FUCOBI MEMBERS

FUCOBI ELECTED MEMBERS

PRESIDENT: Mirian Alcívar Arteaga
VICE PRESIDENT: Dr. Jorge Romero Arteaga
SECRETARY: Sofía Figueroa
TREASURER: Eng. Daniela Espinosa.
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR: Iris Hernández

MAIN MEMBERS
First Member: Carlos Mejia Ochoa
Second Member: Freddy Aviega Argandoña
SUBSTITUTE MEMBERS
First Member: Acasia Alcivar Arteaga
Second Member: Marcela Mendoza Zambrano

Founding Members

Acacia Alcivar-Warren, DMVZ, MSc,

PhD. Founder and first president of FUCOBI

ONE HEALTH Epigenomics - A Global Educational Initiative
Environmental Genomics Inc.
P.O. Box 196, Southborough, MA 01772-1801 USA

Program coordinator 'UNA SALUD / ONE HEALTH Epigenomics and Microbiomes:
Somos lo que comemos / We are what we eat'
The Mangrove Epigenome (MangroveENCODE) Project

Fundación para la Conservacion de la Biodiversidad (FUCOBI) Quito, Ecuador, www.fucobi.org, fucobi@gmail.com

Co-chair, 'The Shrimp Epigenome (ShrimpENCODE) Project' session, and
'ONE HEALTH Epigenomics and Microbiomes: From Soil to People' workshop,
113th Annual National Shellfisheries Association (NSA) Meeting, March 21-26, 2021,
Charlotte, North Carolina, USA, https://www.shellfish.org/annual-meetingFounder and first president of FUCOBI

MEET OUR VOLUNTEERS

Cristhian Jonathan Barberán
César Díaz
Abg. Iris Hernández
Andrés Espinoza, DVM
Dr. Diego Alejandro
Biol. Mayra Galindo
Dra. Alexandra Penafiel
Andrés Aveiga Alcìvar
Liliana Zúñiga Sánchez
Karol Alarcòn Mieles
Gober Asunciòn Pelàez

Ing. Ricardo Tapia Cedeno
Ing. Daniela Espinoza Zambrano
Econ. Marcela Mendoza Zambrano
Miriam Alcivar Arteaga
Sofia Figueroa Zambrano
Freddy Aveiga Argandona
Ing. Ruben Caiche Ascencio
Johnny Alcivar Arteaga
Maria Luisa Ortega
Dr. Carlos Mejia Ochoa
Martha Ochoa

OTHER COLLABORATORS

Environmental Genomics, Inc. (EGI)
Lissett Román Serrano
Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA Laura Hake, Ph.D., Biology Department
Aracelly Alcivar Arteaga
Fernando Aveiga
Oscar Jaen Machala
Bióloga Evelyn Lazo
Alfredo Quarto, Mangrove Action Project
Jimmy Alcivar Marcillo, student
Crisanta Malave Leon, volunteer Shrimp Scampi project
Servio Leonel Zambrano, volunteer Shrimp Scampi project

Christian Alcivar-Marcillo
Johanna Alcivar-Parrales
Shirkey Alcivar-Parrales
Pedro Alcivar-Marcillo
Martha Reyes
Caroline A. Warren
Diana Calvache
Jimmy Alcivar-Marcillo

THE FOLLOWING SCIENTISTS HAVE RECEIVED THE FUCOBI AWARD:
"OUTSTANDING ONE HEALTH RESEARCHERS IN AQUACULTURE since 2019"

Congratulations! for their outstanding work in aquaculture research since 2019, in accordance with our educational and research efforts on conservation and diversity in mangroves (MangroveENCODE), to maintain healthy seafood (ShrimpENCODE), and protect public health (ChildrenENCODE) within our holistic program of "UNA SALUD / ONE HEALTH"

Sandra Shumway	USA	2019- 2020
Jianhai Xiang	China	2019-2020
Ximing Guo	USA	2019
Irina Arkhipova	USA	2020
Suhua Shi	China	2020
Ana Ibarra	México	2020
Kathy F.J. Tang	USA	2020
Ana Soto	USA	2020
Weidong Bao	USA	2019-2021
Tim Flegel	Tailandia	2019
Jurgenne Primavera	Filipinas	2019

Nomitaded '2021 Outstanding ONE HEALTH Researchers in Aquaculture'

Researchers	Country	Year	Accomplishment
Tim Flegel	Thailand	2019	Disease expert, unregulated international trade, integrated viruses (WSSV-EVE, IHHNV-EVE)
Jurgenne Primavera, SEAFDEC	Philippines	2019	Mangrove conservation and aquaculture, Genetic diversity of wild Penaeus monodon
Sandra Shumway, editor of Journal of Shellfish Research, NSA meeting manager	USA	2019-2021	Supporter of FUCOBI’s ONE HEALTH Bivalves, microplastics, closed the reproduction cycle of Pandalus borealis shrimp
Jianhai Xiang, Chinese Academy of Sciences	China	2019-2021	First genome sequence of a Penaeus vannamei male farmed in China (~1.6 Gb size)
Ximing Guo, Rutgers University, NJ	USA	2019-2021	Located my TAACC microsatellite repeats to the shrimp telomeres by in situ hybridization
Weidong Bao, Genetics Information Research Institute (www.girinst.org)*	USA	2019-2021	Discovered a ~270Kb, WSSV-like, nimavirus (Nimav-1_LVa) integrated in the genome of SPF P. vannamei from Hawaii (expected ~2.87 Gb size) , that inserted in the telomeric TAACC repeats; characterized 312 repetitive elements (transposable elements) from genome sequence of SPF shrimp*
Irina Arkhipova	USA	2020-2021	Evolution of transposable elements, horizontal gene transter, horizontal transfer of transposon
Suhua Shi	China	2020-2021	Sequenced 16 mangrove genomes, including species of Ecuador, except one in Esmeraldas
Ana Ibarra	México	2020-2021	Discovered a chrustacean hyperglycemic hormone (CHH) that is part of the Nimavirus
Kathy F.J. Tang	USA	2020-2021	First to publish an integrated IHHNV virus in Penaeus monodon of Madagascar, Africa
Ana Soto	USA	2020	Bisphenol A, microplastics
Nitsara Karoonuthaisiri	Thailand	2021	The first full whole genome for Penaeus monodon (~2.4 Gb size)
Diego Alejandro	Ecuador	2021	First Ecuadorian ER and Geneticist from Ecuador who documented ~300 congenital malformations in children form the Santa Elena Peninsula – private practitioner