Invasomics 2.0

Date: 17 February 2025

Location: Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, 55 Cable St, Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington, New Zealand

Organising committee: Dr Manpreet Dhami (Manaaki Whenua Landcare Research), Dr Ang McGaughran (University of Waikato)

2nd Meeting of the Invasomics Hub!

Following the highly successful inaugral meeting in 2022, we are thrilled to announce Invasomics 2.0, once again bringing together world-renowned experts from Australasia and beyond to synthesise theoretical, empirical and real-world questions on how genomic underpinnings enable invasive species to proliferate globally.

We will have three broad themes around:

  • Mechanims of invasion

  • Invasion pathways and tools

  • Predicting invasion

Keynote speakers:

res director Arnaud Estoup

National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and Environment (INRAE), FRANCE

AProf Kay Hodgins

Monash University, AUSTRALIA

Dr Quentin Mauvisseau

Natural History Museum, University of Oslo, NORWAY

Social programme: Details to be finalised, but we will organise a group dinner booking after the conference (i.e., Monday night) for those who wish to attend (not included in registration fee).

Carer/Travel awards:  Limited support for ECRs is available to attend this meeting. This may include registration and/or a contribution towards travel costs. Priority will be given to those presenting at the meeting. Update: all awards allocated!

Sponsors:

Our primary sponsors are SMBE and the New Zealand Royal Society Te Apārangi Catalyst Fund. We thank them both for their valuable contributions!

Conference programme:

Please click the below link to view the preliminary programme (subject to minor change)!