Professor Abigail Elizur
BSc, Hebrew, MSc ANU, PhD ANU
Position: Professor in Aquaculture Biotechnology
Office: 12.17A
Tel: +61 7 5459 4813
Fax: +61 7 5430 2881
Email: AElizur@usc.edu.au
Teaching areas
- Molecular Biology
- Aquaculture
Research areas
- Regulation of puberty in finfish
- Moult regulation in crustaceans
- Biomineralisation in pearl oysters
- Identification of genes associated with high value commercial traits in aquaculture species
Profile
Professor Abigail Elizur has been involved in the application of molecular biology and biotechnology to aquaculture since 1990 when she joined the National centre for Mariculture in Eilat, Israel, where she led the work on fish reproductive endocrinology. In 1999 Professor Elizur returned to Australia, and joined the Bribie Island Aquaculture Research Centre, where she initiated the aquaculture biotechnology group that links with other aquaculture discipline. Professor Elizur joined USC part-time in 2004 while continuing with the Queensland Department of Primary Industries.
Publications
Electronic copies of various academic papers from Professor Abigail Elizur are available on the USC Coast Research Database website.