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About the Conservation Genetics Working Group
About the Conservation Genetics Working Group
The goal of the Conservation Genetics Working Group is to mobilize and foster an international group of individuals and institutions to communicate, collaborate and develop best practices in conservation genetics to ensure the conservation of priority threatened species of the Global Conservation Consortia. This group is coordinated by Jean Linsky (Atlanta Botanical Garden), Vanessa Handley (Montgomery Botanical Center), and Amy Byrne (The Morton Arboretum).
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Past Conservation Genetics Working Group Meetings
Past Conservation Genetics Working Group Meetings
June 24, 2026: Xi Chen (School of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Yunnan University): From a Single Tree Radiates a Web of Life: The Ecology of Lithocarpus
June 24, 2026: Xi Chen (School of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Yunnan University): From a Single Tree Radiates a Web of Life: The Ecology of Lithocarpus
Video: Watch the meeting recording here.
March 9, 2026: Kelly T. Bocanegra-González (Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh/University of Tolima): Comparative plastid genomics of Magnolia species from the Chocó region: implications for conservation, taxonomy, and evolution
March 9, 2026: Kelly T. Bocanegra-González (Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh/University of Tolima): Comparative plastid genomics of Magnolia species from the Chocó region: implications for conservation, taxonomy, and evolution
September 4, 2025: Min Qi (Beijing Forestry University): Interspecific and Intraspecific Ecological Character Displacement in Oaks
September 4, 2025: Min Qi (Beijing Forestry University): Interspecific and Intraspecific Ecological Character Displacement in Oaks
June 11, 2025: Dr. Katie Heineman (San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance): The Gift of Opportunity and Access: Genetic Tissue Sampling from Rare Plant Populations | Dr. Morgan Gostel (Botanical Research Institute of Texas at Fort Worth Botanic Garden): The Global Genome Initiative for Gardens (GGI-Gardens): Adding value and empowering living collections | Dr. Mónica Carlsen (Missouri Botanical Garden): Preserving plant tissues for genetic analysis
June 11, 2025: Dr. Katie Heineman (San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance): The Gift of Opportunity and Access: Genetic Tissue Sampling from Rare Plant Populations | Dr. Morgan Gostel (Botanical Research Institute of Texas at Fort Worth Botanic Garden): The Global Genome Initiative for Gardens (GGI-Gardens): Adding value and empowering living collections | Dr. Mónica Carlsen (Missouri Botanical Garden): Preserving plant tissues for genetic analysis
January 15, 2025: Dr. James Clugston (Western Sydney University): A New Era for Cycad Genomics – Custom Cross-Species Marker Set
January 15, 2025: Dr. James Clugston (Western Sydney University): A New Era for Cycad Genomics – Custom Cross-Species Marker Set
March 5, 2024: Alayna Mead and Dr. Victoria Sork (UCLA); Comparison of conservation strategies for California channel island oak using climate suitability predicted from genomic data
March 5, 2024: Alayna Mead and Dr. Victoria Sork (UCLA); Comparison of conservation strategies for California channel island oak using climate suitability predicted from genomic data
August 14, 2023: Juliana Cruz Jardim Barbosa (Instituto de Botânica): Taxonomic revision of the native Magnolia of Brazil
August 14, 2023: Juliana Cruz Jardim Barbosa (Instituto de Botânica): Taxonomic revision of the native Magnolia of Brazil
No meeting recording available.
April 18, 2023: Emily Schumacher (The Morton Arboretum): Assessing the performance of and providing recommendations for improving the design of the metacollection of Quercus acerifolia - an IUCN Red List endangered oak species - at representing its wild genetic diversity ex situ
April 18, 2023: Emily Schumacher (The Morton Arboretum): Assessing the performance of and providing recommendations for improving the design of the metacollection of Quercus acerifolia - an IUCN Red List endangered oak species - at representing its wild genetic diversity ex situ
January 30, 2023: Milton H. Diaz (Jardín Botánico F. J. Clavijero): Magnolias: practical ex situ and in situ work
January 30, 2023: Milton H. Diaz (Jardín Botánico F. J. Clavijero): Magnolias: practical ex situ and in situ work
August 8, 2022: Tommie Steyn (Mpumalanga Tourism & Parks Agency, South Africa): Cycad conservation
August 8, 2022: Tommie Steyn (Mpumalanga Tourism & Parks Agency, South Africa): Cycad conservation
No meeting recording available.
March 31, 2022: Sean Hoban (The Morton Arboretum): How to better conserve plant genetic diversity ex situ: new methodologies and findings
March 31, 2022: Sean Hoban (The Morton Arboretum): How to better conserve plant genetic diversity ex situ: new methodologies and findings
No meeting recording available.
December 16, 2021: Jeremie Fant (Chicago Botanic Garden): Genomics & Genetics | Lauren Eserman-Campbell (Atlanta Botanical Garden): Technical Overview of Bait Sets
December 16, 2021: Jeremie Fant (Chicago Botanic Garden): Genomics & Genetics | Lauren Eserman-Campbell (Atlanta Botanical Garden): Technical Overview of Bait Sets
No meeting recording available.
September 22, 2021: Patrick Griffth (Montgomery Botanical Center): Toward the Metacollection | Marie-Stéphanie Samain (Instituto de Ecología)
September 22, 2021: Patrick Griffth (Montgomery Botanical Center): Toward the Metacollection | Marie-Stéphanie Samain (Instituto de Ecología)
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