ARC Research Hub for Supercharging Tropical Aquaculture through Genetic Solutions

ARC Research Hub for Supercharging Tropical Aquaculture through Genetic Solutions

Advisor/s

Professor Dean Jerry, Professor Kyall Zenger, Professor Jan Strugnell, Professor Ron White, A/Professor Chaoshu Zeng, Professor Ben Hayes, Professor Andreas Lopata, A/Professor David Bourne, Dr Ira Cooke, Dr Kelly Condon, Dr Leo Nankervis, Dr Mostafa Rahimi Azghadi

College or Research Centre

College of Science & Engineering

Summary of Project

The ARC Research Hub for Supercharging Tropical Aquaculture through Genetic Solutions will involve work with five species (pearl oysters, barramundi, prawns, seaweed, and grouper) with the aim to apply various genetic and technological approaches to boost productivity of farming, improve breeding outcomes and lower risks associated with disease with key industry partners.  The projects will deliver outcomes that include selection of genetic lines for fast growth, product quality and pathogen tolerance, improve hatchery breeding processes, improve biosecurity and lower threat of disease, plus delivering on farm solutions to better understand how the farm environment interacts with the culture species to boost productivity outcomes.

8 x MSc/PhD opportunities within the ARC Research Hub

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Key Words

pearl oysters; barramundi; prawns; seaweed; grouper; nutrition; genetics; aquaculture; bioinformatics; AI

Would suit an applicant who

Demonstrate an interest in aquaculture systems with knowledge and skills in areas such as aquatic animal health, microbiomes, genetic or genomic approaches to animal breeding, animal nutrition, bioinformatics, or artificial intelligence and machine learning applications to biological systems

Updated: 31 Aug 2021