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As we head into 2017, a wrap up of 2016 shows just how successfully the Climate Change Cluster (C3) has built on its eight year foundations to be a thriving, internationally recognised research institute with almost 100 scientists, professional staff and Higher Degree Research students. C3 is proud to be driving UTS Science growth with ambitious plans to continue to broaden its income base and produce research outcomes that will benefit society, industry and also shape policy.
C3’s unique research structure and culture is producing real leadership that generates globally relevant connections, allowing teams to address complex problems. C3 will continue to examine the impacts of climate change on plant and microbe based ecosystems while moving towards dual global agendas of food and fuel security. I look forward to keeping you up to date about our new industry focused teams for Algal Bioproducts, Phyco-Chemicals and Process Engineering and hope you enjoy catching up on C3 highlights from 2016 in our first quarterly newsletter.
I’d like to thank C3 team members, Faculty and UTS community for their dedication, enthusiasm, good humour and support in 2016.
Cheers,
Professor Peter Ralph
Director, UTS Climate Change Cluster
WELCOME TO THE 2016
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CONTENTSDirector’s Report
Staff
Publications
Seminars
Grants
Visitors
Conference
Awards
Engagement
In the Media
The Climate Change Cluster (C3) undertakes integrated and interdisciplinary research at the intersection of the Physical and Life Sciences. The institute’s goal is to deliver meaningful, impactful research to inform solutions to mitigate climate change impacts on our plant-microbe ecosystems, which are critical for the well-being of the animals, plants and our communities that rely on them. C3’s research therefore, is making contributions to address the biggest environmental and societal issues facing Australia and other countries in a changing climate: food and energy security; sustainability and ecological resilience; and global health.
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Director
Peter Ralph
Professor
Alfredo Huete
Associate Professor
Martina Doblin
ARC Future Fellow and Associate Professor
Shauna MurrayJustin SeymourDavid Suggett
ARC DECRA/UTS Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Penelope Ajani Justin AshworthManoj KumarJean-Baptiste RainaBojan Tamburic
Research Fellow/Postdoctoral Research Fellow/Research Associate
Emma CampAudrey CommaultJoseph CrosswellRakhesh DevadasChristian EvenhuisMichele FabrisTim KahlkeUnnikrishnan KuzhiumparambilLeen LabeeuwBonnie LaverockXuanlong MaAllison McInnesMathieu PerniceNahshon SiboniMilan SzaboDeepa Varkey
Senior Scientific Officer
Leonardo Hardtke
Research Engagement Manager
Brenton Hamdorf
Grants Editor
Sabina Belli
Research Officer
John Moore
Institute Officer
Melissa Oey
Institute Manager
Carolyn CarterCatriona Reid
Professional Officer Technical
Paul BrooksKun Xiao
Honours Students
Jack Adriaans Harvey Bates Trent Haydon Whitney Heiniger Annalisa Humphreys Oliver Kelly Alexander Lincoln-Dodgson James O’BrienRitu Soni An Tran
Adjunct Professor
Michael BorowtizkaAnthony Larkum
Visiting Professor
Michael KhulJohn Raven
Visiting Fellow
Pimchnok Buapet Zhijian JiangMalwenn Lassudrie-DuchesneDaniel NielsenMaria Schmitz FontesShalin SeebahElisabeth DeschaseauxRoss JeffreeMatthew NitschkeDennis NurnbergAnna-Heape PoulosRoberta RicciTomas ZavrelWengi ZhangXunhe Zhang
Visiting Scholar
Varunan BalarajuAlicia LloydSimone LowEduardo MaedoMaria Seguro Requejo
Distinguished Visitors
Roman StockerShady AminIrene Wagner-DoblerDavid GreenSuhelen EganChristopher Bolch
Assistant Technical Officer
Lochlan de BeyerTaisiia LapshinaGraeme Polweski
Technical Assistant
Abani SurendranPavlina Naydenova
Associate of C3
Hazel FarrellGurjeet Kohli
HDR Students
Kirralee BakerVanunan BalarajuRichard CarneyMahrita HarahapMatthew HingeeJohanna HowesDavid HughesJeffrey KellewayAnna KretzschmarLeonardo LaioloMichaela LarssonBoajana ManojlovicHina NaazDale RadfordFabo de Oliveira RamosCharlotte RobinsonRendy RobinsonCristin SheehanJessica ToutStacey Trevathan-TackettArjun VermaDaniel WangpraseurtChristopher WatsonZunyi Xie
STAFFCurrently, C3 consists of 90 members: seven teams (two level E leaders; four level D leaders), 22 research fellows/associates (Level A/B/C), eight professional staff; 50 PhD students; two distinguished visitor appointments.
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PUBLICATIONSMembers of C3 regularly publish in high impact, discipline- and multi-discipline specific journals, including Science, Nature, and PNAS. C3’s research has appeared on journal covers and has been the subject of invited reviews in top journals.
Ajani PA, Armbrecht L, Oli-ver K, Kohli G, Murray S Diatom Research Diversity, temporal distribution and physiology of the centric diatom Leptocylindrus (Bacillariophyta) from a southern hemisphere up-welling system
Ajani PA, Hallegraeff GM, Allen D, Coughlan A, Richardson AJ, Armand LK, Ingleton T, Murray SA Oceanography and Marine Biology: an annual review Establishing baselines: a review of eighty years of phytoplankton diversity and biomass in southeastern Australia
Ajani PA, Kim JH, Han MS, Murray SA Phycological Research The first report of the poten-tially harmful diatom Pseu-do-nitzschia caciantha from Australian coastal waters.
Ajani PA, Larsson M, Rubio A, Bush S, Brett S, Farrell H Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science Modelling bloom formation of the toxic dinoflagellates Dinophysis acuminata and Dinophysis caudata in a highly modified estuary, south eastern Australia
Baird ME, Adams MP, Babcock RC, Oubelkheir K, Mongin M, Wild-Allen KA, Skerratt J, Robson BJ, Petrou K, Ralph PJ, O’Brien KR, Carter AB, Jarvis JC, Rasheed MA A biophysical representa-tion of seagrass growth for application in a complex shallow-water biogeochem-ical model
Baird ME, Cherukuru N, Jones E, Margvelashvili N, Mongin M, Oubelkheir K, Ralph PJ, Rizwi F, Robson BJ, Schroeder T, Skerratt J, Steven ADL, Wild-Allen KA Remote-sensing reflectance and true colour produced by a coupled hydrodynamic, optical, sediment, biogeo-chemical model of the Great Barrier Reef, Australia: Comparison with satellite data
Baker KG, Robinson CM, Radford DT, McInnes AS, Evenhuis C, Doblin MA Thermal Performance Curves of Functional Traits Aid Understanding of Ther-mally Induced Changes in Diatom-Mediated Biogeo-chemical Fluxes
Bellgrove A, van Rooyen A, Weeks AR, Clark JS, Doblin MA, Miller AD New resource for population genetics studies on the Aus-tralasian intertidal brown alga, Hormosira banksii: isolation and characteriza-tion of 15 polymorphic mi-crosatellite loci through next generation DNA sequencing
Bibiloni-Isaksson J, Seymour J, Ingleton T, van de Kamp J, Bodrossy L, Brown M Spatial and temporal varia-bility of aerobic anoxygenic hotoheterotrophic bacteria along the east coast of Australia.
Carney RL, Seymour JR, Westhorpe D, Mitrovic SM Lotic bacterioplankton and phytoplankton community changes under dissolved or-ganic-carbon amendment: Evidence for competition for nutrients
Cherukuru N, Davies PL, Brando VE, Anstee JM, Baird ME, Clementson LA, Doblin MA Physical oceanograph-ic processes influence bio-optical properties in the Tasman Sea
Cleverly J, Eamus D, Luo Q, Coupe NR, Kljun N, Ma X, Ewenz C, Li L, Yu Q, Huete A The importance of inter-acting climate modes on Australia’s contribution to global carbon cycle extremes
Davey PA, Pernice M, Sablok G, Larkum A, Lee HT, Golicz A, Edwards D, Dolferus R, Ralph P Functional & Integrative Genomics The emergence of molecu-lar profiling and omics tech-niques in seagrass biology; furthering our understand-ing of seagrasses.
Davies CH, Coughlan A, Hallegraeff G, Ajani P, Arm-brecht L, Atkins N, Bonham P, Brett S, Brinkman R, Burford M, Clementson L, Coad P, Coman F, Davies D, Dela-Cruz J, Devlin M, Edgar S, Eriksen R, Furnas M, Hassler C, Hill D, Holm-es M, Ingleton T, Jameson I, Leterme SC, Lønborg C, McLaughlin J, McEnnulty F, McKinnon AD, Miller M, Murray S, Nayar S, Patten R, Pritchard T, Proctor R, Purcell-Meyerink D, Raes E, Rissik D, Ruszczyk J, Slotwinski A, Swadling KM, Tattersall K, Thompson P, Thomson P, Tonks M, Trull TW, Uribe-Palomino J, Waite AM, Yauwenas R, Zammit A, Richardson AJ Sci Data Corrigendum: A database of marine phyto-plankton abundance, bio-mass and species composi-tion in Australian waters.
Doblin MA, van Sebille E Drift in ocean currents impacts intergenerational microbial exposure to tem-perature
Eamus D, Huete A, Cleverly J, Nolan RH, Ma X, Tarin T, Santini NS Mulga, a major tropical dry open forest of Australia: recent insights to carbon and water fluxes
Gardner SG, Nielsen DA, Laczka O, Shimmon R, Bel-tran VH, Ralph PJ, Petrou K Dimethylsulfoniopropion-ate, superoxide dismutase and glutathione as stress response indicators in three corals under short-term hyposalinity stress
Garren M, Son K, Tout J, Seymour JR, Stocker R Temperature-induced behavioral switches in a bacterial coral pathogen.
Huete A Ecology: Vegetation’s re-sponses to climate variability.
Huete A, Ponce-Campos G, Zhang Y, Restrepo-Coupe N, Ma X, Moran MS Monitoring Photosynthesis from Space
Jeffries TC, Curlevski NJ, Brown MV, Harrison DP, Doblin MA, Petrou K, Ralph PJ, Seymour JR Partitioning of fungal as-semblages across different marine habitats
Kelleway JJ, Saintilan N, Macreadie PI, Ralph PJ Sedimentary Factors are Key Predictors of Carbon Storage in SE Australian Saltmarshes
Kelleway JJ, Saintilan N, Macreadie PI, Skilbeck CG, Zawadzki A, Ralph PJ Seventy years of continuous encroachment substantially increases “blue carbon’ ca-pacity as mangroves replace intertidal salt marshes
Koedsin W, Intararuang W, Ritchie RJ, Huete A An integrated field and remote sensing method for mapping seagrass spe-cies, cover, and biomass in Southern Thailand
Kretzschmar AL, Verma A, Harwood DT, Hoppenrath M, Murray SJ J Phycol Characterization of Gambierdiscus lapillus sp. nov. (Gonyaulacales, Dinophyceae): a new toxic dinoflagellate from the Great Barrier Reef (Australia).
Kumar M, Kuzhiumparam-bil U, Pernice M, Jiang Z, Ralph PJ Algal Research-Biomass Biofuels and Bioproducts Metabolomics: an emerging frontier of systems biology in marine macrophytes
Lee H, Golicz AA, Bayer PE, Jiao Y, Tang H, Paterson AH, Sablok G, Krishnaraj RR, Chan CK, Batley J, Kendrick GA, Larkum AW, Ralph PJ, Edwards D Plant physiology The Genome of a Southern Hemisphere Seagrass Spe-cies (Zostera muelleri).
Ma X, Huete A, Cleverly J, Eamus D, Chevallier F, Joiner J, Poulter B, Zhang Y, Guanter L, Meyer W, Xie Z, Ponce-Campos G Drought rapidly diminishes the large net CO2 uptake in 2011 over semi-arid Australia
Ma X, Huete A, Poulter B, Eamus D, Cleverly JR Australia’s ‘great green boom’ of 2010–11 has been undone by drought
McElroy D, Doblin MA, Murphy R, Hochuli D, Coleman R A limited legacy effect of copper in marine biofilms
Messer LF, Mahaffey C, M Robinson C, Jeffries TC, Baker KG, Bibiloni Isaksson J, Ostrowski M, Doblin MA, Brown MV, Seymour JR High levels of heterogeneity in diazotroph diversity and activity within a putative hotspot for marine nitrogen fixation.
Murray SA, Farrell H, Harwood T, Zammit A Harmful Algae News Is ciguatera moving south in Australia?
Murray SA, Smith K, Rhodes L, Verma A, Curley B, Harwood DT, Kohli G, Solomona D, Rongo T, Munday R Harmful Algae A new Gambierdiscus species (Dinophyceae) from Rarotonga, Cook Islands: Gambierdiscus cheloniae sp. nov
Murray SA, Suggett DJ, Seymour JR, Doblin M, Kohli GS, Fabris M, Ralph PJ Unravelling the functional genetics of dinoflagellates: a review of approaches and opportunities
Obata K, Miura T, Yoshioka H, Huete AR, Vargas M Spectral Cross-Calibration of VIIRS Enhanced Vege-tation Index with MODIS: A Case Study Using Year-Long Global Data
Peng D, Wu C, Zhang B, Huete A, Zhang X, Sun R, Lei L, Huang W, Liu L, Liu X, Li J, Luo S, Fang B The Influences of Drought and Land-Cover Conversion on Inter-Annual Variation of NPP in the Three-North Shelterbelt Program Zone of China Based on MODIS Data.
Pernice M, Sinutok S, Sablok G, Commault A, Schliep M, Macreadie P, Rasheed M, Ralph P Marine Environmental Research Molecular phys-iology reveals ammonium uptake and related gene expression in the seagrass Zostera muelleri
Ralph PJ, Hill R, Doblin MA, Davy SK Theory and Application of Pulse Amplitude Modulated Chlorophyll Fluorometry in Coral Health Assessment
Rehman AU, Szabó M, Deák Z, Sass L, Larkum A, Ralph P, Vass I The New phytologist Symbiodinium sp. cells produce light-induced intra- and extracellular singlet oxygen, which mediates photodamage of the photo-synthetic apparatus and has the potential to interact with the animal host in coral symbiosis.
Rinke C, Low S, Woodcroft BJ, Raina J, Skarshewski A, Le XH, Butler MK, Stocker R, Seymour JR, Tyson GW, Hugenholtz P Validation of picogram- and femtogram-input DNA libraries for microscale metagenomics
Ros M, Pernice M, Le Guillou S, Doblin MA, Schrameyer V, Laczka O Colorimetric detection of caspase 3 activity and reactive oxygen derivatives: Potential early indicators of thermal stress in corals
Sablok G, Pérez-Puli-do AJ, Do T, Seong TY, Casimiro-Soriguer CS, La Porta N, Ralph PJ, Squartini A, Muñoz-Merida A, Harikr-ishna JA Frontiers in Plant Science PlantFuncSSR: Integrating first and next generation transcriptomics for mining of SSR-functional domains markers
Schmidt M, Pringle M, Devadas R, Denham R, Tindall D A framework for large-area mapping of past and pres-ent cropping activity using seasonal landsat images and time series metrics
Schrameyer V, Krämer W, Hill R, Jeans J, Larkum AWD, Bischof K, Campbell DA, Ralph PJ Marine Biology Under high light stress two Indo-Pacific coral species display differential pho-todamage and photorepair dynamics
Siboni N, Balaraju V, Car-ney R, Labbate M, Seymour JR Vibrio, seasonal variation, abundance and diversity, Vibrio cholerae, Vibrio vulnifi-cus, Vibrio parahaemolyticus Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Vibrio spp. within the Sydny harbour Estuary
Slavov C, Schrameyer V, Reus M, Ralph PJ, Hill R, Büchel C, Larkum AW, Holzwarth AR “Super-quenching” state protects Symbiodinium from thermal stress - Implica-tions for coral bleaching.
Tran NAT, Padula MP, Even-huis CR, Commault AS, Ralph PJ, Tamburic B Algal Research Proteomic and biophysical analyses reveal a metabolic shift in nitrogen deprived Nannochloropsis oculata
Verma A, Hoppenrath M, Dorantes-Aranda JJ, Har-wood DT, Murray SA Harmful Algae Molecular and phylogenetic characterization of Ostre-opsis (Dinophyceae) and the description of a new spe-cies, Ostreopsis rhodesae sp. nov., from a subtropical Australian lagoon
Verma A, Hoppenrath M, Harwood T, Brett S, Rhodes L, Murray S Phycological Research Molecular phylogeny, morphology and toxigenicity of Ostreopsis cf. siamensis (Dinophyceae) from temper-ate south-east Australia
Wu J, Albert LP, Lopes AP, Restrepo-Coupe N, Hayek M, Wiedemann KT, Guan K, Stark SC, Christoffersen B, Prohaska N, Tavares JV, Marostica S, Kobayashi H, Ferreira ML, Campos KS, da Silva R, Brando PM, Dye DG, Huxman TE, Huete AR, Nelson BW, Saleska SR Leaf development and demography explain pho-tosynthetic seasonality in Amazon evergreen forests.
Xie Z, Huete A, Ma X, Re-strepo-Coupe N, Devadas R, Clarke K, Lewis M Landsat and GRACE ob-servations of arid wetland dynamics in a dryland river system under multi-decadal hydroclimatic extremes
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NEW GRANTSIN 2016
National Taxonomy
Research Grant
Programme - Student
Travel Grant Arjun Verma
Shauna Murray
$1,500
Parks Australia Divison - Department of the Environment
Harnessing chain-
forming diatoms for
improved lipid biofuel
production (DECRA -
Dr Justin Ashworth)
Justin Ashworth
$120,395.49
ARC
Scientific review of Toxic
Algal Species towards
Improving Management of
Toxic Blooms in NSW
Penny Ajani
$30,639
Hornsby Shire Council
The role of marine
microbes in the global
carbon cycle
JB Raina
$6,000
Australian Academy of Science
Photosynthetic traits
as key performance
indicators of coral
health
David Suggett
$138,723.25
ARC
Phenology product
maintenance, updates,
and future transitions
for AusCover
Alfredo Huete
$55,000
CSIRO
Terrestrial Ecosystem
Research Network New
South Wales (TERN NSW)
Alfredo Huete
$80,000
The University of Sydney
A New Photo-Bioreactor
For The Large-Scale
Axenic Culture Of
Coral Symbiotic
Peter Ralph
$101,095.63
ARC
Ecology and natural
dispersal mechanisms
of Gambierdiscus, the
causative organism
of the human illness
Ciguatera Fish Poisoning
Martina Doblin
$6,780.92
PADI Foundation
The role of marine
microbes in the global
carbon cycle (DECRA -
Jean-Baptiste Raina)
JB Raina
$129,712.38
ARC
Implementation of a
national pollen alert
system for better
management of allergic
respiratory health
Alfredo Huete
$56,000.00
NHRMC
NSW Deep Green Biotech
Hub - C3
Peter Ralph
$1,000,000
NSW Department of Industry
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SEMINARS
March
09-Mar-16 Fran van Dolah Florida Red Tides: on the origins, impacts, and molecular processes regulating algal bloom dynamics
17-Mar-16 Michele Fabris The reconstruction of Phaeodactylum tricornutum’s metabolism: unveiling biochemical peculiarities towards the biotechnological exploitation of microalgae
24-Mar-16 Paul Jaschke Learning how to engineer genomes by building viruses
30-Mar-16 Li Wang Hybrid mimics in Arabidopsis
April
06-Apr-16 Richard Lewis Ciguatera and ciguatoxins: from epidemiology to pharmacology and detection
13-Apr-16 Bronwyn Wake How to get published – Nature Climate Change and other Nature titles
29-Apr-16 Kunshan Gao Marine primary producers under global change stressors
May
04-May-16 Dries Vandamme The integration of flocculation based harvesting in microalgae biomass biorefineries
09-May-16 Sergey Kurdyukov
Application of CRISPR genome editing tools for coral reef research
12-May-16 Sinead Collins Using experimental evolution to understand phytoplankton responses to contemporary ocean change
18-May-16 Thomas Jeffries Microbial Mad Max: ecology of microorganisms in warming global drylands
June
08-Jun-16 Alonso Zavaleta Photodamage and photoprotection in PSII
17-Jun-16 Mike Baird eReefs marine modelling suite
August
03-Aug-16 Matt Padula Proteomics of the environment
17-Aug-16 Juan Diego Gaitan-Espitia
Assessing the role of physiological plasticity and local adaptation to ocean warming and acidification
31-Aug-16 Brendan Burns Rocking the cradle of life: Functional complexity of microbial mat ecosystems
October
17-Oct-16 Liz Deschaseaux Dimethylated sulphur compounds in a changing ocean
November
09-Nov-16 John Raven Carbon dioxide concentrating mechanisms (CCMs) with a Climate Change Cluster twist
14-Nov-16 Tomas Zavrel Utilization of laboratory scale flat-panel photobioreactors in microalgal biotechnology
30-Nov-16 Malwenn Lassudrie-Duchesne
Interaction between bivalves of commercial interest and toxic blooms of Alexandrium spp.
The institute has been delivering research excellence in Category 1 grants since 2008, and has now reached the size and scale to be a nationally recognised research institute with sufficient breadth of skill to enable it to expand into new areas with an industry focus, while continuing to grow its existing research programs. In 2016, C3 received on-going grant funding of $2.9 million.
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Emma CampUK
Pimchanock BuapetThailand
Hazel Farrell Sydney
Gurjeet Kohli Singapore
Rachel Levin Sydney
Michael Kuhl Denmark
John Raven Scotland
Michael Borowitzka Tasmania
Neil Saintilan Adelaide
Malwenn Lassudrie-Duchesne France
Daniel Nielsen Denmark
Natalia Restrepo-Coupe Canada
Maria Schmitz Fontes Brazil
Roberta Ricci Italy
Wenjie Zhang China
Xunhe Zhang China
Elisabeth Deschaseaux Sydney
Matthew Nitschke New Zealand
Tomas Zavrel Czech Republic
Alicia Lloyd Sydney
Simone Low Singapore
Maria Isabel Seguro Requejo Norwich, UK
Roman Roman Stocker Switzerland
Shady Amin United Arab Emirites
Irene Wagner-Döbler Germany
David Green Scotland
Chris Bolch Tasmania
Suhelen Egan Sydney
VISITORSC3 visitors are from many
different locations, our visitors contribute to C3’s research
culture and development through engaging in cross-centre and
cross-faculty dialogue.
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Dr Jean Baptiste-Raina
UTS Chancellors Awards Early Career Excellence
Dr Jean Baptiste-Raina
Australian Academy of Science J.G. Russell Award
Shauna Murray
UTS Chancellors Awards Research Excellence through Collaboration
Penelope Ajani
2016 NSW Annual Coastal Management Innovation Award
Shauna Murray
2016 NSW Annual Coastal Management Innovation Award
AWARDSStudent and staff mentorship for all career stages, and the development of individual research careers, is one of the guiding principles in C3. We encourage our staff and students to participate in a number of the researcher development activities at UTS and within C3
Associate Professor Justin Seymour
is the NSW node leader of the national Integrated Marine Observing System (IMOS).
Professor Alfredo Huete
is the Sydney node leader of AusCover (NCRIS funded remote sensing data facility of the Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network (TERN))
Associate Professor Shauna Murray
NSW Government State Algal Scientific Advisory Committee, Technical Advisory Committee members
Dr Penny Ajani
NSW Government State Algal Scientific Advisory Committee, Technical Advisory Committee members
Professor Peter Ralph
International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Working Group member
Associate Professor Martina Doblin
ARC College of Experts Biological Sciences and Biotechnology member
ENGAGEMENT
CONFERENCESThe Annual C3 Colloquium:
In 2016 the colloquium title was Algae-bacteria interactions, held from 7 – 9 December 2016. The goal of this colloquium was to discuss new developments and fruitful paths of investigation to tease apart the ecological ties between two of the most fundamentally important groups of aquatic organisms.
Australian Shellfish Quality Assurance Advisory Committee Science Day:
The UTS Climate Change Cluster (C3) was honoured to host The Australian Shellfish Quality Assurance Advisory Committee (ASQAAC) Science Day on November 3rd 2016. These gatherings have been a biennial event for the past six years, acting as a forum to bring together those with an interest in seafood safety in Australia, to share knowledge and build professional networks.
The two major hazards for seafood safety are marine biotoxin uptake into shellfish or finfish, caused by harmful algal blooms, and bacterial or viral contamination. The ASQAAC event is about the seafood industry, government health and food safety regulators and managers, and researchers, coming together to find and discuss new insights into the occurrence and management of harmful algal blooms and pathogens in Australian seafood.
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IN THE MEDIA
Keeping one step ahead of pollen triggers for thunderstorm asthma
Alfedo Heute
7 December 2016
Forecasting the levels and types of pollen across Australia will help predict and mitigate thunderstorm asthma epidemics.
A three way endeavour
Pimchanok Buapet, Malwenn Lassudrie-Duchesne, Emma Camp
11 October 2016
The Climate Change Cluster continues to attract talented young scientists to its research programs: 2016 is shaping up as a bumper year with three Endeavour Fellows choosing to work with seagrass, coral and oyster experts at UTS Science.
Drifting biodiversity
Martina Doblin
21 September 2016
The East Australian Current (EAC) has a significant impact on the ecology of eastern Australia. With indications that the EAC will warm by 2 - 3°C by 2070, novel techniques and technology used by scientists aboard RV Investigator will provide information about the potential impacts on the marine foodweb, including the implications for commercial fisheries.
State goes Deep Green with algae-based biotech funding
Peter Ralph
19 August 2016
A $1m NSW Government grant will support an innovative bio-manufacturing facility at UTS. Based on algae and known as the Deep Green Biotech Hub, it will connect industry, entrepreneurs and students to boost the state’s bio-economy.
Algae building blooms
Peter Ralph
12 July 2016
Amazing as it sounds bright, bubbling wall panels filled with microalgae could be the future of sustainable building design.
From little things to the world stage
Jean-Baptiste Raina
7 July 2016
Innovative and creative research is at the centre of Dr Jean-Baptiste Raina’s success and is leading to professional development opportunities that are enhancing his reputation in the field of marine microbial ecology.
Satellite study reveals dynamics of Australia’s total water storage
Zunyi Xie, Alfredo Heute
3 June 2016
New research using remote sensing technology aims to assist Australian water resource management, detect hidden droughts and monitor flood risk.
Coral bleaching discovered in Sydney Harbour
Samantha Goyen
19 April 2016
Scientists monitoring the temperate corals of Sydney Harbour have observed bleaching effects for the first time: above-average sea-surface temperatures are a major factor
Marine toxin research reveals key biosynthetic pathways,opening the way for product discovery
Gurjeet Koli, Shauna Murray
21 January 2016
A UTS:C3 led collaboration provides answers to basic questions about key biosynthetic pathways in marine toxin producing microbes opening up the possibility of new product discovery.
Fixed on Nitrogen in Australia’s tropical waters
Martina Doblin, Justin Seymour
11 January 2016
Nitrogen fixation is a fundamental process within the ocean, C3 led research gives first detailed description of nitrogen fixing bacterial communities in the region.
Microalgae challenge for UTS Design students
Peter Ralph
5 January 2016
Changing the public’s perception of algae: two UTS Design students rise to the challenge with some surprising results.
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