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School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences

Yuling Feng

Yuling

PhD student

Email: yuling.feng@qmul.ac.uk

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Project title: Functional characterisation of relaxin-type neuropeptide signalling systems in an echinoderm

Summary: Relaxin is a hormone that facilitates childbirth in humans by causing softening of pelvic ligaments. The aim of my PhD project will be to investigate the functions and mechanisms of relaxin-type neuropeptide signalling in a deuterostomian invertebrate - the starfish Asterias rubens (Phylum Echinodermata). This will provide new insights into the evolution and comparative physiology of neuropeptide signalling in the animal kingdom.

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