Lara Parata

The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species has just been updated and now includes assessments of 1,266 species of sharks, rays, and chimaeras.

Current Vacancies

I am currently advertising a new 3-year research position in my TerraLuma team: Research Associate in Drone Field Operations (Academic Level A)

The position will support the Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network’s (@TERN_Aus) Dronescape project.

careers.utas.edu.au/cw/en/job/50...

Heat exposure on Western Australian coral reefs is literally off the charts.

24 Degree Heating Weeks now at Ningaloo - the highest ever recorded.

6-8 DHW is lethal for most branching corals.

>20 is catastrophic.
coralreefwatch.noaa.gov/product/vs/m...

Mossy Earth Innovation Grant Programme A programme that provides small grants and support for tests of different nature restoration methods.

The visionary Mossy Earth is providing grants of up to £15k, but usually £2-6k, to enable rigorous testing of conservation actions. (Tips: pick an action not whole programme, have comparison or control, replicate). Exciting!
www.mossy.earth/science/inno...

🦑🧪 Three days left to apply for the postdoctoral position in my lab. We're looking for a population geneticist/ecologist/evolutionary biologist who is interested in studying tiny fishes in the Indo-Pacific! Come join us! 🤗

fishandfunctions.com/s/Postdoc_Ad...

PhD opportunity:

I am looking for a PhD student to study taxonomy and systematics of labrid fishes and other coral reef taxa. Successful applicants will be jointly based at the University of Sydney and the Australian Museum Research Institute.

Postgraduate Research Scholarship in Coral Reef Fisheries Sustainability A $40,109 per annum stipend scholarship for a PhD student within Faculty of Science to conduct social sciences-based fieldwork.

Prospective PhD students: I am recruiting another 3 PhD students to join my Thriving Oceans Research Hub
and work on the "Bright Spots 2.0" (aka exceptional responders) project as part of my ARC Laureate Fellowship www.arc.gov.au/funding-rese....
Scholarship Ad:
www.sydney.edu.au/scholarships...

If you do end up collecting eDNA, we’d love to work with you on processing and analyses. Feel free to reach out if you’re interested or need help planning 🧬🐠

Infographic highlighting the threatened status of sharks and their relatives

Here are the latest and most up-to date figures on how many species of sharks and their relatives are threatened. These animals are some of the most threatened vertebrate animals in the world.

Hi, I’m new and thought I should introduce myself 🦋 I’m a post-doc at the University of Western Australia working with @uwaoceans.bsky.social and #oceanomics 🧬 My research uses reference #genomes to understand marine fish #biodiversity and inform #conservation 🐠

Mass bleaching of corals on the Great Barrier Reef in early 2024 was the most severe and most widespread yet recorded - surpassing 1998, 2002, 2016, 2017, 2020 & 2022.

The overall mortality rate this year will exceed the 30% loss in 2016. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Would love to be added. Such a great resource!!

I'm hiring a coordinator for our #mesophotic Autonomous Reef Monitoring Structures (ARMS) program! This exciting new project will generate unprecedented amounts of information about the biodiversity of deep reefs in the Pacific. Spread the word! us242.dayforcehcm.co...