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Revision as of 09:06, 6 June 2009
Contact Info
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. [6]
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
