Consortium
The Oz Mammals Genomics consortium is an international collaboration to develop genomic resources for Australia’s mammals, tackling wildlife genomics at a continental scale. The consortium involves researchers from more than 40 institutions, including universities, museums, and wildlife management agencies.
Core funding partners
The core partners funding the establishment of the Oz Mammals Genomics initiative:
- Bioplatforms Australia (through the Australian Government’s National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy – NCRIS)
- Australian Museum
- Australian National Wildlife Collection
- Centre for Biodiversity Analysis
- Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions (WA)
- Museums Victoria
- South Australian Museum
- University of Adelaide
- Western Australian Museum
The consortium receives significant investment from the research community both as cash and in-kind investment. The consortium will seek to leverage further investment from other organisations to ensure the totality of the program is funded.
Steering committee
The Steering Committee provides strategic direction and leadership to the Oz Mammals Genomics consortium. The Committee ensures the achievement of program objectives by making decisions on matters that impact on the milestones and outcomes agreed in the Oz Mammals Genomics Initiative Collaborative Agreement.
- Dr Margaret Byrne (Dept of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions)
- Prof Janine Deakin (University of Canberra)
- Dr Mark Eldridge (Australian Museum)
- Andrew Gilbert (Bioplatforms Australia)
- Dr Rebecca Johnson (Smithsonian)
- Prof Craig Moritz, (Australian National University)
- Ms Stephanie Palmer (Australian National University)
- Dr Andrew Young (CSIRO National Research Collections Australia)
Observer (Project Manager):
- Dr Anna MacDonald (Australian National University)
Whole genomes working group
Phylogenomics working group
Chair:
- Prof Craig Moritz (Australian National University)
Members:
- Dr Kyle Armstrong (University of Adelaide / South Australian Museum)
- Dr Mark Eldridge (Australian Museum)
- Dr Kevin Rowe (Museums Victoria)
Conservation genomics working group
Chair:
- Dr Mark Eldridge, Australian Museum
Members:
- A/Prof Jeremy Austin (University of Adelaide)
- Dr Margaret Byrne (Dept of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions)
- Dr Rebecca Johnson (Smithsonian)
- Dr Leo Joseph (CSIRO)
- Prof Craig Moritz (Australian National University)
- Dr Kym Ottewell (Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions, WA)
- Dr Kevin Rowe (Museums Victoria)
- Dr Jessica Worthington Wilmer (Queensland Museum)
Consortium members: people
- Kyle Armstrong (University of Adelaide / South Australian Museum)
- Jeremy Austin (University of Adelaide)
- Andrew Baker (Queensland University of Technology)
- Sam Banks (Charles Darwin University)
- Sarah Beecroft (Pawsey Supercomputing Centre)
- Kathy Belov (University of Sydney)
- Terry Bertozzi (South Australian Museum)
- Grahame Bowland (CCG, Murdoch University)
- Jason Bragg (Royal Botanic Garden Sydney)
- Parice Brandies (University of Sydney)
- Elizabeth Broady (Australian National University)
- Brittany Brockett (Australian National University)
- Michael Bunce (Curtin University)
- Chris Burridge (University of Tasmania)
- David Burt (University of Queensland)
- Margaret Byrne (Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions, WA)
- Sue Carthew (Charles Darwin University)
- Scott Carver (University of Tasmania)
- Manuela Cascini (Queensland University of Technology)
- Melina Celik (Queensland University of Technology)
- Eva Chan (Garvan Institute of Medical Research)
- Jeff Christiansen (Australian BioCommons)
- Steve Cooper (South Australian Museum)
- Janine Deakin (University of Canberra)
- Steve Donnellan (South Australian Museum)
- David Duchêne (Australian National University)
- Brenton von Takach Dukai (Charles Darwin University)
- Richard Edwards (University of New South Wales)
- Mark Eldridge (Australian Museum)
- Eduardo Eyras (Australian National University)
- Charles Feigin (Princeton University)
- Riley Ferguson (University of Sydney)
- Diana Fisher (University of Queensland)
- Stephen Frankenberg (University of Melbourne)
- Greta Frankham (Australian Museum)
- Neil Gemmell (University of Otago)
- Andrew Gilbert (Bioplatforms Australia)
- Elizabeth Gillam (University of Queensland)
- Jeff Good (University of Montana)
- Jenny Graves (La Trobe University)
- Johan Gustafsson (University of Melbourne)
- Ian Gynther (Department of Environment and Heritage)
- Dan Harley (Zoos Victoria)
- Vanessa Hayes (Garvan Institute of Medical Research)
- Kristofer Helgen (Australian Museum)
- Alex Hewitt (University of Tasmania)
- Simon Ho (University of Sydney)
- Carolyn Hogg (University of Sydney)
- Hamish Holewa (Atlas of Living Australia)
- Clare Holleley (CSIRO)
- Tim Hore (University of Otago)
- Carl Hutter (Louisiana State University)
- Cameron Jack (Australian National University)
- Axel Janke (Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt)
- Rebecca Johnson (Smithsonian)
- Leo Joseph (CSIRO)
- John Kanowski (Australian Wildlife Conservancy)
- Peter Latch (Department of Environment and Energy)
- Simon Loader (Natural History Museum, London)
- Andrew Lonie (University of Melbourne)
- Mabel Lum (Bioplatforms Australia)
- Anna MacDonald (Australian National University)
- Helena Mangs (Ramaciotti Centre for Genomics, UNSW)
- Roberto Portela Miguez (Natural History Museum, London)
- Kieran Mitchell (University of Adelaide)
- Kate Moffatt (Queensland University of Technology)
- Craig Moritz (Australian National University)
- Katherine Moseby (Arid Recovery)
- Adnan Moussali (Museums Victoria)
- Linda Neaves (Australian Museum)
- Maria Nilsson (Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt)
- Paul Oliver (Griffith University / Queensland Museum)
- Kym Ottewell (Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions, WA)
- Stephanie Palmer (Australian National University)
- Tony Papenfuss (Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research)
- Andrew Pask (University of Melbourne)
- Alexandra (Sasha) Pavlova (Monash University)
- Emma Peel (University of Sydney)
- Ben Phillips (University of Melbourne)
- Matthew Phillips (Queensland University of Technology)
- Jennifer Pierson (ACT Parks and Conservation Service)
- Adam Polkinghorne (University of the Sunshine Coast)
- Sally Potter (Australian National University)
- Rahul Rane (University of Melbourne)
- Marilyn Renfree (University of Melbourne)
- Charles Robin (University of Melbourne)
- Kevin Rowe (Museums Victoria)
- Emily Roycroft (Museums Victoria / University of Melbourne)
- Tonia Russell (Ramaciotti Centre for Genomics, UNSW)
- Holly Sargent (Charles Darwin University)
- Kirby Siemering (Australian Genome Research Facility)
- Helen Speirs (Ramaciotti Centre for Genomics, UNSW)
- Peter Spencer (Murdoch University)
- Audrey Stott (Pawsey Supercomputing Centre)
- Joanna Sumner (Museums Victoria)
- Paul Sunnucks (Monash University)
- Rujiporn (Elf) Thavornkalapachai (University of Melbourne)
- Matthew Tinning (Australian Genome Research Facility)
- Kenny Travouillon (Western Australian Museum)
- Rust Turakulov (Australian National University)
- Linette Umbrello (Western Australian Museum)
- Brenton von Takach Dukai (Charles Darwin University)
- Andrew Weeks (University of Melbourne)
- Rebecca West (University of New South Wales)
- Michael Westerman (La Trobe University)
- Marc Wilkins (University of New South Wales)
- Jessica Worthington Wilmer (Queensland Museum)
- Belinda Wright (University of Sydney)
- Seyhan Yazar (Garvan Institute of Medical Research)
- Andrew Young (CSIRO National Research Collections Australia)
- Ying Zhu (University of Sydney)
- Joseph Zilko (Monash University)
Consortium members: institutions
The consortium involves researchers from more than 40 institutions:
- Atlas of Living Australia
- ACRF Biomolecular Resource Facility, ANU
- ACT Parks and Conservation Service
- ARDC (ANDS/NeCTAR/RDS)
- Arid Recovery
- Australian BioCommons
- Australian Genome Research Facility (AGRF)
- Australian Museum
- Australian National University
- Australian National Wildlife Collection, CSIRO
- Australian Wildlife Conservancy
- Bioplatforms Australia
- Centre for Biodiversity Analysis
- Centre for Comparative Genomics, Murdoch University
- Charles Darwin University
- CSIRO
- Curtin University
- Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions (Western Australia)
- Department of Energy and the Environment
- Department of Environment and Heritage
- Earth BioGenome Project
- Garvan Institute of Medical Research
- Griffith University
- La Trobe University
- Monash University
- Museums Victoria
- Natural History Museum, London
- Queensland Museum
- Queensland University of Technology
- Ramaciotti Centre for Genomics, UNSW
- Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt
- South Australian Museum
- University of Adelaide
- University of Canberra
- University of Melbourne
- University of Montana
- University of New South Wales
- University of Otago
- University of Queensland
- University of the Sunshine Coast
- University of Sydney
- University of Tasmania
- University of Western Australia
- Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
- Western Australian Museum
- Zoos Victoria