Dr Jenny Giles1, Dr Andreas Zwick1, Dr Stephen Bent1, Mr Troy Denyer1, Dr Anna Kearns1, Dr Todd McLay1, Dr Liz Milla1, Dr Amanda Reid1, Mr Leonardo Goncalves Tedeschi1, Dr Jesse Wallace1, Dr Nerida Wilson1, Ms Claire Yang1
1National Research Collections Australia, CSIRO, , Australia
Biography:
Jenny Giles is the Director of CSIRO’s National Biodiversity DNA Library. An ichthyologist and molecular geneticist with a background in wildlife forensics, Jenny is passionate about improving global capabilities for DNA-based species identifications in tricky settings.
Abstract:
With our partners, CSIRO's National Biodiversity DNA Library (NBDL) continues to scale to meet the reference material needs of Australia's eDNA community. Over a year since portal launch, the NBDL is now publicly serving whole mitochondrial genomes of thousands of marine vertebrates, marine invertebrates, macroalgae, seagrasses, marine pests, birds, reptiles and plant pests from expertly identified specimens in Australia's museums and herbaria. Here we share the progress of new data campaigns, insights from the first year of the portal, and invite discussion from the community on future focal taxa and features.