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Join International Conservationist to Discuss Genomic Cheetah Research
On Saturday, Nov. 12, international cheetah conservationist Laurie Marker, D.Phil., will visit NSU for a reception, lecture, and fundraiser to raise awareness about the endangered African big cat – the cheetah.
Marker, a zoologist, research scientist, and conservation biologist, is the founder and director of the Cheetah Conservation Fund (CCF) in Namibia, a country in southwest Africa where the species is most prevalent. With the cheetah cited as Africa’s most endangered big cat, Marker founded the CCF in 1991, preserving more than 100,000 acres of cheetah habitat.
Marker will be joined by Stephen J. O’Brien, Ph.D., professor at NSU’s Halmos College of Natural Sciences and Oceanography and renowned genomic researcher who recently traveled to Africa to collaborate with Marker. Marker and O’Brien will discuss genomic cheetah research and how it relates to mankind.
Cheetahs, Genomes, and You!
Saturday, November 12, 2016, NSU’s Oceanographic Campus
VIP Hour: 2:00–3:00 p.m.
Main Program: 3:00–4:00 p.m.
Reception: 4:00–6:00 p.m.
Tickets:
$50 for NSU students and faculty
$250 per person
$500 per person for VIP tickets
Click here to purchase your ticket. Seating is limited to 100 people.
In the early 1980s, O’Brien and Marker described remarkable genetic uniformity of cheetah species in back-to-back studies published in Science magazine. In 2015, Marker and O’Brien and colleagues at the Theodosius Dobzhansky Center for Genome Bioinformatics in St. Petersburg, Russia, released and published in-depth analyses of the whole genome sequence of a cheetah rescued by CCF.
Marker’s visit is part of a five-week, 13-U.S. city speaking tour to raise awareness and funding for ongoing conservation efforts. The NSU event will jointly benefit NSU Genomic Research and the Cheetah Conservation Fund. The event is hosted by NSU Translational Research and Economic Development.
For more information, email tred@nova.edu.