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Aquatic Animal Health - Staff/Contact Us (scrolldown)
Dr. C. Rolland Laramore - Technical director of the Aquatic Animal Health Lab
Dr. Laramore is one of the world's leading experts on shrimp nutrition, health management,
genetic selection for disease resistance and overall shrimp culture practices. He has been
the director of AAHL since 1999. A large part of his job involves providing technical advice
for a variety of HBOI aquaculture projects and to shrimp culture facilities worldwide.
Additional responsibilities he assumes as director include writing analytical reports for
clients, interpreting slides prepared for shrimp histology and running bioassays.
Dr. Laramore is also the president and director of research for Bonney, Laramore and
Hopkins, Inc., a company that specializes in producing shrimp feeds and conducting shrimp
nutrition research. The firm has been located on the campus of HBOI since 1997.
From 1992 to 1997 Dr. Laramore served as the president of Shrimp Culture Technologies Inc.,
(SCTI), located in Fort Pierce, FL. While there he worked to develop a specific pathogen
free (SPF) shrimp genetics improvement program. Prior to that, he worked for Granada Genetics
at Texas A & M, where he developed a method for controlling Baculovirus penaeid infections
in shrimp hatcheries through the elevation of water temperature and isolation of rearing tanks.
Dr. Laramore got his start working for Ralston Purina Co., in St. Louis, MO in 1971. While
there he was responsible for bacteriological and viral testing of domestic animals. He was
also involved in testing disinfectants, antibiotics and vaccines that were submitted by
Purina's Health Industry Group for USDA registration.
Susan Laramore - Assistant manager of the Aquatic Animal Health Lab
Susan began working at HBOI in 1997. Prior to managing the health lab she worked with shrimp
in the grow-out, hatchery and maturation facilities. She received her B.A. and M.S. at
Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville in Molecular Biology and is currently a Ph.D.
candidate at Florida Tech, where she is working with various strains of the White Spot
Syndrome Virus (WSSV).
Susan conducts all PCR and RT-PCR assays. She also produces slides for histologic
interpretation and interprets slides made from bivalve and fish samples. In addition, she
trains and oversees the volunteers and interns that work in the lab on a part-time basis.
Special health training courses Susan has attended include: the Shrimp Pathology Short Course
at U of A in 1999 (Dr. Lightner), Fish Health Management Workshops at U of F in 1998 and
2000 (Dr. Francis-Floyd) and individualized training in oyster histology and Dermo analysis
at Rutgers Haskin Research Lab in NJ in 2000 (Dr. Ford).
Interns (Past & Present)
1999 - 2000 : Riccardo Russo (University of Italy) - PCR & Microbiology
Riccardo is currently enrolled as a graduate student at the University of Gainesville and is interested in fish diseases.
2000 : Eric Wilkening (Indian River Community College) - Microbioloby & Probiotics
Eric is currently enrolled as an undergraduate student at the University in Gainesville and is interested in microbiology.
2001 : Avery Solco (Philippines) - Microbiology
Avery is currently in the Philippines and plans to go into shrimp farming.
2001 : Karen Cervine (M.S.Gainesville) - PCR
Karen is currently employed by a cancer research lab in Miami, associated with the University of Miami.
Our mailing address and phone number is:
Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution • Aquatic Animal Health
5600 US 1 North, Ft. Pierce, Florida, USA 34946
772.465.2400 ext.525 fax: 772.466.6590
If you have any questions or comments about Aquatic Animal Health,
just send us an email to info@aquatichealth.org or fill out and submit the form below.
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