Currently, the Seafood Cooperative Research Centre has 17 PhD projects with 13 students appointed. Check out their projects:
Program 1 (Production Innovation) PhD Projects
The effect of temperature on reproductive development in maiden and repeat spawning farmed Atlantic Salmon: Understanding the molecular basis for improved egg quality and survival (Ms Kelli Anderson)
Nutritional factors influencing the performances of Yellowtail Kingfish cultured at low temperatures (Ms Jenna Boyer)
Determination and manipulation of reproductive status of the captive reared Southern Bluefin Tuna (Ms Erin Bubner)
Proactive control of Oyster spat production by controlling microbiological contamination (Mr Chris Chapman)
Antiviral activity and resistance to Abalone viral ganglioneuritis (Mr Vinh Dang)
Understanding penaeid prawn sex determination and developing monosex induction strategies for commercial application (Mr Andrew Foote)
Using the mucosal antibody response to recombinant Neoparamoeba perurans attachment proteins to design an experimental vaccine for amoebic gill disease (Student to be appointed)
Improvement of Yellowtail Kingfish production efficiency through food and feeding management (Student to be appointed)
Program 2 (Product and Market development) PhD Projects
Human enteric viruses in Australian bivalve molluscan shellfish (Ms Felicity Brake)
Methodologies for the implementation of micro-mobile information systems in tehc old chain and the resulting implications of time temperature logging for models of microbial growth (Mr Steven Cambridge)
Protecting the safety and quality of Australian Oysters using predictive models integrated with "intelligent" cold chain technologies (Ms Judith Fernandez)
Understanding quality in Abalone (Ms Miriam Fluckiger)
Quality, shelf-life and value adding of Australian Oysters (Mr Tom Madigan)
Understanding and forecasting seafood supplies and buyers behaviour trading at the Sydney Fish Market (Mr Vipul Pare)
An investigation of the microbiology and biotechnical properties leading to extended shelf-life in Goldband Snapper (Ms Rachel Tonkin)
Characterisation of selected fish processing co-products and development of novel integrated bioprocesses for value-added food and non-food bioproducts (Student to be appointed)
Processing of Sea Cucumber viscera for bioactive compounds (Student to be appointed)
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