Bronwyn Gillanders

@BronGillanders

Professor @uniadelaide, interested in ecology, fish/fisheries biology, integrated marine management and equity in STEM.

Adelaide, South Australia

Joined March 2014

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Bronwyn Gillanders@BronGillanders · Mar 2

Survey suggests 35 native freshwater fish should be added to Australia's threatened species list abc.net.au/news/science/2…

BronGillanders's tweet card. The largest survey of Australia's freshwater fish suggests about one third should be listed as threatened species.

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Bronwyn Gillanders@BronGillanders · Mar 2

Australian native species go feral in USA as redclaw crayfish invade Texas abc.net.au/news/2025-03-0…

BronGillanders's tweet card. Australian redclaw have sent wildlife authorities into damage control after the crayfish were found in the wild in the US state of Texas.

Bronwyn Gillanders@BronGillanders · Feb 28

Australia's first independent forensics lab targeting cold cases and mystery human remains abc.net.au/news/2025-03-0…

BronGillanders's tweet card. Across the country, countless sets of human remains sit in storage. Families are hoping the creation of Australia's first independent forensic science service will help solve cases and return remains...

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Centre of Light for Life@CentreLightLife · Feb 24

✨Celebrating 2 Years of the Centre of Light for Life! ✨ Since 2023, we’ve grown into a team of 20+ researchers, earning many awards and publishing groundbreaking work in high-ranking journals. Excited for another year of discovery! 🚀 Read more here: shorturl.at/2yehT

Bronwyn Gillanders@BronGillanders · Feb 23

Australian scientists hope to transform seafood industry with new fish species abc.net.au/news/2025-02-2…

BronGillanders's tweet card. The CSIRO unveils new fish variety that could one day make a splash on dinner tables across Australia. They are working on developing a sustainable, profitable and eco-friendly farmed fish using an...

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ASFB@AustSocFishBiol · Feb 20

📑 #NewStudy by Dolling et al. tested five different extraction methods for monitoring chemical pollutants which are absorbed by #plastic pollution and find their way into #fish in #Australia. 👀 buff.ly/4339jq5

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University of Essex@Uni_of_Essex · Feb 13

From whale earwax, narwhal tusks and bird feathers, @otolithgirl of @EssexLifeSci explores how the lives and experiences of animals are recorded in their body tissues, and how biologists are using this data to help species thrive. brnw.ch/21wQFGi

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Academy of Technological Sciences & Engineering@ATSE_au · Feb 13

Great to see the Greens' election policy prioritising science, industry & innovation—an important contribution to the national debate. We also support the commitment to evidence-based decision-making in collaboration with Learned Academies like ATSE. greens.org.au/portfolios/sci…

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Erica Donlon Durante@DonlonErica · Feb 14

New paper alert! We developed a new method to analyse hormones in cephalopod beaks. 🐙🦑 @Zoe_Doubleday @UniSAFII @MARISLabs #MarineScience #CephalopodResearch doi.org/10.1002/lol2.7…

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Adelaide Graduate Research School@GradSchoolUofA · Feb 14

🎈Congratulations to Nikita Pring for crossing the finish line and submitting that thesis. Time to celebrate an incredible achievement! 🎉🎓 #HDRLife #Thesis #PhDone @UofA_SET @UniofAdelaide

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Global Change Biology@GlobalChangeBio · Feb 11

OUT NOW Local‐ and Regional‐Scale Climate Variability Drives Complex Patterns of Growth Synchrony and Asynchrony in Deep‐Sea Snappers Across the Indo‐Pacific 📄 buff.ly/42Ys9hU @BronGillanders @JoeWiddrington @spc_cps @UniofAdelaide

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Bronwyn Gillanders@BronGillanders · Jan 21

Researchers find oyster blood helps antibiotics kill respiratory bacteria abc.net.au/news/2025-01-2…

BronGillanders's tweet card. They can create pearls and are rumoured to have aphrodisiac properties, but oysters might have a more serious role to play in the field of human health, researchers say.

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Bronwyn Gillanders@BronGillanders · Dec 31

How synthetic textiles made from plastic took over the fashion industry abc.net.au/news/2024-12-3…

BronGillanders's tweet card. Synthetic textiles were once hailed as the future of fashion. Now, we all have to reckon with the consequences.

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Bronwyn Gillanders@BronGillanders · Dec 29

Myanmar fishermen and dolphins' rare partnership faces uncertain future abc.net.au/news/2024-12-2…

BronGillanders's tweet card. A centuries-old partnership between fishermen and critically endangered Irrawaddy dolphins in Myanmar is threatened by environmental destruction and political upheaval.

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Academy of Technological Sciences & Engineering@ATSE_au · Dec 26

Meet Dr @AlistairHobday FTSE, the mind behind the development of forecasts and a classification system that will be crucial in anticipating those destructive heatwaves headed our way this summer season. 🔥 🌊 🔗 More: atse.org.au/who-we-are/our…

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Nina Wootton@DrNinaMarina · Nov 21

What’s in a saw!? Turns out a lot! Great talk by Nikki Biskis on using chemical profiles to trace sawfish origins #ASFB2024 🐟🪚 @AustSocFishBiol

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Nina Wootton@DrNinaMarina · Nov 21

This mornings plenary from ECR Excellence Award winner, Hayden Schilling. Showcasing a few key examples of using data modelling for the good of fish. #ASFB2024 🐠📈 @ht_schilling @AustSocFishBiol

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Nina Wootton@DrNinaMarina · Nov 20

Excellent story of using chemical markers and genetics to track fish connectivity in estuarine fish from Patrick Reis Santos 🐟 #ASFB2024 @AustSocFishBiol Using some of @KSarakinis PhD data!

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Bryce Stewart@BD_Stew · Nov 19

"Octopuses to take over the world, say Oxford researchers" oxfordmail.co.uk/news/24727502.… I, for one, will welcome the rise of our long armed overlords 🐙

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Nina Wootton@DrNinaMarina · Nov 18

Hindsight in fisheries is a great thing… Inspiring talk by the K Radway Allen award at #ASFB2024, A/Prof Tony Fowler. Record levels of catch, paired with low recruitment years = collapsed snapper fishery 🐟 More drawings to come tomorrow @AustSocFishBiol

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