Frontiers in Aquaculture Biotechnology

Authors

W.S. Lakra Ex-Vice Chancellor, ICAR-CIFE, Mumbai, India. Dr. W. S. Lakra, D. Sc. has over 30 years of experience in fisheries and aquaculture research and management with a specialization in genetics, biotechnology, aquaculture and biodiversity conservation. He is a former Director of ICAR-Central Institute of Fisheries Education, Mumbai and National Bureau of Fish Genetic Resources, Lucknow. He is an internationally acclaimed scientist and has made outstanding contributions in the development of molecular markers including DNA barcodes and cell culture systems from major aquaculture species for biodiversity conservation and biotechnological applications. Dr. Lakra is a Fellow of National Academy of Sciences, India and National Academy of Agricultural Sciences. He has many prestigious awards to his credit and authored more than 350 scientific publications including several books. His name has also figured among the Top 2% most influential scientists worldwide based on the Scopus publications impact as per the report published by the Stanford University, USA recently. Mukunda Goswami Central Institute of Fisheries Education, Indian Council of Agricultural Research, India. Dr. Mukunda Goswami is presently working as a Principal Scientist at ICAR-Central Institute of Fisheries Education (CIFE), Mumbai. He did his PG and Ph. D. from CIFE, Mumbai and Post-Doctoral research from University of Ottawa, Canada. Dr. Goswami previously worked at ICAR-NBFGR, Lucknow as a Senior Scientist where he was actively involved in fish molecular and biotechnological research including cell culture and DNA Barcoding. He has developed and characterized many fish cell lines including a National Repository of Fish Cell Lines in India. He has also delivered several lectures on fish cell line development and culture techniques in addition to his regular teaching academic courses for PG and Ph. D. students . Presently, he is focusing on whole cut cell-based/cultivated seafood. He has published more than 70 research papers in high impact factor international journals. He is the recipient of many national and international fellowships and awards. Vance L. Trudeau University Research Chair in Neuroendocrinology, Faculty of Science, Department of Biology, Ottawa, Canada. Dr. Trudeau is known worldwide for his work on the neurobiology of reproduction and growth using fish (and frogs) as models. He has ~ 13 years of interdisciplinary research. He is President of a Scientific Society, International Symposium on Fish Endocrinology, serves as an editorial board member on several scientific journals on Fish Endocrinology. He has published hundreds of articles and supervised over ~150 thesis / grad students.