Find our latest research initiatives, collaborations, and events in biodiversity science, including genomics, conservation and ecological studies.

Thursday, 05 May 2022
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The UC EcoDNA team recently attended the 2nd Australian Biosecurity Symposium on the Gold Coast.

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Friday, 08 Apr 2022
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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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Tuesday, 08 Mar 2022
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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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Friday, 25 Feb 2022
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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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Monday, 07 Feb 2022
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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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Friday, 21 Jan 2022
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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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Monday, 17 Jan 2022
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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.

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Wednesday, 08 Dec 2021
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We would love to hear from our CBA community on your science interests and priorities and how you would like to engage with us as we head into our 10th year.

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Thursday, 28 Oct 2021
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Leading eDNA researchers and practitioners share best-practice eDNA guidelines to establish the National Environmental DNA Test Protocols (NETPs).

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