On March 30, the 2023 symposium of Young Elite Scientists Sponsorship Program (YESS) by China Association for Science and Technology (CAST) was held at Huazhong Agricultural University. This event featured five scholars from the Chinese Fisheries Society (CFS) who were selected into the program during the 7th and 8th sessions. They presented their latest research at the meeting. Gaojian, Vice Dean of the College of Fisheries, presided over the event.

Associate Professor Wang Wenlei from Jimei University gave a report on his analysis of the maturation mechanism and the cultivation of new varieties of Pyropia haitanensis. He introduced the development of large-scale seaweed cultivation in China, the current difficulty in breeding of improved variety of laver, and the latest advances in Pyropia haitanensis cultivation.
Associate Professor Tan Yuqing from China Agricultural University, presented an academic report entitled “Application and Mechanism of the Study of by-Product of Fish Processing as Nitrogen Source Substitutes for Microbial Culture Media”. She highlighted the significant differences in the efficient utilization of aquatic by-products between domestic and foreign countries, and took the silver carp as an example to introduce the high-quality processing method of fish head protein and the impact of by-product of fish processing as nitrogen source substitutes on the growth of probiotics.
Researcher Li Ao from the Institute of Oceanography, Chinese Academy of Sciences gave a report entitled “Analysis of Adaptation Evolution Mechanism of Oysters and Its Breeding Application”, presenting the research status and progress of the evolutionary mechanism of quantitative and adaptive traits of oysters under the influence of environmental factors.
With the theme of “Provenance Analysis and Health Feeding of Macrobrachium nipponense”, Assistant Researcher Li Yiming from Fisheries Machinery and Instrument Research Institute focused on the introduction of the provenance and the healthy feeding of Macrobrachium nipponense. He believed that the feeding method of catching large shrimp and leaving small ones and the multi-generational feeding are the main reasons for the genetic degradation of Macrobrachium nipponense, and he emphasized that genetic resources and the feeding of improved varieties are the prerequisites for achieving large-scale breeding of Macrobrachium nipponense.
Associate Professor Tu Xiao from the College of Fisheries of HZAU reported the development of new drugs for monostome and small gourd worm disease in his speech “Research and Development of Drug Treatment and Control of Fish Parasitic Diseases”, and summarized the harm of fish parasitic diseases and the existing problems in the current drug treatment and control.
The attendees, including students and scholars, actively participated in the discussions that followed. Finally, Prof. Gao Jian emphasized that scientific research should focus on the major needs of industrial development and carry out sustained research.
The YESS program, which was launched by CAST since 2015, has a clear objective of providing support to young talents under the age of 32 with independent innovation capabilities and academic potential. The program aims to facilitate their participation in high-level international academic exchanges and to help them serve in influential international organizations of science and technology. The goal of the program is to ensure that these young talents become the reserve forces troops for the high-level and innovative research teams in major scientific and technological fields. To date, 11 talents from CFS have been selected into the YESS program, and CFS has organized four sessions for the program.

Source: http://news.hzau.edu.cn/2023/0403/66053.shtml
Translated by: Wang Lianqiong
Supervised by: Pan Buhan