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- 25-Apr-2016
Massive congrats to Kieran Murphy who has just been accepted into the PhD program at the University of Tasmania - he'll be studying and modelling cephalopod range and diet shifts in response to climate change at the Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies. Very cool!
- 4-Apr-2016
Publication!
This one has been a long time coming from our collaborative efforts as part of the Centre for Biofouling Research. Led by Nat Filip (MSc) and Amanda Pustam (post-doc), plus also help from Veronica Ells, Katy Grosicki, and also several other students over in chemistry with Truis-Smith Palmer, we show how a siloxane-based coating can be both fouling-release (i.e. fouling animals don't stick to it easily) and also leach a toxin that particularly seems to target the invasive tunicate Ciona intestinalis. Published in Marine Environmental Research.
- 31-Mar-2016
Congratulations!
Kieran Murphy (co-supervised by Cory Bishop, also part of the Centre for Biofouling Research) has successfully defended his MSc thesis examining the link between invasive tunicate populations and abiotic environmental factors. A big thank you also to Dr. Claudio DiBacco from the Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Bedford Institute of Oceanography who acted as Keiran's external examiner for the defense. Next up, manuscript preparation!
- 22-Feb-2016
Publication!
Another report from the Centre for Biofouling Research, based on work in Truis Smith-Palmer's lab, looking at biofilm formation during flow. Published in Applied Spectroscopy.
- 10-Feb-2016
Publication!
More nudibranch research! Jono Schwarz and Greg McCullagh discovered that, contrary to our expecations, Tritonia does not appear to use its oral veil for long-distance navigation. Instead, the sense organ may only be used for short-distance perception in advance of predation or mating. Published in Marine and Freshwater Behaviour and Physiology.
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