Email khudson@vims.edu Office Andrews 413 Phone (804) 684-7742

Karen Hudson Job Title: Scientist II / Research Coordinator Degree: B.S. degree, Millersville University,Millersville, PA Supervisor: Stan Allen

Duties/specialties:

Coordinate projects for the Aquaculture Genetics and Breeding Technology Center (ABC) by facilitating resource scheduling, developing database management and disseminating information in support of ABC's mission. Prepare reports, assist with publications, and direct independent projects.

Current Projects:

Research Manager for the Comparative field trials of triploid Crassostrea ariakensis with C. virginica. (www.vims.edu/vsc)

This project is designed to compare triploid C. virginica to triploid C. ariakensis in growth, mortality, condition, reversion, disease and gametogenesis. The project is in concert with the Virginia Seafood Council's "Economic analysis of triploid C. ariakensis aquaculture".

Publications:

• Hamish J. Small, Jeffrey D. Shields, Karen L. Hudson, and Kimberly S. Reece (2007). Molecular detection of Hematodinium sp. infecting the blue crab, Callinectes sapidus. Journal of Shellfish Research. Vol 26, No. 1, 131-139.
  
  
• Brown GD, Hudson KL, Reece KS (2004). Multiple polymorphic sites at the ITS and ATAN loci in cultured isolates of Perkinsus marinus. J Eukaryot Microbiol. May-June;51(3);312-20.
  
  
• Dungan, C.F., R.M. Hamilton, K.L. Hudson, C.B. McCollough and K.S. Reece. (2002). Two Epizootic Infectious Diseases in Chesapeake Bay Commercial Clams Mya arenaria and Tagelus plebius. Dis. Aquat. Org. 50:67-78.



• Reece, K.S., D. Bushek, K.L. Hudson and J.E. Graves. (2001). Geographic distribution of Perkinsus marinus genetic strains along the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of the USA. Marine Biology 139:1047-1055.