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Title | How can we make wasps, mosquitos and locusts survive LONG DISTANCE space travel ? |
Group | Entomology, Laboratory of |
Project type | thesis |
Credits | 36 |
Supervisor(s) | Eveline Verhulst, saminathan |
Examiner(s) | Marcel Dicke |
Contact info | saminathan.sm@wur.nl
https://www.evelineverhulst.nl/ |
Begin date | 2023/06/01 |
End date | 2023/12/31 |
Description | Diapause is an amazing adaptation to survive harsh weather conditions. We will perform experiments to artificially induce diapause and compare the differences among different neopolyploids. We will also see the transcriptome for differences in gene expression levels.
Send me an email, if you have good skills, starting date is flexible saminathan.sm@wur.nl |
Used skills | RNAi,qPCR, micro injection, Microscopy and RNAseq |
Requirements | For doing a MSc-thesis or internship at Entomology, the following requirements apply: ENT-30806 + a second ENT-course (preferably ENT-30306 or ENT-50806 or ENT-53806). As an alternative for the second ENT-course, PHP-30806 or BHE-30306 can be selected. |