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Holly Goodman, a second year Unitec Bachelor of Applied Science student, was awarded an AMS summer studentship to work on a project on comparing the effectiveness of different sampling techniques for detecting Cryptosporidia in native reptiles. She will be supervised… Continue Reading →
Colour polymorphism is defined as colour variation within a species or population that is maintained by genes in our DNA (rather than by diet or the environment). Many animals exhibit some degree of colour polymorphism. This can simply be displayed… Continue Reading →
A new staff member has recently joined the Applied Molecular Solutions Research Centre team. Tianyi Tang gained his Masters degree in Biological Sciences at the University of Auckland and Plant and Food Research. In his thesis project, he investigated the… Continue Reading →
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As a result of molecular systematics Aotearoa / New Zealand now has very few endemic plant genera left. One of the few remaining endemic genera is Entelea of which whau (E. arborescens) is the sole known species. Whau is easily… Continue Reading →
An important first step has been taken towards assembling and annotating the genome of our most voracious introduced predator, with the capturing of “Stan” the stoat. Stan, a one-year old male stoat, was live trapped in a cage-trap in the… Continue Reading →
This week I went down to French Pass, to help plan the implementation of one of the most ambitious predator eradication programs suggested in New Zealand. This narrow channel separating D’Urville Island from the South Island is possibly the most… Continue Reading →
In my previous position as a postdoctoral fellowship in Canada, I helped a friend of mine Matt Waterhouse, during his PhD work catching (possibly) the cutest animals in the world up mountains. I also helped out a bit in the… Continue Reading →