Sydney Science in Instagram: Meet PhD Student Holly Nelson

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/

ABC Radio: The race to save Australia’s dirty frogs

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

NSW Department of Planning and Environment: Keeping up with the Bellinger River snapping turtle

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

Conversations That Matter: Can genomics save the ‘devil’

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

ABC Radio National: Will any Koalas be left in the Australias East by 2050

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

The Sydney Morning Herold: Devil’s milk could be the killer ingredient in war on superbugs

PhD candidate Emma Peel from the School of Life and Environmental Sciences was interviewed about new research that has proved Tasmanian Devil’s milk can kill some of the most deadly bacterial and fungal infections

Read the full article here: https://www.smh.com.au/technology/devils-milk-could-be-the-killer-ingredient-in-war-on-superbugs-20161014-gs29l5.html