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Rocky de Nys is affiliated with James Cook University in Australia and has contributed extensively to the field of Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their research focuses primarily on marine and coastal plant biology, with significant work related to seaweed-derived bioactive compounds and ruminant nutrition and digestive physiology.

The scientist has published work in several frequent venues, reflecting a strong emphasis on algal research and applied phycology. These venues include:

  • Algal Research
  • Journal of Applied Phycology
  • PLoS ONE
  • International Journal of Biological Macromolecules
  • Carbohydrate Polymers

Rocky de Nys' main fields of study encompass:

  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Within this broader field, their subfields of study include:

  • Aquatic Science
  • Oceanography
  • Agronomy and Crop Science
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment

The core topics of their research are:

  • Marine and coastal plant biology
  • Seaweed-derived Bioactive Compounds
  • Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology
  • Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies
  • Algal biology and biofuel production
  • Food Industry and Aquatic Biology
  • Fluoride Effects and Removal

Among the notable recent papers authored or coauthored by Rocky de Nys are:

  • Mitigating the carbon footprint and improving productivity of ruminant livestock agriculture using a red seaweed, 2020, Journal of Cleaner Production
  • Red seaweed (Asparagopsis taxiformis) supplementation reduces enteric methane by over 80 percent in beef steers, 2021, PLoS ONE
  • Benefits and risks of including the bromoform containing seaweed Asparagopsis in feed for the reduction of methane production from ruminants, 2022, Algal Research
  • The molecular weight of ulvan affects the in vitro inflammatory response of a murine macrophage, 2020, International Journal of Biological Macromolecules
  • Are all ulvans equal? A comparative assessment of the chemical and gelling properties of ulvan from blade and filamentous Ulva, 2021, Carbohydrate Polymers

Rocky de Nys collaborates frequently with other researchers including:

  • Marie Magnusson
  • Christopher R. K. Glasson
  • Joel T. Kidgell
  • Ian M. Sims
  • Susan Carnachan

Best Publications

  • The impact and control of biofouling in marine aquaculture: a review

    Isla Fitridge;Tim Dempster;Jana Guenther;Rocky de Nys

  • Evidence that halogenated furanones from Delisea pulchra inhibit acylated homoserine lactone (AHL)-mediated gene expression by displacing the AHL signal from its receptor protein.

    Michael Manefield;Rocky de Nys;Kumar Naresh;Read Roger

  • Quorum-sensing cross talk: isolation and chemical characterization of cyclic dipeptides from Pseudomonas aeruginosa and other gram-negative bacteria.

    Matthew T.G. Holden;Siri Ram Chhabra;Rocky De Nys;Paul Stead

  • Algal biochar – production and properties

    Michael I. Bird;Christopher M. Wurster;Pedro H. de Paula Silva;Adrian M. Bass

  • Growth, lipid content, productivity, and fatty acid composition of tropical microalgae for scale-up production

    Roger Huerlimann;Rocky de Nys;Kirsten Heimann

  • Ulvan: A systematic review of extraction, composition and function

    Joel T. Kidgell;Marie Magnusson;Rocky de Nys;Christopher R.K. Glasson

  • A novel and sensitive method for the quantification of N-3-oxoacyl homoserine lactones using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry: application to a model bacterial biofilm.

    Timothy S. Charlton;Rocky de Nys;Andrew G Netting;Naresh B. Kumar

  • The protein content of seaweeds: a universal nitrogen-to-protein conversion factor of five

    Alex R. Angell;Leonardo Mata;Rocky de Nys;Nicholas A. Paul

  • Red seaweed (Asparagopsis taxiformis) supplementation reduces enteric methane by over 80 percent in beef steers

    Breanna M. Roque;Marielena Venegas;Robert D. Kinley;Rocky de Nys

  • Mini review: Biomimetic models and bioinspired surfaces for fouling control

    Andrew J. Scardino;Rocky de Nys

  • Inhibition of Luminescence and Virulence in the Black Tiger Prawn (Penaeus monodon) Pathogen Vibrio harveyi by Intercellular Signal Antagonists

    Michael Manefield;Lachlan Harris;Scott A. Rice;Rocky de Nys

  • Larval settlement of the common Australian sea urchin Heliocidaris erythrogramma in response to bacteria from the surface of coralline algae

    Megan J. Huggett;Megan J. Huggett;Jane E. Williamson;Jane E. Williamson;Rocky de Nys;Rocky de Nys;Staffan Kjelleberg

  • New halogenated furanones from the marine alga delisea pulchra (cf. fimbriata)

    Rocky de Nys;Anthony D. Wright;Gabriele M. König;Otto Sticher

  • Mitigating the carbon footprint and improving productivity of ruminant livestock agriculture using a red seaweed

    Robert D. Kinley;Gonzalo Martinez-Fernandez;Melissa K. Matthews;Rocky de Nys

  • Chemical cues for surface colonization.

    Peter D. Steinberg;Rocky de Nys;Staffan Kjelleberg

  • Quorum Sensing Antagonism from Marine Organisms

    Mette Elena Skindersoe;Piers Ettinger-Epstein;Thomas Bovbjerg Rasmussen;Thomas Bjarnsholt

  • Effects of marine and freshwater macroalgae on in vitro total gas and methane production.

    Lorenna Machado;Marie Magnusson;Nicholas A. Paul;Rocky de Nys

  • CHEMICAL MEDIATION OF COLONIZATION OF SEAWEED SURFACES1

    Peter D. Steinberg;Rocky De Nys

  • Total lipid and fatty acid composition of seaweeds for the selection of species for oil-based biofuel and bioproducts.

    Björn J. Gosch;Marie Magnusson;Nicholas A. Paul;Rocky de Nys

  • Microtopography and antifouling properties of the shell surface of the bivalve molluscs mytilus galloprovincialis and pinctada imbricata

    Andrew Scardino;Rocky De Nys;Odette Ison;Wayne O'Connor

Frequent Co-Authors

Nicholas A. Paul
Nicholas A. Paul University of the Sunshine Coast
Peter D. Steinberg
Peter D. Steinberg University of New South Wales
Andrew J. Cole
Andrew J. Cole Harvard University
Staffan Kjelleberg
Staffan Kjelleberg Nanyang Technological University
Peter J. Ashman
Peter J. Ashman University of Adelaide
Michael I. Bird
Michael I. Bird James Cook University
Gabriele M. König
Gabriele M. König University of Bonn
Anthony D. Wright
Anthony D. Wright University of Bonn
Thomas Maschmeyer
Thomas Maschmeyer University of Sydney
Otto Sticher
Otto Sticher ETH Zurich

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