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RESEARCH INTERESTS
The Sherwin lab investigates appropriate ways of monitoring and managing the genetic component of biodiversity, in a range of species including dolphins, penguins, koalas, grey-headed flying foxes, flies, trees, and pests such as starlings. Methods include field studies, molecular analyses, and demographic and genetic modelling. We also investigate the genetic determinants of social behaviour in wild populations, with a current focus on dolphins.
Potential PhD Research topics in Sherwin's lab at present are:
- Forecast long-term viability of a bottlenose dolphin population at Bunbury WA, which is impacted by variable environmental factors and human activities (With Murdoch University and University of Zurich).
- Genetic assessment of dispersal of Grey-headed Flying Foxes, between areas where they are conserved and areas where they are culled.
- Evaluation of molecular genetic techniques for describing biodiversity and assessing dispersal. Initially this would involve computer simulations, but may later extend to molecular work, and culture of test organisms.
- Testing models for the recovery of genetic variation after periods of small populations.
BEES hosts the Molecular Evolution and Ecology Facility, which together with the UNSW Ramaciotti centre, provides a full range of molecular tools for evolutionary biologists.
PROGRAM DOWNLOAD
This program accompanies "Sherwin et al (2006 in press) - Measurement of biological information with applications from genes to landscapes. Molecular Ecology".
Please see the " readme.txt" after you unzip the file to your computer : Sherwin.zip |
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