Date: Wednesday, 13 November 2024, 10:30am (SAST)
Venue: Lecture Room, NRF-SAIAB, Somerset Street, Makhanda
Zoom Registration Link: https://zoom.us/…/tJAtdeqhrTkiGdAHKqmM41yK9wX0DeQ2910J
Passcode: 759970
by Kim Labuschagne
SANBI Biobank Curator
The SANBI Wildlife Biobank: Conserving Tomorrow, Today
The preservation of biodiversity is critical to understanding and mitigating the ongoing threats to ecosystems and species across the globe. A key challenge in conservation science is the need for reliable, long-term storage and management of biological samples that can serve as a resource for research, monitoring, and conservation efforts. The SANBI Wildlife Biobank is a national biodiversity collection dedicated to collecting, cataloguing, and preserving biological samples from wildlife species. This biobank aims to serve as a comprehensive repository that supports ecological research, genetic diversity studies, disease surveillance, and conservation planning.
