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RZSS Conservation & Research Team
Conservation staff
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Dr Fred Babweteera
Conservation Associate
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David Barclay
Cat Conservation Project Officer
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Dr Arnaud Desbiez
Conservation Associate
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Dr Thomas Doherty-Bone
Conservation Associate
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Jal Ghazali
Genomics Technician
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Jenny Kaden
Senior Lab Technician
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Dr Gill Murray-Dickson
Biobank Research Fellow (RZSS/NMS)
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Dr Helen Senn
Head of Conservation and Science Programmes
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Dr Alex Ball
WildGenes Programme Manager
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Dr Kara Dicks
Research Scientist
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Dr Helen Taylor
Conservation Programme Manager
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Dr Jean-Marc Costanzi
Research Assistant
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Kasia Ruta
Conservation Administrator
Other researchers at RZSS
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Andy Beer
Nutritionist for RZSS
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Jo Elliot
Animal Collection Manager, RZSS Edinburgh Zoo
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Dr Simon Girling
Head of Veterinary Services to the RZSS
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Romain Pizzi
Veterinary Surgeon to the RZSS
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Dr Adam Naylor
Veterinary Surgeon Resident to the RZSS
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Donna Brown
Head Veterinary Nurse to the RZSS
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Dr Georgina Cole
Veterinary Surgeon Resident to RZSS
Students
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Qais ALRawahi
PhD student
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Tarid Purisotayo
PhD Student
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Jo Howard-McCombe
PhD student
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Mataab Al Ghafri
PhD student
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Geraldine Werhahn
PhD Student
Former students
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Alice Fraser
Former Undergraduate Placement Student
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Andrew Bagnall
Former Placement MSc student
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Valentine Patterson
Former Placement Student
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Nia Morgan
Former Placement Student
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James Taylor
Former PhD student placement
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Jane Hosegood
Former PhD student placement
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Stephanie Bourgeois
PhD Student
Former Staff
Latest News
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Blog
17/02/2020
The trials and tribulations of identifying rhino parents
The RZSS WildGenes Lab has been working in collaboration with the Institute of Biodiversity Animal Health and Comparative Medicine at the University of Glasgow on a project that aims to inform the conservation of Botswanan Rhinos. Tarid Purisotayo, a PhD student working on the project, is here to share the story so far.
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Blog
14/02/2020
International Day of Women and Girls in Science 2020 - Jenny Kaden and Dr Kara Dicks
Jenny, senior laboratory technician, and Kara, research scientist, are members of the RZSS WildGenes team and are based at Edinburgh Zoo. The combination of their roles is instrumental to the incredible output from the WildGenes lab; Jenny processes the samples as they come into the lab and Kara analyses that data and translates the findings so they can be put into action.