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Professor Jane Hurst

Professor Evolution, Ecology & Behaviour

    Research

    Research Grants

    Sparking Impact

    BIOTECHNOLOGY & BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE RESEARCH COUNCIL

    June 2013 - July 2014

    analysis of MUPs in Mus species and hybrids”

    FRENCH NATIONAL CENTRE FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH (CNRS) (FR)

    September 2015 - July 2020

    Understanding and exploiting the urinary proteins of New Zealand's leading mammal pest

    ROYAL SOCIETY OF NEW ZEALAND (NEW ZEALAND)

    February 2017 - October 2019

    Analysis of peptides and proteins using liquid-chromatography linked to electrospray ionisation time of flight mass spectrometry.

    BIOTECHNOLOGY & BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE RESEARCH COUNCIL

    January 2001 - January 2004

    Between animal and between farm transmission: the role of behaviour, signalling, host genetics and management (Pathogen transmission).

    DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS (UK)

    April 2004 - December 2009

    MUP knockout mice: implications for chemical communication and a generic research tool.

    BIOTECHNOLOGY & BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE RESEARCH COUNCIL

    May 2006 - July 2010

    The interplay of rodent behaviour, semiochemistry and systems: from scientific principles to control strategy

    BIOTECHNOLOGY & BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE RESEARCH COUNCIL

    July 2012 - July 2018

    New approaches to quantitative proteomics: application to chemical communication

    WATERS CORPORATION (UK)

    October 2011 - September 2015

    The decision to cooperate: kin recognition mechanisms in female house mice

    NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL

    March 2010 - March 2014

    A new form of scent communication in house mice: navigation cues.

    BIOTECHNOLOGY & BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE RESEARCH COUNCIL

    October 2001 - April 2005

    A proteomics approach to quantify adaptive variation in mammalian ejaculates

    NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL

    January 2012 - December 2014

    Taming Anxiety in laboratory mice.

    NATIONAL CENTRE FOR THE REP, REF AND RED OF ANIMALS USED IN RESEARCH (NC3RS)

    October 2011 - September 2014

    Ratting on rats - who, what, where and when?

    BIOTECHNOLOGY & BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE RESEARCH COUNCIL

    June 2004 - May 2005

    Habit factors determining spatial dispersion and social structure in small animals.

    NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL

    April 1999 - February 2001

    Exploiting Genomic Information: Strategies for Cross-Species Identification in Proteomics.

    NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL

    January 2002 - September 2005

    Rapid imaging, capture and measurement of rodent urinary scent marks for behavioural analysis.

    BIOTECHNOLOGY & BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE RESEARCH COUNCIL

    January 2001 - December 2001

    MUPs, MHC and mate choice in house mice.

    BIOTECHNOLOGY & BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE RESEARCH COUNCIL

    May 2004 - April 2008

    RCUK Academic Fellowship: Fellow in mammalian behaviour and evolution

    ENGINEERING & PHYSICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL

    October 2007 - September 2012

    Neurogenic Basis for Environmental Enrichment in Singly Housed Rats

    BIOTECHNOLOGY & BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE RESEARCH COUNCIL

    July 2011 - September 2011

    Female kin as allies and adversaries under social competition

    NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL

    March 2015 - December 2018

    Vacation scholarship 2006

    WELLCOME TRUST (UK)

    August 2006 - September 2006

    Automatic monitoring and control of small mammals in large and complex spaces.

    BIOTECHNOLOGY & BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE RESEARCH COUNCIL

    April 2003 - April 2006

    Do female house mice use major urinary proteins to select mates?

    ASSOCIATION FOR THE STUDY OF ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR (UK)

    June 2002 - August 2002

    The communication of complex information in rodent scent marks through proteins and low molecular weight components.

    BIOTECHNOLOGY & BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE RESEARCH COUNCIL

    January 2001 - April 2004

    Mass spectrometry imaging for biology and biotechnology

    BIOTECHNOLOGY & BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE RESEARCH COUNCIL

    January 2014 - December 2014