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Flightless parrots, burrowing bats helped parasitic Hades flower
Ancient dung from a cave in the South Island of New Zealand has revealed a previously unsuspected relationship between two of the country’s most unusual threatened species. Fossilised dung (coprolites) of a now rare parrot, the nocturnal flightless kakapo, contained large amounts of pollen of a rare parasitic plant, dactylanthus (commonly known as “wood rose” […]
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New Paper: Historical stocking data and 19th century DNA reveal human-induced changes to native diversity and distribution of cutthroat trout
A new paper involving Environment Institute members Jessica Metcalf (now University of Colorado), Alan Cooper and Jeremy Austin, as well as Sierra Stowell (University of Colorado), Chris Kennedy (Colorado Fish and Wildlife Conservation Office), Kevin Rogers (Colorado Parks and Wildlife), Daniel McDonald (University of Colorado), Janet Epp (Pisces Molecular, LLC), Kyle Keepers (University of Colorado) […]
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ACAD Bioinformatics Early Career Researcher Workshop – Event
The Australian Centre for Ancient DNA is pleased to host the third Early Career Researcher workshop that builds on the successful workshops held in 2009 and 2010. This workshop is an intensive 5 day hands-on training course tutored by international experts in the field, utilising leading software packages for the analysis of Next Generation Sequencing […]
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Unsung Hero of South Australian Science Award 2012 – Dr Jeremy Austin
The Environment Institute would like to congratulate Dr Jeremy Austin on being presented with the ‘Unsung Hero of South Australian Science Award‘ for 2012 as part of National Science Week. Dr Austin was presented with the award for his work with DNA and forensic indentification at the Australian Centre for Ancient DNA in South Australia […]
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New Paper: The extinction of the Giant Moa was not caused by climate change
A new paper titled ‘The effect of climate and environmental change on the megafaunal moa of New Zealand in the absence of humans‘ investigates using ancient DNA to assess the effect of climate and environmental changes on the now extinct Giant Moa. The researchers discovered that climate and environmental changes did not have a signifcant […]
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SA Scientist of the Year Finalist – Professor Alan Cooper
The Environment Institute would like to congratulate Professor Alan Cooper on his nomination as a finalist for the South Australian Scientist of the Year Award. Professor Cooper is one of five finalists for the award which celebrates the outstanding achievements of South Australia’s best and brightest scientists. He was nominated for his exceptional work as […]
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ACAD Guest speaker: Johannes Krause – Podcast now available
Download a podcast of Associate Professor Johannes Krause presentation titled, ‘The Genome of the Black Death’ presented by the Australian Centre for Ancient DNA (ACAD). Assoc. Professor Johannes Krause from the Institute for Archaeological Sciences University of Tübingen, Germany gave a special presentation on Thursday 17th May 2012. The talk focused on Assoc. Professor Krause’s […]
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ACAD Guest Speaker: Carlos Vuella – Podcast now available
Download a podcast of Dr Carlos Vuella’s presentation titled, ‘Forensic genetics for human remains identification: The EAAF experience’ presented by the Australian Centre for Ancient DNA. Dr Carlos Vulla, Scientific Director of the Forensic Genetics Laboratory, Argentine Forensic Anthropology Team (EAAF) & Director of the Laboratorio de Inmunogenética y Diagnostico Molecular gave a special presentation […]
ACAD Guest Speaker: Professor Keith Dobney – Podcast now available
Download a podcast of Professor Keith Dobney’s presentation titled, ‘From falconry to farming: new ways of exploring the “Neolithic Revolution” through the fossil vertebrate record’ presented by the Australian Centre for Ancient DNA. Keith Dobney is visiting from the Department of Archaeology, University of Aberdeen, UK. Professor Dobney’s key research themes include the origins of […]
New Paper: Man and megafauna in Tasmania: closing the gap
A new paper involving Environment Institute members Alan Cooper and Nicolas Rawlence, from the Australian Centre for Ancient DNA, as well as Richard Gillespie (University of Wollongong/Australian National University), Aaron Camens (The University of Adelaide), Trevor Worthy (University of New South Wales), Craig Reid (Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery), Fiona Bertuch and Vladimir Levchenko […]
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