Congrats to ConGen Board member Laurie Marker (@cheetah.org), awarded an honorary degree from Oakland University (@oaklandu.bsky.social) for decades of cheetah conservation work. 🐆 shorturl.at/LCeRn Check out what's going on with the #Cheetah #wildlifeconservation #endangeredspecies #womeninscience
It's the last week to submit an application for training at ConGen 2026 in Brazil shorturl.at/hERtE Submit by April 15! Course offers #hands-on training, case studies, history and current issues for ongoing international #conservationgenetics activities. #Biodiversity #course #ECRchat #postdoc #PhD
Fifteen days remain to apply for Congen Brazil 2026. This course trains students in latest genetic tools for use in today' #conservationscience #biodiversity projects. APPLY here by April 15 shorturl.at/OJQNP #ECRchat
Check out review on Africa BioGenome Project #AfricaBP in @natrevbiodiv.nature.com A pan-African effort to generate & use genome data to improve biodiversity & agriculture. africanbiogenome.org See shorturl.at/qEVU8 #conservation #biodiversity #foodsecurity #genomics #collaboration #openaccess
Applications for ConGen Brazil (Aug 3-13, 2026) are still open — but space is limited! (Note: for this round, funding is no longer available) Apply at: shorturl.at/a72S8 #Conservation #genomics #conservationgenetics #course #hands-on #phd #postdoc #earlycareer #diversity #globalsouth #biodiversity
Last year's ConGen course was at the Cheetah Conservation Reserve. This video provides one of the Cheetah rescue and release stories. Importantly, it gives info on one of the ways CCF helps farmers avoid conflict with cheetahs. #congen #conservation #genetics
Actively seeking applications for ConGen 2026, Brazil. Link to application: shorturl.at/6nAEX For more info see: congenglobal.org/brazil2026/en #conservation #genomics #ConservationGenetics #FieldCourse #GlobalSouth #earlycareer #diversityinscience
New Species Spotlight 🐈⬛
Eduardo Eizirik works to understand a cat complex www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Free-to-read: rdcu.be/eqGYz
We are taking applications for our 2026 international Conservation Genetics course. This year the course will be in Brazil at the Vale Natural Reserve on Aug 3-13. See congenglobal.org/brazil2026/en for details. #conservation #genomics #course #handson #brazil #apply #biodiversity #bioinformatics