Dr Yen Truong1, Mr Heng Taing1, Mr. David Renshaw1, Dr. Oliver Berry2
1CSIRO – Manufacturing, Gate 3, Normanby Road, Clatyon , Australia, 2CSIRO Environomics Future Science Platform, Indian Ocean Marine Research Centre, Crawley, Australia
Biography:
Dr. Yen Bach Truong is a Principal Research Scientist and Team Leader for the Functional Materials Team at the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)-Manufacturing. She holds a Master in Analytical Chemistry from RMIT University and a PhD in Chemical Engineering in Fibre Science from Monash University. She has been working in the fabrication of electrospun nanofibres for a range of applications and has published over 45 peer-reviewed papers in this area in the last 10 years. She chaired the Inaugural International Conference on Electrospinning (Electrospin 2010) in Melbourne, Australia, in 2010. She has been invited to give more than more than 20 oral presentations at international conferences, seminars and workshops.
Abstract:
Research on airborne environmental DNA (eDNA) is an innovative area that aims to identify species through their genetic traces found in the air, potentially transforming our approach to assessing and understanding biodiversity. The ability to evaluate and select optimal materials for capturing specific airborne eDNA species, along with their preservation, would greatly assist researchers in this field. Nevertheless, there has been limited focus on the comparative collection efficiencies of various materials and their impact on the stability of the gathered eDNA. To tackle this issue, we have developed an aerosol generation system designed to assess the eDNA collection efficiency of different materials within a controlled laboratory setting.