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Liverpool, United Kingdom
I am interested in how we can use DNA sequences to understand biodiversity – how do we recognise species, and how are species related at taxonomic, ecological and geographic levels? My passion for biodiversity research has led me from the world’s largest natural history collection - Natural History Museum, London, where I completed my MSc, to the Biodiversity Institute of Ontario - global centre for the international Barcode of Life, as a PhD student, and to the hyper-diverse tropics of Southeast Asia. The tropics will be the first regions to experience historically unprecedented climates and this will happen within the next decade. Consequently my recent research has focussed on understanding the effects of urbanisation and climate change on tropical and subtropical biodiversity - encompassing both species richness and ecological integrity across a diversity of taxonomic groups.

Dec 25, 2016

RESEARCH UPDATES DECEMBER 2016

Success for PhD student VC Lim’s projects “Engaging Public in Conservation of Bats”

On 17th December VC won the prize for best poster (biodiversity, ecology systematics) at the 21st Biological Science Graduate Congress held at the University of Malaya. VC was heavily involved in the conference as one of the main student organisers.



When VC was in Beijing in November she also presented aspects of her PhD project to undergraduate students at China Agricultural University.



VC’s PhD project has been awarded substantial external funding from the National Geographic Society and the Malaysian Nature Society.

Barcode Bulletin

The Genome special issues mentioned in last month’s research update featured prominently in this month’s edition of the Barcode Bulletin. The December 2016 Barcode Bulletin is available here.

We had an article highlighting our Blowfly paper, and our studies were also mentioned in an article highlighting all papers in the Genome special issues by the Guest Editor. 
From Barcodes to Biomes: Special Issues from the 6th International Barcode of Life Conference



Manuscripts submitted


A couple of parasitology manuscripts co-authored with former colleagues from the University of Malaya were submitted at the end of this month.