PRELIMINARY PROGRAM

Wednesday - November 19th, 2025

08:30

Registration

09:00

Opening words

Dr. José Manuel Yáñez

Director EDIGEN
Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias y Pecuarias, Universidad de Chile

09:10

Invited Keynote Presentation

Global status of gene edited aquacultural species and their products

Dr. Alison Van Eenennaam

University of California, Davis, USA

IN VIVO GENE EDITING

Moderator: Dr. Sebastián Escobar-Aguirre

10:00

Gene editing in Chile: a zebrafish tail

Dr. Miguel Allende

Center for Genomic Regulation, Universidad de Chile

10:30

Advances in genome editing for brazilian native aquaculture: the case of tambaqui (AquaCRISPR)

Dr. Fernanda Almeida

EMBRAPA, Brazil

11:00

Official photo & Press point

11:10

Coffee break

TARGET GENES & DISEASE RESISTANCE

Moderator: Dr. Liane Bassini

11:40

CRISPR Editing of transferirin gene decouples iron homeostasis and trace metal balance in atlantic salmon

Dr. Sebastián Escobar

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

12:00

Target genes and structural variants involved in SRS (Piscirickettsia salmonis) resistance in coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch)

Constanza Urzúa-Encina

LABGEN, Universidad de Chile

12:20

Structural Variants as Genomic Markers for future research in gene editing for resistance to infectious pancreatic necrosis virus in rainbow trout

Connie Eliza Claure Guisbert

Universidad de los Lagos, Chile

12:40

QTL for IPN in Atlantic salmon: what structural variants can tell us on the mechanism of resistance?

Tamara Montenegro-Candia

LABGEN, University of Chile

13:00

Lunch at Hotel Restaurant

INDUSTRY SESSION I

Moderator: Dr. José M. Yáñez

14:30

Gene Editing in Salmon Aquaculture: Target and Applications

Dr. Ross Houston

Benchmark Genetics, UK

15:00

High-throughput screening of gene-edited animals to ensure quality and safety

Dr. Derek Bickhart

Hendrix Genetics, The Netherlands

15:30

Industry talk - TBD

16:00

Coffee break

INDUSTRY SESSION II

Moderator: Dr. José M. Yáñez

16:30

Unlocking commercial scale genome editing

Dr. Debbie Plouffe

The Center for Aquaculture Technologies, USA

17:00

Industry Talk - TBD

17:30

Roundtable

Industry Applications of gene edited aquatic animals

Participants: Ross Houston, Derek Bickhart, Debbie Plouffe & Industry representatives

19:00

Official Dinner at Hotel Restaurant

Thursday - November 20th, 2025

08:30

Registration

09:00

Initial message - Second day

09:10

Invited Keynote Presentation

CrispResist – Understanding the mechanisms responsible for crossspecies variation in host-resistance to sea lice

Dr. Nicholas Robinson

Nofima, Norway and Deakin University, Australia

IN VIVO GENE EDITING II

Moderator: Dr. Fernanda Almeida

10:00

Genetic mosaicism of F0 individuals obtained by CRISPR/Cas9 knockout of the myostatin gene in common carp

Dr. Maria Ruzina

Russian Institute for Fishery and Oceanography (VNIRO)

10:30

Sterility is a foundational trait for the commercialization of genome editing and genetic biotechnologies

Dr. Yehwa Jin

The Center for Aquaculture Technologies, USA

11:00

Coffee break

GENOMICS & TARGET GENES

Moderator: Dr. Cristian Canales-Aguirre

11:30

Pangenome of coho salmon reveals domestication signatures

Dr. Maria Simak

LABGEN, Universidad de Chile

11:45

Genomic footprint of selection in rainbow trout – from wild fish to modern aquaculture

Dr. Nikolai Mugue

Russian Institute for Fishery and Oceanography (VNIRO)

12:00

Determination of pleiotropic variants for Caligus rogercresseyi susceptibility and growth in atlantic salmon using whole genome sequencing

Dr. Pablo Cáceres-Refusta

LABGEN, Universidad de Chile

12:15

Genomic breeding in sturgeon aquaculture

Dr. Anna E. Barmintseva

Russian Institute for Fishery and Oceanography (VNIRO)

12:30

GWAS with genotype-by-vaccine interaction models reveals a QTL and candidate genes associated with IPNv resistance in rainbow trout

Rodrigo Marín-Nahuelpi

LABGEN, Universidad de Chile

12:45

Integrative Omics Analysis of thermal Stress Response in Rainbow Trout

Dr. David Tapia Espinoza

LABGEN, Universidad de Chile

13:00

Lunch at Hotel Restaurant

Pitch Session

Moderator: Dr. Cristian Canales-Aguirre

14:30

Progress in genome editing for pacific white shrimp L. vannamei

Dr. Ashutosh Pudasaini

The Center for Aquaculture Technologies, USA

14:50

Genomic Priorization strategies for the identification of candidate causal variants in aquaculture species

Dr. Jousepth Gallardo-Hidalgo

Universidad San Sebastián & LABGEN, Universidad de Chile

15:00

Identification and characterization of pleiotropic loci contributing to genetic compensation between final weight and resistance to Piscirickettsia salmonis in farmed rainbow trout

Martín Figueroa-Saavedra

Universidad Andrés Bello, Chile

15:10

Morpholino Antisense Oligonucleotide Technologies for the Control of Gene Expression and Their Potential Applications in Aquaculture

Marcela González Rojas

LABGEN, Universidad de Chile

15:20

Characterization of the transcriptomic response of atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) to a new variant of infectious pancreatic necrosis virus (IPNv) in genetically resistant fish

Benjamín Bennett

LABGEN, Universidad de Chile

15:30

Allelic-specific expression to pinpoint gene target for gene editing

Dr. Liane Bassini

Universidad San Sebastián, Chile

15:40

Epigenetic and transcriptomic changes in larvae from cryopreserved sperm in the South American native species cachama (Piaractus orinoquensis)

Felipe Bernal

Universidad de los Llanos, Colombia

15:50

High-throughput pharmacogenomics approaches to promote host resistance to diseases in salmon aquaculture

Dr. Mario Caruffo

CRIA, Universidad de Chile

16:00

Coffee break

Workshop: Regulatory framework for gene edited food

Moderator: Marcela Lara

16:30

Regulatory Talk - TBD

16:50

ACHIPIA and the risk assessment process within the National Food Safety and Security System

Gustavo Sotomayor

Agencia chilena para la inocuidad y calidad alimentaria (ACHIPIA), Chile

17:10

EDIGEN: Perspectives for the use of gene editing in chilean salmon aquaculture

Dr. José M. Yáñez

Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias y Pecuarias, Universidad de Chile

17:30

Roundtable

Regulatory status for gene edited food

Participants: Camila Huidobro; José M. Yáñez; Gustavo Sotomayor.

18:00

Closing remarks

18:10

Cocktail

Contact

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Avenida Santa Rosa 11735, La Pintana, Santiago, Chile.
Código Postal: 8820808.