Timothy Bowden
Website: Aquatic health laboratory
Professional Interests: Disease resistance in oysters and other shellfish, effective treatments for shellfish disease, immune function of fish
Teaching: AVS 211 Introduction to Aquaculture
Research: Dr. Bowden’s current research interests cover a number of areas. Host/pathogen interactions – how does a pathogen gain entry into an aquatic animal host and how does that host respond. He is involved with both vertebrate and invertebrate species and with bacterial, viral and parasite pathogens. Basic immunology of aquatic animals especially invertebrate animals such as; oysters, razor clams, lobsters and seahorses. He has projects looking at basic immune function in novel species such as the razor clam and seahorse. Environmental impacts on aquatic animals, with a special focus on health impacts. How does an aquatic animal cope with changes in its environment such as temperature, salinity or acidity. He has a special interest in biological clocks and seasonality, an issue of specific importance to more temperate species. It is clear that animal physiology and behavior are affected by the change in season, but how does this impact their health. How do they sense the changing season? What is the method of molecular transduction that responds to an environmental change and leads to a physiological change in the animal? Finally, he has an interest in ageing in aquatic animals. What happens when an animal ages, especially from a health and immunology point of view? Can an animal possibly recover from senescence?
Recent Publications:
Bowden TJ, Preziosi BM & Bricknell IR. 2018. Comparative susceptibility of juvenile Atlantic halibut (Hippoglossus hippoglossus) to different isolates of Vibrio sp. and Aeromonas salmonicida subsp. achromogenes. Journal of Fish Diseases, 41(1): 79-86
Dickey G, Messerman NA & Bowden TJ. 2017. Prevalence of the protozoan parasite Haplosporidium nelsoni in the eastern oyster, Crassostrea virginica, within the Damariscotta River Estuary, in Maine, USA, in 2014 and 2016 as measured by PCR. Bulletin of the European Association of Fish Pathologists, 37(6): 235-243
Bowden TJ. 2017. The humoral immune systems of the American lobster (Homarus americanus) and the European lobster (Homarus gammarus). Fisheries Research, 186 (part 1): 367-371
Messerman NA & Bowden TJ. 2016. Survey of potential reservoir species for the oyster parasite MSX (Haplosporidium nelsoni) in and around oyster farms in the Damariscotta River Estuary, Maine, USA. Journal of Shellfish Research, 35(4): 851-856
Makrinos DL. and Bowden TJ. 2016. Growth characteristics of the intracellular pathogen, Piscirickettsia salmonis, in tissue culture and cell-free media. Journal of Fish Diseases, 40(8): 1115-1127
Makrinos DL, Bowden TJ. 2016. Natural environmental impacts on teleost immune function. Fish & Shellfish Immunology, 53: 50-57
Preziosi BM, Bowden TJ. 2016. Morphological characterization via light and electron microscopy of Atlantic jackknife clam (Ensis directus) hemocytes. Micron, 84 (May 2016): 96-106.
Ridgway, I.; Bowden, T.J.; Roman-Gonzalez, A.; Richardson, C.A. 2014. Resistance to oxidative stress is not associated with the exceptional longevity of the freshwater pearl mussel, Margaritifera margaritifera nor three unionid species. Aquatic Sci. 76:259-267.
Messerman, N.A.; Johndrow, K.E.; Bowden, T.J. 2014. Prevalence of the protozoan parasite in the Eastern oyster, Crassostrea virginica,within the Damariscotta River Estuary, in Maine, USA in 2012. Bull. Eur. Assoc. Fish Path. 34:54-62.
Bowden, T.J.; Bricknell, I.R. 2013. Management of finfish and shellfish larval health in aquaculture hatcheries. In: Allan, G.; Burnell, G. (Eds) Advances in Aquaculture Hatchery Technology. Issue pp:223-245.
