Collin, Shaun - University of Western Australia

研究领域

Western Australia has an exceptionally rich biodiversity that is ranked second in the world in terms of its endemism. The habitats for native animals are unsurpassed from arid deserts to rainforests to estuarine mangroves to deep ocean canyons. Management of these different ecosystems is dependent on a sound understanding of the diverse fauna and how it is likely to fair in the face of coastal development, farming, recreation and climate change. Within every ecosystem, the ability to detect light by all living things is crucial for survival e.g. for setting circadian rhythms, avoiding predation, finding food and reproductive success. As a Premier’s Fellow, I have introduced a series of innovative technologies combined with both basic and applied research to trace the evolution of light detection and image formation and to explore the impacts of light on biodiversity, sustainability of animals native to Western Australia and (animal and human) health. In addition to research on vision, we also investigate the neural basis of behaviour and sensory ecology. Using models from the extant relatives of the first vertebrates (agnathans) to marine mammals, various aquatic sensory systems (including audition, olfaction and electroreception) are investigated to establish broad concepts of plasticity and adaptation to environments as diverse as coral reefs and the deep-sea. Our multidisciplinary research galvanises existing strengths in eco-physiology, neuroscience and marine science at UWA and within other sectors in Western Australia (WA Museum, Murdoch University, WAMSI, CSIRO and AIMS), providing a world class platform for research and educational outreach. We are currently applying what we know about the sensory systems of sharks to help mitigate negative interactions between sharks and humans through the testing and development of shark deterrents.

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Collin, S. P. (1981) A proprioceptor with central cell bodies in the cockroach, Periplaneta americana (Insecta). Zoomorphology 98(3):227-231. Collin, S. P. (1985) Spatial interaction between the giant interneurons and thoracic motor neurons in the cockroach, Periplaneta americana . Journal of Neurobiology 16: 249-267. Collin, S. P. (1985) The central morphology of mechanoreceptor afferents in the metathoracic leg of the cockroach, Periplaneta americana Journal of Neurobiology 16: 269-282. Collin, H. B. and Collin, S. P. (1988) The cornea of the sandlance, Limnichthyes fasciatus (Creeiidae). Cornea 7(3): 190-203. Collin, S. P. and Pettigrew, J. D. (1988) Retinal topography in reef teleosts. I. Some species with well developed areae but poorly developed streaks. Brain Behavior and Evolution 31: 269-282. Collin, S. P. and Pettigrew, J. D. (1988) Retinal topography in reef teleosts. II. Some species with prominent horizontal streaks and high density areae. Brain Behavior and Evolution 31: 283-295. Collin, S. P. and Collin, H. B. (1988) The morphology of the retina and lens of the sandlance Limnichthyes fasciatus (Creeiidae). Experimental Biology 47: 208-218. Collin, S. P. (1988) The retinal structure of the shovel-nosed ray, Rhinobatos batillum (Rhinobatidae). Morphology and quantitative analysis of ganglion, amacrine and bipolar cell populations. Experimental Biology 47: 195-207. Collin, S. P. and Pettigrew, J. D. (1988) Retinal ganglion cell topography in teleosts: A comparison between Nissl-stained material and retrograde labelling from the optic nerve. The Journal of Comparative Neurology 276: 412-422. Collin, S. P. and Collin, H. B. (1988) Topographic analysis of the retinal ganglion cell layer and the optic nerve in the sandlance, Limnichthyes fasciatus (Creeiidae, Perciformes). The Journal of Comparative Neurology 278: 226-241. Collin, S. P. (1989) Topographic organization of the ganglion cell layer and intraocular vascularization in the retinae of two reef teleosts. Vision Research 29: 765-775. Collin, S. P. (1989) The topography and morphology of retinal ganglion cells in the coral trout, Plectropoma leopardus (Serranidae): A retrograde cobaltous-lysine study. The Journal of Comparative Neurology 281: 143-158. Collin, S. P. and Pettigrew, J. D. (1989) Quantitative comparison of the limits on visual spatial resolution set by the ganglion cell layer in twelve species of reef teleosts. Brain Behavior and Evolution 34: 184-192. Collin, S. P. (1989) Anterograde labelling from the optic nerve reveals multiple central targets in the teleost, Lethrinus chrysostomus (Perciformes). Cell and Tissue Research 256: 327-335. Wong, R. O. L. and Collin, S. P. (1989) Dendritic maturation of displaced putative cholinergic amacrine cells in the rabbit retina. The Journal of Comparative Neurology 287: 164-178. Sakurai, S., Ali, M. A. and Collin, S. P. (1990) Adaptive radiation of the retina in Galaxiidae (Salmoniformes). Australian Journal of Zoology 38: 173-186. Von Bartheld, C. S., Collin, S. P. and Meyer, D. L. (1990) The dorsomedial telencephalon of lungfish: A pallial or subpallial structure? Criteria based on histology, connectivity, and histochemistry. The Journal of Comparative Neurology 294: 14-29. Fritzsch, B. and Collin, S. P. (1990) The distribution and dendritic fields of two populations of ganglion cells and the retinopetal fibers in the retina of the lamprey, Ichthyomyzon unicuspis. Visual Neuroscience 4: 533-545.