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Description
The two-day UK DNA Working Group conference hosted at UHI House by the Institute for Biodiversity and Freshwater Conservation, gathered over 120 delegates from the research and stakeholder communities engaged in DNA-based biodiversity monitoring and assessment.
Topics included innovative applications for monitoring anthropogenic impact and conservation/restoration efforts, work related to capability enhancement (e.g. bioinformatics and technology development), the analysis of DNA-derived data and the development of specific metrics and tools, as well as stakeholder experiences in the operation and application of DNA tools.
Keynote speakers:
Rob Odgen: eCSI – the use of non-human DNA evidence in forensic science
Rosemary Gillespie: Biodiversity dynamics inferred from eDNA and metabarcoding along island gradients