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

Ewan Harney <
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