Nick Robinson

Dr Robinson is also South-East Asia-Pacific contact at Nofima and Melbourne Enterprise Fellow in Aquaculture with the University of Melbourne. He has worked for 18 years with Nofima, focusing on the application of genomic technologies for the genetic improvement of aquatic species.

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How are genetic technologies being applied to combat infectious diseases in aquaculture?

7 Sep 2022

A new paper argues that there’s an urgent need to improve understanding of the genetic mechanisms involved in host resistance to whitespot syndrome virus (WSSV) and sea lice – two of the greatest health challenges facing…

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November 2020

A genetic solution for tackling white spot syndrome virus in shrimp

25 Nov 2020

How genomic selection can rapidly increase the resistance of whiteleg shrimp to white spot syndrome virus (WSSV) – one of the most costly diseases in the global shrimp farming sector.