Emily Oliver is a Senior Aquatic Animal Technician at the Australian Regenerative Medicine Institute (ARMI) AquaCore facility at Monash University. Emily studied at Boxhill Tafe where she completed her Certificate IV in Companion Animals and moved onto a Diploma of Animal Technology in 2015, and in the same year completed her work placement at the AquaCore facility. She was then offered the role of animal technician and has now been promoted to Senior Aquatic Animal Technician. Emily comes from an animal loving background, having cats, dogs and fish for her whole life, to even showing and judging sheep and cows during her high school years. Because of this, Emily has a strong passion for animal welfare, healthcare and enrichment, inspiring her career goal of working in an animal facility. Emily’s main responsibilities are the husbandry and welfare of a range of diverse aquatic species, along with tank washing and care. Emily takes pride in maintaining and breeding the wildtype stock of zebrafish for the research purposes.