Sentences with phrase «conservation problems»

Genetic Rescue: Can new genomic tools solve conservation problems such as exotic wildlife diseases and destructive invasive species?

The goal of these workshops is to provide a forum to examine the potential for genomic technologies to solve important conservation problems that have proved difficult to solve with current methods.

Living corals at risk are urgent problems for scientists struggling to cope with our growing coral reef conservation problems.

This workshop will explore the application of genomic technologies (CRISPR, Gene Drives, RNAi and enginereed sterility) with a variety of conservation problems.

Girdler says that the focus on current conservation problems not only draws more students to the course, but it's also a great way to learn.

The global conservation problem results in an estimated 504 eagles electrocuted annually in North America alone.

Understanding species habitat allows us to address conservation problems that are often unexpected and critical to maintaining healthy populations.»

«What these guys have done is to demonstrate that it remains a very serious conservation problem.»

Habitat loss as humans reshape landscapes has loomed for decades as the main conservation problem for a lot of wildlife.

Educate genomic technologists about urgent conservation problems that might benefit from the application of new genomic tools;

Opportunities to solve previously intractable conservation problems are emerging from new genetic tools being developed for human biomedicine.

In order to explore and map potential roles for new genomic technologies in alleviating difficult conservation problems, Revive & Restore and Archipelago Consulting convened a workshop bringing together experts from wildlife biology, botany, island conservation, population ecology, veterinary medicine, and pioneers of genomic engineering.

Examples of Success — Innovative models of genomic technology applications to conservation problems Panelists: Luke Alphey (mosquitoes), Bill Powell (chestnut tree), Josh Donlan (island restoration), Oliver Ryder (California condors) 10:15 - 10:30 — Break

EarthEcho International is a leading environmental education organization dedicated to activating a new generation of youth to solve the most critical conservation problems facing the world.

Tundi works with international think tanks, foundations, multilaterals, museums and academic institutions, environmental groups, and consortia with interest in solving local and regional coastal and marine conservation problems.

And meeting participants will be encouraged to compete in an X Prize — like «Make for the Planet» competition, to develop new hardware or software that might help solve conservation problems.

«No one should even be building a drive system like this to solve a conservation problem.

This will «cause economic difficulties, losses in biodiversity and conservation problems for higher species in the ecosystems, including marine mammals».

Without this, she says, it is difficult to say whether the hybrids are a conservation problem.

Current research involves: comparative morphology, scientific visualization and 3D morphometrics, paleontology, biogeography, and systematics of humans and other primates; primate ecology and its relationships to both social behavior and to conservation problems; the biology of modern humans; skeletal growth and development, osteology, and bone biology; craniofacial development and comparative anatomy; and forensic anthropology.

Revive & Restore and Archipelago Consulting have organized a unique gathering of scientists to discuss «New Genomic Solutions for Conservation Problems.»

Revive & Restore organized a unique gathering of scientists to discuss «New Genomic Solutions for Conservation Problems.»

Many of the world's conservation problems are driven by complex webs of grim and illicit international trade in endangered species.