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Keen to hear more about the #SecretSauce to codeveloped #ConsGen DNA research/practitioner success? Check out our @SCBConGen symposium & roundtable @ICCB2021 🌍, 15 Dec 12-2PM EST. Presentations are already available online, for early viewing, and are fantastic! 1/n
Our six symposium speakers and roundtable panelists are representative of >6 countries πŸ‡΅πŸ‡Ή/πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ,πŸ‡¨πŸ‡±,πŸ‡¦πŸ‡Ί,πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§,🏴󠁧󠁒󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿,πŸ‡ΏπŸ‡¦,πŸ‡³πŸ‡Ώ. Keen to learn more? check out their talks titles below. 2/n
Dr. Soraia Barbosa @soraiambarbosa from @CIBIO_InBIO will kick off the symposium with her talk "The importance of research-management partnerships to advance conservation practice and policy." 3/n Image
Dr. Constanza Napolitano from Universidad de los Lagos will chat with us about the results of a recent practitioner survey in Latin America, with her talk "Research-management partnerships in Latin America: Identifying gaps and opportunities." 4/n Image
Dr. Carolyn Hogg @HoggCarolyn from the University of Sydney will provide examples of conservation genetic application, with her presentation "Conservation Genomics and the Age of Extinction." 5/n Image
Dr. Kara Dicks @kara_dicks from @rzss will discuss the role that zoos play in #ConsGen application, with her talk "We're going to the zoo: how RZSS WildGenes bridges the gap between conservation genetic research and application." 6/n Image
Dr. Yoshan Moodley from the University of Venda will give a perspective on #ConsGen application from Africa, with his talk "Implementing genetic management of wildlife populations in Africa." 7/n Image
Dr. Tammy Steeves @testeeves will finish our symposium with a perspective, entitled "Co-creation of genomic research with Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities in Aotearoa New Zealand." 8/fin Image

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More from @sgalla32

Jul 20, 2021
Check out our latest preprint: the relevance of pedigrees in the conservation genomics era bit.ly/3wCO7DH. TLDR: it’s not either/or when it comes to #pedigrees & #genomics. Having both helps researchers address more conservation questions than one data set alone. 🧡 1/10
Conservation #genetics 🧬 has developed a substantive toolbox πŸ”§ to inform species management. While much discussion has been dedicated towards genomic advances, there remains one long-standing tool in #ConGen that is often overlooked: the pedigree. 2/10
Pedigrees have been used to understand and manage diversity in threatened populations for decades. But, caveats like assumed founder relatedness, missing data, and errors can make them tricky to use. See Forsdick et al (ecoevorxiv.org/7bnjw/) for more. 3/10
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Feb 4, 2020
We are excited to share our pub in #EvolutionaryApplications bit.ly/2GH3tzr comparing relatedness estimates for pairing recommendations in critically #endangered #birds from #Aotearoa #NZ πŸ‡³πŸ‡Ώ. See this #SciComm 🧡 for more! #Conservation #Genomics #ConGen #ConSERTeam 1/13
Around the 🌏, #conservation breeding programmes strategically pair the least related individuals to enhance recovery. This is like #Tinder for threatened species, only more information goes into pairing than swiping ⬅️ or ➑️. See my #3MT for more! 2/13

It’s important to get the relatedness value right for pairing, because mating between close relatives can result in negative fitness consequences, like ⬇️ hatching success 🐣(see bit.ly/3b4IILO). 3/13
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Jan 15, 2019
Exciting #ConSERTeam news! Our paper demonstrating the utility of closely-related reference genomes 🧬 for #conservation (Galla & Forsdick et al. 2019 @sgalla32 @NatForsdick @testeeves bit.ly/2Hj72z1) was published in @Genes_MDPI @MDPIOpenAccess. #ConGen 1/13
No longer just a promise (bit.ly/2SMXehV), the #ConservationGenomics revolution is here: #genomics is adding awesome tools to the #conservation tool box to inform the management of some of the world’s most threatened species. 2/13
One such tool is a reference #genome. Think of it as the picture of a completed puzzle on a puzzle box. Having a picture means genomic reads (puzzle pieces 🧩) can be placed correctly, allowing effective ID of SNPs (single nucleotide polymorphisms). 3/13
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