Museomics • Epigenetics • Conservation
I use molecular data to investigate how wildlife has responded to historical environmental change. I am currently a postdoctoral fellow at the Australian National Wildlife Collection (CSIRO) where I am developing new techniques to extract molecular information from museum specimens.
Recent News
- Formalin got you fixed? Our new study paves the way for genomic sequencing of formalin-preserved museum specimens.
Formalin-fixed specimens are no longer inaccessible for WGS thanks to our new specimen vetting & sequencing approach. - New pronghorn paper
At long last, my final paper from my PhD is published. In this analysis of the captive population of endangered Sonoran pronghorn, Melanie Culver and I show that management efforts have maintained genetic diversity and distinction within the recovering population without increasing inbreeding. To read our new study, check our open access paper in Conservation… Read More »New pronghorn paper - What’s it like to be a Conservation Geneticist?
Guest appearance on Avid Research podcast. - Pint of Science
There is no Planet B so we must fight for Planet A! - Mug of Science
I caught up with Dr Ruvi Lecamwasam at the Australian National Botanic Gardens to talk about my path to becoming a conversation geneticist, how I played a part in rescuing the Sonoran pronghorn from extinction and what I’m up to at CSIRO’s Australian National Wildlife Collection.
I am recruiting a postdoc interested in using ancient DNA to study natural selection and resistance against pathogens.
Please email or DM me if interested!
#ASHGTrainee #ASHG2021 #ASHG21 #aDNA https://twitter.com/cegAmorim/status/1448372120036118530
🚨 I’m recruiting one NIH-funded #postdoc to work on a project focused on using #aDNA to infer natural selection in humans. DMs are open. $=NIH scale. Start date ASAP. pls RT
https://careers.pageuppeople.com/873/nr/en-us/job/505573/postdoctoral-research-assistant
Our new study shows you can pull genomes out of the *right* formalin-fixed specimens!
@CSIRO #conservation #genomics #museums
@erin_e_hahn / Hahn et al. demonstrate a non-destructive method of vetting precious formalin-fixed museum specimens for whole genome sequencing.
Link to study ~ https://buff.ly/3BzM7Pz
Photos: Hahn & CSIRO
Extracting DNA from preserved specimens helps us find out how they responded to environmental change in the past. 🌏
Recent breakthroughs are making the historic DNA easier to extract in a win-win for species and scientists everywhere! 🦅 @erin_e_hahn
https://blog.csiro.au/recovering-species-specimens-data/
Keen to extract genomes from formalin-preserved museum samples?
Learn more about our #WGS sequencing method & our decision framework in our new study!
#GSAA21
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/1755-0998.13505
Formalin preserved samples are a valuable resource in biological research that have been difficult to utilise for genetic techniques. @erin_e_hahn and her team have found a method to use these samples for sequencing. Keen to learn more about this useful tool! #GSAA21
