Lab Personnel and Student Training
Current
Graduate Students
Camilla is a Ph.D.
student whose research interests involve the analysis of ancient DNA from archaeological
remains to address archaeological questions.
Ursula
is a Ph.D. student with research
interests in molecular archaeology and biodiversity conservation.
Completed Graduate
Students
·
Camilla Speller (MA 2005)
Thesis: One fish, two fish, old fish, new fish: investigating differential distribution of salmon
resources in the
·
Kathy Watt (MA 2005)
Thesis: Decontamination techniques in ancient DNA
analysis.
·
Alice Storey (MA 2004)
Thesis: Save me a drumstick
: molecular taphonomy, differential
preservation and ancient DNA from the
Work-Study
Students
Each semester,
the lab takes one work-study student. Usually, the student works only in the
Post-PCR lab. Duties include aiding in
PCR amplification, electrophoresis, PCR product purifications and the
preparation of samples for sequencing. The work-study program is sponsored by
the University and the student is allowed to work for about 10 hours a week in
the lab. In the past four years, eight students with majors in biology,
biochemistry, or archaeology have worked in the lab.
Future Graduate Students
The lab is
currently taking new graduate students at both the MA and Ph.D. levels. New students, even those with a primary
interest in human DNA, are encouraged to gain experience and skill by working
first on ancient faunal DNA samples. For
more information about our graduate research in ancient DNA, please contact Dr.
Yang at donyang@sfu.ca;
for more information about the application, see our graduate
studies page in the Archaeology website at SFU.
Yang’s Research Page / aDNA
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