Koop:Sutherland: Difference between revisions
No edit summary |
|||
Line 23: | Line 23: | ||
== '''Research''' == | == '''Research''' == | ||
I am currently studying the host-parasite interactions of | I am currently studying the host-parasite interactions of salmonids and sea lice (''Lepeophtheirus salmonis'') at an physiological and molecular level. Mainly using gene expression tools, I am trying to understand what leads to the diverse sensitivity ranges among salmonids (both of different species and of different host development stages). Tools: microarray (oligo and cDNA), qRT-PCR (SYBR) and immunoassays. | ||
In addition, I am using microarrays and other expression technology to investigate the transcriptional response of ''Lepeophtheirus salmonis'' to a varying environmental salinity or temperature. | In addition, I am using microarrays and other expression technology to investigate the transcriptional response of ''Lepeophtheirus salmonis'' to a varying environmental salinity or temperature. This is important to understanding how free-swimming stages are effected by varying oceanic conditions. | ||
Finding new ways to represent large data sets, as well as to pull reliable data from a 'noisy' data set are also of interest to me. |
Revision as of 08:58, 8 August 2010
|
I am a MSc student working in Dr. Ben Koop's lab at the University of Victoria
Research
I am currently studying the host-parasite interactions of salmonids and sea lice (Lepeophtheirus salmonis) at an physiological and molecular level. Mainly using gene expression tools, I am trying to understand what leads to the diverse sensitivity ranges among salmonids (both of different species and of different host development stages). Tools: microarray (oligo and cDNA), qRT-PCR (SYBR) and immunoassays.
In addition, I am using microarrays and other expression technology to investigate the transcriptional response of Lepeophtheirus salmonis to a varying environmental salinity or temperature. This is important to understanding how free-swimming stages are effected by varying oceanic conditions.
Finding new ways to represent large data sets, as well as to pull reliable data from a 'noisy' data set are also of interest to me.