AIMS Researcher Secures 5th Spot in Inspire Australia Research Competition

AIMS Researcher, Dr Karen Weynberg has taken out fifth place in the recent Inspire Australia Research competition! 

Karen's project involves investigating the viruses that infect Crown-of-Thorns Starfish in order to "establish a baseline knowledge of the viruses present in healthy and diseased [Crown-of-Thorns Starfish] and build on this to examine whether viruses could help to control the number of [Crown-of-Thorns Starfish] on the Great Barrier Reef."

After a combination of public voting and judges' scores, Karen's fifth place position secures her $1382 in funding towards future Crown-of-Thorns Starfish virus research.

More information about Karen's project, including the video used in her submission to the Inspire Research Australia competition, can be found here. Further information on the research she is conducting can also be found here.