Masters placement/internship opportunity beginning early 2015
European University Insititute of the Sea (IUEM), University of Western
Brittany (UBO), France
Marine Biology research station, Natural History Museum of France
(MNHN), Concarneau, France
Linking morphology and molecular responses of marine mollusc larvae to
climate change
We are looking for a masters student to join the Nunes lab (IUEM), in
collaboration with Stéphanie Auzoux-Bordenave (MNHN), to carry out a
placement investigating how temperature and ocean acidification affect
larval development, in terms of both morphology and underlying gene
expression.
As a result of the changing global climate, marine organisms are
increasingly subject to environmental stressors such as rising sea
surface temperatures and ocean acidification. One group of organisms
that may be at particular risk are calcifying mollusc larvae, as
elevated atmospheric CO2 results in reduced carbonate availability for
biomineralization of their calcite shells; however, effects of
environmental change are often taxa specific. Multispecies comparative
approaches are therefore required to identify shared or divergent
responses. This project will aim to link morphology (via analysis of
larval growth and shell development, using transmitted and polarized
light microscopy) with the underlying changes in gene expression (using
Quantitative real-time PCR), as part of an investigation into the
responses among four mollusc species (Crassostrea gigas, Pecten maximus,
Venerupis philippanarum and Haliotis tuberculata).
The position will start in January/February 2015, and a stipend of 523
EUR per month will be available for the 5 month placement.
For more information contact Ewan Harney <
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Flavia Nunes <
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http://www.labexmer.eu/en/international/research-chairs/on-going-international-chair-in-evolutionary-marine-ecology
http://concarneau.mnhn.fr/la-station-de-biologie-marine/le-personnel-de-la-station/stephanie-auzoux-bordenave
Ewan Harney
UMR 6539 LEMAR
IUEM
Rue Dumont d'Urville
Technopole Brest-Iroise
29280 Plouzané, France
+33 (0)2 98 49 87 43
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