Field Work Tagging sea lions with hair dye to help science SequeriaLab leader, Dr Ana Sequeira, recently flew back to the west coast to participate in an exciting new project satellite tagging endangered Australian sea lions on Carnac Island off Perth, Western Australia.
Events Sequeira Lab presents to the WA Naturalists' Club During her visit to Perth in the last couple of weeks, our lab leader Dr Ana Sequeira had the chance to give a presentation to the Western Australian (WA) Naturalists' Club about the movement of marine megafauna in Shark Bay.
Awards Congratulations to Michelle for receiving the Robson & Robertson Award! We are excited to announce that our PhD Candidate, Michelle VanCompernolle, has just received a Robson & Robertson Award! This award will help further Michelle's PhD progress and expand her professional network through participating at an upcoming international conference.
Conferences Ana is a keynote speaker at the AMSA conference Dr. Ana Sequeira was the keynote speaker for marine megafauna, at the Australian Marine Science Association (AMSA) conference in Cairns last week.
Lab Updates Hannah has passed her PhD viva voce! The Sequeira Lab is excited to report that our PhD candidate Hannah Calich has now passed the viva voce for her thesis entitled ‘Describing animal movement with statistical physics methods: insights into the ecology and physiology of migratory sharks’.
Awards We have a finalist for the WA Premier's Science Awards! Our group leader Dr Ana Sequeira has been announced as a finalist in the West Australian Premier's Science Awards! These awards recognise and celebrate the outstanding scientific research and engagement taking place in Western Australia.
Lab Updates Ben D’Antonio has successfully confirmed his PhD candidature! Ben D’Antonio has recently completed one of the first major milestones towards his PhD candidature at The University of Western Australia: the presentation of his PhD defence in front of a panel of experts! This is a key step on Ben PhD journey and was the perfect opportunity for Ben to receive feed
Lab Updates Our Sequeira Lab leader is now based at ANU - just in time for World Oceans Day! It is with great excitement that we announce our lab leader, Dr Ana Sequeira, has started a new journey as an Associate Professor at the Australian National University (ANU) - and what a better time to commit long-term to doing exciting marine research than World Ocean's Day!
Field Work A successful shark tagging trip to Shark Bay/Gathaagudu! Sequeira Lab team members are excited to have recently returned from a second (very successful!) shark tagging trip to Shark Bay.
Publications Check out Ana's expert interview on ABC TV News! Did you know that despite their size, whale sharks are at great risk from the shipping industry? Our Sequeira Lab leader, Dr. Ana Sequeira, contributed to a recently published paper entitled "Global collision-risk hotspots of marine traffic and the world’s largest fish, the whale shark" ...
Publications Ocean sunfishes are really interesting fishes! The ocean is full of interesting creatures! And the ocean sunfish is just about one of the most interesting ones, as Dr Ana Sequeira had the pleasure to learn while reviewing the recent book: "The Ocean Sunfishes: Evolution, Biology, and Conservation".
Field Work First tiger sharks of the GAT Project tagged! We have returned from our first tiger shark tagging trip to Shark Bay, as part of our Gathaagudu Animal Tracking (GAT) Project.
Sneak peek into the Research Topic "Towards a Sustainable Ocean" The Sequeira Lab leader, Dr Ana Sequeira, has been part of a team of editors on a Research Topic about the United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 14 - Life Below Water: Towards a Sustainable Ocean published in Frontiers in Marine Science.
Lab Updates The Sequeira Lab has a new intern! Juliet is a third year undergraduate Bachelor of Philosophy (Honours) student who is a current summer intern at the Sequeira Lab.
Lab Updates Lucy and Hannah presented their PhD Completion Seminars! The SequeiraLab is kicking off the New Year with some exciting news! At the end of 2021 Lucy Arrowsmith and Hannah Calich presented their PhD completion seminars at the UWA Indian Ocean Marine Research Centre and are now preparing their thesis submission.
Field Work A fantastic end of the year for the Sequeira Lab: an exciting field trip to Shark Bay/Gathaagudu The Sequeira Lab is excited to have recently returned from our second field trip to Shark Bay, tagging green and loggerhead turtles!
Lab Updates Jess and Adrianne have submitted their master's theses! Both Sequeira Lab's masters students Jessica Pearce and Adrianne Hortle have recently submitted their final theses! This marks the final step in the completion of their respective master's degrees.
Publications Water temperature as a driver of long-distance whale shark migration The SequeiraLab is happy to announce that the research paper 'Water temperature is a key driver of horizontal and vertical movements of an ocean giant, the whale shark (Rhincondon typus)' led by Lucy Arrowsmith and co-authored by Ana Sequeira, Charitha Pattiaratchi and Mark Meekan, has just been pub
Lab Updates Oliver Jewell Joins the Sequeira Lab as a Postdoc Oliver has joined the Sequeira Lab from the Harry Butler Institute, Murdoch University, where he has recently submitted his PhD thesis for examination. Oliver specialises in the tagging and tracking of marine megafauna, particularly large sharks. His recent work involved the collection and analysis
Lab Updates Sequeira Lab's last outing was at the Rollerdrome! We work hard at the SequeiraLab. But we also play hard! :)
Ana Sequeira receives the Early Career Award from the International Biologging Society! We are pleased to announced that Dr Ana Sequeira received the Early Career Award at the 7th conference of the International Biologging Society, for having "pioneered the development of global distribution models for marine megafauna species. She was a key plyer in bringing together a long collaborat
Publications New paper alert: how DNA can help save threatened sharks We are excited to announce that the new review paper "State of shark and ray genomics in an era of extinction" led by our Masters student Jessica Pearce, has just been published in Frontiers in Marine Science! This review discusses how genomics can assist in the conservation of
Lab Updates Adrianne Hortle joins the Sequeira Lab as MSc student! Adrianne Hortle has joined the Sequeira lab to undertake an interdisciplinary project within the Integrated Coastal Analyses and Sensor Technology (ICoAST) and Gathaagudu Animal Tracking (GAT) projects linking remote sensing seagrass mapping and turtle observations in Shark Bay (Gathaagudu), Western
New paper reveals that co-occurring sharks follow specific movement strategies that may help support their co-existence! The movement patterns of sympatric apex predatory sharks has just been published in Ecography: 'Comprehensive analytical approaches reveal species-specific search strategies in sympatric apex predatory sharks'.
Field Work Watch turtle tagging in action! Catch a sneak peak at what field science in action looks like for members of the Sequeira Lab. Watch the struggles and triumphs of fieldwork in the marine environment, and learn what it takes to tag a turtle!
