Past events

Find information about past events at CBA.

Tue, 31 Oct 2017

This workshop will examine the risks and opportunities presented by AI in the fields of citizen science and biodiversity.

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Mon, 16 Oct 2017

The Australasian taxonomy and systematics community, under the auspices of the Australian Academy of Science and with part-funding from the Ian Potter

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Mon, 11 Sep - Wed, 13 Sep 2017

Biological collections and genomics. How can we best tap the genomic potential in the millions of specimens held in collections worldwide?

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Sat, 12 Aug - Sun, 20 Aug 2017

QuestaGame, in partnership with Australia's botanic gardens, have a new citizen science challenge.

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Fri, 18 Aug 2017

Nearly every major bacterial lineage studied to date possesses strains that produce protein-based toxins that are thought to function as anti-competitor

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Thu, 10 Aug 2017

Contemporary scientific practice is much more diverse than it used to be and more change seems likely. Society has expectations of science and scientists but

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Thu, 10 Aug 2017

Here is yet another remarkable story of trans-oceanic dispersal, comparably improbable with caecilians and monkeys across the Atlantic, or perhaps more so.

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Fri, 4 Aug 2017

Foundation species play a role is establishing the bio-capacity of the ecosystem. Land use and climate change, along with invasive species, are degrading

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Tue, 1 Aug 2017

Plate tectonics has controlled the configuration of continents over billions of years of Earth history. This changing configuration has been key to the

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