Visiting ecophysiologist Karine Salin from the Institut Français de Recherche pour l’Exploitation de la Mer (French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea) will present a talk and workshop on mitochondrial metabolism.

In conjunction with Biosystematics 2023, the CBA is hosting a post-conference workshop on phylogenetic analysis software BEAST 2.

The CBA is pleased to be supporting this conference to celebrate the achievements and identify future directions in the discovery, documentation and protection of Australasia's biodiversity.

This hands-on workshop will show participants how to speak about their research to invite conversation, whether it be amongst other scientists, stakeholders, or the general public.

You are invited to a working group to discuss the development of a new CBA initiative investigating the potential of new data sources to unify the three elements of biodiversity - ecosystems, species and genes.

This one-day workshop presented by Bruce Walsh from the University of Arizona will provide an overview of the wide array of approaches have been proposed to detect selection. 

Bruce Walsh from the University of Arizona will discuss how the ability to whole-genome sequence from museum specimens has fundamentally changed the way we view the value of collections. 

Brian Tilston Smith, visiting from the American Museum of Natural History, will present an overview of his research program on avian evolution through a series of vignettes on topics that include comparative landscape genomics, convergent evolution, and phylogenetic discordance.

An introduction to the open-source database AusTraits - the largest collation of trait data for Australian plants.