Australian Centre for Ancient DNA (ACAD)
The Ancient DNA Laboratory is a new research initiative of the University
of Adelaide, School of Earth & Environmental Sciences aimed at studying
evolution and environmental change through time using preserved genetic
records in human, animal, plant and sedimentary material. Key interests
include molecular studies of evolutionary processes in population genetics,
phylogenetics and phylogeography, molecular clocks, and a variety of uses
of temporally distributed DNA sequences.
On-going international projects include the extinctions of megafauna,
impacts of climate change, human evolution, speciation processes, and
the evolutionary relationships of extinct species such as Ice Age brown
bears, bison, horses, and cave lions, New Zealand moa, as well as ancient
humans, Neandertals and Flores homonoids.
A major initiative is the study of human evolution, and we are the sole
research centre for ancient DNA research in the 'Genographic
Project' funded by the National Geographic Society and Waitt Family
Foundation, which aims to characterise large numbers of mitochondrial
and nuclear markers in a broad survey of human populations around the
world.
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What's on |
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- New positions available: 1 Senior Research Assoc. (#15126)
with Nucleic Acids Biochemistry/Molecular Biology experience and 1
Technical grade officer (#14105) with Forensics/Molecular Biology
experience. Both these positions are associated with an ARC funded
project - 'Developing new methods to retrieve and analyse preserved
genetic information for forensics, archaeology and ancient DNA'.
Further information and how to apply can be found
here
- PhD projects available within ACAD, see
here for full listing
- Dates of the 2009 Adelaide Conference on Mathematical Evolutionary
Biology to be advertised shortly.
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PhD student profile |
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ACAD welcomes Clio Dersarkissian, who recently graduated from the National
Institute of Applied Sciences, Toulouse, France specialising in chemical,
biochemical and enviornmental engineering (Bioengineering Degree).
Clio also has a masters in Industrial Microbiology & Biocatalysis
from Paul Sabatier University, France and is currently undertaking her
PhD at ACAD on the project, Ancient Human Population Genetics.
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PhD project - New! |
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