- Iggy Tavares
Iggy Tavares has been keeping tropical fish as a hobby for the past four decades.He has written over 250 articles related to the subject, and has published some 4000 fish-related photographs. Dr Tavares is a senior scientist at the King's College Medical School, in London.
Writing, photography related to fish
Dr Iggy Tavares is listed as one of the contributors to the [http://www.tropicalworldmagazine.com/contributers.html Tropical World Magazine] , which notes that his first brush with "fishkeeping started as a young lad with some wild guppies caught in a small stream in Africa of all places!"
Iggy also writes for [http://www.tfhmagazine.com/ TFH] , [http://www.famamagazine.com/ FAMA] , [http://www.freestyle-group.com/ Tropical Fish magazine] and [http://www.marineworldmagazine.com/ Marine World] .
Exploring and photographing tropical fish
Iggy Tavares has been particularly interested in cichlids and has studied and photographed spawning and fry care behaviour of several species. He has written over 250 articles and has had some 4000 photographs published. He has travelled in the Americas, Asia and Europe to present his day-job scientific research at international conferences, and simultaneously pursue his hobby of exploring and photographing the overseas tropical fish scene. Memorable experiences include trips to the Amazon Forest in Brazil and to the Atacama Desert in Chile.
Iggy has hosted a photographic exhibition called "Glimpses of Goa" based on his visit to Goa in 1995 [http://www.geocities.com/g.m.s/11November00.htm] that was well received at several locations in London. The exhibition contained a 100 images and included many of churches and altars.
Links to Goa, born in Africa
Recently, Dr Tavares, traces his origins to the former Portuguese colony of
Goa , along the west coast of India. He has described himself, saying, "I am Goan, born in Africa, resident in London."King's College, London
Dr Ignatius Tavares is a senior scientist at King's College Medical School London [http://www.kcl.ac.uk/] .
His particular research interests include the role of prostaglandins in cancer, inflammation and NSAID related gastric damage. Dr Tavares has presented his research at International Conferences in many parts of the world including the USA, Europe and Asia.
He was a [http://www.kcl.ac.uk/phpnews/wmview.php?ArtID=1229 runner up] in the recent King's College London photographic competition in May 2006 wth his self-portrait titled "Cells in Culture".
External links
* [http://www.google.co.in/search?hl=en&q=%22Iggy+Tavares%22&btnG=Google+Search&meta= Dr Iggy Tavares' links via Google]
* [http://www.animalnetwork.com/fama/detail.aspx?aid=26978&sts=all Popular Freshwater Tropicals, by Iggy Tavares, PhD]
* [http://www.tropicalworldmagazine.com/galleryindex/sp_index.php Tropical fish-keeping pictures, by Iggy Tavares]
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