David Chu Editor & Author

Carole Wilson, MIAT, RanTech. Carole has both husbandry qualifications, specifically addressing the concerns of welfare of animals used in scientific research, as well as as a BSc in molecular genetics. She headed up The UCL Fish Facility for twenty-three years. During this time, she oversaw the expansion of the facility several times and the introduction of a database, cryopreservation program, health monitoring systems and breeding programs, amongst other things. Prior to this she worked with the technical teams at NIRM (National Institute of Medical Research), where she was involved in mouse and rat transgenic and cryopreservation programs.

David Chu, DVM, DACLAM, completed his formal animal science as well as veterinary medical education at the University of California (Davis) and was a postdoctoral fellow in the Division of Laboratory Animal Medicine at the University of California (Los Angeles). He is currently a veterinarian at Stanford University providing aquatic animal health oversight as well as general aquatic animal program design and implementation.