#cercopithecini

[critter-captures]

Meerkat (Suricata suricatta), family Herpestidae (mongooses)

Though their English name, meerkat, comes from Dutch, their name in Dutch is completely different: stokstaartje, translating to stick-tail. Meerkat, in Dutch, instead refers to a tribe of Old World monkeys (Cercopithecini).

Ouwehands Dierenpark (1st picture), Dierenpark Zie-ZOO (middle 3 pictures), Beekse Bergen (last picture), taken June 2024 (Ouwehands & Zie-ZOO) & July 2024 (Beekse Bergen)

[animalids]

Vervet monkey (Chlorocebus pygerythrus)

Photo by Fabrice Stoger

[evoldir]

Fwd: Job: MNHN_Paris.ComputationalBiology

Begin forwarded message: > From: evoldir@evol.biology.mcmaster.ca > Subject: Job: MNHN_Paris.ComputationalBiology > Date: 5 July 2019 at 15:52:24 GMT+10 > To: rdmpage@gmail.com > > > A position of Research assistant and lecturer in computational biology is > now opened at the Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle in Paris for one to > two years. The hired candidate will be expected to participate to the > research projects of the ADN Répété, Chromatine & Evolution (ARChE) team > and to contribute to teaching at the MNHN (Bioinformatics and statistics, > about 80 to 100 hours/year). > > The ARChE team focuses its work on repeated DNA sequences, which represent > a major component of enkaryotic genomes. Its interests regard both the > evolution of repeated DNA sequences as well as the role played by those > sequences and the associated chromatin on genome organization, expression > and stability. > > We have recently developed original approaches based on targeted high > throughput sequencing for studying the evolution of alpha satellite DNA in > a group of Old World monkeys called cercopithecini. Specific tools have > been implemented for describing the diversity of those sequences, for > uncovering their structural organization, and for comparing sequence > families between species. Sequencing of long single DNA molecules is > currently performed in order to complement these data. The final aim of > this work is to provide new insights into satellite DNA evolution but also > to integrate satellite DNA into comparative genomic studies. > > We also aim at understanding how the epigenetic marks associated to > different types of repeated DNA impact genome organization and expression. > For this, we need to develop new tools for the detection and quantitative > analysis of repeated DNA sequences in the output of various high throughput > sequencing experiments (ChIP-seq, Cut&Run, HiC, etc) that are performed in > different cellular models (human, mouse, monkey). > > The candidate who will join the team will have the opportunity to analyze > some of the already available datasets and to develop new computational > methods. Candidates bringing their own project are encouraged to apply. > Applications should be sent before the end of july. > > For more details and all questions, please contact : > christophe.escude@mnhn.fr > > The lab website: > https://ift.tt/2YH7ZFp > > The official job offer (in french) :https://ift.tt/2G3Fhr3 > > Christophe Escudé > via IFTTT

[animalids]

Vervet monkey (Chlorocebus pygerythrus)

Photo by inyathi