Researchers Honoured to Sold-Out Crowd
New Brunswick researchers and business people came out in droves on March 18th to honour Drs Suzanne Currie, Yahia Djaoued and Thierry Chopin at R3 Gala. Watch the videos again by clicking the YouTube button below each of our honoured researchers or see photo highlights of the evening, and read the transcript of the Government's announcement of $5 million in new funding for the NBIF!
Born in Algeria, Dr. Yahia Djaoued obtained his basic training in industrial chemistry as an undergraduate at the Université de Boumerdés, and earned his Doctorate in organic chemistry at the University of Moscow.
Dr. Djaoued’s research accomplishments are vast, especially his work with the chemical astaxanthin. Naturally occurring in shrimp, crab and lobster, it is an antioxidant 10 times more powerful than beta-carotene and 500 times more than vitamin E. As a nutritional supplement, it is in high demand, fetching up to $3,000 per kilogram.
The new process Dr. Djaoued has developed for extracting astaxanthin from shrimp creates a valuable new opportunity for New Brunswick’s near-shore fishing industry.
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Dr. Suzanne Currie started her academic career as an undergraduate student at Acadia University where she earned her Bachelor of Science degree. She completed both her Master of Science and PhD at Queen’s University.
Presently Associate Professor of Biology at Mount Allison University, her research interests center on the physiology of stress tolerance in fish, and how changes in water temperature, salinity, oxygenation and toxicity affect their individual and collective health.
The biomarkers and techniques she has developed give aquaculture companies and environmental managers new tools for protecting fish health, both on fish farms and in the wild.
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Dr. Thierry Chopin was born and educated in France. He obtained his Doctorate from the University of Western Brittany, Brest, France. He moved to Canada in 1989 and is presently Professor in the Biology Department at the University of New Brunswick in Saint John.
As a member of the Institute for Coastal Marine Science and the Centre for Environmental and Molecular Algal Research, his work focuses on the ecophysiology and biochemistry of seaweeds of commercial value and the development of integrated multi-trophic aquaculture systems for environmental sustainability, economic stability, and the establishment of better management practices.
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