Excited to join the #Biodiversity #Genomics #Australia Initiative representing the great work from #CentreforBiodiversityAnalysis supported Conservation Genomics workshop and joining panel discussions for an Australian Biodiversity Genomics strategy at #ICG2023. ANU Fenner School

Aussie has an abysmal track record of extinction over the past 2 centuries says Matt Lott. By looking at museum specimens, he finds a decrease in heterozygosity and a loss of allelic diversity in #koala - future proofing must facilitate gene flow across the range. #ICG2023

Dick Frankham asks what is the overall size of the effects of differences in inbreeding depression between X chromosomes and autosomes? #ICG2023

What a great lineup in the #ICG2023 conservation genetics session!

Gene regulation over 100 years of time......Clare Holleley on epigenomic responses using museum collections from formalin samples! #ICG2023

The one and only Neil Gemmell presenting tonight’s plenary #ICG2023 and reflecting on the Lochess #eDNA project among other fishy tails. Plus the best shoes 👞

Jon Bridle asks for how long will existing phenotypic plasticity remain adaptive given the #ClimateChange? His team are examining this and other questions in Senecio, a hugely diverse genus. #ICG2023

Super star Sarah Whiteley delivering an amazing talk after accepting the Genetics AustralAsia Catcheside award for best PhD thesis. Seven publications and a set of twins, talk about productivity! Great delivery today, and grace under pressure in the presence of demanding 3 month olds!

Happy Birthday Mendel 🫛 #ICG2023

So good to see our work from 2017 on #eDNA mt /nu 🧬 ratios to detect breeding still being relevant! #ICG2023 Elise Furlan EcoDNA_UC

Next up Linda Neaves using DNA diet to understand trophic interactions and enhance conservation in predator-proof sanctuaries #ICG2023

Linda Neaves talks about how #metabarcoding #diet #studies can be used to answer important #management #questions about #mammalian #reintroduction #eDNA #ICG2023

To complete the environmental DNA session, Tahlia Perry on EchidnaCSI and the power of the public (and the power of 💩) to understand echidna populations, diets, and gut microbiomes. Did you know that echidnas don’t just eat ants and termites? They also eat plants! #ICG2023

Investing to avoid biological invasions is far more cost effective than post-invasion risk management, says Manpreet K Dhami Manaaki Whenua Landcare Research. How can we predict invasiveness and help stay ahead of the curve? Let’s test #Genomics + #MachineLearning! Invasomics Hub #ICG2023

There are lots of genomes out there, but Manpreet K Dhami says many don’t have enough info to be useful - PLEASE PROVIDE METADATA! For invasion genomics studies we need to know the sampling location and the year of sampling #ICG2023

CSIRO is pulling together an Atlas of Living Australia. Their app, now in pilot, aims to bring together specimen and genomic data from far-flung sources to help researchers see the lay of the (taxonomic) land. Australian Reference Genome Atlas (ARGA) arga.org.au #IGC2023 @genetics2023

Day 1 of our Conservation Genomics workshop @ICCB2023 was pretty successful! Very cool to hear about everybody's interests, and there will be more tomorrow! Isaac Overcast Josiah Kuja Anubhab #ICCB2023

Perhaps now is a good time to ask why Australian Labor and @Tanya_Plibersek are taking so long to revise, and hopefully, greatly strengthen and enforce environmental law, or why the conservation of wildlife and ecosystems is *still massively underfunded*? theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Phylogenomic and morphological data reveal hidden patterns of diversity in the national tree of #Brazil, Paubrasilia echinata - out now in #AmericanJournalofBotany: doi.org/10.1002/ajb2.1… by Mathew Rees, Linda Neaves, Edeline Gagnon et al. #genomics

Many others were involved and provided valuable input: Anna MacDonald, Highland Newt, Juan M. Guayasamin, Universidad San Francisco de Quito, USFQ COCIBA, paul hohenlohe, @surroundscience, Linda Neaves, @dr_annam, daniel cadena, @Jmergeay.bsky.social, Linda Laikre, Sean Hoban, Maggie Hunter, Cinnamon Mittan, Josiah Kuja