Takahiro Shimada has just joined the Sequeira Lab! Taka has been heavily involved in research and conservation of sea turtles for the last 14 years.
Watch the video abstract entered by our student Jessica Pearce into PacBio’s competition
Our Master’s student Jessica Pearce participated in the recent video abstract competition held by Pacific Bioscience (PacBio) , on behalf of UWA Oceans Institute and DNA Zoo Australia.
A new PhD student at Sequeira Lab
Michael Taylor has joined the Sequeira lab to undertake an exciting project investigating movement, interactions, and habitat use of Shark Bay’s iconic megafauna.
Join us today on the Livestream: Conservation on the Move!
Today, Wednesday 22nd July at 6 pm AWST (11 am GMT), Ana and Nuno Queiroz (CIBIO, Universidade do Porto) with be having a live chat about their global collaborations to unravel marine megafauna movement.
Off-the-press paper on future distribution of sharks around Australia by SequeiraLab
Our new research on ‘Future Distribution of Suitable Habitat for Pelagic Sharks in Australia Under Climate Change Models’ has just been published in Frontiers in Marine Science. In this study led by Charlotte Birkmanis, we predicted where pelagic sharks are likely to occur in Australian waters under future sea temperatures.
Meet Sequeira Lab’s newest addition!
4-May-2020 (written by Jessica Pearce) Jessica Pearce has joined the Sequeira Lab to do her Masters Degree investigating shark evolution using novel genomic technologies in collaboration with Dr Matthew Fraser from UWA Oceans Institute and Assoc Prof Parwinder Kaur, Director of DNA Zoo Australia. Jessica will be sequencing the tiger shark genome and conducting a …
Join Sequeira Lab members in a ‘Shark Tales’ Livestream tomorrow!
21-April-2020 (written by Lucy Arrowsmith) Do you need a change from your isolation routine? Want to know more about life as a shark scientist and what it’s like to do research in the field?Well, you are in luck! The UWA Oceans Institute is hosting a livestream to bring science, education and entertainment to the comfort …
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Charlotte is competing at FameLab 2020!
07-April-2020 (written by Charlotte Birkmanis) What do oceanic sharks, toilet paper, and stethoscopes have in common? Find out by watching our own Charlotte Birkmanis presenting in the Western Australian semi-finals of FameLab 2020! FameLab is an international science communication competition that inspires people to see the world in a new way by encouraging theatrical explanations …
Suitable pelagic shark habitat in Australia is mostly unprotected
Sequeira Lab’s first research paper for 2020 is out on the March issue of Global Ecology and Conservation. In this paper, led by Charlotte Birkmanis, ...
We are excited to announce Ana is a Pew Fellow 2020!
26 March 2020 (written by Ana Sequeira) Ana is one of only eight researchers named to be a 2020 Pew Marine Fellow to tackle the ocean grand-challenges and develop tools to strengthen marine conservation. Through the award of the Pew Fellowship, Ana will step up her research and focus on identifying global hotspots for marine megafauna. This …
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