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Andy Moore visits MFL

Andy Moore (Molecular Fisheries Laboratory Associate) visited UQ today for talks with Jenny. Andy is based at the Bureau of Agricultural and Resources Economics and Sciences in Canberra. He works on a range of topics including quantitative stock assessments, fisheries status reporting, genetics, and recreational fishing surveys. Andy is currently primary investigator on a national […]

Congratulations to Carolina Vargas-Caro – PhD success!

Congratulations to Ms Carolina Vargas-Caro for the successful completion of her PhD at the University of Queensland. Carolina was co-supervised by Mike Bennett of the Shark and Ray lab and Jenny Ovenden of the Molecular Fisheries Laboratory.   Photo: Carolina and Peter Last at CSIRO Fish Collection in April 2014 measuring skate specimens.

Genetic, parasite and otolith study on a northern Australian finfish

Congratulations to Di Barton for leading this huge collaborative study on Grass Emperor genetics, otoliths and parasites. Download the paper here. Front (L to R) Laura Taillebois, Safia Maher, Dave Welch, Di Barton, Christine Dudgeon, Jenny Ovenden Back Richard Saunders, Dave Crook, Thor Saunders, Steve Newman and Jonathan Taylor  

Major upgrade to NeEstimator software released today

NeEstimator V2 is a tool for estimating contemporary effective population size (Ne) using multi-locus diploid genotypes from population samples. By ‘contemporary’ we mean that the estimates apply to the time period(s) encompassed by the samples (ie. individuals sampled and genotyped). Version 2.1 is a major update on V2.01. The changes largely enhance the linkage disequilibrium […]

MFL welcomes intern from Brazil

Juliana arrived today for a six month internship with MFL at UQ. Juliana is an oceanographer and Ph.D. student in the Fishery Genetics and Conservation research group of  led by Dr. Fernando Mendonça at Universidade Federal Paulista (Brazil). Juliana’s work focusses on the global phylogeography of the Blue shark (Prionace glauca) based on molecular evidence (SNPs and […]