Plastic pollution: new driver altering responses to variable environments

Postdoctoral Research Associate - University of Sydney, Australia

 

Advisor:

Prof. Frank Seebacher

 

About:

Plastic pollution is a monumental global environmental and health problem, and Australia has one of the world’s highest exposures to bisphenol A (BPA), a plastics leachate. This project aims to determine how BPA, which now represents a novel environmental driver, alters physiological responses of animals, and how it interacts with other environmental variables to alter ecological and evolutionary trajectories. The project will use a new zebrafish gene knock-out model to show whether the effects of BPA are transferred between generations, and will establish an international collaboration, thereby increasing Australia's research capacity. Outcomes from the project are expected to benefit environmental management

 

Skills: 

Fish husbandry, swimming performance (Ucrit), metabolic rate, enzyme assays, meta-analysis, mitochondrial energetics

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Species:

• Zebrafish (Danio rerio)