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DESCRIPTION:Biodiversity is crashing and millions of plant and animal speci
 es are at the edge of extinction. Understanding the genetic diversity of t
 hese species is an important tool for conservation biology but obtaining h
 igh quality genomes for threatened species is not always straightforward.\
 n\n\nIn this webinar Dr Carolyn Hogg speaks about the work she has been do
 ing with the [Threatened Species Initiative](https://threatenedspeciesinit
 iative.com/) to build genomic resources to understand and protect Australi
 a’s threatened species. Using examples such as the Kroombit Tinker Frog 
 and the Greater Bilby\, Carolyn describes some of the complexities and cha
 llenges of generating genomes from short reads and HiFi reads for critical
 ly endangered species. She outlines the technologies and resources being u
 sed and how these are bridging the gap between genomicists\, bioinformatic
 ians and conservation experts to help save Australian species.\n\n\n**Spea
 ker: **Dr Carolyn Hogg\, Australasian Wildlife Genomics Group\, The Univer
 sity of Sydney\n\n\n**Who the webinar is for:**\n\n\nAnyone with an intere
 st in the application of genomics to conservation biology.\n\n\n**How to j
 oin:**\n\n\nThis webinar is free to join but you must [register for a plac
 e in advance](https://unimelb.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_QLLM7rRPTB2D3OQy
 GhSXgw).\n
LOCATION:Online
SUMMARY:WEBINAR: Conservation genomics and the age of extinction
URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.biocommons.org.au/events/conservation-genomics-we
 binar
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