Professor Madeleine van Oppen
ARC Laureate Fellow, School of BioSciences, Faculty of Science, University of Melbourne; Senior Principal Research Scientist, Australian Institute of Marine Science
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Environment
For coral, teamwork makes the dream work
The discovery of clusters of two types of bacteria in the tentacles of corals sheds light on their role in coral reef health
Sciences & Technology
The ‘Russian dolls’ of coral reefs
The discovery of bacteria inside the algae that live inside corals sheds new light on reef-building corals and could be important for understanding coral bleaching
Sciences & Technology
Breeding baby corals for warmer seas
Hoping to give mother nature a helping hand, researchers are using in vitro fertilisation to breed corals better able to cope with our changing climate
Environment
Three ways to save stressed-out coral
What if coral could be made more resistant to the effects of climate change?
Sciences & Technology
Under the Microscope
Helping corals survive a rapidly changing world
Professor Madeleine van Oppen wants to manipulate the complex relationship between corals and microbes to accelerate coral evolution