Lab Updates

Tracking denizens of the deep to protect their future

Dr Ana Sequeira's global collaborative projects were recently featured in the Pawsey Supercomputer Center's Science Showcase. The projects involve hundreds of researchers worldwide combining their tracking datasets and they have now collated over three decades of animal movement data.

Events

Jess shows the community our coastal biodiversity

Recently, our Master's student Jess participated in a community biodiversity awareness event for the public to learn about our local coastal ecosystems. The event was run by local artist and biodiversity educator, Angela Rossen, with the UWA School of Biological Sciences, Quinns Rocks Environmental

Publications

Recent paper published on the growth and energetic requirements of yellowtail kingfish

We are very happy to announce that research led by Callum Donohue and Ana Sequeira has been published in the journal Aquaculture. This research, Bioenergetic growth model for the yellowtail kingfish (Seriola lalandi), provides a mathematical model to predict the energetic requirements and biochemica

Awards

Charlotte Birkmanis wins national award

We are excited to report that Charlotte Birkmanis has been awarded the 2020 Student International Travel Scholarship from the Australian Society of Fish Biology. This merit-based scholarship supports a researcher to present their work at an international conference.

Publications

New paper assessing how much tracking data biases affect species distribution models

Dr Ana Sequeira and Dr Malcolm O’Toole have led a newly published paper on tracking marine animals published in the journal Methods in Ecology and Evolution. The study Quantifying effects of tracking data bias on species distribution models used simulation data emulating the movement of marine preda

Events

Join Lucy Arrowsmith on the 14th October for a livestream about whale sharks!

Want to learn about whale sharks and what influences the movements of this charismatic megafauna? Here is an opportunity to do so! Join Lucy Arrowsmith as she shares her PhD research and takes us into the world of this ocean giant, revealing details of their life below the surface.

Lab Updates

The Sequeira Lab threw some axes (at inanimate objects)

The Sequeira Lab went on our first lab outing of 2020! We are fortunate in Western Australia to have life 'almost' back to normal now (with the due precautions). So, what better way to get out pent up pandemic frustration than to throw some large axes at a target?

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A new post-doc at Sequeira Lab

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.

Lab Updates

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.

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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.

Events

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.

Publications

New paper on the future distribution of sharks around Australia

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

Lab Updates

Meet Sequeira Lab’s newest addition!

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

Events

Join Sequeira Lab members in a ‘Shark Tales’ Livestream tomorrow!

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

Events

Charlotte is competing at FameLab 2020!

What do oceanic sharks, toilet paper, and stethoscopes have in common? Find out by watching our own Charlotte Birkmanis presenting in FameLab 2020! FameLab is an international science communication competition that inspires people to see the world in a new way by encouraging theatrical explanations of scientific concepts. Usually 3-minute

Publications

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

Awards

We are excited to announce Ana is a Pew Fellow 2020!

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

Publications

News&Views piece just published in Nature

In the News&Views article just published in Nature, Ana writes about the ‘hot-off-the-press’ study led Hindell and Reisinger ...

Lab Updates

The Sequeira Lab is hiring!

We are excited to announce we are looking for a new member to join our team!

Lab Updates

The Sequeira Lab has a new member!

Michelle VanCompernolle will be working on an exciting project in the Galapagos Islands

Collaborations

Collaborators from Europe visited Sequeira Lab!

The Physicists Dr Victor Eguíluz and Dr Jorge Rodríguez (based in Spain and Italy, respectively) have just came to SequeiraLab for a short visit and to work with Dr Ana Sequeira and Dr Malcolm O’Toole.

Events

Our PhD candidates present their research on beautiful Rottnest Island!

Hannah Calich, Lucy Arrowsmith, and Megan Meyers had the opportunity to attend the UWA Oceans Graduate School (OGS) Rottnest Island retreat.

Lab Updates

Collaboration & Conservation: two key pillars of the Lab in 2019

The Sequeira Lab has been up to a lot throughout 2019!

Field Work

Megan travels to Indonesia: a trip to Saleh Bay

In October, Megan took a trip to the remote village of Labuhan Jambu on the island of Sumbawa, Indonesia.

Lab Updates

The Lab went on a “Weekend Getaway”

The team at Sequeira Lab, along with three furry companions (dogs), took off for a lab weekend.