Wild Genomics

Dr. Amy Welsh’s conservation genetics lab at West Virginia University. We study the genetics of fish and wildlife populations to help management decisions.

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Check out our latest publication from former graduate student Dr. Tom Rounsville on a cubby to collect hairs from #bobcat and genetic species identification. @wvdnr @wvudavis https://t.co/D1BnwJNesQ

[Geo at Springer @SpringerGeo]

Insights from a novel, user-driven science transfer program for resource management
https://t.co/nIoAgxPpBz

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And that’s a wrap! Great meeting and great times! #AFS151

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We had two great talks today at the American Fisheries Society meeting! Ph.D. student Andrew Johnson presented a genomic analysis of walleye stocking in Appalachia and M.S. student Mary Akers presented a genetic evaluation of lake sturgeon stocking. @AmFisheriesSoc

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Check out Dr. Amy Welsh in a recent article in Discover magazine on lake sturgeon reintroductions! https://t.co/GBPpaP5fnQ @DiscoverMag #conservationgenetics #lakesturgeon

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Sometimes we get out of the lab and into the field! Graduate student Cassia Busch is combining genetics and telemetry to better understand movement patterns of the endangered Atlantic sturgeon. #conservationgenetics #atlanticsturgeon #nydec #wvudavis

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Congratulations to graduate student Caroline Harms who successfully defended her M.S. thesis on the population genetics of the reintroduced fisher population in West Virginia! Way to go, Caroline!!! #mustelid #fisher #wvudavis #conservationgenetics #wvdnr

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We love when undergrads have an interest in conservation genetics and we love getting them into the lab!

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That’s a wrap on Reno 2019 for the Wild Genomics Lab! It was exciting to be part of the largest meeting of fish and wildlife professionals in the United States. Congrats to Caroline, Yvette, Brin, and Lucas on their successful research presentations. #FishnWild #TWS2019 #AFS149

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Two VERY distinct populations of the endangered #candydarter. Brin Kessinger poses the question about whether they are evolutionarily significant units. #fishnwild #AFSTWS2019 #AFS149

[Mike Westphal 🇺🇦 @mfwestphal]

Nice talk by ⁦@WildGenomics⁩ on Candy Darter #AFSTWS2019 ⁦@AFS_SciComm⁩ #afs2019

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Melinda Baerwald showing that CRISPR-Cas13 can be used in a Sherlock essay to do #speciesid in the field, with high specificity, low cost, in 30 min and NO EXTRACTION! #fishnwild #AFSTWS2019 - amazing time to work in #congen and #conbio @ConsBIoNews @congenetics

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Don’t miss our M.S. student Brin Kessinger’s talk on Candy Darter genetics tomorrow at 10:50 in room A15!
#fishnwild #afs149 @AFS_SciComm

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M.S. student Caroline Harms presenting her research on fisher population structure in West Virginia at the AFS/TWS conference in Reno. #fishnwild #TWS2019

[American Fisheries Society @AmFisheriesSoc]

For the August #diversity and #inclusion special issue of #Fisheries we shift focus from #science to personal voices, perspectives, and experiences of individuals and their ideas for a more inclusive and diverse #future. Read it with #freeaccess here: https://t.co/zlYVExPRn4

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Whoooo ate the skunk? We collected DNA from an owl pellet from @wvdnr to see if a great horned owl or barred owl ate the spotted skunk. @wvudavis #greathornedowl #barredowl #spottedskunk #conservationgenetics

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Successful field day for our postdoc! #northernduskysalamander #Salamander #conservationgenetics #swabbingforDNA @wvudavis

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Wild Genomics has a M.S. research assistantship position available for Spring 2020! The student will be studying lake sturgeon in Lake Superior.

https://t.co/hezbyp2YAO