Principal Investigator
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Darren J. Parker
Interesting stuff.
Current students
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Ian Green
MRes student. Drosophila cold tolerance.
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Willow Legg
MRes student. Phenotypic plasticity in sun beetles (Pachnoda marginata).
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Jay Tearle
MRes student. Population genetics of cold tolerance.
Current BSc project students
Bethany Copeland
Christian Delve
Joseph Jenkins
Christo Manjaly
Lily-Mai Russell
Indigo Scott
Tyler Sutton Mellon
Past MSc and PhD students
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PhD student. Timema sexual differentiation.
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MSc Student. Finding genes under sexual conflict in Timema.
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Tapio Envall
MSc Student. Cold acclimation and RNA-seq.
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Riikka Tapanainen
MSc Student. Alternative splicing and cold tolerance.
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Mikko Merisalo
MSc Student. Diapause and RNA-seq.
Past Erasmus students
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Julia Zaborowska
Erasmus Student. Pholidoptera sperm competition.
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Manuella Siaka Monthe
Erasmus Student. Sex chromosomes.
Past BSc project students
2024
Charlie Forth – Cold tolerance and diet
Mekhi Kellyman – Species competition
Thomas Rock – Insect biodiversity in urban environments
2015
Jonti Siva-Jothy – Cold acclimation and RNAi.