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Find our latest research initiatives, collaborations, and events in biodiversity science, including genomics, conservation and ecological studies.
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Thanks to the strong support and participation from our partner institutions, the CBA is celebrating its 10th birthday in July 2022.
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The CBA was delighted to host over 20 students and researchers at the recent NichemapR workshop, the first in-person technical workshop in over a year.
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The UC EcoDNA team recently attended the 2nd Australian Biosecurity Symposium on the Gold Coast.
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Over 100 ACT Government mangers and policy makers and ANU, CSIRO and UCanberra researchers met today to plan for climate change adaptation in the ACT.
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A new initiative, the Genome Biology Group, has just been established for interested ANU, CSIRO & UC researchers.
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The research team led by Arthur Georges was recently awarded an ARC grant of $1.25 million to study the epigenetics of sex determination in dragons.
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CBA’s workshops provide excellent opportunities to learn from, network and interact with local, interstate and international presenters.
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A new National Environmental (eDNA) Reference Centre will support the next generation of cutting-edge tools for Australia’s biosecurity system.
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CBA researchers have found that the sex gene in bearded dragons is controlled, not by the presence or absence of a sex gene, but by its location in a bad neighbourhood on a sex chromosome riddled with “junk DNA” which turns it from an activator to an inhibitor.