Dear members of the UK DNA Working Group,
We are delighted to announce that we will be holding a week-long series of global webinars, 17-21st January 2022, to showcase advances in eDNA technology for biodiversity monitoring. This augments our annual physical conference, which will hopefully be held later in the year.
The eDNA webinars will feature presentations from leading researchers in eDNA technology, stakeholders utilizing eDNA tools for biodiversity monitoring, and companies delivering eDNA services from around the world.
The registration details can be found at this link
https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/7085275338908241424 Day 1 (Monday 17th January) will feature presentations by UK Government Agencies and other end users, including updates from the Defra DNA Centre of Excellence and the Scottish DNA Hub, eDNA research needs in the Environment Agency, and the role of eDNA evidence in delivering marine research and policy.
Day 2, 3 and 5 (Tues, Wed and Friday) will feature presentations by leading researchers in eDNA including: Louis Bernatchez, Rosie Blackman, Kristine Bohmann, Sarah Bourlat, Mike Bunce, Tristan Cordier, Melania Cristescu, Kristy Deiner, Ryan Kelly, Florian Leese, Masaki Miya, Naiara Rodriguez-Ezpeleta, Michael Stat.
Day 4 (Thursday) will showcase companies delivering commercial eDNA services.
Day 5 will conclude with a synthesis session and feature a Q&A with an extended panel of all available participants.
Timings for each day will vary and communicated shortly to enable live contributions from different global timezones.
Please look out for further email updates, and follow #UKDNAWG on twitter,
We look forward to seeing you virtually in January!
Best wishes,
The organizing committee
Si Creer, Dan Read, Lori Handley, Andy Nisbet, Stefano Mariani, Doug Yu, Allan McDevitt, Phil Davison, Tabitha Blackwell.
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