{"id":62561,"date":"2020-01-06T13:44:36","date_gmt":"2020-01-06T18:44:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsroom.carleton.ca\/?p=62561"},"modified":"2025-08-19T09:36:32","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T13:36:32","slug":"carleton-hosts-science-cafe-twenty-three-and-me-for-wildlife-using-genetics-to-manage-species","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/2020\/carleton-hosts-science-cafe-twenty-three-and-me-for-wildlife-using-genetics-to-manage-species\/","title":{"rendered":"Carleton Hosts Science Caf\u00e9 \u2013 Twenty-Three and Me for Wildlife: Using Genetics to Manage Species"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\n Carleton Hosts Science Caf\u00e9 \u2013 Twenty-Three and Me for Wildlife: Using Genetics to Manage Species\n <\/h1>\n \n \n <\/header>\n\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n

As part of Carleton University\u2019s Science Caf\u00e9 series, Prof. Catherine Cullingham of the Department of Biology<\/a> will present Twenty-Three and Me for Wildlife: Using Genetics to Manage Species<\/em><\/a>.
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\nWhen: <\/strong>Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2020, at 6:30 p.m.
\nWhere: <\/strong>Sunnyside Branch of the Ottawa Public Library, 1049 Bank Street, Ottawa
\nInfo:<\/strong> This event is free and open to the public.
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\nMedia are invited to attend the event.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Human genetic testing kits are quite popular, with over 18 million sold worldwide. The data from these kits can provide insight into a person\u2019s genetic heritage, disease risks, allergies and even traits inherited from Neanderthals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Beyond personal kits, genetic testing and analysis can also be used to examine wildlife populations to address management and conservation issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this talk, Cullingham will use her research to highlight how genetic information can help address difficult problems in nature. She will show how this data can help fill knowledge gaps and be used by wildlife managers to make informed decisions by exploring examples from forestry\u2019s mountain pine beetle system and terrestrial mammals with chronic wasting disease.
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\nAbout Science Caf\u00e9<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Science Caf\u00e9 series is organized by the Faculty of Science<\/a> at Carleton to discuss relevant issues facing our society and how science can help solve real-world problems. Meet some of Carleton\u2019s award-winning faculty members and graduate students as they share their excitement about science with the community. For more information, visit: Science.carleton.ca\/science-cafe<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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As part of Carleton University\u2019s Science Caf\u00e9 series, Prof. Catherine Cullingham of the Department of Biology will present Twenty-Three and Me for Wildlife: Using Genetics to Manage Species. When: Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2020, at 6:30 p.m. Where: Sunnyside Branch of the Ottawa Public Library, 1049 Bank Street, Ottawa Info: This event is free and open […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":410,"featured_media":46899,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[98],"tags":[104,121],"class_list":["post-62561","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-media-advisories","tag-science","tag-science-cafe"],"acf":{"cu_post_thumbnail":false},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62561","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/410"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62561"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62561\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":62563,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62561\/revisions\/62563"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46899"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62561"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62561"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62561"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}