Ben Overland
![Ben Overland](/bioscience/facilities/csar/students/undergraduate/ben-overland_flume-540x238-q90.jpg)
Ben's project aimed to establish the function of the lumpfish suction cup by estimating the water currents needed to dislodge them from attachment.
Supervisor: Professor Carlos Garcia de Leaniz
Stefanos Kampouris
![Stefanos Kampouris](/bioscience/facilities/csar/students/undergraduate/Zebrafish.jpg)
Stefanos compared the reproductive success of zebrafish (Danio rerio) with and without environmental enrichment. He also assessed differences in welfare associated behavioural traits under an enriched or non-enriched environment.
Supervisor: Dr Sara Barrento
Shelby-Jay Lewis
![Shelby-Jay Lewis](/bioscience/facilities/csar/students/undergraduate/pleco-540x238-q90.jpg)
Suction mechanisms are interesting features, present in only 2.72% of fish families; their function to adhere the fish to a variety of different surfaces. Shelby-Jay's study aims to investigate patterns of distribution within families and answer the questions of why only some fish have it and how it evolved.
Supervisors: Professor Carlos Garcia de Leaniz
Shannon Higgins
![Shannon Higgins](/bioscience/facilities/csar/students/undergraduate/shannon-zebrafish-540x238-q90.jpg)
Shannon examined the social dynamics in zebrafish (Danio rerio). Specifically she is assessed whether zebrafish, when given the choice, prefer to be with kin, non-kin, familiar or non-familiar conspecifics.
Supervisor: Professor Carlos Garcia de Leaniz
Connor Markham
![Connor Markham](/bioscience/facilities/csar/students/undergraduate/connor-_lumpfish-540x238-q90.jpg)
Connor's project aimed to establish ways in which growth rates can be slowed down in Lumpfish (Cyclopterus lumpus). This was investigated by manipulating photoperiod and water flow.
Supervisor: Professor Carlos Garcia de Leaniz
Jean-Baptiste Woods
![Jean-Baptiste Woods](/bioscience/facilities/csar/students/undergraduate/jean-baptiste-algae2-540x238-q90.jpg)
Jean-Baptiste assessed the nutrient conditions that will create the maximal amount of phycoerythrin in Porphyridium purpureum, which is used for many dyeing applications in industry.
Supervisors: Dr Carole Llewellyn and Dr Alla Silkina