The University of Sydney
Professor Carolyn Hogg from the Faculty of Science at the University of Sydney, Jaana Dielenberg from Charles Darwin University and Professor Hugh Possingham from the University of Queensland discuss the NSW Government’s proposed major overhaul of the Biodiversity Conservation Act.
Find the full article here: https://theconversation.com/strong-progress-from-a-low-base-heres-whats-in-nsws-biodiversity-reforms-234917
Under pressure from predatory foxes and cats and competing with feral rabbits, the Greater bilby has lost more than 80 percent of its habitat. Conservation work led by Professor Carolyn Hogg is designed to help save the bilby from extinction.
Read the full article here: https://www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2024/07/01/australia-greater-bilby-genome-sequenced-marsupial-conservation.html
Bilbies have the biggest genome of any marsupial, which could be down to how it evolved its incredible sense of smell.
Find the full article here: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/jul/01/bilby-genome-sequencing-endangered-species
Meet PhD student Holly Nelson. Her research with the USYD Australian Wildlife Genomics group and NSW Department of Planning and Environment focuses on using genomic data to help provide tools for the management of threatened species, especially the critically endangered Bellinger River snapping turtle.
Watch the full video here: https://www.instagram.com/sydney_science/reel/Cw1FG6-hhD8/
Professor Carolyn Hogg says she was stunned to hear about the outcomes of the study after it found Australian syllabuses failed to mention the contribution of women in STEM.
Find the full interview here: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-08-28/australian-fail-to-mention-female-contribution-to-stem/102784630
Simon Tang (2022 Honours Student) joined producer Shelby Traynor (ABC Radio) and Dr Jodi Rowley (Curator of Amphibian & Reptile Conservation Biology at the Australian Museum and UNSW) to talk about the pathogen-fighting peptides of frogs.
Listen to the full broadcast here: https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/scienceshow/the-race-to-save-australia-s-dirty-frogs/102529160
An article about people working to conserve the critically endangered Bellinger River snapping turtle to learn more about the species and what’s being done to try to protect it. Research to assist recovery of the Bellinger River snapping turtle is ongoing. University of Sydney PhD student Holly Nelson is using whole genome and genetic data to help inform and develop tools for the management of the species.
Find the full article here: https://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/news/keeping-up-with-the-bellinger-river-snapping-turtle
For the past 12 years, Dr. Carolyn Hogg has been working with the Save the
Tasmanian devil Program utilizing genomics as a vital tool to save this
endangered marsupial. Carolyn joined a Conversation That Matters about the role genomics is playing in an all-out effort to save the Tasmanian devil.
Listen to the whole interview here: https://vancouversun.com/news/conversations-that-matter-can-genomics-save-the-devil
Being one of Australia’s cutest animals hasn’t prevented its slide towards extinction.
Reporter Rachael Brown investigates what is being done to try to curb the koala’s declining population:
Listen to the full broadcast here: https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/backgroundbriefing/will-any-koalas-be-left-in-australias-east-by-2050/13953818
Dr Carolyn Hogg made a call for Antarctic Peninsula Marine Protected Area, published in Nature and co-signed by 289 other women in STEMM. This work also had an associated article in The Conversation and was promoted in Science.
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