About this Event
Sampling Life's Alphabet Soup: Your Guide to Environmental DNA Monitoring
Animals, plants, and other organisms shed genetic waste into water, air, and soils, leaving behind an alphabet soup of life. Modern genetic tools are now unlocking the code of this environmental DNA, or 'eDNA', to monitor and study life all around the world. Remarkably, eDNA monitoring is now affordable and accessible enough for almost anyone to participate. This short course will provide a background on the nature of eDNA itself, its broad applications, and the basics of eDNA sampling for community groups and individuals interested in surveying Maine's woods and waters.
Location: 300 Fore Street, Portland, ME, USA
Speaker: Michael T. Kinnison, Ph.D.
Professor of Evolutionary Approaches
Maine Center for Genetics in the Environment, University of Maine
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
300 Fore Street, Portland, ME, USA, United States
USD 25.00