tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9448472142287769142024-03-13T10:56:22.794-07:00Conservation Genetics Lab Macquarie UniversityNews & Updates from the Conservation Genetics Lab at Macquarie University SydneyConservation Genetics Labhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00224568188861740492noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-944847214228776914.post-33957599325860189012010-04-13T18:44:00.000-07:002010-04-13T19:02:12.120-07:00New paperCongratulations to Heather, Stephen & Adam for the flying fox paper which has been published in Australian Mammalogy ( <a href="http://www.publish.csiro.au/?paper=AM09015">here</a> )<br /><br />Especially nice as this paper constitutes only the first half of Heather's Honours project.Conservation Genetics Labhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00224568188861740492noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-944847214228776914.post-62096499879233538652009-09-30T21:46:00.000-07:002009-09-30T21:53:58.188-07:00Congratulations to Stephen Hoggard & Paul Duckett who got the cover of Australian journal of Zoology for Hoggard et al 2009.<br /><a class="weblink" href="http://www.publish.csiro.au/nid/90/issue/5202.htm" target="browserView">http://www.publish.csiro.au/nid/90/issue/5202.htm</a><!--NOVELL_REWRITER_ON-->Conservation Genetics Labhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00224568188861740492noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-944847214228776914.post-31933557520486608562009-08-30T21:29:00.000-07:002009-08-30T21:30:00.269-07:00Recent New from the Conservation Genetics Lab<br /><ul type="DISC"><li><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;">A grant to develop genetic approaches towards conserving the declining coastal Emu population has been obtained through NPWS, Shannon will be working on this.</span></li><li><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;">Congratulations to Shannon and Stephen for their recent papers in <i>Insectes Sociaux</i> and the <i>Australian Journal of Zoology</i> respectively.</span></li><li><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;">A grant has been obtained from the Desert Park, Alice Springs to work on the endangered Mala. Vince will be working on characterising genetic variability and modelling for population persistence.</span></li><li><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;">A grant has been obtained with Rob Harcourt through the Australian Marine Mammal Centre to study male dispersal and reproductive success in the Australian Sealion. </span></li><li><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;">Well done Jess, who won the student prize for best talk at the Sydney meeting for the Oceania Chondrichthyan Society.</span></li><li><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;">Our <i>Biology Letters</i> paper on sociality in bees and antimicrobial defence listed as ‘must read’ Faculty 1000 and makes the news section in the Journal <i>Science</i>.</span></li><li><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;">Heidi’s paper in the <i>Journal Of Fish Biology</i> on the use of shark jaws in population genetics written up as news in the journal <i>Nature</i></span></li></ul>Conservation Genetics Labhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00224568188861740492noreply@blogger.com0