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Conferences

Ana was a panellist at The Anthropocene Conference of the Max Planck Institute of GeoAnthropology

Sequeira Lab lead Assoc Prof Ana Sequeira has just arrived back from a trip to Germany, where she was an invited panelist at the Crossing Boundaries in Science 2024: The Anthropocene conference.

Publications

The power of marine megafauna migrations: a nature-based solution for financing global biodiversity conservation

The SequeiraLab is thrilled to share that the paper “Ecosystem services ‘on the move’ as a nature-based solution for financing the Global Biodiversity Framework” led by Ana Sequeira, U. Rashid Sumaila, and Abbie A. Rogers has just been published in the journal npj Ocean Sustainability.

Field Work

A successful deployment of the first acoustic receiver array in Shark Bay!

The SequeiraLab team has just returned from a fieldtrip to Shark Bay, Western Australia, after deploying the first acoustic receivers in this region! This work is the result of a collaboration with IMOS, the Australian Integrated Marine Observing System, and is a great advancement for our ongoing ti

Events

Sequeira Lab member just arrived from a teaching trip to China

PhD student Olga M. Azevedo was in Weihai, China, for a two week trip visiting the Shandong University to partake with students concepts about evolutionary biology, and assist them with practicing their research and critical analysis skills.

Lab Updates

Join our Team as a Communications Assistant!

Sequeira Lab is excited to announce an exciting opportunity for a Communications Assistant to join our vibrant team!

Awards

Ana is thrilled to have been awarded the Fenner Medal from the Australian Academy of Science!

Our lab leader, Associate Professor Ana Sequeira, has just been awarded the prestigious Fenner Medal by the Australian Academy of Science for her outstanding contributions to marine biology! This award recognises distinguished research in Biology by researchers up to 10 years post-PhD, making it a t

Events

Our post-doc Hannah Calich helps discern fact from fiction: 'Jaws' discussed!

SequeiraLab post-doc Dr Hannah Calich had the opportunity to discuss the impact Jaws had on sharks and answer questions from the public at a Science.Art.Film film screening hosted by Australian National University (ANU) this month. This event was moderated by Dr Anna-Sophie Jürgens from the Australi

Conferences

Sequeira Lab attended the 8th International Bio-Logging Science Conference (BLS8)

Five members of the Sequeira Lab are on their way to Tokyo, Japan, to take part at the 8th International Bio-Logging Science Symposium (BLS8). The BLS has a specific focus on advances in the field of telemetry and biologging, ranging from terrestrial to marine ecosystems.

Lab Updates

A Sequeira Lab outing to farewell our visitor Jorge Medina

The PhD student Jorge Medina is ending his visit to the Sequeira Lab. After 3 months of hard work on the development of machine learning techniques to better predict marine animal trajectories, Jorge will be back to Spain, where he will be finishing is PhD this year.

Lab Updates

Meet Olga – Sequeira Lab’s newest PhD student!

Olga M. Azevedo has successfully secured a PhD scholarship and has joined the Sequeira lab as a PhD student at the Australian National University (ANU) to work on movement patterns and trophic connections of key marine megafauna species in the Shark Bay World Heritage.

Lab Updates

Jorge Medina visits Sequeira Lab to build an exciting new approach to study marine animal movement

Jorge Medina, a PhD student at the Spanish Institute for Cross-Disciplinary Physics and Complex Systems (IFISC) has come for a three-month research stay at the Sequeira Lab, to focus on the development of machine learning techniques to better predict marine animal trajectories.

Publications

What’s next for the second round of fisheries subsidies agreement negotiations at the upcoming WTO conference?

The Sequeira Lab leader, Assoc. Prof. Ana Sequeira, has contributed to a comment entitled “WTO must complete an ambitious fisheries subsidies Agreement” just published in the Nature Portfolio journal Ocean Sustainability. In this comment, Ana along with 36 other scientists urge global leaders to con

Publications

How 3D movements of whale sharks are linked with the bio-physical environment

SequeiraLab's PhD student, Ben D'Antonio, celebrates the publication of his first PhD chapter! s) and the bio-physical environment off a coral reef" just published in the journal Movement Ecology. In this paper, Ben used an interdisciplinary approach to assess density, distribution and composition o

Conferences

Sequeira Lab members presented at the ANU Research School of Biology’s biannual conference!

Every two years, the Research School of Biology (RSB) of the Australian National University (ANU) prepares a conference that brings together Early and Mid-Career Researchers (EMCRs) with students doing a High Degree by Research (HDR). And for the first time, Sequeira lab members Dr. Hannah Calich an

Lab Updates

Festive Greetings from the Sequeira Lab team!

Festive greetings from SequeiraLab

Lab Updates

Sequeira Lab writing retreat at the beautiful ANU Kioloa campus

Last month the Sequeira lab gathered in Canberra for a 4-day end-of-year retreat at the ANU Kioloa campus. The group included lab members from both the Australian Natural University (ANU) and The University of Western Australia (UWA)

Lab Updates

Opportunity for Postdoctoral Fellow @ Sequeira Lab!

Join the Sequeira Group in Advancing Marine Megafauna Conservation! We are excited to announce a fantastic opportunity for a Postdoctoral Fellowship with us.

Lab Updates

Meet Nils - Sequeira Lab's newest PhD student!

Nils Kreuter has joined the Sequeira lab as a PhD student at the Australian National University (ANU) to work on acoustic tracking data from marine megafauna around Australia. His work will examine fine scale movement properties to investigate social, collective, or coordinated behaviour with a spec

Field Work

An animal tracking expedition at your fingertips

Over the last two years, the Sequeira Lab has been undertaking research expeditions as part of our Gathaagudu Animal Tracking (GAT) Project.

Lab Updates

Domestic PhD applications open at the Sequeira Lab at ANU!

Are you interested in learning about the marine environment and investigating marine megafauna movements? The Sequeira Lab has exciting new PhD opportunities available for domestic students! The Lab focuses on addressing specific questions of relevance for the conservation of marine species and the

Lab Updates

Celebrating our ladies in science for International Women's Day

The SequeiraLab is proud to host and work with so many amazing women in science!

Collaborations

The MegaMove team was 'on the move' to meet in Canberra!

The MegaMove team, led by Dr. Ana Sequeira (ANU Research School of Biology), met in Canberra last week to advance ongoing research, discuss new plans, and start new collaborations!

Collaborations

Diary of a tiger shark: watch a day in the life of Boof!

The Sequeira Lab and the Ocean Park Aquarium joined forces to monitor the release of Boof, a subadult tiger shark, who’s been housed in Ocean Park for the last few years!

Events

Taking a "Bite of Science" in Shark Bay!

The Sequeira Lab is back in Gathaagudu (Shark Bay, Western Australia) for some turtle and shark satellite tagging research, and this Saturday (December 3rd) we are hosting an afternoon of nature, storytelling, and community in the Denham Townhall!

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.