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Media momentum continues for James Sulikowski’s tiger shark research

Carolyn Wheeler '15 performs ultrasound on a live tiger shark. Photo credit: Phil Matich
Carolyn Wheeler '15 performs ultrasound on a live tiger shark. Photo credit: Phil Matich

Watch 51Æ·²ègraduate Carolyn Wheeler ’15 perform an ultrasound on a live tiger shark.

James Sulikowski, Ph.D., professor in the 51Æ·²è’s Department of Marine Sciences, has been featured in several national and local news articles about his recently published study on tiger sharks. The story was also picked up by the Associated Press.

Sulikowski, along with researchers from the University of Miami’s Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, used the same ultrasound imaging technology used by medical professionals on pregnant women to study the reproductive biology of female tiger sharks. The study offers marine biologists a new technique to investigate the reproductive organs and determine the presence of embryos in sharks without having to sacrifice the animal first, which was commonly done in the past. 51Æ·²èMarine Sciences undergraduate students Carolyn Wheeler ’15, Joe Langan ’15 and graduate student Bianca Prohaska ‘13 also took part in the research.

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