Annual Report 2009 - Department of Zoology - University of ...
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Manica, A, FK McMeechan & WA Foster. 2001.<br />
An aggregation pheromone in the intertidal<br />
collembolan Anurida maritima. Entomol. Exp.<br />
Appl. 99: 393-395.<br />
Manica, A, FK McMeechan & WA Foster. 2000.<br />
Orientation in the intertidal saltmarsh collembolan<br />
Anurida maritima. Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 47:<br />
371-375.<br />
McMeechan, FK, A Manica & WA Foster. 2000. Rhythms<br />
<strong>of</strong> activity and foraging in the intertidal insect<br />
Anurida maritima: coping with the tide. J. Mar.<br />
Biol. Assoc. UK 80: 189-190.<br />
Graduate Teaching<br />
The <strong>Department</strong> has 92 graduate students researching<br />
for the degree <strong>of</strong> PhD who have been attracted to the<br />
<strong>Department</strong> from Universities worldwide, plus five MPhil<br />
students.<br />
38 are UK students, 27 from member states <strong>of</strong> the European<br />
Union and 32 from overseas countries.<br />
Eight studentships were awarded to the <strong>Department</strong> from<br />
the British Research Councils (BBSRC, EPSRC and<br />
NERC).<br />
In 2008/09, 29 new graduate students, from the UK,<br />
Germany, Portugal, The Netherlands, Belgium, Canada,<br />
Australia, South Africa, India, Jordan, Ecuador, Uzbekistan<br />
and the USA joined the <strong>Department</strong>.<br />
PhDs awarded in Academic Year 2008/09<br />
Auguste, Prinzessin von Bayern BBSRC<br />
Cognitive foundations <strong>of</strong> Jackdaw social intelligence<br />
Dingle, Caroline GATES TRUST<br />
Function and evolution <strong>of</strong> song in a duetting Neotropical<br />
Passerine, the Gray-Breasted Wood-Wren (Henicorhina<br />
leucophrys)<br />
Garcia Solache, Monica CONAYCT<br />
Analysis <strong>of</strong> the gap gene network in Clogmia albipunctata<br />
(Diptera: Psychodidae)<br />
Gardiner,Tim MRC<br />
Functional characterisation <strong>of</strong> an evolutionary<br />
conserved domain <strong>of</strong> non-coding Y RNA in human<br />
chromosomal DNA replication<br />
Gilbey, Tom MRC<br />
Investigations into synaptic modulation in the lamprey<br />
spinal cord<br />
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Helme, Anne BBSRC<br />
Convergent evolution <strong>of</strong> intelligence in corvids and apes:<br />
implications for animal welfare<br />
Johnston, Alison RSPB<br />
Demographic analysis <strong>of</strong> the impact <strong>of</strong> conservation<br />
action on Stone Curlew populations<br />
Jordan, Neil BBSRC<br />
Scent communication in wild Banded Mongooses<br />
(Mungos mungo)<br />
Klinge, Sebastian MRC/GATES<br />
Structural and mechanistic studies <strong>of</strong> the yeast<br />
primosome<br />
Mauss, Alex MRC/GATES<br />
Development and patterning <strong>of</strong> motorneuron dendrites in<br />
the Drosophila embryo<br />
Murata, Kazutaka COT<br />
Histone modifications and transcriptional reprogramming<br />
in mouse somatic cell nuclei transplanted to Xenopus<br />
laevis Oocytes<br />
Parsons, Matthew BBSRC<br />
Multisensory integration <strong>of</strong> self-motion information in the<br />
fly<br />
Peterkin, Helen BBSRC<br />
Studies <strong>of</strong> the modulation <strong>of</strong> inositol 1,4,5-triphosphate<br />
signalling by presenilins in Caenorhabditis elegans<br />
Snaddon, Jake NERC<br />
Biodiversity and ecosystem function within leaf-litter<br />
accumulations in Sabah, Malaysia.<br />
Tripodi, Marco WELLCOME TRUST<br />
Structural homeostasis during dendritic arbor<br />
development<br />
Withers, Helen NERC<br />
Parental food calling at passerine nests
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