AIMS@JCU Janice Lough Postdoctoral Fellowship – Reef Responses to Environmental Change

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AIMS@JCU is a jointly funded Strategic Alliance between two global leaders in tropical marine science - the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) and James Cook University (JCU).

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Fish chomper stoppers could help baby corals rehabilitate reefs

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18 July 2024

Scientists have designed special cradles for baby corals that help prevent fish from eating them alive.

a happy parrotfish swims towards a camera, whilst a device that holds baby corals is covered in algae in the background

Machine Learning (ML) / AI Engineers x 2

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Have a key role in advancing data analytics & AI applications across AIMS & enabling the delivery of insights, solutions & support to end-users & stakeholders.

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Big dreams about little creatures for AIMS Indigenous scientist

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08 July 2024

An AIMS’ marine science graduate will be blazing a trail in the United States later this year after winning a prestigious Fulbright Postgraduate Scholarship to help further her research into a plankton species and its role in dangerous algae blooms.

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Baby delight as pygmy blue whale calf sighted off Ningaloo

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04 July 2024

What is thought to be the youngest pygmy blue whale ever seen in Australian waters has been sighted off the Ningaloo coast as researchers renewed efforts to tag the endangered species.

An adult pygmy blue whale swims beside a baby, as seen from the air
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Whale Sharks given a health check with ultrasound imaging technique

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03 July 2024

An international team of researchers has discovered a new method of imaging free-swimming whale sharks using underwater ultrasound.

A freediving scraps tiny creatures from the lips of a whale shark, while another freediver is underneath taking an ultrasound
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“On-demand” coral spawning a gamechanger, speeding critical research

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26 June 2024

Aquarists in SeaSim have manipulated environmental “signals” to reproduce corals months ahead of the natural spawning season, at a more convenient time for scientists conducting world-leading reef restoration research.

Out of season coral spawning