Serean Adams

Aquaculture Group Manager

Qualifications

PhD. University of Otago, 2003
PgDipSci. University of Otago, 1998
BSc. University of Otago, 1997
PADI Divemaster

Role at Cawthron

Serean is the Aquaculture Group Manager at Cawthron and is passionate about New Zealand’s Aquaculture industry and its future.

Serean has led a number of scientific programmes at Cawthron and currently leads Cawthron’s Cultured Shellfish Programme. Its research spans from improving hatchery reliability and efficiency through seawater manipulation and probiotics to increasing post-harvest shelf-life and on-farm biosecurity.

Serean’s primary areas of technical expertise are shellfish developmental biology, cryopreservation and triploidy. She is also interested in shellfish as functional foods and in the development of novel functional food ingredients from marine species including shellfish and algae.

Technical skills, experience and interests

Reproduction and developmental biology in aquatic species
Triploidy
Cryopreservation
Marine biotechnology
Conservation biology
Ecotoxicology

Professional affiliations

Society for Cryobiology

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Publication links

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Adams SL 2015. Supra-zero storage of honey bee sperm – update for Rainbow Honey and Nelson Honey Ltd, September 2015. Prepared for Rainbow Honey and Nelson Honey Ltd. 13 pages plus appendices.

Gale SL, Buritt DJ, Tervit HR, McGowan LT and Adams SL 2015. Can additives ameliorate oxidative stress and improve development of Greenshell mussel (Perna canaliculus) oocytes during cryopreservation. Cryo Letters. Volume 36, Issue 1. Pages 37-44.

Adams SL, Smith JF, Taylor J, McGowan L and Tervit HR 2015. Cryopreservation of Greenshell™ Mussel (Perna canaliculus) Sperm. Cryopreservation and Freeze-Drying Protocols, Methods in Molecular Biology. Springer Science+Business Media, New York. Volume 1257. Pages 329-336.

Suneja S, Alfaro AC, Rusk AB, Morrish JR, Tervit HR, McGowan LT and Adams SL 2014. Multi-technique approach to characterise the effects of cryopreservation on larval development of the Pacific oyster (Crassostrea gigas). New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research. Volume 48, Issue 3. Pages 335-349.

Gale SL, Burritt DJ, Tervit HR, Adams SL and McGowan LT 2014. An investigation of oxidative stress and antioxidant biomarkers during Greenshell™ mussel (Perna canaliculus) oocyte cryopreservation. Theriogenology Vol 82, Issue 6, 779–789.

Paredes E, Bellas J and Adams SL 2013. Comparative cryopreservation study of trochophore larvae from two species of bivalves: Pacific oyster (Crassostrea gigas) and Blue mussel (Mytilus galloprovincialis). Cryobiology. Volume 67, Issue 3. Pages 274-279.

Adams SL, Salinas-Flores L and Lim MH 2013. Diet conditioning of Pacific oyster, Crassostrea gigas, broodstock to improve oocyte cryopreservation success. Journal of Shellfish Research. Volume 32, Issue 2. Pages 391-399.

Adams SL, Smith JF, Tervit HR, Gale SL, McGowan LT, Morrish JR, Watts E and Taylor J 2012. Cryopreservation and fertility of geoduck (Panopea zelandica) sperm and oocytes. Cryobiology. Volume 65, Issue 3. Pages 344-345.

Smith JF, Adams SL and others 2012. Cryopreservation of Greenshell™ Mussel (Perna canaliculus) sperm. II. Effect of cryopreservation on fertility, motility, viability and chromatin integrity. Aquaculture 364: 322-328.

Smith JF, Adams SL and others 2012. Cryopreservation of Greenshell™ mussel (Perna canaliculus) sperm. I. Establishment of freezing protocol. Aquaculture 334: 199-204.

Paredes E, Adams SL, Tervit HR, Smith JF, McGowan LT, Gale SL, Morrish JM and Watts E 2012. Cryopreservation of Greenshell™ mussel (Perna canaliculus) trochophore larvae. Cryobiology 65(3): 256-262.

Adams SL, Tervit HR, Salinas-Flores L, Smith JF, McGowan LT, Roberts RD, Janke AR, King NG, Webb SC and Gale SL 2011. Cryopreservation of Pacific oyster oocytes. In: Tiersch, T.R., Green, C.C. (Eds.), Cryopreservation in aquatic species, 2nd Edition. World Aquaculture Society, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, pages 616-623.

Adams SL, Smith JF, Tervit R, McGowan LT, Roberts RD, Janke AR, King NG, Gale SL and Webb SC 2011. Cryopreservation of Molluscan Sperm: Pacific Oyster, Green-lipped Mussel, and Paua Abalone. In: Tiersch, T.R., Green, C.C. (Eds.), Cryopreservation in Aquatic Species, 2nd Edition. World Aquaculture Society, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, pages 562-573.

Adams SL, Tervit HR, Salinas-Flores L, Smith JF, McGowan LT, Roberts RD, Janke AR, King NG, Webb SC and Gale SL 2011. Cryopreservation of Pacific Oyster Oocytes. Cryopreservation in Aquatic Species, 2nd Edition. World Aquaculture Society, Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Pages 616-623.

Adams SL, Smith JF, Tervit HR, McGowan LT, Roberts RD, Janke AR, King NG, Gale SL and Webb SC 2011. Cryopreservation of Molluscan Sperm: Pacific Oyster, Green-lipped Mussel, and Paua Abalone. Cryopreservation in Aquatic Species, 2nd Edition. World Aquaculture Society, Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Pages 562-573.

Adams SL, Tervit HR, McGowan LT, Smith JF, Roberts RD, Salinas-Flores L, Gale SL, Webb SC, Mullen SF and Critser JK 2009. Towards cryopreservation of Greenshell™ mussel (Perna canaliculus) oocytes. Cryobiology 58(1): 69-74.

Salinas-Flores L, Adams SL, Wharton DA, Downes MF and Lim MH 2008. Survival of Pacific oyster, Crassostrea gigas, oocytes in relation to intracellular ice formation. Cryobiology 56: 28-35.

Salinas-Flores L, Adams SL and Lim MH 2008. Determination of the membrane permeability characteristics of Pacific oyster, Crassostrea gigas, oocytes and development of optimized methods to add and remove ethylene glycol. Cryobiology 56: 43-52.

Moy GW, Springer SA, Adams SL, Swanson WJ and Vacquier VD 2008. Extraordinary intraspecific diversity in oyster sperm bindin. PNAS 105(6): 1993-1998.

Adams SL, Smith JF, Roberts RD, Janke AR, King NG and Webb SC 2008. The application of sperm cryopreservation in selective breeding of the Pacific oyster, Crassostrea gigas (Thunberg) . Aquaculture Research 39:1434-1442.

Salinas-Flores L, Adams SL and Lim MH 2008. Cholesterol addition and removal in Pacific oyster oocytes does not improve cryopreservation success. Cryoletters 29 (5):391-398.

Wood SA, Rhodes L, Adams SL, Adamson JE, Smith KF, Smith JF, Tervit HR and Cary SC 2008. Maintenance of cyanotoxin production by cryopreserved cyanobacteria in the New Zealand culture collection. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 42: 277–283.

Adams SL, Hessian PA and Mladenov PV 2008. Cryopreservation of sea urchin (Evechinus chloroticus) sperm. Methods in Reproductive Aquaculture: Marine and Freshwater Species, CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL. Pages 501-504.

Adams SL, Smith JF, Roberts RD, Janke AR, Kaspar HF, Tervit HR, Pugh PA, Webb SC and King NG 2008. A simple method for freezing Pacific oyster (Crassostrea gigas) sperm in quantities suitable for commercial hatcheries. Methods in Reproductive Aquaculture: Marine and Freshwater Species, CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL. Pages 493-496.

Martínez-Pastor F and Adams SL 2008. Cryobiological material and handling procedures. Methods in Reproductive Aquaculture: Marine and Freshwater Species, CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL. Pages 295-319.

Adams SL 2006. Activity Report on ISAT Programme ISATB05-01: Effects of Cryopreservation on Cellular and Molecular Processes in Oocytes and Embryos. Prepared for the Royal Society of New Zealand. 11 pages plus appendices.

Adams SL, Hessian PA and Mladenov PV 2006. The potential for cryopreserving larvae of the sea urchin, Evechinus chloroticus. Cryobiology 52: 139-145.

Rhodes L, Smith J, Tervit R, Roberts R, Adamson J, Adams SL and Decker M 2006. Cyopreservation of economically valuable marine micro-algae in the classes Bacillariophyceae, Chlorophyceae, Cyanophyceae, Dinophyceae, Haptophyceae, Prasinophyceae and Rhodophyceae. Cryobiology, 52: 152-156.

Adams SL, Zhang T and Rawson DM 2005. The effect of external medium composition on membrane water permeability of zebrafish (Danio rerio) embryos. Theriogenology. Volume 64, Issue 7. Pages 1591-1602.

Tervit HR, Adams SL, Roberts RD, McGowan LT, Pugh PA, Smith JF and Janke AR 2005. Successful cryopreservation of Pacific oyster (Crassostrea gigas) oocytes. Cryobiology. Volume 51, Issue 2. Pages 142-151.

Zhang T, Isayeva A, Adams SL and Rawson DM 2005. Studies on membrane permeability of zebrafish (Danio rerio) oocytes in the presence of different cryoprotectants. Cryobiology. Volume 50, Issue 3. Pages 285-293.

Adams SL, Hessian PA and Mladenov PV 2004. Cryopreservation of sea urchin (Evechinus chloroticus) sperm. Cryo Letters. Volume 25, Issue 4. Pages 287-99.

Adams SL, Smith JF, Roberts RD, Janke AR, Kaspar H, Tervit HR, Pugh PA, Webb SC and King NG 2004. Cryopreservation of sperm of the Pacific oyster (Crassostrea gigas): development of a practical method for commercial spat production. Aquaculture 242: 271-282.

Adams SL, Kleinhans FW, Hessian PA and Mladenov PV 2003. Membrane permeability characteristics and osmotic tolerance limits of sea urchin (Evechinus chloroticus) eggs. Cryobiology. Volume 47, Issue 1. Pages 1-13.

Adams SL, Hessian PA and Mladenov PV 2003. Flow cytometric evaluation of mitochondrial function and membrane integrity of marine invertebrate sperm. Invertebrate Reproduction and Development. Volume 44, Issue 1. Pages 45-51.

Smith JF, Pugh PA, Tervit HR, Roberts RD, Janke AR, Kaspar H and Adams SL 2001. Cryopreservation of shellfish sperm, eggs and embryos. Proceedings of the New Zealand Society of Animal Production 61: 31-34.

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