2025 Tūhura Photography Competition
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A finalist in the 2025 Tūhura (Otago Museum) Photography Competition!
News
2026
Using art in teaching Marine Ecology
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Developing a deeper connection with the marine world through creativity
eDNA Hub SciComm Workshop
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eDNA Hub runs successful SciComm Workshop at Genetics Otago Symposium 2026
New Kelp Disease Publication
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New Paper Alert - Environmental and anthropogenic factors associated with potential kelp disease phenotypes
2025
Penguins and Parasites
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The second half of 2025 has seen us launch field work and sample collection for a project I’m leading in the diagnostics realm - the development of a more accurate method of detecting and quantifying ectoparasite loads in wildlife.
Swabbing Seaweed
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Good tides coincide with good weather - time to swab some kelp! Kelp microbiome and disease field work continues.
New Publication - Commensal skin bacteria interact with the innate immune system to promote tail regeneration in Xenopus laevis tadpoles
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Newly published in Developmental Dynamics: The skin microbiome is essential in stimulating the regeneration response to injury in Xenopus laevis tapoles
Marine Science Departmental Seminar - Kelp in Command
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On July 31st I was lucky enough to present the latest in the Department of Marine Science’s regular seminar series!
2025 Genetics Otago eDNA mini-symposium and careers panel
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On July 28th, the Genetics Otago eDNA Hub hosted our first mini-symposium and careers panel — an afternoon of engaging, informal presentations, discussion, and connection.
New Pre-print - Commensal skin bacteria interact with the innate immune system to promote tail regeneration in Xenopus laevis tadpoles
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Commensal skin bacteria interact with the innate immune system to promote tail regeneration in Xenopus laevis tadpoles
New Paper - First published record of myxozoan parasites in the Australian Murray River turtle
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Renal myxosporidiosis by an unknown Bivalvulidan myxozoan parasite in Murray River turtles (Emydura macquarii) in Australia
Blake Expedition to the New Zealand sub-Antarctic islands
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We’ve just returned from the 2025 Blake Expedition to sub-Antarctic Campbell Island and the Auckland Islands
2024
West Coast Kelp Adventures
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Inspecting bull kelp / rimurapa (Durvillaea antarctica, Durvillaea willana) on the West Coast amid concerns about marine heatwave related die offs
New Paper - How do microbiomes establish in Xenopus tadpoles?
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The role of family and environment in determining the skin bacterial communities of captive aquatic frogs, Xenopus laevis
SCAR Conference 2024 - Pucón, Chile
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XI Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) Open Science Conference 2024 “Antarctic Science: Crossroads for a New Hope”