James Herbert

Postgraduate Student

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Academic Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science in Bioinformatics & Molecular Biology
• Bachelor of Science (Honours)

Research

Rapid Methods for Reptile Parasite Diagnosis 
I am looking at developing a molecular protocol to identify and quantify blood parasites from particular reptiles. Specifically, I am putting research into advancing a real-time PCR protocol for a parasite from the NZ tuatara reptile (Sphenodon punctatus). Also developing a novel microarray protocol for quantifying several Apicomplexan species found in the Australian skink species (Egernia stokesii).

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