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Professional Activities

Conference Roles

  • Invited speaker at the 2010 August Krogh Symposium , by Invitation (University of Copenhagen, 2011)
  • Sickling in fish red blood cells, Llandudno, Wales, UK, by Invitation (K. Ridgwell and L. Bruce, NHS Blood and Transplant, Bristol, UK, 2008)
  • In vivo hemoglobin polymerisation and sickling in fish red blood cells, Aarhus, Denmark, Keynote/Plenary by Invitation (R. E. Weber and A. Fago, Aarhus University, Denmark, 2008)
  • Haemoglobin polymorphism and red blood cell sickling in marine fishes, Sete, France, by Invitation (D. McKenzie, Station Mediterraneene de l'Environnement Littoral, Sete, France, 2008)
  • Oxygen delivery to the eye and swimbladder of fishes: The Root effect, Marseille, France, by Invitation (C. J. Brauner, Vancouver, Canada, 2008)
  • Charting deep time: Evolutionary reconstruction of vertebrate respiratory physiology, Mara, Kenya, by Invitation (H. Lillywhite, University of Florida, Gainesville, 2008)
  • The co-evolution of blood oxygen binding and red cell function, Salvador, Brazil, by Invitation (Prof E. W. Taylor, Birmingham University, 2007)
  • Historical reconstructions of evolving physiological complexity, Banff, Canada, by Invitation (G. Somero (Stanford) and A. R. Cossins (Liverpool), 2006)
  • Evolution of vertebrate haemoglobins: Root and Bohr effects and specific buffer capacities, Naples, by Invitation (Cinzia Verde, Guido di Prisco, Giorgio Bernardi (Naples, Italy)), 2006)
  • Tracing the evolution of the Bohr effect of haemoglobin on a vertebrate phylogeny, Aarhus, Denmark, by Invitation (Roy E. Weber and Angela Fago ( Aarhus, Denmark), 2005)
  • Stress and volume regulation in red cells, Edinburgh, UK, by Invitation (Richard Handy (Plymouth), 2004)
  • Exploring genome evolution using phylogeny, Holmes Chapel, UK, by Invitation (A. R. Cossins, Liverpool, 2003)
  • The evolution of complex systems: Oxygen secretion in the eye and swimbladder of fishes, San Diego, by Invitation (T. Garland Jr. (Riverside, California), 2002)
  • Hb function and red cell membrane transport in lower vertebrates, Aarhus, Denmark, by Invitation (Frank B. Jensen (Odense, Denmark), Roy E. Weber (Aarhus, Denmark), 2001)

Editorships

  • Journal of Comparative Physiology (Advisory Board Member, 2011 - present)
  • Frontiers in Aquatic Physiology (Review Editor, 2010 - present)
  • Marine Genomics (Board Member , 2010 - present)

Examination Roles

  • University of Turku, PhD (2013)
  • University of Newcastle upon Tyne, PhD (2011)
  • Norwegian University of Life Sciences, PhD (2011)

Professional Body Memberships

  • Society for Experimental Biology (Member, 1990 - present)