Webinars

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The Aquatic Invasive Species Webinar Series brings in experts from a broad range of aquatic invasive species topics to share the latest updates in aquatic invasive species prevention, management, education, and outreach. Each webinar in the series offers participants an opportunity to hear a presentation from a researcher with ample Q&A time to engage with the speaker on the topic.

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The presentations are intended for a broad audience including resource management agency staff, lake managers, researchers, lakeshore residents, and other interested members of the community. Can't join live? Recordings of each session are made available on the AIS Detectors program's YouTube channel, so you can stay informed at your convenience.

Upcoming webinars:

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Wednesday January 28, 1:00-2:30 p.m. CST

The FAQs of eDNA
Presenters:

  • Danny Gotarkar, Post-Doctoral Associate, Molecular Biologist, Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology
  • Denver Link, MAISRC Scholar, Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology
  • Laurel Sacco, PhD Student, Phelps Lab
  • Satoshi Ishii, Professor - Department of Soil, Water and Climate
  • Chan Lan Chun, Senior Research Program Manager, Natural Resources Research Institute
  • Nick Phelps, Director, MAISRC
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Thursday March 12, 1:00pm CST

Safeguarding Amphibians from the Invisible Invaders

Presented by: Amy Kinsley, Assistant Professor, Department of Veterinary Population Medicine.

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Wednesday May 6, 1:00pm CST

Genetic options for controlling invasive carp species

Presented by: Michael Smanski, Professor, Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biophysics and the BioTechnology Institute.

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Wednesday July 8, 1:00pm CST

Genomic surveillance of zebra mussel populations using genotyping by sequencing

Presented by: Daryl Gohl, Associate Research Professor, Department of Genetics, Cell Biology, and Developmental Biology and Group Leader, UMGC Innovation Lab

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Wednesday September 9, 1:00pm CST

Restoring our underwater forests: Can native revegetation enhance invasion resistance in lakes?

Presented by: Abha Panda, Graduate Scholar, MAISRC

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