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* Investigating the expression of genes related to ovary activation in honey bees (Apis mellifera) using real-time PCR [http://www.bio.usyd.edu.au/Social_InsectsLab/BensPDFs/Oldroyd_and_Thompson.pdf] | * Investigating the expression of genes related to ovary activation in honey bees (Apis mellifera) using real-time PCR [http://www.bio.usyd.edu.au/Social_InsectsLab/BensPDFs/Oldroyd_and_Thompson.pdf] | ||
* Gender assignment (sexing) of dugong tissue biopsies [http://www.dpi.qld.gov.au/cps/rde/xbcr/dpi/Dugong-research-McHale-et-al-2008.pdf] | * 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 | * 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] | ||
* Durable RNA silencing mediated transgenic virus resistance in plants (Honours project)[http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/AP06064.htm] | * Durable RNA silencing mediated transgenic virus resistance in plants (Honours project)[http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/AP06064.htm] | ||
Revision as of 23:11, 22 September 2009
Contact Info
Education
- 2009 - Current PhD Candidate, School of Biological Sciences, University of Sydney
- 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
- Epigenetics and Gene Silencing
- Agricultural biodiversity
- Fisheries depletion
Projects
Current
- Investigating transitive gene silencing of endogenes in plants [1]
Past
- Investigating the expression of genes related to ovary activation in honey bees (Apis mellifera) using real-time PCR [2]
- Gender assignment (sexing) of dugong tissue biopsies [3]
- Population genetics of dugong in and around Moreton Bay (Brisbane, Australia)
- Genetic mark-recapture of Spanish mackerel (Scomberomorus commerson) and dugong (Dugong dugon) [4][5]
- Durable RNA silencing mediated transgenic virus resistance in plants (Honours project)[6]
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. [7]
OpenWetWare
Bookmarks
- MIQE Guidelines an effort to standardise reporting of quantitative PCR experiments.
- Staden Package Powerful tool for sequence allignment and quality checking traces.
- Primer-UniGene Selectivity Testing Useful for PCR development in genome sequenced species.
