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* Gender assignment (sexing) of dugong tissue biopsies [http://www. | * Gender assignment (sexing) of dugong tissue biopsies [http://www.dpi.qld.gov.au/cps/rde/xbcr/dpi/Dugong-research-McHale-et-al-2008.pdf] | ||
* Population genetics of Dugong in and around Moreton Bay (Brisbane, Australia) | * Population genetics of Dugong in and around Moreton Bay (Brisbane, Australia) | ||
* Genetic mark-recapture of Spanish mackerel (Scomberomorus commerson) and dugong (Dugong dugon) [http://www.nt.gov.au/dpifm/Fisheries/index.cfm?header=Genetag%20Research%20Project][http://www.dpi.qld.gov.au/cps/rde/dpi/hs.xsl/28_10203_ENA_HTML.htm] | * Genetic mark-recapture of Spanish mackerel (Scomberomorus commerson) and dugong (Dugong dugon) [http://www.nt.gov.au/dpifm/Fisheries/index.cfm?header=Genetag%20Research%20Project][http://www.dpi.qld.gov.au/cps/rde/dpi/hs.xsl/28_10203_ENA_HTML.htm] | ||
Revision as of 03:10, 8 August 2008
Contact Info
- Behaviour and Genetics of Social Insects Laboratory
- School of Biological Sciences
- Macleay Building, A12
- University of Sydney
- NSW, 2006,
- AUSTRALIA
- Email me through OpenWetWare
Education
- 2005 - Honours (class I) from the School of Molecular and Microbial Sciences at the University of Queensland
- 2004 - Bachelor of Science (Botany and Genetics) from the University of Queensland
Research interests
- Development and application of molecular genetics technologies
- Epigenetics and gene regulation (particularly small RNA mediated)
- Agricultural biodiversity
- Fisheries depletion
Projects
Current
- Investigating the expression of genes related to ovary activation in honey bees (Apis mellifera) using real-time PCR [1]
Past
- Gender assignment (sexing) of dugong tissue biopsies [2]
- Population genetics of Dugong in and around Moreton Bay (Brisbane, Australia)
- Genetic mark-recapture of Spanish mackerel (Scomberomorus commerson) and dugong (Dugong dugon) [3][4]
- Durable RNA silencing mediated transgenic virus resistance in plants (Honours project)[5]
Publication
- A PCR assay for gender assignment in dugong (Dugong dugon) and West-Indian manatee (Trichechus manatus). M. MCHALE, D. BRODERICK, J . R. OVENDEN and J . M. LANYON. Molecular Ecology Resources (2008) 8, 669–670
OpenWetWare
Bookmarks
- Staden Package Powerful tool for sequence allignment and quality checking traces
- Primer-UniGene Selectivity Testing Useful for PCR development in genome sequenced species
