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Studying Biology and Wildlife at Salford
Dr Danni Hinchcliffe - Teaching Fellow, Biology & Wildlife
@dannihinchy
A bit about me…
• Keen conservationist (Operation Wallacea, BTO, RSPB): bats and bird ringer, mammals and moth trapper, herpetology
A bit about me…
• Keen conservationist (Operation Wallacea, BTO, RSPB): bats and bird ringer, mammals and moth trapper, herpetology
• Dog-obsessed: volunteer with rescue charities and LOVE bull terriers
A bit about me…
• Keen conservationist (Operation Wallacea, BTO, RSPB): bats and bird ringer, mammals and moth trapper, herpetology
• Dog-obsessed: volunteer with rescue charities and LOVE bull terriers
• Traveller and amateur photographer (I take better pictures of my food than I do of wildlife!)
Academic background
• Masters in Biology from the University of Sheffield
• PhD in Molecular Ecology from the University of East Anglia
• Post-doctorate in Conservation Physiology, University of Manchester
• Now full-time staff at the University of Salford!
Seychelles warbler
• Using a combination of genetic and environmental tools to answer evolutionary questions
• Studied an endangered island bird – the Seychelles warbler, Acrocephalus sechellensis
• Applied my research directly to the species’ conservation and population management
Seychelles warbler
• Down to 26 individuals in the 1970s on a single island “Cousin”
• Birdlife International bought the island and restored native habitat
• Teamed up with scientists to form management strategy
Seychelles warbler
• Cousin population restored and four translocations carried out:
• Aride (1988)
• Cousine (1990)
• Denis (2004)
• Frégate (2011)
• Current global population >3000
• CE NT (IUCN)
• Assessed bottleneck impacts on the population gene pool
• Looked at genes responsible for innate immunity
• Avian malaria and resistance
• Identified the best birds to start up new populations on other islands
• Assessed bottleneck impacts on the population gene pool
• Looked at genes responsible for innate immunity
• Avian malaria and resistance
• Identified the best birds to start up new populations on other islands
Cousin MALARIA
52%
• Assessed bottleneck impacts on the population gene pool
• Looked at genes responsible for innate immunity
• Avian malaria and resistance
• Identified the best birds to start up new populations on other islands
Cousin MALARIA
52%
Aride No malaria - 20 years
• Assessed bottleneck impacts on the population gene pool
• Looked at genes responsible for innate immunity
• Avian malaria and resistance
• Identified the best birds to start up new populations on other islands
Cousin MALARIA
52%
Aride No malaria - 20 years
Cousine MALARIA 41%
• Assessed bottleneck impacts on the population gene pool
• Looked at genes responsible for innate immunity
• Avian malaria and resistance
• Identified the best birds to start up new populations on other islands
Cousin MALARIA
52%
Denis No malaria - 10 years
Aride No malaria - 20 years
Cousine MALARIA 41%
• Assessed bottleneck impacts on the population gene pool
• Looked at genes responsible for innate immunity
• Avian malaria and resistance
• Identified the best birds to start up new populations on other islands
Cousin MALARIA
52%
Denis No malaria - 10 years
Frégate Traces of Malaria
Aride No malaria - 20 years
Cousine MALARIA 41%
Welsh Mountain Ponies
• Carneddau ponies managed by local farmers in Snowdonia
• Developed faecal hormone biomarkers to identify ‘stressors’
• How does stress impact on pony health, welfare and reproduction?
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Grevy’s zebras • Research Fellow at Chester Zoo
• Studied populations in Kenya • Reserves managed by science
• Reserves managed by tourism
• Unmanaged populations
• Environment and seasonal effects, the secrets to success for critically-endangered mammals…
Why the University of Salford?
• As a new staff member I love incorporating my research (and conservation industry) experience into my teaching
• I can take on students (third-year undergraduates and Master’s students) to get involved with these research themes
• The University of Salford community is friendly, embracing, encouraging and supportive – you could be a part of it!
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