December): “Genetic detection and geographic analysis of Great Lakes fish infection by Viral Hemorrhagic Septicemia (VHS)” by Carol Stepien, James Willey and Jonathan Bossenbroek (platform presentation by Stepien and Pierce)

2009    Sigma Xi Scientific Honorary Society Conference (November): “Viral Hemorrhagic Septicemia (VHS) immersion challenge in juvenile muskellunge using StaRT-PCR: a quantification study” by Lindsey Pierce, James Willey, Erin Crawford and Carol Stepien (platform presentation by Pierce)

2009    Walleye and Yellow Perch Task Group Meeting (November): “Genetic detection and geographic analysis of Great Lakes fish infection by Viral Hemorrhagic Septicemia (VHS)” by Lindsey Pierce, Erin Crawford, James Willey and Carol Stepien (platform presentation by Pierce)

2009    Sigma Xi Scientific Honorary Society Annual Conference at the University of Toledo (October): “Viral Hemorrhagic Septicemia (VHS) immersion challenge in juvenile muskellunge using StaRT-PCR: a quantification study” by Lindsey Pierce, Carol Stepien, James Willey and Erin Crawford (platform presentation by Pierce)

2009    International Association of Great Lakes Research (May): “Developing a rapid molecular assay with internal controls for detecting the VHS fish virus” by Lindsey Pierce, Erin Crawford, James Willey and Carol Stepien (platform presentation by Pierce)

2009    International Association of Great Lakes Research (May): “Quality-control RT-PCR data that support development of new diagnostics” by Erin Crawford and James Willey (platform presentation by Crawford)

2008    Lake Erie Fisheries Genetics Workshop for Managers (December): “Genetic detection and geographic analysis of Great Lakes Fish infection by Viral Hemorrhagic Septicemia (VHS)” by Lindsey Pierce, James Willey, Erin Crawford, Jonathan Bossenbroek and Carol Stepien (platform presentation by Pierce)

2008    Midwest Fish and Wildlife Annual Conference (February): “Developing a rapid molecular assay with internal controls for detecting the VHS fish virus” by Lindsey Pierce, Erin Crawford, James Willey and Carol Stepien (platform presentation by Pierce)

 

Past Posters:

2012    Ohio Fish and Wildlife Managers Association annual conference in Columbus, OH (February): “Detection of fish viral hemorrhagic septicemia virus (VHSv) using StaRT-PCR: enhanced quality control with internal standards” by Lindsey Pierce, James Willey, Erin Crawford, Douglas Leaman and Carol Stepien (presented by Pierce)

2011    American Fisheries Society annual conference in Seattle, WA (September): “A Rapid genetic test for the VHS fish virus and viral load from laboratory challenge experiments” by Carol Stepien, Lindsey Pierce, Erin Crawford, Vrushalee Palsule, James Willey, Mohamed Faisal and Robert Kim (presented by Stepien)

2010    International Association for Great Lakes Research Annual Conference* (May): “Viral Hemorrhagic Septicemia (VHS) immersion challenge in juvenile muskellunge using StaRT-PCR: a quantification study” by Lindsey Pierce, James Willey, Robert Kim, Mohamed Faisal, Erin Crawford and Carol Stepien (presented by Pierce)

2009    Ohio Fish and Wildlife Management Conference, Columbus, OH (December 2009): “Viral Hemorrhagic Septicemia (VHS) immersion challenge in juvenile muskellunge using StaRT-PCR: a quantification study” by Lindsey Pierce, Carol Stepien, James Willey and Erin Crawford (presented by Pierce)

2009    American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists annual conference in Portland, OR (July): “Developing a rapid molecular assay with internal controls for detecting the VHS fish virus” by Lindsey Pierce, James Willey, Erin Crawford and Carol Stepien (presented by Stepien)

2008    Annual Ohio Fish and Wildlife Managers Association (February): “Developing a rapid molecular assay with internal controls for detecting the VHS fish virus” by Lindsey Pierce, James Willey, Erin Crawford and Carol Stepien (presented by Pierce)