Andrew Foote
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Centre for Sustainable Tropical Fisheries and Aquaculture
James Cook University
Australia
Biography
Dr Foote is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow, working principally in the phenotype acquisition team on the ARC Research Hub for Advanced Prawn Breeding. He has experience in running a range of replicated prawn trials including reproductive performance, nutrition, ploidy manipulation and viral challenges. He has experience with techniques for high-throughput, automated processing of prawn tissues using robotics for genotyping and viral assays as well as advanced imaging and gene expression techniques. He will co-supervise students and provide training to technical staff within the Research hub.Dr Foote is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow, working principally in the phenotype acquisition team on the ARC Research Hub for Advanced Prawn Breeding. He has experience in running a range of replicated prawn trials including reproductive performance, nutrition, ploidy manipulation and viral challenges. He has experience with techniques for high-throughput, automated processing of prawn tissues using robotics for genotyping and viral assays as well as advanced imaging and gene expression techniques. He will co-supervise students and provide training to technical staff within the Research hub.
Research Interest
Reproductive performance, nutrition, ploidy manipulation and viral challenges
