Job Type
Teaching/Education
Research
Institutional Management
Decision Making & Policy
Subject Area
Marine Biotechnology
Marine Products
Activities
Gonad maturation, vitellogenesis, and lipoprotein synthesis. Regulation of gene expression and proteins related to growth, molt cycle, gastrolith formation and biomineralization processes. Sexual plasticity - the regulatory role of the androgenic gland in sex-differentiation and intersexuality of crustaceans: insulin like hormones and molecular sex markers. Adaptation of crustaceans into intensive, aquaculture systems.
The main target organisms are the freshwater prawn Macrobrachium rosenbergii, the Red-Claw Australian crayfish, Cherax quadricarinatus, and the White Shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei and various ornamental shrimp.
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Skills
biotechnology development for aquaculture
