@BronGillanders

Professor @uniadelaide, interested in ecology, fish/fisheries biology, integrated marine management and equity in STEM.

 Adelaide, South Australia
gillanderslab.org
Joined March 2014
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The persistent harmful algal bloom in South Australia is an opportunity to experiment with solutions, but the best approach is helping nature to help itself. @Sean4Sea @dominicmcafee6 @UniofAdelaide theconversation.com/how-coul…

How could we clean up the algal bloom?

The persistent harmful algal bloom in South Australia is an opportunity to experiment with solutions, but the best approach is helping nature to help itself.

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Survey suggests 35 native freshwater fish should be added to Australia's threatened species list abc.net.au/news/science/2024…

'Ring the alarm bells': Study finds 35 fish species should be added to threatened species list

The largest survey of Australia's freshwater fish suggests about one third should be listed as threatened species.  

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Australian native species go feral in USA as redclaw crayfish invade Texas abc.net.au/news/2025-03-02/a…

Australian redclaw crayfish go feral in US waterways

Australian redclaw have sent wildlife authorities into damage control after the crayfish were found in the wild in the US state of Texas. 

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Australia's first independent forensics lab targeting cold cases and mystery human remains abc.net.au/news/2025-03-01/i…

Independent DNA lab aims to solve mysteries of unidentified remains

Across the country, countless sets of human remains sit in storage. Families are hoping the creation of Australia's first independent forensic science service will help solve cases and return remains...

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✨Celebrating 2 Years of the Centre of Light for Life! ✨ Since 2023, we’ve grown into a team of 20+ researchers, earning many awards and publishing groundbreaking work in high-ranking journals. Excited for another year of discovery! 🚀 Read more here: shorturl.at/2yehT

#centreoflightforlife #anniversary #lightscience #opticaltechnologies #scientificdiscovery #innov...

✨Celebrating 2 Years of the Centre of Light for Life!✨ Since our launch on 21 February 2023, the Centre of Light for Life has grown tremendously to a dynamic team of over 20 postdocs and students,...

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Australian scientists hope to transform seafood industry with new fish species abc.net.au/news/2025-02-23/p…

Tired of barramundi and cod? A new white fish species is on the way

The CSIRO unveils new fish variety that could one day make a splash on dinner tables across Australia. They are working on developing a sustainable, profitable and eco-friendly farmed fish using an...

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ASFB@AustSocFishBiol20 Feb 2025
📑 #NewStudy by Dolling et al. tested five different extraction methods for monitoring chemical pollutants which are absorbed by #plastic pollution and find their way into #fish in #Australia. 👀 buff.ly/4339jq5
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University of Essex@Uni_of_Essex13 Feb 2025
From whale earwax, narwhal tusks and bird feathers, @otolithgirl of @EssexLifeSci explores how the lives and experiences of animals are recorded in their body tissues, and how biologists are using this data to help species thrive. brnw.ch/21wQFGi
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Great to see the Greens' election policy prioritising science, industry & innovation—an important contribution to the national debate. We also support the commitment to evidence-based decision-making in collaboration with Learned Academies like ATSE. greens.org.au/portfolios/sci…

Science, Industry & Innovation | The Australian Greens

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Erica Donlon Durante@DonlonErica14 Feb 2025
New paper alert! We developed a new method to analyse hormones in cephalopod beaks. 🐙🦑 @Zoe_Doubleday @UniSAFII @MARISLabs #MarineScience #CephalopodResearch doi.org/10.1002/lol2.70000

Reconstructing life‐time reproductive histories using steroid hormones in cephalopod beaks

Reproductive data are vital for fisheries and conservation management. For cephalopods, reproductive data are usually obtained by analyzing gonads, which only provide data on an individual at a...

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🎈Congratulations to Nikita Pring for crossing the finish line and submitting that thesis. Time to celebrate an incredible achievement! 🎉🎓 #HDRLife #Thesis #PhDone @UofA_SET @UniofAdelaide
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OUT NOW Local‐ and Regional‐Scale Climate Variability Drives Complex Patterns of Growth Synchrony and Asynchrony in Deep‐Sea Snappers Across the Indo‐Pacific 📄 buff.ly/42Ys9hU @BronGillanders @JoeWiddrington @spc_cps @UniofAdelaide
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Researchers find oyster blood helps antibiotics kill respiratory bacteria abc.net.au/news/2025-01-21/o…

Seafood delicacy could help fight antibiotic-resistant superbugs, study finds

They can create pearls and are rumoured to have aphrodisiac properties, but oysters might have a more serious role to play in the field of human health, researchers say.

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How synthetic textiles made from plastic took over the fashion industry abc.net.au/news/2024-12-31/h…

The simple solution to our obsession with clothes made from plastic

Synthetic textiles were once hailed as the future of fashion. Now, we all have to reckon with the consequences.

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Myanmar fishermen and dolphins' rare partnership faces uncertain future abc.net.au/news/2024-12-29/m…

Myanmar's river dolphins and fishermen keep their rare partnership alive

A centuries-old partnership between fishermen and critically endangered Irrawaddy dolphins in Myanmar is threatened by environmental destruction and political upheaval.

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Meet Dr @AlistairHobday FTSE, the mind behind the development of forecasts and a classification system that will be crucial in anticipating those destructive heatwaves headed our way this summer season. 🔥 🌊 🔗 More: atse.org.au/who-we-are/our-f…
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Nina Wootton@DrNinaMarina21 Nov 2024
What’s in a saw!? Turns out a lot! Great talk by Nikki Biskis on using chemical profiles to trace sawfish origins #ASFB2024 🐟🪚 @AustSocFishBiol
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Nina Wootton@DrNinaMarina21 Nov 2024
This mornings plenary from ECR Excellence Award winner, Hayden Schilling. Showcasing a few key examples of using data modelling for the good of fish. #ASFB2024 🐠📈 @ht_schilling @AustSocFishBiol
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Nina Wootton@DrNinaMarina20 Nov 2024
Excellent story of using chemical markers and genetics to track fish connectivity in estuarine fish from Patrick Reis Santos 🐟 #ASFB2024 @AustSocFishBiol Using some of @KSarakinis PhD data!
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Bryce Stewart@BD_Stew19 Nov 2024
"Octopuses to take over the world, say Oxford researchers" oxfordmail.co.uk/news/247275… I, for one, will welcome the rise of our long armed overlords 🐙
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