Current funding and collaborations
Conservation collaborations
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Kākāpō Recovery Team [Andrew Digby, Deidre Vercoe, Daryl Eason, Lydia Uddstrom, Jodie Crane, et al.]
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Takahē Recovery Team [Glen Greaves, Phil Marsh, Andrew Digby, Deidre Vercoe, Daryl Eason, et al.]
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Ngāi Tahu - Kaitiaki (guardians) of Aotearoa's endangered species
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South Island kōkako Trust [Inger Perkins, Euan Kennedy, Rhys Buckingham, et al.]
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Rwanda Wildlife Conservation Association [Olivier Nsengimana, et al.]
Scientific collaborations
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Developing in-the-field DNA extraction, nanopore sequencing and adaptive sampling approaches for in situ pathogen surveillance, conservation genomics, sexing and parentage analyses [Miles Benton, Marissa Le Lec, Jo Stanton et al., ESR & University of Otago]
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Creating a high-quality takahē reference genome [Vertebrate Genomes Project, Erich Jarvis, Olivier Fedrigo, et al.]
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Microbial analyses of endangered species [Annie West & Mike Taylor, University of Auckland]
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Impact of Aspergillosis on endangered bird species [The Kākāpō Aspergillosis Research Consortium]
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Impact of Hardy Weinberg filtering on population genomic inferences [William Pearman & Alana Alexander, University of Otago]
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Creating a high-quality reference genome of the critically endangered Māui dolphin [Alana Alexander, Oxford Nanopore Technologies]
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Understanding genomic adaptation via evolutionary genomics and forward simulation [Cock van Oosterhout, University of East Anglia & Hernan Eduardo Morales Villegas, University of Copenhagen]
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eDNA projects [Wilderlab, Wellington]
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Freshwater monitoring using nanopore sequencing [PuntSeq, Cambridge]
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Making DNA-sequencing accessible to the developing world [Accessible Genomics, Philippines]
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Tuatara mitochondrial genomes [Robert Macey, Peralta Genomics Institute]
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Painted dragon mitochondrial genomes [Mats Olsson, University of Gothenburg]
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Transposable elements in conservation genomics [Alexander Suh, Ursula Oggenfuss, Valentina Peona, Daniel Croll, Uppsala University & University of Neuchâtel]
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Human quantitative genetic analyses and adaptive sampling [Sally McCormick & Lamia Ismail, University of Otago]
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eDNA for assessing marine biodiversity [Miles Lamare, University of Otago]
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Analysing the endometrial microbiome using nanopore sequencing [Wunschbaby Institute Feichtinger]
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Whole-genome sequencing of museum specimens using nanopore sequencing [Mario Ernst & Mozes Blom, Museum für Naturkunde Berlin]
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Otago Genomics Sequencing facility, especially Aaron Jeffs
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NeSI HPC, especially Dinindu Senanayake
Extra-scientific collaborations
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Increasing openness, equity and fairness in science [eLife ECAG]
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Developing novel scientific preprint and publishing approaches [eLife preprint working group]
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Assessing global inequalities in scientific financing [eLife GICoDS team]
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Creating a catalogue of reference genomes of European endangered species [ERGA]
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Developing a framework for access and benefit-sharing of traditional knowledge in genomic research [ERGA ELSI committee]
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Leveraging genomic approaches for biodiversity credits [Bioeconomy]
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Using nanopore sequencing in the context of planetary health [Oxford Nanopore Technologies]
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Co-organising the 1st Australasian eDNA conference
On-going funding [see CV for all funding]
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Helmholtz Principal Investigator Starting Grant [> € 1.9M]
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Feodor Lynen Research Fellowship by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation [> € 130k]
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Grants by the New Zealand Department of Conservation [> NZ$ 30k]
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Oxford Nanopore Technologies ORG.one funding [> US$ 10k]
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Revive & Restore Wild Genomes Catalyst Science Fund [US$ 53,750]
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University of Otago Research Grant [NZ$ 50,000]
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Birds New Zealand Research Fund [NZ$ 8,500]