Talk by Dr Greg Rouse, Professor of
Marine Biology at Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Date : 16 Nov 2017 (Thursday)
Time : 7pm to 8 pm
Venue : CREATE Theatrette,
Tower Block, Level 2, University Town, NUS
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About
the speaker:
Greg
Rouse is a professor of marine biology in the Marine Biology Research Division
at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego and is also curator of
the Benthic Invertebrate Collection at Scripps. He specializes in the study of
animal biodiversity. Professor Rouse has been on numerous oceanographic
expeditions involving deep sea habitats, including whale falls, hydrothermal
vents and methane seeps. He spends a lot of time investigating the extraordinary
bone-devouring worm known as Osedax. His
deep sea research interests also include the study of new hydrothermal vent
animals from the eastern and western Pacific as well as methane seeps in the
eastern Pacific. This led to the discovery of new species of the bizarre
'purple sock' worms, Xenoturbella. He
also studies the benthic fauna around Antarctica. Other current research
interests include the biology and evolution of sea dragons, the echinoderm tree
of life, particularly crinoids (feather stars and sea lilies), the diversity
and evolution of annelid worms. He has been involved in the discovery and
naming of more than 100 species of animals and has published two books and more
than 200 scientific papers. Prior to joining Scripps, he held research
positions at the South Australian Museum, the University of Adelaide,
University of Sydney, and the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. He
obtaied his B.S. and M.S. from the University of Queensland and Ph.D. from the
University of Sydney.
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The
talk on Quest for the Red Ruby Sea Dragon by Prof Greg Rouse attracted a crowd
of 75, comprising of staff and students from NUS, marine science enthusiasts
and members of the public. Prof Rouse gave a insightful talk on how he found
the locations of where these elusive sea dragons are found, the bioinformatics research
involved to show how they are related to other sea dragons and shared exciting
live footages of ruby seadragons found in their habitat.
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