The Australian Centre for Ancient DNA research group Welcome to the Australian Centre for Ancient DNA (ACAD for short).
This page is an informal way to learn about, and keep up to date with, the wide range of work happening at ACAD. Ancient DNA offers a method of directly exploring a population from the past. Extracting DNA from a wide range of historic and ancient samples grants us access to their archaeological, forensic, environmental and zoological histories. These samples, sourced from museums and the field, c
27/05/2022
Wombat week at ACAD!
Britt Hogben giving her final honors seminar last week! Followed by Colin Sobek's introductory PhD seminar this week! All about genetic population dynamics of Hairy Nosed Wombats in Australia and new method development to aid conservation efforts.
05/05/2022
Pint of Science is back in person this year!
Come hang out at Pirate Life Brewery or the Wheatsheaf Hotel Mon-Wed next week and hear exciting local scientists talk about their work!! Including Monday night at the Wheatsheaf all about indigenous epigenomics!!
Choose from 2 locations, 3 days, 12 speakers - tickets are only $8 per night!
More info and ticket link:
https://pintofscience.com.au/events/adelaide
24/11/2021
Fantastic poster presentations today by our HDR students at the SBS Research Symposium!!
24/11/2021
More great research talks today by our PhD candidates
Gludhug Purnomo, Divon Lan & Adrien Oliva on Day 2 of the SBS Research Symposium!
Congratulations also to Divon for winning the prize for best talk!!
23/11/2021
PhD candidates Gina Guzzo and Xavier Roca Rada presenting their research on Day 1 of the School of Biological Sciences Research Symposium 🦠🧬
05/10/2021
Caitlin and Isabelle having fun at SA Museum's Night Lab recently! 🎉🦋🦗
27/09/2021
Our honours student Sam Bulling giving his honours introductory talk last week on "Assessing the Genetic Diversity of Brush-Tail Bettong Founders From a Recently Admixed Population"
Brilliant work Sam!! 🎉
27/09/2021
Honours student Brittany Hogben giving her Honours introductory talk last week titled "Non-Invasive Genetic Monitoring of the Critically Endangered Northern Hairy-Nosed Wombat".
Fantastic work Britt!! 👏
18/08/2021
Congratulations to Alexander Salis on his new appointment as a postdoctoral fellow in Vertebrate Zoology at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City!
Alex completed his PhD at ACAD and in his new position will be looking at unlocking the potential of museum specimens to yield ancient DNA 🧬🦴
09/08/2021
PhD candidate Matilda Hansley-Davis will present her final PhD Presentation tomorrow, Tuesday 10th August at 1pm - we invite you all to come along or tune on and hear about Matilda's fascinating work!
LOCATION: Mawson Lecture Theatre G19
ZOOM: https://adelaide.zoom.us/j/87172589727?pwd=Y2JqRHM4dVM2Zi9STEQzSFhualc0Zz09
Passcode: 61608664
06/08/2021
A/Prof Bastien Llamas presenting a talk this afternoon on "Paleogenomics: a genomic view of the past to understand the present".
This was the closing talk of the Ecology and Evolution series: Our Origins, celebrating the 150th Anniversary of Charles Darwin's book The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to S*x.
27/07/2021
Check out PhD candidate, Caitlin Mudge's recent interview with .
They talk ancient DNA, de-extinction and Caitlin's work with the Australian National Maritime Museum - Link in bio!