Caiwen Li Ph.D. in Marine Science, Virginia Institute of Marine Science MS in Marine Environmental Science, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences BS in Chemistry, Qingdao University cwli@vims.edu (804)684-7237 Byrd Hall, 318

Research Interests:

• Diseases of crustaceans: etiology; pathogenesis; molecular diagnosis; pathogen-host interaction.
• Pathogenic dinoflagellates: pathogenesis; molecular diagnosis.

Publications: 

• Li, C., Shields, J.D., Ratzlaff, R.E. & Butler, M.J. (2007). Pathology and hematology of the Caribbean spiny lobster experimentally infected with Panulirus argus virus 1 (PaV1). Virus Research, in press. 

• Li, C. & Shields, J. D. (2007) Characterization and primary culture of hemocytes from the blue crab, Callinectes sapidus. Proceeding of the World Chinese Symposium for the Crustacean Aquaculture, in press.

• Li, C. & Shields, J. D. (2007) Primary culture of hemocytes from the Caribbean spiny lobster, Panulirus argus, and their susceptibility to Panulirus argus Virus 1 (PaV1). Journal of Invertebrate Pathology 94, 48-55. 

• Li, C., Shields, J.D., Small, H.J., Reece, K. S., Hartwig, C.L., Cooper, R.A. & Ratzlaff, R.E. (2006). Diagnosis of Panulirus argus virus 1 (PaV1) in the Caribbean spiny lobster using fluorescence in situ hybridization. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 72, 185-192.

• Li, C., Guan, Y., Yu, R., Zhang, B. & Yu, Z. (2003). The effects of Heterosigma akashiwo on artificial infection of white spot syndrome virus in Fenneropenaeus chinensis. Acta Oceanologica Sinica 25, 132-137. 

• Li, C., Guan, Y. & Yu, Z. (2003). Effects if salinity variation on outbreak of white spot syndrome and immunocompetence in Peaneus japonicus. Marine Environmental Science 21, 6-9. 

• Yu, Z., Li, C. & Guan, Y. (2003). Effect of salinity on the immune responses and outbreak of white sport syndrome in the shrimp Marsupenaeus japonicus. Ophelia 57, 99-106. 

• Guan, Y., Yu, Z. & Li, C. (2003). The effects of temperature on white spot syndrome infections in Marsupenaeus japonicus. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology 83, 257-260.

Presentation/poster: 

• 8^th International Conference & Workshop on Lobster Biology & Management, Charlottetown , PEI , Canada , 2007.
• Hematodinium Associated Diseases Workshop, Charlottetown , PEI , Canada , 2007.
• Eastern Fish Health Workshop, Gettysburg , Pennsylvania , USA , 2007
• 5^th World Chinese Symposium for the Crustacean Aquaculture, Shanghai , P.R. China, 2006.
• Eastern Fish Health Workshop, Charleston , South Carolina , USA , 2006
• International Crustacean Congress VI, at Glasgow , Scotland , 2004.

Supervisors: Dr. Jeff D. Shields and Dr. Kimberly S. Reece