PhD Opportunity - Equine Paramyxovirus

[Peter Young]

I have received funding for a research project on identifying natural 
reservoirs of the equine paramyxovirus (aka equine morbillivirus) 
associated with deaths of horses and one person in Brisbane last year 
(Murray etal, 1995, Science, 268:94). The project will involve a 
combination of lab work (virus isolation, monoclonal development, 
blocking ELISA development, RT-PCR, sequencing etc) and field work 
(trapping of animals, insects etc). I have access to 2 other 
paramyxoviruses which were isolated from rodents in this state some years 
ago, and intend to compare these in some detail with the equine/human 
isolate. The success of the PhD will not therefore be entirely related to 
the chances of isolating a similar virus from an, as yet unidentified, 
natural host.

If you are interested in this opportunity, please contact me directly at 
the address given below.

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Peter Young, Veterinary Virologist           |phone:  07 3629578
Animal Research Institute and                |fax:    07 3629457
Queensland Agricultural Biotechnology Centre |e-mail: youngp at dpi.qld.gov.au
Brisbane, Australia.                         |
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