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Page 2 of 5 Updated 02/04/2013 c) System design and construction, experimental design and running of an experiment to investigate the effects of nutrition and hypoxia on the penaeid prawn Penaeus monodon d) System design, construction and maintenance of novel feed ingredients for inclusion in diets of the penaeid prawn Penaeus monodon e) Routine system maintenance, including water quality testing, animal husbandry, routine and experimental sampling, data collection and maintenance • Research Assistant October 2011 – February 2012 University of New England Armidale, New South Wales, Australia Supervisor: Dr Glenn Wilson Responsibilities: a) Maintenance and operation of field-work equipment, including fyke nets, water quality meters and digital cameras b) Collection and processing of aquatic macrofaunal and microfaunal samples from the Gwydir River in the Moree region • Research Assistant June 2011 – November 2011 Southern Cross University National Marine Science Centre Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia Supervisor: Dr Kirsten Benkendorff Responsibilities: a) Field collection of the dog whelk Dicathais orbita from intertidal reefs in the Coffs Harbour region and maintenance of tank culture b) System design and construction for tank culture of Dicathais orbita c) Run feeding trials to initiate egg laying and bioactive compound production of Dicathais orbita d) Spawning, collection of eggs and preparation of larval samples for Scanning Electron Microscopy e) Preparation of safe/standard operating procedures for the molluscan research laboratory f) Marking and providing feedback on university student assignments and teaching material for Ecology: BIO 00202 g) Prepare and maintain a professional Endnote library for the molluscan research laboratory
Page 3 of 5 Updated 02/04/2013 VOLUNTEERING • Nepal Children’s Welfare Organisation • Aquaculture Without Frontiers • Cairns Annual Blues Festival • Southern Cross University Students Association PUBLICATIONS 1. Peters, C., <strong>Collins</strong>, G.M. and Benkendorff, K. (2012) Characterisation of the physical and chemical properties influencing bacterial epibiont communities on benthic gelatinous egg masses of the pulmonate Siphonaria diemenensis. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 432-433, 138-147 2. <strong>Collins</strong>, G.M., Ball, A.S., Qin, J.G., Bowyer, J. and Stone, D., Effect of alternative lipids on growth factor gene expression in Yellowtail Kingfish (Seriola lalandi). Aquaculture Research (Accepted) AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS • Flinders University Chancellors Letter of Commendation for Academic Achievement • Australian Seafood CRC Honours Scholarship: Effect of temperature and alternative lipid inclusion on the growth factor gene expression in Yellowtail Kingfish SOCIETY AND PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS • World Aquaculture Society • Australian Society for Fish Biology • The Fisheries Society of the British Isles • Society for Experimental Biology • Nepal Aquaculture Promotion Group
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