Maren Wellenreuther

This team focusses on the application of genomic technologies to improve fisheries management and the selective breeding of new species for aquaculture. The team strives to apply the latest genomic and phenomic technologies that are rooted in an eco-evolutionary framework to support fisheries management and the selection of elite broodstock. Key science capabilities include knowledge of quantitative and polygenic genetics, epigenomics, transcriptomics, genomic selection models, genome scans for selection, software development for high throughput and automated phenomic innovations and the economic assessment of species to support species selection for different production systems. Image-based phenotyping, with a focus on high quality trait extraction and high-throughput, is a technology that is developed by this team to support automated phenotyping, breeding decisions and performance measurements. Data base design and big data computational solutions are part of the key capabilities that reside in this group to support data integration from multiple sources and environments.
Photo caption: Top, from left to right: Peter Morrison-Whittle, Igor Ruza, Maren Wellenreuther, Nicholas Tuckey. Bottom, from left to right: Noemie Valenza-Troubat, Matt Wylie, Christina Flammensbeck, Dafni Anastasiadi, David Ashton.

MAREN WELLENREUTHER

Science Group Leader/Associate Professor

DAFNI ANASTASIADI

Royal Society of New Zealand Marsden postdoc

CHRISTINA FLAMMENSBECK

Phd student, University of Auckland

ANDREA BERTRAM

Phd student, Flinders University, Australia

CLAIRE MEROT

Postdoc, University of Laval, Canada

AMALI THRIMAWITHANA

Phd student, University of Auckland

MIKE RUIGROK

Alumni, Victoria University of Wellington

YVAN PAPA

Alumni, Victoria University of Wellington

TOM OOSTING

Alumni, Victoria University of Wellington

NOEMIE VALENZA TROUBAT

Alumni, Victoria University of Wellington