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===Past===
===Past===
* Gender assignment (sexing) of dugong tissue biopsies [http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1471-8286.2007.02041.x]
* Gender assignment (sexing) of dugong tissue biopsies [http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1471-8286.2007.02041.x]
* Population genetics of Dugong in and around Moreton Bay (Brisbane, Australia)
* Genetic mark-recapture of Spanish mackerel (Scomberomorus commerson) and dugong (Dugong dugon) [http://www.nt.gov.au/dpifm/Fisheries/index.cfm?header=Genetag%20Research%20Project][http://www.dpi.qld.gov.au/cps/rde/dpi/hs.xsl/28_10203_ENA_HTML.htm]
* Genetic mark-recapture of Spanish mackerel (Scomberomorus commerson) and dugong (Dugong dugon) [http://www.nt.gov.au/dpifm/Fisheries/index.cfm?header=Genetag%20Research%20Project][http://www.dpi.qld.gov.au/cps/rde/dpi/hs.xsl/28_10203_ENA_HTML.htm]
* Durable RNA silencing mediated transgenic virus resistance in plants (Honours project)[http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/AP06064.htm]
* Durable RNA silencing mediated transgenic virus resistance in plants (Honours project)[http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/AP06064.htm]

Revision as of 21:01, 24 June 2008

Contact Info

Marcus McHale

Education

Research interests

  • Development and application of molecular technologies
  • Epigenetics and gene regulation (particularly small RNA mediated)
  • Agricultural biodiversity
  • Fisheries depletion

Projects

Current

  • Investigating the expression of genes related to ovary activation in honey bees (Apis mellifera) using real-time PCR [1]

Past

  • Gender assignment (sexing) of dugong tissue biopsies [2]
  • Population genetics of Dugong in and around Moreton Bay (Brisbane, Australia)
  • Genetic mark-recapture of Spanish mackerel (Scomberomorus commerson) and dugong (Dugong dugon) [3][4]
  • Durable RNA silencing mediated transgenic virus resistance in plants (Honours project)[5]

Publications

  1. A multiplex PCR assay for gender assignment in dugong (Dugong dugon) and West-Indian manatee (Trichechus manatus). M. MCHALE, D. BRODERICK, J . R. OVENDEN and J . M. LANYON. Molecular Ecology Resources (2008) 8, 669–670

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