The AVC Lobster Science Centre would like to welcome the following people to its team.

Byron Parsons - Lab Technician and Dr. Melanie Buote - Graduate Student with the Bitter Crab Disease Project. This project focus on in vitro development of Hematodinium sp.,  a dinoflagellate that causes bitter crab disease in many crustaceans. Melanie is under the co-supervision of Drs. Andrea Battison and Rick Cawthorn.

Michael Ciaramella - Graduate Student - Hemolymph Biochemistry Project
Michael joined the team in September 2009 and is under the supervision of Dr. Andrea Battison.  His project will be examining the ability of plasma biochemistry profiles to predict the nutritional status of lobsters.

Mitchell Moore - Graduate Student - Microarray Project
Mitchell joined the team in September 2009 and is under the supervision of Dr. Spencer Greenwood, working on the Atlantic Lobster Moult & Quality project focusing on gene expression in reproductive females.

Dan Hines - Graduate Student - Microarray Project
Dan joined the team in September 2009 and is under the supervision of Dr. Spencer Greenwood.  His project is focused on discovering genes specifically associated with moult cycling in larval lobster.