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MSU VISITS UNITED NATIONS FAO TO CELEBRATE LAUNCH OF AQUACULTURE REFERENCE
CENTER, HIGH-PERFORMANCE COMPUTING PARTNERSHIPS

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MSU VISITS UNITED NATIONS FAO TO CELEBRATE LAUNCH OF AQUACULTURE REFERENCE
CENTER, HIGH-PERFORMANCE COMPUTING PARTNERSHIPS



MSU President Mark E. Keenum and Food and Agriculture Organization of the United
Nations Director-General Qu Dongyu mark the launch of MSU’s new FAO-designated
Reference Center for Antimicrobial Resistance and Aquaculture Biosecurity.
(Photo courtesy of Alessandra Benedetti, FAO)



Contact: James Carskadon

ROME, Italy.—Mississippi State’s global impact in the fields of aquaculture and
high-performance computing continues to grow as university leaders visited the
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations this week to celebrate
new partnerships.

FAO and MSU marked the launch of the university’s new FAO-designated Reference
Center for Antimicrobial Resistance and Aquaculture Biosecurity. MSU is one of
four institutions internationally taking part in the launch. The two
organizations are also collaborating on efforts to use high-performance
computing capabilities to enhance knowledge of global land and water resources.

“We are committed to working with FAO to advance its global mandate to manage
the threats posed by antimicrobial resistance,” said MSU President Mark E.
Keenum. “These initiatives are critical because more than 3 billion people rely
on fish for protein. We want to be sure that everyone in our growing population
has access to sustainable, healthy diets, and we are excited to work with our
partners at FAO to do so.”



MSU President Mark E. Keenum visits with Food and Agriculture Organization of
the United Nations Director-General Qu Dongyu on Monday [June 26] during an
event at FAO headquarters in Rome, Italy. (Photo courtesy of Alessandra
Benedetti, FAO)



The reference center, managed through MSU's Global Center for Aquatic Health and
Food Security in the College of Veterinary Medicine, is part of a coordinated
international effort to better understand and reduce the level of antimicrobial
resistance in aquaculture. Antimicrobial resistance occurs when germs like
bacteria gain the ability to resist drugs designed to kill them. According to
the FAO, antimicrobial resistance is a major global threat with implications for
food safety and food security. MSU’s College of Veterinary Medicine is a
longstanding leader in aquaculture research, with programs that impact global
and domestic partners, such as the U.S. catfish industry. MSU serves as the lead
for the USAID-funded Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Fish.

MSU and FAO also marked new collaborations focused on the use of
high-performance computing to assess global land and water resources. The
collaboration builds on MSU’s supercomputing resources that include two systems
ranked among the 500 most powerful in the world. MSU researchers utilize
supercomputers, data science and artificial intelligence to better understand
geophysical and agricultural systems.



MSU Provost and Executive Vice President David Shaw and John Lackey, deputy
director of the FAO Human Resources Division, sign an agreement that will allow
for internship, volunteer and fellowship relationships between MSU and the Food
and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. (Photo courtesy of FAO)



“High-performance computing and advanced modeling and simulations have become
critical resources to support sustainable agricultural systems,” Keenum said.
“These complex models and simulations are built upon tremendous amounts of
information, such as satellite images and climate-change data. Our resources and
personnel will be able to enhance the performance and efficiency of these models
thanks to our capacity and expertise in advanced computing.

We believe data science and artificial intelligence hold much promise to enhance
food security and alleviate hunger and poverty. We are excited about working
with FAO to explore these possibilities and use cutting-edge technology to find
practical solutions to real-world problems.”

For more on the FAO’s antimicrobial resistance efforts, visit
https://www.fao.org/antimicrobial-resistance/en/.

For more on MSU’s Global Center for Aquatic Health and Food Security, visit
www.gcahfs.msstate.edu.

Mississippi State University is taking care of what matters. Learn more at
www.msstate.edu.

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