As the new year starts, the team expands. We are joined by James Bazely who will be working on epigenetics of sea turtle adaptation. Here are a few introduction words from James.
Hello! I’m James, a PhD student in the Eizaguirre lab. I completed an undergraduate degree in Biochemistry from London Metropolitan University, before completing a master’s in Bioinformatics at Queen Mary University. As part of this course, I worked in the lab on a project exploring the potential role of DNA methylation as a mediator of phenotypic plasticity in the Cape Verde population of loggerhead sea turtles(Caretta caretta).For my PhD, I will continue to look at the role of DNA methylation as a means of epigenetic regulation within loggerheads, with a view to understanding how methylation impacts gene expression. I also hope to explore rapid sequencing of the methylome in the field, which has the potential to be a valuable conservation tool.