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lab profile
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Joel Parker University of Southampton
Life Sciences building 85
Highfield Campus
Southampton, Hampshire So17 1BJ
United Kingdom
parker.joel@gmail.com
++44 (0)23 8059 9007
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| PI: |
YES |
| Taxa Studied: |
Invertebrate Animals |
| Techniques Employed: |
Degenerate PCR, Quantitative PCR (qPCR), Bioinformatics/Sequence Analysis, Other, iTRAC proteomic analysis |
| Research Description: |
My primary interest is ageing. I currently have three main projects running. 1) Characterising the Extra-cellular SOD in insects. Primarily using molecular techniques in Drosophila, This is expanding into a phylogenetic project and a cross species study to understand exactly how the Cu Zn SODs work and have evolved. 2) Studying the molecular basis of socially induced changes in lifespan in Bumble Bees.This is a NERC funded project in collaboration with Andrew Bourke at UEA. 3) I am also involved in a project looking at trade-offs in immunity ageing and neurodegeneration in a Drosophila/paristoid model of selected immunity. |
| Lab Web Page: |
http://www.personal.southampton.ac.uk/jdparker/Webpage/ |
| Willing to Host Undergraduates: |
NO |
| Actively Seeking Undergraduates: |
NO |
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