Group leader
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Heroen Verbruggen E-mail: heroen.verbruggen@gmail.com — Twitter: @heroenv PhD: Ghent University, 2005 My interests span the fields of algal evolution, microbial symbiosis, genome biology and bioinformatics. I love computational simulation as a tool to explore ideas and methods, and nerdy science stuff in general. |
Students & postdocs
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Saelin Bjornson, PhD candidate E-mail: sbjornson@student.unimelb.edu.au My project focuses on algal evolutionary genomics, looking into both structural evolution of plastid genomes and the genome-level correlates of increasing body complexity. |
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Yuqun Du, PhD candidate MPhil: University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (UCAS), 2023 E-mail: yuqund@student.unimelb.edu.au I am working on seaweed speciation and diversification trends in southern Australia. |
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Riyad Hossen, PhD candidate MSc: University of Dhaka E-mail: rhossen@student.unimelb.edu.au My interest is on marine algae and I am using genome and transcriptome analysis to understand their evolutionary biology and how they interact with their environment. |
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Yunli (Eric) Hsieh, PhD candidate (with Zoran Nikoloski at MPI-MP) MSc: National Taiwan University, 2019 E-mail: eric.hsieh1224@gmail.com — Twitter: @Yunli_Eric I am interested in coral-algal-bacteria interactions and the effect of climate change on microbiomes living with their hosts. |
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Juntong Hu, PhD candidate MPhil: Hong Kong Baptist University, 2021 E-mail: hujuntong9@gmail.com My research interests focus on the function of Ostreobium in the coral holobiont. I will integrate field sampling, manipulative experiments, and bioinformatics to investigate the functional interaction between Ostreobium spp. and the other components of the coral holobiont and Ostreobium's role across different coral life stages. |
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Owen McGinley, PhD candidate (Heazlewood lab) MBiotech: University of Melbourne, 2019 E-mail: omcginley@student.unimelb.edu.au I'm a PhD candidate interested in plant cell wall biology, particularly sulphated polysaccharide synthesis in red algae species. |
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Felix Powrie, PhD candidate MSc: University of Melbourne, 2023 E-mail: fpowrie@student.unimelb.edu.au I am a PhD candidate interested in algal molecular evolution and biodiversity science. |
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Andy (Yuhao) Tong, PhD candidate BSc: University of Melbourne E-mail: yuhtong@student.unimelb.edu.au I am working on metagenomics software development, with a special interest in recovering organelle MAGs. |
