Assaying Daphnia development

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Megan Hasoon checking her jars
Using various time-lapse microscopy techniques we are beginning to investigate Daphnia development. We hope to develop automated high throughput assays for the purpose of developing a phenomics assay that will enable us to link early embryo development with life-history variation and potentially develop a more rapid ecotox assay.

Some of the video below was made by Michael Green who was an Hons student in the lab last year working on maternal effects. He spent a further summer in the lab developing a time-lapse photography assay of Daphnia development.

Megan Hasoon (MRes student 2015/16) is now developing the assay further working closely with Dr Marco Marcello and Dr Daimark Bennett and the superb microscopy facillities available at Liverpool's centre for cell imaging.

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