The fascinating ecological and environmental insights being revealed by marine organisms’ hard body parts.

Although marine waters present a challenging research environment, the remarkable data obtained there by the University of Adelaide’s Professor Bronwyn Gillanders and her team has proven well worth the effort. Studying the hard structures of marine organisms, such as teeth and bones, the team has successfully used the information gained to cast light on important ecological and environmental questions.

Professor Bronwyn Gillanders is Deputy Director of the Environment Institute at the University of Adelaide. She completed her PhD in Biological Sciences at the University of Sydney, and has worked on projects in freshwater, estuarine and marine waters. She moved to the University of Adelaide in 2001.

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Join us on Thursday August 13th at 630pm for a talk about one of South Australia's most iconic animals, the Giant Australian cuttlefish. Prof Bronwyn Gillanders (University of Adelaide) will describe the natural history of this animal and current research efforts in the Upper Spencer Gulf. Drinks and nibbles from 6pm. Royal Society Rooms, South Australian Museum (via Kintore Ave). All welcome.