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PI:

Dr David E.K. Ferrier
(e-mail dekf@st-andrews.ac.uk)

Biography:
2007 - present: RCUK Fellow in Marine Biology
The Scottish Oceans Institute, University of St Andrews, UK

2003-2007: Departmental Lecturer in Animal Diversity
Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, UK

1999-2003: Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the lab of Prof. Peter Holland
University of Reading, UK

1997-1998: EC Marie Curie TMR Postdoctoral Fellow in the lab of Dr. Jordi Garcia-Fernàndez
University of Barcelona, Spain

1991-1995: PhD and
1995-1996: Wellcome Research Associate with Prof. Michael Akam
University of Cambridge, UK



Present group members:

Ms Olivia Mendivil-Ramos
PhD student, co-supervised by Dr Daniel Barker
(e-mail omr3@st-andrews.ac.uk)

Research: The evolution of animal gene clusters.

Biography.
2009 - presen: PhD student
University of St Andrews

2007-2008: MRes in Bioinformatics
University of Glasgow

2000 - 2007: BSc(Hons) in Biology
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid



ClaraMiss Clara Coll Llado
(PhD student co-supervised by Prof Ian Johnston
(e-mail: ccl9@st-andrews.ac.uk)

Research: Evolution of chordate somatic musculature.

Biography:
2010 – present: PhD student, University of St Andrews.

2006- 2007: MSc in Experimental Biology (University of Barcelona)

2000- 2006: BSc in Biology (University of Barcelona)


RekaMiss Réka Szabó
PhD student
(e-mail rs386@st-andrews.ac.uk)

Research: Molecular genetics of regeneration and calcification in Pomatoceros lamarckii

Biography:
2010- present : PhD, University of St Andrews

2006-10: BSc Hon Evolutionary Biology, University of St Andrews

Honours project: Evolution of posterior Hox genes in deuterostomes.




Past group members:

  • Miss Alice Dean (undergraduate)
  • Mr Fraser Cameron (undergraduate)
  • Mr Johnathan Demmer (visiting student)
  • Dr Ana Sara Monteiro (postdoc)
  • Dr Natalia Korchagina (postdoc)
  • Dr Thomas Butts (PhD student)
  • Dr Peter Osborne (PhD student)
  • Dr Carmel McDougall (PhD student)
  • Dr Jerome Hui (PhD student)
  • Mr Suleyman Kuyumcu (visiting student)
  • Mr Jolyon Troschianko (Masters student)
  • Miss Mitashi Singh (Masters student)
  • Miss Réka Szabo (undergraduate)
  • Miss Sarah Miles (undergraduate)
  • Mr Jonathan Tobin (undergraduate)
  • Mr David Bruce (undergraduate)