Dr Tiffany Kosch - A Case for Targeted Genetic Intervention for Amphibian Restoration - April 2023

Dr Tiffany Kosch is a research fellow in One Health Research Group

at the University of Melbourne, where she studies genetic intervention approaches

for increasing chytridiomycosis resistance in frogs.

Tiffany will talk about her research to understand the genetic basis of

immunity to chytridiomycosis in Australian frogs and how this information

can be used to restore threatened species to the wild.

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Prof Kirsten Parris​ - Impacts of sensory pollution on urban frogs - Frogs Vic Oct 2022

Dr Kirsten Parris is a Professor of Urban Ecology at the University of Melbourne and previously led the NESP Hub for Clean Air and Urban Landscapes. She loves all things frogs and is passionate about making cities more frog-friendly. In addition to her academic work, she writes both fiction and creative non-fiction pieces about ecology.

​This talk explored the diverse impacts of sensory pollutants – including noise, light and chemical pollution – on urban frogs.

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Ben Phillips - Toads, quolls, and targeted gene flow for conservation - Frogs Vic Sept 2022

Professor Ben Phillips, from the University of Melbourne's School of Biosciences provides a quick tour of work his group has been conducting across northern Australia in the last five years. We will be pondering Cane Toads and how to stop their spread across the landscape, as well as quolls and how to prevent them being poisoned by toads. There will be tales from the field and lab as we ponder the idea of targeted gene flow for conservation.