Faith Walker | Australian Mammal Society Conference

Research Professor

Faith Walker

Dr. Faith Walker delivered the keynote address for the 69th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Australian Mammal Society in Adelaide, South Australia. She spoke about her 30 years of studying the southern hairy-nosed wombat, her team’s work with environmental DNA to detect endangered species of bats, and their venture into airborne DNA to describe biodiversity. A live wombat was in attendance. She was joined at the conference and in the field by PMI alumnus Colin Sobek, who is a Ph. D. student at the University of Adelaide applying genomic tools to the critically endangered northern hairy-nosed wombat.

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