Centre for Marine Solutions - Seminar Series - 8th September @ 1 pm
Event Details
- Date:
- Tuesday, 08 September 2020 - Tuesday, 08 September 2020
- Time:
- 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
- Room:
- Zoom
- Location:
- https://uqz.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMsd-ippzgvH9crJWyqvrlZEoM6uz1dV5cx
- Event category(s):
Event Contact
- Name:
- Pam Engelberts
- Phone:
- 0450271561
- Email:
- s4556136@student.uq.edu.au
- Org. Unit:
- Marine Science
Event Description
- Full Description:
- Hi everyone!
Hope this finds you all well.
The Centre for Marine Solutions is happy to invite you to a special marine postgraduate seminar, next Tuesday 8th September, at 1pm.
The seminar will be held on Zoom. Please register in advance for this meeting: https://uqz.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMsd-ippzgvH9crJWyqvrlZEoM6uz1dV5cx
We will be joined by two guest speakers: PhD students Kim Nguyen-Phuoc and Megan Clay from Queensland University of Technology. Join us in exploring the impact of tourism on juvenile green sea turtles and in the characterisation of a coral virome!
1) The impact of tourism on juvenile green sea turtles in Akumal Bay, Mexico: A short treatise on conservation
Kim Nguyen-Phuoc, PhD candidate, Queensland University of Technology
In this presentation, I will tell the story of: how Akumal Bay, Mexico suddenly gained a semi-permanent population of feeding juvenile green sea turtles, how these turtles changed the economy of the local area, how tourism affected the behaviour of these green sea turtles, and how research and conservation impacts local communities.
2) Characterisation of the viromes associated with Acropora tenuis corals from the Great Barrier Reef
Megan Clay, PhD candidate, Queensland University of Technology
Corals host many interacting microorganisms, from Symbiodiniaceae to yet-undiscovered phage. This assemblage modulates nutrient production and flows, and when balanced, supports coral health. Phage are instrumental in this holobiont through their “predation” of bacteria via lysis, which recycles carbon and nutrients and controls microbial colonisation. Phage also alter holobiont function through virally encoded auxiliary metabolic genes. Here, the metagenomically derived viromes of Acropora tenuis from the GBR are explored.
We hope to see you on Zoom next Tuesday!
Cheers,
The Centre for Marine Science
More information available at: https://marine.uq.edu.au/content/seminar-series or on our Facebook page 'UQ Marine'.
If you would like to present in the future, please contact marine@uq.edu.au
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