The team
If you want to work with us as a PhD student or postdoc, contact me to discuss opportunities.
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Marta Farré Belmonte. Principal Investigator.
I finished my PhD in Biology in 2012, in Dr. Ruiz-Herrera lab at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (Spain). During that time I also had the opportunity to do a research stage at Prof. Townsend lab at Yale University (USA). In September 2012, I moved to Aberystwyth University to work with Dr. Denis Larkin. And in 2013 Larkin lab moved to Royal Veterinary College, in London. I started at University of Kent as a Lecturer in Genomics on October 2018. |
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Cristina Arias Sardá. PhD student
I finished my master in Genetics and Cellular Biology in 2018, at the Cellular and Molecular Biology Department of CIB-CSIC (Madrid, Spain). In September 2019, I started a PhD in Bioinformatics at University of Kent. The project aim is to study the genomic structural changes in the ruminant lineage related with lipogenesis. By reconstructing the ancestral genome of ruminant species and comparing gene expression and regulation in ruminant and non-ruminant species, we want to validate candidate genes and regulatory regions related to lipogenesis in cattle. The evolutionary role of lipogenesis holds the potential to develop more efficient selective breeding strategies to improve the quality of meat and to reduce human diseases related to red meat consumption |
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Frances Burden. PhD student. Jointly supervised with Dr Peter Ellis
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Corey Kirkland. PhD student.
I previously studied a BSc in Biology and MSc by Research in Genetics at the University of Kent. It was here that I became interested in applied genetics and genomics for environmental and conservation research. I then went on to work as a Research Assistant at the University of Aberdeen in bioinformatics and metagenomics of microorganisms in soil ecosystems. My PhD project in the Farré lab aims to address the loss of biodiversity in Gabon by using genetic and genomic techniques to inform the management of a declining ruminant species, the waterbuck (Kobus ellipsiprymnus), through working with the Aspinall Foundation and researchers in Gabon. This project is funded by the Global Challenges Doctoral Centre. |
Former members of the lab:
Cameron Johnstone. Summer Student 2019 -- Genetic diversity of captive Francois' langurs in EU zoos.
Emma Leach. MSc-R student 2018/19 -- Chromosome evolution in Rodents
Cameron Johnstone. Summer Student 2019 -- Genetic diversity of captive Francois' langurs in EU zoos.
Emma Leach. MSc-R student 2018/19 -- Chromosome evolution in Rodents
