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Collaborative Research: Strengthening Global Biodiversity Research by Building Informatics — NSF Award to University of Kentucky R

Ancient environmental DNA (aeDNA) is transforming the scientific study of past biodiversity dynamics and the effects of past climate change and intensifying human land use. aeDNA methods permit the detection of past species by recovering ancient fragments of DNA from sediments and matching these fragments to genetic li

Award titleCollaborative Research: Strengthening Global Biodiversity Research by Building Informatics
Award ID2607662
AwardeeUniversity of Kentucky Research Foundation
CityLEXINGTON
StateKY
Amount obligated$472,943
Principal investigatorTrisha Spanbauer
ProgramCapacity: Cyberinfrastructure
Start date10/01/2025
AbstractAncient environmental DNA (aeDNA) is transforming the scientific study of past biodiversity dynamics and the effects of past climate change and intensifying human land use. aeDNA methods permit the detection of past species by recovering ancient fragments of DNA from sediments and matching these fragments to genetic libraries of known species. Because many species preserve poorly and are thus invisible to traditional paleontological approaches, aeDNA is enabling the study of past biodiversity dy
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