Dr Kate Hutson will feature on the children's science television show Scope on Australia's Channel Ten Network this coming September as part of a special episode on parasites!
Marineparasites.com has moved to tropical Queensland! Primary Investigator Dr Kate Hutson is now at James Cook University, Townsville, where she will continue working on parasites of fishes.
Marine parasites in southern Australian waters will continue to be a focal point of the research of Joint Investigator Assoc Prof Ian Whittington at the South Australian Museum. Together, we continue to support students at the University of Adelaide.
Kate's tropical sea change will bring more diversity to the website. She is looking forward to discovering plenty of worms in the tropics and establishing a new research group at JCU.
Lookout during the International Congress of Parasitology in Melbourne later this year (August 16th-20th): rumour has it there will be a few marine parasites about...
Farewell Elizabeth Perkins. Lizzie is now Station Assistant at Heron Island Research Station, Queensland! We wish her all the best in her new position.
Honours student Sarah Catalano graduated in April! Sarah successfully completed her thesis ‘Parasite assemblages of the Arripidae in southern Australia’ with First Class Honours and has published two research papers from her thesis with another on the way! She secured an Australian Postgraduate Award to begin a PhD in July 2010. In the meantime, Sarah is working as a Research Assistant in the laboratory.
Thank you to Prof Ian Beveridge, who was instrumental in identifying the parasitic red mite (Dermanyssus) outbreak in Kate Hutson’s pet chickens, although his suggested ‘kerosene and lighted match’ treatment wasn’t applied to the coop (or the chooks).
Emma Brock (graduate from a Bachelor of Marine Biology) continues in the Marine Parasitology Laboratory at the University of Adelaide for her Honours project in 2010. An ABRS Capacity-Building Scholar, Emma is studying ontogenic influences on parasitism in King George whiting - already she has made some exciting discoveries. Stay tuned.
Dr Kate Hutson spent August and September 2009 at the Natural History Museum, London, working with Prof Geoff Boxshall and Dr Rod Bray (Official Collborators) on copepods and digeneans, respectively
Farewell Dr Danny Tang! Danny (Official Collaborator) is leaving Australian shores to begin a postdoctoral position in Laboratory of Aquaculture , Hiroshima University, Japan. We wish him all the best in his new position.
Fifteen year old Field Volunteer ‘Dr Charlie’ Walsh is off to Germany! Charlie was accepted in the Rotary Youth Exchange after being nominated by his local district committee (and an ensuing application and 2 hour interview). Good luck Charlie! We hope you come across many European fishes (and parasites!) in 2010.
Sarah Catalano continues to excel, winning third prize for outstanding academic achievement in Level III Environmental Biology courses in 2008. Well done Sarah!
Sarah Catalano was awarded the Unibooks Scholarship for Honours 2009. She was selected according to academic merit, as determined by her cumulative grade point average achieved over preceding years of study. Only one scholarship is awarded to a University of Adelaide Honours student each year. Congratulations Sarah!
Honours student Sarah Catalano was awarded a Playford Memorial Honours Scholarship for her research on parasites of Australian endemic fishes. Congratulations Sarah!
Kate Hutson and Emma Brock will present their research work at the FRDC Aquatic Animal Health Scientific Conference, 22-24 July 2009, Cairns
Kate Hutson and Sarah Catalano will present their recent discoveries at ASP & ARC/NHMRC Research Network for Parasitology Annual Conference 12-15 July 2009 at The University of Sydney, New South Wales
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