WILD GENOMES

AWARDED PROJECTS

We are pleased to showcase our Wild Genomes Awardees from our Marine and Terrestrial competitions. Each awarded project receives funding for the development of important genomic resources that are used to make applied conservation decisions. Through Wild Genomes, Revive & Restore and our partners are working to put the tools of genomics and biobanking into the hands of field scientists, conservation practitioners, and wildlife managers around the world.

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Three captive binturong on a branch, waiting for food. Credit: freepik

Genomic insight offers new hope to Binturongs rescued from illegal pet trade

AWARDEES FROM THE WILD GENOMES–MARINE COMPETITION

BLACK-FOOTED ALBATROSS

Principal Investigator: Jessie Beck, Oikonos Ecosystem Knowledge; Co-PI: Diana Baetscher, NOAA Alaska Fisheries Science Center

PINTO ABALONE

Principal Investigator: James Dimond, Western Washington University; Co-PI: Josh Bouma and Ryan Crim, Puget Sound Restoration Fund

JONAH CRABS

Principal Investigator: Andrea Bodnar, Gloucester Marine Genomics Institute

NARWHALS

Principal Investigator: Marie Louis, GLOBE Institute, University of Copenhagen, Denmark

BROWN SEA CUCUMBER

Principal Investigator: Nina Overgaard Therkildsen, Cornell University

MESOPHOTIC CORALS

Principal Investigator: Daniel Barshis, Old Dominion University; Co-PI: Veronica Radice, Old Dominion University

SEA TURTLES OF THE WORLD

Principal Investigator: Camila Mazzoni, Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research. Co-PIs: Lisa Komoroske, University of Massachusetts Amherst; Oliver Berry, National Collections and Marine Infrastructure, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO); Peter H. Dutton, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Southwest Fisheries Science Center

AWARDEES FROM THE WILD GENOMES–Terrestrial COMPETITION

Binturong

Principal Investigator: Irhamna Putri Rahmawati, Yogyakarta Nature Conservation Foundation, Indonesia

Joshua Tree

Principal Investigator: Jeremy Yoder, California State University Northridge

EASTERN LONG-TOED SALAMANDER

Principal Investigator: Julie Lee-Yaw, University of Lethbridge, Canada

CHINOOK SALMON

Principal Investigator: Mariah Meek, Michigan State University

XERCES BLUE BUTTERFLY

Principal Investigators: Athena Lam, Chris Grinter, David J. Bettman, Matthew Van Dam, and Durrell D. Kapan, Center for Comparative Genomics and the Department of Entomology, California Academy of Sciences

Bolivian JAGUAR

Principal Investigator: Paola Nogales Ascarrunz, Universidad Mayor de San Andrés Bolivia

Sunflower Sea Star

Principal Investigators: Michael Dawson and Lauren Scheibelhut, University of California, Merced

Six whales

Principal Investigator: Phil Morin, NOAA Fisheries, in collaboration with Vertebrate Genomes Project and the Frozen Zoo at San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance

TAKAHĒ

Principal Investigator: Lara Urban, University of Otago, in collaboration with the Vertebrate Genomes Project and the Takahē Recovery Programme, New Zealand