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Professor Neil Gemmell

Job title: AgResearch Chair in Reproduction and Genomics
Telephone: +64 3 479 6824
Email: neil.gemmell@otago.ac.nz
Department: Anatomy
School: School of Biomedical Sciences
Division: Division of Health Sciences
Campus: Dunedin

Social Media

Website/Blog: http://gemmell-lab.otago.ac.nz/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ProfGemmell
Skype username: ngemmell

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Expertise

Environment and Ecology

Conservation

Genetics of endangered and threatened species
Pest control including new genetic control approaches e.g. gene drives
Marine mammal ecology and conservation

Ecology

Life history evolution
Sex change in fish
Reproduction and fertility
Host-Parasite interactions
Sperm competition, cryptic female choice
Marine ecology
Invasive species
Environmental (eDNA)

Evolution

Comparative genomics
Molecular evolution
Taxonomy and phylogenetics of mammals
Evolution of sex determining mechanisms
Genome evolution
Repetitive DNA, non-coding sequences
Mitochondrial DNA

Health and Medicine

Ageing

Genetic proxies of ageing e.g. telomere length

Human Fertility and Reproduction

Genetics of infertility
Sperm form and function
Human ferility decline
Fertilsation especially sperm, egg interactions

Science and Technology

Genetics

Population and evolutionary genetics
Gene editing, including CRISPR based gene drives
Mitochondrial DNA

Science Communication

Environmental DNA
Gene editing
Predator control

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