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Dear <<First Name>>,

Science Week 2020 looks a little different, but it's still a wonderful opportunity to celebrate and communicate  science.

So we're celebrating the work of our researchers from across our university base and we hope you will too.

The Diet of the Baby Predator Starfish 

Juvenile crown-of-thorns starfish will eat almost anything to survive. New research from Dione Deaker, a PhD student at the University of Sydney and her adviser Professor Maria Byrne, along with colleagues at the National Marine Science Centre, Coffs Harbour shows that the diet flexibility of the juvenile complicates our ability to age this species and, therefore, our ability to predict devastating outbreaks of adults on reefs.  The field work was conducted at the University of Sydney's research station on One Tree Island, Great Barrier Reef.
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Shellfish toxin research helps protect lives and livelihoods

The Australian seafood industry is big business, around $2.2 billion big in fact but it was bought into sharp focus when COVID-19 hit and high value shellfish exports to China and Japan took a dive. While the prospect of cheaper seafood dinners gave us something to smile about there are other potential disruptors lurking in Australia’s productive coastal waters.   Fortunately the Seafood Safety Research Group at UTS Science is a world leader in detecting and identifying an unseen threat that can paralyse both business and people. A broad research team have been at work, using the SIMS Marine Microbial Biotoxins Facility to analyse paralytic shellfish toxins.
IT'S CRITICAL RESEARCH - READ THE FULL STORY HERE

Bringing Rock Lobsters Back to Kurnell

In late July, the Operation Crayweed team attached crayweed plants to rock shelves in two to five metres of water off Inscription Point, adjoining Captain Cook's Landing Place.  The implants will reproduce and spread, transforming a barren underwater desert into forests of crayweed that will attract  rock lobsters (crayfish) and abalone back to the area. The reforestation is generously supported by the Breen Group.  Breen Group director Tom Breen said, when the proposal was put to him, he "quickly realised the environmental and local significance of the project and wholeheartedly supported it financially".
 
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