Grizzly bear hair sampling for DNA analysis
The lower 48 United States host five isolated sub-populations of grizzly bears. Concern regarding the small size of the population in the...
Why you should be using multiple genomes when searching for new microsatellite markers
Microsatellites markers are amongst the real workhorses of molecular ecology techniques. But what to do if markers are not already...
New research published on temporal dynamism by PhD student Emily Schofield
Rowntree lab PhD student Emily Schofield has published the first data paper of her PhD. Emily has written a great blog post about the...
More trips to Ecuador
Undergraduate students Abhiraj Chakraborty and Thomas O'Shea are heading to Ecuador for the first time to begin their placements at the...
MSc on critically endangered salamanders
Congratulations to Adam Bland, Lead Herpetology Keeper at Chester Zoo, who has been awarded his masters degree, in which he worked on a...
Thesis hand-in
Congratulations to Fraser Combe of the Harris lab for handing in his PhD thesis on dormouse population genetics today!
Female clustering in cockroach aggregations—A case of social niche construction?
New paper by Dr Stanley at the University of Chester, from work partly done while undertaking her PhD in the Preziosi lab when it was...
Funding for biocontrol research and field work
PhD student Marsia Galambao has been successful in applying for funding ($1000) from the Institute of International Education. The...
Good luck to intern Joshua Sammy
Last Friday, Joshua Sammy left the Ecological Genetics & Conservation lab, to take up an MSc by Research at the University of York with...
Bryozoan course in Russia
For two weeks this August, PhD student Vanessa Yepes-Narvaez was in Russia for a course on bryozoan biology. Students from Greece,...