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Sandie Degnan
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# Sandie Degnan

**Source**: https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/724
**Parent**: https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/920

Professor

# Sandie Degnan

Email:
:   [s.degnan@uq.edu.au](mailto:s.degnan@uq.edu.au)

Phone:
:   [+61 7 334 69005](tel:+61 7 334 69005)

## Positions

Affiliate of Centre for Marine Science
:   Centre for Marine Science
:   Faculty of Science

Professorial Research Fellow
:   School of the Environment
:   Faculty of Science

## Overview

### Background

Evolutionary and ecological genomics of marine invertebrate animals.

My lab's research is driven by a fascination with genomes that carry within them endless, brilliant solutions forged by evolution over millions of years in response to a constantly changing ocean. We tap into this to learn how the genomes of coral reef invertebrates and their bacterial symbionts interact with each other, and with the environment, throughout their life cycle. We study these gene-environment interactions in evolutionary and ecological contexts, using genomic, molecular and cellular approaches combined with behavioural ecology in natural populations.

We work often with embryonic and larval life history stages of indirect developers, as these stages are crucial to the maintenance and evolution of marine populations. Our current focus is around larval settlement and metamorphosis in the holobiont of the coral reef demosponge *Amphimedon queenslandica*. In recent years, our work has extended to functional genomic approaches to identify noval ways to control the coral reef pest, the Crown-of-Thorns starfish.

When not immersed in the molecular or computer lab, we are lucky enough to be immersed in the ocean, often in beautiful places!

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### Availability

Professor Sandie Degnan is:
:   Not available for supervision
:   Media expert

### Fields of research

[Animal cell and molecular biology](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/search?research-field=6059)
[Animal developmental and reproductive biology](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/search?research-field=5769)
[Animal immunology](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/search?research-field=5760)
[Behavioural ecology](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/search?research-field=5163)
[Bioinformatics and computational biology](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/search?research-field=4790)
[Biological Sciences](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/search?research-field=4771)
[Biological adaptation](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/search?research-field=5329)
[Developmental genetics (incl. sex determination)](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/search?research-field=5703)
[Ecology](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/search?research-field=4872)
[Evolution of developmental systems](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/search?research-field=5730)
[Gene expression (incl. microarray and other genome-wide approaches)](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/search?research-field=5221)
[Genetic immunology](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/search?research-field=5484)
[Genetics](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/search?research-field=4839)
[Genetics not elsewhere classified](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/search?research-field=5007)
[Genomics](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/search?research-field=6622)
[Invertebrate biology](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/search?research-field=6194)
[Life histories](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/search?research-field=5379)
[Marine and estuarine ecology (incl. marine ichthyology)](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/search?research-field=5150)
[Microbial ecology](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/search?research-field=5789)
[Microbiology](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/search?research-field=4957)
[Molecular evolution](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/search?research-field=5595)
[Phylogeny and comparative analysis](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/search?research-field=5422)
[Zoology](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/search?research-field=4988)

## Works

[Search Professor Sandie Degnan’s works on UQ eSpace](http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/list/author_id/1268)

[All
(100)](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts-publication/724/all)
[Journal Article
(85)](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts-publication/724/4748)
[Other Outputs
(1)](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts-publication/724/4749)
[Conference Publication
(8)](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts-publication/724/4751)
[Book Chapter
(6)](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts-publication/724/4752)

2025

Journal Article

##### Neuroendocrine regulation of the metamorphic transition of giant clams

Tan, Keana, Mateo-Matriano, Danielle Mae, Degnan, Sandie and Conaco, Cecilia (2025). Neuroendocrine regulation of the metamorphic transition of giant clams. Aquaculture, 606 742563, 742563. doi: 10.1016/j.aquaculture.2025.742563

[Neuroendocrine regulation of the metamorphic transition of giant clams](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:3ac6b99)

2024

Journal Article

##### Seasonal tissue-specific gene expression in wild crown-of-thorns starfish reveals reproductive and stress-related transcriptional systems

Morin, Marie, Jönsson, Mathias, Wang, Conan K., Craik, David J., Degnan, Sandie M. and Degnan, Bernard M. (2024). Seasonal tissue-specific gene expression in wild crown-of-thorns starfish reveals reproductive and stress-related transcriptional systems. PLOS Biology, 22 (5) e3002620, e3002620. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3002620

[Seasonal tissue-specific gene expression in wild crown-of-thorns starfish reveals reproductive and stress-related transcriptional systems](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:0d8955c)

2023

Journal Article

##### Potential for host-symbiont communication via neurotransmitters and neuromodulators in an aneural animal, the marine sponge Amphimedon queenslandica

Xiang, Xueyan, Vilar Gomez, Arturo A., Blomberg, Simone P., Yuan, Huifang, Degnan, Bernard M. and Degnan, Sandie M. (2023). Potential for host-symbiont communication via neurotransmitters and neuromodulators in an aneural animal, the marine sponge Amphimedon queenslandica. Frontiers in Neural Circuits, 17 1250694, 1-12. doi: 10.3389/fncir.2023.1250694

[Potential for host-symbiont communication via neurotransmitters and neuromodulators in an aneural animal, the marine sponge Amphimedon queenslandica](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:f2ab153)

2023

Journal Article

##### Captivity induces a sweeping and sustained genomic response in a starfish

Morin, Marie, Jönsson, Mathias, Wang, Conan K., Craik, David J., Degnan, Sandie M. and Degnan, Bernard M. (2023). Captivity induces a sweeping and sustained genomic response in a starfish. Molecular Ecology, 32 (13), 3541-3556. doi: 10.1111/mec.16947

[Captivity induces a sweeping and sustained genomic response in a starfish](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:1bba637)

2023

Journal Article

##### Antioxidant enzymes that target hydrogen peroxide are conserved across the animal kingdom, from sponges to mammals

Hewitt, Olivia H. and Degnan, Sandie M. (2023). Antioxidant enzymes that target hydrogen peroxide are conserved across the animal kingdom, from sponges to mammals. Scientific Reports, 13 (1) 2510, 1-13. doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-29304-6

[Antioxidant enzymes that target hydrogen peroxide are conserved across the animal kingdom, from sponges to mammals](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:b499889)

2023

Journal Article

##### How larvae and life cycles evolve

Degnan, Bernard M. and Degnan, Sandie M. (2023). How larvae and life cycles evolve. Trends in Genetics, 39 (7), 528-530. doi: 10.1016/j.tig.2023.03.008

[How larvae and life cycles evolve](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:c6ac2a6)

2022

Journal Article

##### Sex-specific expression of pheromones and other signals in gravid starfish

Jönsson, Mathias, Morin, Marie, Wang, Conan K., Craik, David J., Degnan, Sandie M. and Degnan, Bernard M. (2022). Sex-specific expression of pheromones and other signals in gravid starfish. BMC Biology, 20 (1) 288, 1-18. doi: 10.1186/s12915-022-01491-0

[Sex-specific expression of pheromones and other signals in gravid starfish](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:e7f0663)

2022

Journal Article

##### Distribution and diversity of ROS-generating enzymes across the animal kingdom, with a focus on sponges (Porifera)

Hewitt, Olivia H. and Degnan, Sandie M. (2022). Distribution and diversity of ROS-generating enzymes across the animal kingdom, with a focus on sponges (Porifera). BMC Biology, 20 (1) 212, 212. doi: 10.1186/s12915-022-01414-z

[Distribution and diversity of ROS-generating enzymes across the animal kingdom, with a focus on sponges (Porifera)](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:5bf04c8)

2022

Journal Article

##### Gene activation of metazoan Fox transcription factors at the onset of metamorphosis in the marine demosponge Amphimedon queenslandica

Yuan, Huifang, Hatleberg, William L., Degnan, Bernard M. and Degnan, Sandie M. (2022). Gene activation of metazoan Fox transcription factors at the onset of metamorphosis in the marine demosponge Amphimedon queenslandica. Development, Growth and Differentiation, 64 (8), 455-468. doi: 10.1111/dgd.12812

[Gene activation of metazoan Fox transcription factors at the onset of metamorphosis in the marine demosponge Amphimedon queenslandica](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:6dedb9a)

2022

Journal Article

##### Ribosomal RNA-depletion provides an efficient method for successful dual RNA-Seq expression profiling of a marine sponge holobiont

Xiang, Xueyan, Poli, Davide, Degnan, Bernard M. and Degnan, Sandie M. (2022). Ribosomal RNA-depletion provides an efficient method for successful dual RNA-Seq expression profiling of a marine sponge holobiont. Marine Biotechnology, 24 (4), 722-732. doi: 10.1007/s10126-022-10138-8

[Ribosomal RNA-depletion provides an efficient method for successful dual RNA-Seq expression profiling of a marine sponge holobiont](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:8ad0b5e)

2022

Journal Article

##### Phototransduction in a marine sponge provides insights into the origin of animal vision

Wong, Eunice, Anggono, Victor, Williams, Stephen R., Degnan, Sandie M. and Degnan, Bernard M. (2022). Phototransduction in a marine sponge provides insights into the origin of animal vision. iScience, 25 (6) 104436, 104436. doi: 10.1016/j.isci.2022.104436

[Phototransduction in a marine sponge provides insights into the origin of animal vision](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:d1beeb9)

2022

Journal Article

##### Distal regulation, silencers, and a shared combinatorial syntax are hallmarks of animal embryogenesis

Cornejo-Paramo, Paola, Roper, Kathrein, Degnan, Sandie, Degnan, Bernard and Wong, Emily S (2022). Distal regulation, silencers, and a shared combinatorial syntax are hallmarks of animal embryogenesis. Genome Research, 32 (3), 474-487. doi: 10.1101/gr.275864.121

[Distal regulation, silencers, and a shared combinatorial syntax are hallmarks of animal embryogenesis](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:c77b2e6)

2022

Journal Article

##### Grand challenges in coevolution

Medina, Mónica, Baker, David M., Baltrus, David A., Bennett, Gordon M., Cardini, Ulisse, Correa, Adrienne M. S., Degnan, Sandie M., Christa, Gregor, Kim, Eunsoo, Li, Jingchun, Nash, David R., Marzinelli, Ezequiel, Nishiguchi, Michele, Prada, Carlos, Roth, Melissa S., Saha, Mahasweta, Smith, Christopher I., Theis, Kevin R. and Zaneveld, Jesse (2022). Grand challenges in coevolution. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 9 618251. doi: 10.3389/fevo.2021.618251

[Grand challenges in coevolution](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:670c4b0)

2020

Book Chapter

##### Staining and Tracking Methods for Studying Sponge Cell Dynamics

Borchiellini, Carole, Degnan, Sandie M., Le Goff, Emilie, Rocher, Caroline, Vernale, Amélie, Baghdiguian, Stephen, Séjourné, Nina, Marschal, Florent, Le Bivic, André, Godefroy, Nelly, Degnan, Bernard M. and Renard, Emmanuelle (2020). Staining and Tracking Methods for Studying Sponge Cell Dynamics. Developmental Biology of the Sea Urchin and Other Marine Invertebrates . (pp. 81-97) edited by David J. Carroll and Stephen A. Stricker. New York, NY, United States: Humana Press. doi: 10.1007/978-1-0716-0974-3\_5

[Staining and Tracking Methods for Studying Sponge Cell Dynamics](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:6b1687b)

2020

Journal Article

##### Molecular and behavioural evidence that interdependent photo ‐ and chemosensory systems regulate larval settlement in a marine sponge

Say, Tahsha E. and Degnan, Sandie M. (2020). Molecular and behavioural evidence that interdependent photo ‐ and chemosensory systems regulate larval settlement in a marine sponge. Molecular Ecology, 29 (2) mec.15318, 247-261. doi: 10.1111/mec.15318

[Molecular and behavioural evidence that interdependent photo ‐ and chemosensory systems regulate larval settlement in a marine sponge](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:07c63ec)

2020

Journal Article

##### Arginine biosynthesis by a bacterial symbiont enables nitric oxide production and facilitates larval settlement in the marine-sponge host

Song, Hao, Hewitt, Olivia H. and Degnan, Sandie M. (2020). Arginine biosynthesis by a bacterial symbiont enables nitric oxide production and facilitates larval settlement in the marine-sponge host. Current Biology, 31 (2), 433-437.e3. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2020.10.051

[Arginine biosynthesis by a bacterial symbiont enables nitric oxide production and facilitates larval settlement in the marine-sponge host](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:32cdb2d)

2019

Journal Article

##### Co-expression of synaptic genes in the sponge Amphimedon queenslandica uncovers ancient neural submodules

Wong, Eunice, Mölter, Jan, Anggono, Victor, Degnan, Sandie M. and Degnan, Bernard M. (2019). Co-expression of synaptic genes in the sponge Amphimedon queenslandica uncovers ancient neural submodules. Scientific Reports, 9 (1) 15781, 15781. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-51282-x

[Co-expression of synaptic genes in the sponge Amphimedon queenslandica uncovers ancient neural submodules](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:5caa450)

2019

Journal Article

##### Author correction: The mid-developmental transition and the evolution of animal body plans (Nature, (2016), 531, 7596, (637-641), 10.1038/nature16994)

Levin, Michal, Anavy, Leon, Cole, Alison G., Winter, Eitan, Mostov, Natalia, Khair, Sally, Senderovich, Naftalie, Kovalev, Ekaterina, Silver, David H., Feder, Martin, Fernandez-Valverde, Selene L., Nakanishi, Nagayasu, Simmons, David, Simakov, Oleg, Larsson, Tomas, Liu, Shang-Yun, Jerafi-Vider, Ayelet, Yaniv, Karina, Ryan, Joseph F., Martindale, Mark Q., Rink, Jochen C., Arendt, Detlev, Degnan, Sandie M., Degnan, Bernard M., Hashimshony, Tamar and Yanai, Itai (2019). Author correction: The mid-developmental transition and the evolution of animal body plans (Nature, (2016), 531, 7596, (637-641), 10.1038/nature16994). Nature, 575 (7782), E3-E3. doi: 10.1038/s41586-019-1698-x

[Author correction: The mid-developmental transition and the evolution of animal body plans (Nature, (2016), 531, 7596, (637-641), 10.1038/nature16994)](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:61dc328)

2019

Journal Article

##### Convergent evolution of a vertebrate-like methylome in a marine sponge

de Mendoza, Alex, Hatleberg, William L., Pang, Kevin, Leininger, Sven, Bogdanovic, Ozren, Pflueger, Jahnvi, Buckberry, Sam, Technau, Ulrich, Hejnol, Andreas, Adamska, Maja, Degnan, Bernard M., Degnan, Sandie M. and Lister, Ryan (2019). Convergent evolution of a vertebrate-like methylome in a marine sponge. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 3 (10), 1464-1473. doi: 10.1038/s41559-019-0983-2

[Convergent evolution of a vertebrate-like methylome in a marine sponge](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:992f5cc)

2019

Journal Article

##### Pluripotency and the origin of animal multicellularity

Sogabe, Shunsuke, Hatleberg, William L., Kocot, Kevin M., Say, Tahsha E., Stoupin, Daniel, Roper, Kathrein E., Fernandez-Valverde, Selene L., Degnan, Sandie M. and Degnan, Bernard M. (2019). Pluripotency and the origin of animal multicellularity. Nature, 570 (7762), 519-522. doi: 10.1038/s41586-019-1290-4

[Pluripotency and the origin of animal multicellularity](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:c0b4ffa)

## Funding

### Current funding

- 2023 - 2026

  Origin and evolution of animal-bacterial symbiosis

  ARC Discovery Projects

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/57067)

### Past funding

- 2021 - 2024

  Evolution of environmental regulation of cell states in animal life cycles

  ARC Discovery Projects

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/47254)
- 2020 - 2025

  Crown-of-Thorns Starfish Control Innovation Program

  Great Barrier Reef Foundation

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/49226)
- 2020 - 2024

  New Tools for Advancing Model Systems in Aquatic Symbiosis: Establishing marine sponges as models for evolutionary, ecological and mechanistic aspects of animal-bacterial symbiosis

  Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/42428)
- 2019 - 2023

  Marine sponge-microbe interactions and the origin of animal innate immunity

  ARC Discovery Projects

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/37057)
- 2018 - 2022

  Biocontrol of crown-of-thorns starfish using genomics and proteomics

  ARC Linkage Projects

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/35038)
- 2018

  Advanced imaging with wide spectrum molecular, quantitative and morphological applications in biological research

  UQ Major Equipment and Infrastructure

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/34789)
- 2018 - 2019

  Continuous flow isotope ratio mass spectrometer (CF-IRMS) and ancillary preparation systems for carbon, nitrogen and sulfur isotope microanalysis for archaeology, biology, earth and environmental scie

  UQ Major Equipment and Infrastructure

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/34778)
- 2017 - 2021

  How do sponges and bacteria together maintain productivity on coral reefs?

  ARC Discovery Projects

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/29878)
- 2015

  Beyond genomes, transcriptomes and proteomes: high throughput analysis of gene and protein expression and function

  UQ Major Equipment and Infrastructure

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/23898)
- 2012

  Science on the continental shelf: Securing our deep-sea biodiversity for the future

  ARC Linkage Projects

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/13453)
- 2011 - 2014

  Genomic tools for the emerging tropical rock lobster aquaculture industry

  ARC Linkage Projects

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/19995)
- 2011 - 2013

  Larval dispersal and settlement mechanisms in the first genome-enabled Australian marine animal, Amphimedon queenslandica (Porifera)

  ARC Discovery Projects

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/12522)
- 2011

  Tooling-up non-model organisms in the post-genomic era: equipment for the analysis of molecular and cellular processes in animals of evolutionary and commercial interest

  UQ Major Equipment and Infrastructure

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/13055)
- 2009

  Building Capacity in Quantitative Genomics

  UQ School/Centre Co-Funding

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/45497)
- 2009 - 2013

  The essence of being an animal: sponge allorecognition and the evolution of individuality

  ARC Discovery Projects

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/10167)
- 2008

  Heron Island Research Station Connectivity Upgrade

  UQ Major Equipment and Infrastructure

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/9989)
- 2007 - 2011

  Deep Downunder: designing a deep-sea exploration and discovery capability for Australia

  ARC Linkage Projects

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/8480)
- 2007 - 2008

  CSIRO Flagship - Gonad development and sex differentiation in the abalone

  CSIRO Flagships Collaboration Fund

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/9153)
- 2006 - 2009

  Aquaculture of the tropical abalone: identifying and selecting for factors promoting high settlement, survival and growth

  ARC Linkage Projects

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/7628)
- 2005 - 2007

  Variation in larval gene expression in a marine invertebrate: implications for population divergence via differential settlement response

  ARC Discovery Projects

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/19143)
- 1995 - 1997

  Genetic and phenotypic consequences of colonisation of oceanic islands by silvereyes

  ARC Australian Research Council (Large grants)

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/401)
- 1995

  Phylogenetic status and population structure of the tropical abalone Haliotis asinina: a preliminary molecular analysis

  University of Queensland New Staff Research Grant

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/949)

View all 22 past funded projects
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## Supervision

### Availability

Professor Sandie Degnan is:
:   Not available for supervision

### Supervision history

#### Current supervision

- Doctor Philosophy

  ##### Transposons, Stress, and Evolution in C. elegans

  Associate Advisor

  Other advisors:
  [Associate Professor Paul Ebert](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/444)

#### Completed supervision

- 2023

  Doctor Philosophy

  ##### [The role of redox signalling in regulating an animal-bacterial symbiosis](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:4a9882d)

  Principal Advisor
- 2022

  Doctor Philosophy

  ##### [Investigating the molecular mechanisms underlying the life cycle transition of the marine sponge Amphimedon queenslandica: Insights from the Fox gene family](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:f5b69c2)

  Principal Advisor

  Other advisors:
  [Professor Bernard Degnan](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/350)
- 2021

  Doctor Philosophy

  ##### [Diurnal and seasonal host-symbiont interactions in the coral reef demosponge Amphimedon queenslandica](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:717a53e)

  Principal Advisor

  Other advisors:
  [Dr Laura Rix](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/21558)
- 2021

  Doctor Philosophy

  ##### [Investigating host-symbiont crosstalk in the coral reef demosponge Amphimedon queenslandica](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:6cdf49e)

  Principal Advisor

  Other advisors:
  [Professor Bernard Degnan](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/350)
- 2019

  Doctor Philosophy

  ##### [The nature and perception of environmental cues that orchestrate the pelago-benthic life cycle in the sponge Amphimedon queenslandica: molecular and behavioural perspectives](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:9b99edc)

  Principal Advisor

  Other advisors:
  [Professor Eugeni Roura](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/2344)
- 2018

  Doctor Philosophy

  ##### [Horizontal gene transfer in the sponge Amphimedon queenslandica](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:720825)

  Principal Advisor

  Other advisors:
  [Professor Sassan Asgari](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/1323)
- 2016

  Doctor Philosophy

  ##### [Deciphering the genomic tool-kit underlying animal-bacteria interactions: insights through the demosponge Amphimedon queenslandica](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:414629)

  Principal Advisor

  Other advisors:
  [Professor Andrew Barnes](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/1312)
- 2014

  Doctor Philosophy

  ##### [The roles of morphological diversification, depth range expansions and a novel gene in the evolution of the Octocorallia](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:331246)

  Principal Advisor

  Other advisors:
  [Associate Professor Lyn Cook](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/1764)
- 2013

  Master Philosophy

  ##### [The characterisation of the microbiome of the demosponge Amphimedon queenslandica reveals host immune responses to changes in the symbiotic bacterial community](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:312529)

  Principal Advisor

  Other advisors:
  [Professor Bernard Degnan](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/350), [Professor Phil Hugenholtz](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/14)
- 2013

  Doctor Philosophy

  ##### [A transcriptional perspective of NOS and HSP90 gene activity during phylogenetically divergent marine invertebrate metamorphosis](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:304236)

  Principal Advisor

  Other advisors:
  [Professor Bernard Degnan](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/350)
- 2011

  Doctor Philosophy

  ##### [Deciphering the genetic mechanisms that regulate sexual development in the abalone: Vasa, Nanos and Dmrt gene expression in the vetigastropod Haliotis asinina](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:230812)

  Principal Advisor

  Other advisors:
  [Professor Bernard Degnan](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/350)
- 2010

  Doctor Philosophy

  ##### [Genetic and environmental interplay during development: Variation at metamorphosis in a natural population of the tropical abalone, Haliotis asinina (Linnaeus)](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:193350)

  Principal Advisor

  Other advisors:
  [Professor Bernard Degnan](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/350)
- 2006

  Doctor Philosophy

  ##### PROCESSES LEADING TO SPECIATION IN AUSTRALIAN WET TROPICS FAUNA: DIVERGENCE AMONG THREE SIBLING LINEAGES OF SKINKS

  Principal Advisor

  Other advisors:
  [Professor Hugh Possingham](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/920)
- Doctor Philosophy

  ##### Using integrative physiology to optimise diets for sustainable aquaculture in fish

  Principal Advisor
- 2026

  Doctor Philosophy

  ##### [Cell state changes during metamorphosis in the marine sponge Amphimedon queenslandica](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:4fec458)

  Associate Advisor

  Other advisors:
  [Professor Stefan Thor](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/22014), [Professor Bernard Degnan](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/350)
- 2024

  Doctor Philosophy

  ##### [Exploring Mechanisms of Animal-bacteria Interactions in the Sponge Amphimedon queenslandica Holobiont](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:4cd10bd)

  Associate Advisor

  Other advisors:
  [Professor Bernard Degnan](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/350)
- 2023

  Doctor Philosophy

  ##### [Chemosensory Communication in the Crown-of-Thorns Starfish: Towards a Green and Species-specific Biocontrol program](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:a6acc7a)

  Associate Advisor

  Other advisors:
  [Professor Victor Anggono](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/2745), [Professor Bernard Degnan](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/350)
- 2023

  Doctor Philosophy

  ##### [Characterising the crown-of-thorns starfish secretome to identify factors for future biocontrol systems](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:cb6b1e8)

  Associate Advisor

  Other advisors:
  [Associate Professor Conan Wang](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/1542), [Professor Bernard Degnan](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/350)
- 2020

  Doctor Philosophy

  ##### [Early evolution of the nervous system: Insights from synaptic sub-machineries and sensory behaviour in the aneural sponge, Amphimedon queenslandica](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:d0c2666)

  Associate Advisor

  Other advisors:
  [Professor Victor Anggono](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/2745), [Professor Bernard Degnan](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/350)
- 2017

  Doctor Philosophy

  ##### [The characterization of larval homology: Transcriptomic insights into the origin and evolution of animal life cycles](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:673612)

  Associate Advisor

  Other advisors:
  [Professor Bernard Degnan](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/350)
- 2017

  Doctor Philosophy

  ##### [Modelling Sponge-Symbiont Metabolism](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:418528)

  Associate Advisor

  Other advisors:
  [Professor Bernard Degnan](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/350)
- 2016

  Doctor Philosophy

  ##### [Modifying penaeid-trawl spreading mechanisms to improve environmental efficiency](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:399177)

  Associate Advisor
- 2015

  Doctor Philosophy

  ##### [Self-nonself recognition: Genomic and transcriptomic insights from the sponge aggregation factors](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:364022)

  Associate Advisor

  Other advisors:
  [Professor Bernard Degnan](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/350), [Professor Andrew Barnes](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/1312)
- 2012

  Doctor Philosophy

  ##### [Growth and reproduction related neuropeptides in the tropical abalone Haliotis asinina](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:281267)

  Associate Advisor

  Other advisors:
  [Professor Andrew Barnes](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/1312), [Professor Bernard Degnan](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/350)
- 2012

  Master Philosophy

  ##### [Regulation of M-like proteins SiMA and SiMB of Streptococcus iniae, and potential as cross-protective vaccines in Lates calcarifer](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:282469)

  Associate Advisor

  Other advisors:
  [Professor Andrew Barnes](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/1312)
- 2007

  Doctor Philosophy

  ##### PHYLOGEOGRAPHY AND SPECIATION IN TROPICAL ABALONE, Haliotis Asinina

  Associate Advisor

  Other advisors:
  [Professor Bernard Degnan](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/350)

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