- Webinar Speakers
Dr. Hitoshi Araki
Professor, Research Faculty of Agriculture,
Hokkaido University, JapanHitoshi Araki is a professor of Animal Ecology in Research Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, in Japan. After his PhD in molecular population genetics from Kyushu University, he conducted post-doctoral researches at the University of Chicago and Oregon State University. After these researches, he became a group leader in Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology. He is a founding board member of the eDNA Society and the president of the Salmon Science Society.
- Webinar Abstract
Environmental DNA (eDNA) is increasingly recognized as an efficient tool for detecting organisms in the wild. The eDNA technology utilizes DNA from environmental samples, such as river/sea water, as evidence of the presence of wild organisms nearby. This webinar will discuss how to collect and analyze eDNA, as well as its real-world applications to Eco-Evo monitoring of fish species with Next-Generation Sequencing technology.