Vanessa Lowe, Pam Jensen, and Frank Morado attended the National Shellfisheries Association annual meeting held 26 March - 29 March 2012 in Seattle. Pam Jensen gave an oral presentation titled “Hematodinium spp. in the Pacific Northwest,” a historical overview of Hematodnium-associated disease in the North Pacific. Vanessa presented the poster “Lumpy Bumpy the Sea Star,”which presented preliminary data on the effects and distribution of a gastropod parasite of sea stars.
Dr. Joe Pitula of the University of Maryland Eastern Shore also attended the meeting which provided a background for collaborative disease studies.