ASA Partner Chester Zoo is hiring: Keeper – Lower Vertebrates and Invertebrates

2019-10-29T08:32:28-04:00October 29th, 2019|Partner Updates|

Reference: OCT20191772
Expiry date: 23:59, 04 November 2019
Location: Chester
Salary: £21,356.63 Per Annum
Benefits: Excellent benefits package

Keeper – Lower Vertebrates & Invertebrates

Permanent – 40 hours per week

We are Chester Zoo, and for over 80 years we’ve been a leading conservation and education charity, and an amazing, award-winning visitor attraction.

We’re also a team of […]

Call for questions – Bend the curve for freshwater biodiversity

2019-10-25T12:47:39-04:00October 25th, 2019|Latest News|

What are the most significant and pressing freshwater biodiversity research questions that, if answered, would improve our ability to understand the state of freshwater biodiversity and improve its management and restoration, now and in the future?

On behalf of the Alliance for Freshwater Life, a research team of University of Ottawa […]

Lee Skerratt: Saving species with a 2019 ARC Future Fellowship

2019-10-23T10:28:18-04:00October 23rd, 2019|Partner Updates|

Associate Professor Lee Skerratt has been awarded a 2019 Australian Research Council (ARC) Future Fellowship that will aid his biotechnology research into disease immunity. The research aims to save dwindling frog populations while proving the value of synthetic biology in restoring threatened wildlife populations.

The fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis invades and eats […]

Cultivating disease mitigation solutions

2019-10-16T09:43:32-04:00October 16th, 2019|Amphibian Survival Alliance, Latest News|

The battle of finding solutions to confront Batrachochytrium pathogens that are globally wreaking havoc on numerous frogs and salamanders is a priority for many researchers around the world; Skin probiotics are one potential tool in our toolshed to fight these pathogens that cause the devastating disease, chytridiomycosis. A research frontier […]

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