Sponsor & Exhibitor Profiles

Wilderlab is a world-leading, ISO-accredited commercial eDNA provider, delivering high-quality molecular and analytical solutions for environmental monitoring. Our purpose-built laboratories offer a comprehensive suite of eDNA tools, from sample collection kits to multi-marker metabarcoding, supporting applications across conservation, biosecurity, education, and the primary industries.

We partner with government agencies, environmental consultancies, universities, industry organisations, and community groups. With facilities in Wellington, Sydney, and Seattle, Wilderlab has been at the forefront of eDNA monitoring and surveillance across the Pacific region.

Our multidisciplinary team brings deep expertise in molecular biology, ecology, and bioinformatics. Through collaborative research partnerships, we have developed and standardised highly sensitive eDNA tools, including a comprehensive multi-species assay panel and a world-first eDNA-based ecosystem health index: the Taxon-Independent Community Index (TICI).

We also recognise the vital role of communities in environmental stewardship. Through outreach initiatives, we have enabled hundreds of volunteers to generate robust environmental data, helping to expand monitoring efforts at scale.

By combining scientific excellence with accessible tools and strong partnerships, Wilderlab is scaling up biodiversity monitoring and supporting better environmental decision-making.

The Centre for Tropical Water and Aquatic Ecosystem Research (TropWATER – www.tropwater.com) conducts influential research in fields related to water science, resource management and the ecology of aquatic ecosystems. The Centre has a strong, but not exclusive, focus on tropical systems, both in Australia and internationally. It is concerned with major issues in water science, including water resources, water quality and aquatic biodiversity, in relation to economic, social and environmental needs, constraints and change.

TropWATER is leading large-scale research programmes aiming to develop rapid and cost-effective eDNA technology to identify and monitor species of management concern in northern Australia. This technology is revolutionising how we investigate biodiversity and the TropWATER team are experts in using eDNA-based approaches for practical monitoring and assessment of terrestrial and aquatic biodiversity. We are currently applying eDNA techniques to estimate the presence and distribution of aquatic invasive species (tilapia, climbing perch, snakeheads, cane toads), rare and endangered species (sawfish, frogs, turtles), invasive terrestrial species (invasive ants, invasive bees and Varroa mites) and to determine the potential effects of fish passage barriers on barramundi movements.  We have a special focus on developing simple methods that enable citizen scientists and Indigenous Ranger groups to undertake eDNA monitoring in remote environments.

Discover nature through the power of eDNA

eDNA Frontiers applies innovative environmental DNA techniques to explore a vast array of biodiversity, helping catalogue and protect ecosystems and the species within them.

Our eDNA service specialises in advanced eDNA metabarcoding techniques that enable biodiversity audits and biomonitoring to advance rapidly. Species specific testing and custom assay development to capture new interest groups help complete opportunities to enhance interpretive power in your decision-making.

Our experience spans multiple application fields including the oil/gas and minerals sector, environmental impact assessments, national and international conservation monitoring, and screening programs for invasive marine species detection in ports, shipping zones, and infrastructure builds. We can select from over 100 metabarcoding assays with detection ranges from broad captures (e.g., eukaryotes or vertebrates) to those focussed on specific taxa groups (e.g., elasmobranchs).

Expertise has been gained from over a decade working on ancient DNA and environmental DNA. We are an unrestricted service provider within Curtin University and can be openly accessed by industry, governments, and community, while also offering collaborative power with the highly cited academic group at the Trace and Environmental DNA lab (TrEnD).

Minderoo Foundation is an Australian philanthropy, founded by Dr Andrew Forrest AO and Nicola Forrest AO in 2001, working to forge a fair future.

A fair future means every person has the opportunity to thrive in a healthy environment – now and for generations to come. We focus on three areas: uplifting communities, supporting gender equality and safeguarding our natural ecosystems. Alongside these focus areas, we respond to existential threats and urgent challenges in an agile and targeted way through a series of impact missions.

We invest in people and ideas tackling tough and persistent problems – in policy, science, advocacy and on the ground. Our work is grounded in evidence and driven by strong partnerships. By standing alongside those already making an impact, we help solutions go further to deliver lasting change.

Minderoo Foundation is an Australian philanthropy, founded by Dr Andrew Forrest AO and Nicola Forrest AO in 2001, working to forge a fair future.

A fair future means every person has the opportunity to thrive in a healthy environment – now and for generations to come. We focus on three areas: uplifting communities, supporting gender equality and safeguarding our natural ecosystems. Alongside these focus areas, we respond to existential threats and urgent challenges in an agile and targeted way through a series of impact missions.

We invest in people and ideas tackling tough and persistent problems – in policy, science, advocacy and on the ground. Our work is grounded in evidence and driven by strong partnerships. By standing alongside those already making an impact, we help solutions go further to deliver lasting change.

The Centre for Biodiversity Analysis (CBA) is a collaborative initiative of the ANU, CSIRO and University of Canberra that connects scientists and their research to exploit new and emerging technologies in the discovery, understanding, conservation and restoration of Australia’s unique biodiversity in the face of accelerating environmental change.

Minderoo Foundation is an Australian philanthropy, founded by Dr Andrew Forrest AO and Nicola Forrest AO in 2001, working to forge a fair future.

A fair future means every person has the opportunity to thrive in a healthy environment – now and for generations to come. We focus on three areas: uplifting communities, supporting gender equality and safeguarding our natural ecosystems. Alongside these focus areas, we respond to existential threats and urgent challenges in an agile and targeted way through a series of impact missions.

We invest in people and ideas tackling tough and persistent problems – in policy, science, advocacy and on the ground. Our work is grounded in evidence and driven by strong partnerships. By standing alongside those already making an impact, we help solutions go further to deliver lasting change.