Friday, 21st October Biobanking - Blue Sky Horizons (ABNA 19th Annual Conference)

09:00 - 09:30 Speaker 1

Dr Lara Mouttham – Purpose, Partnership and Possibilities - The Dog Aging Project Biobank 

09:30 - 10:00 Speaker 2

Dr Lachlan Howell – Arguments for the development of assisted reproductive technologies and biobanking in the iconic and imperiled koala 

10:00 - 10:10 Speaker 3

Srikanth Adiga (CEO OpenSpecimen) – Sponsor Presentation: OpenSpecimen Biobanking LIMS - Worldwide implementation experience

• Arguments for the development of assisted reproductive technologies and biobanking in the iconic and imperiled koala - Lachlan Howell
• Purpose, Partnership and Possibilities - The Dog Aging Project Biobank - Lara Mouttham

10:30 - 11:00 Speaker 1

Dr David Merritt - Seed banking for the conservation of plant biodiversity 

11:00 - 11:30 Speaker 2

Dr Alan Humphries - Conservation of Pasture Seeds at the Australian Pastures Genebank 

11:30 - 12:00 Speaker 3

Dr Jonathan Daly – Securing coral reef biodiversity with cryopreservation and biobanking 

12:00 - 12:30 Speaker 4

Ms Samantha Higgins -Introduction to ISBER Tools and Resources 

• Seed banking for the conservation of plant biodiversity - David Merritt
• Conservation of Pasture Seeds at the Australian Pastures Genebank - Alan Humphries
• Securing coral reef biodiversity with cryopreservation and biobanking - Jonathan Daly
• Introduction to ISBER Tools and Resources - Samantha Higgins

13:30 - 14:00 Speaker 1

Lyle Palmer - The Biospecimen and Data Linkage Resource (BIOLINKeR) 

14:00-14:30 Speaker 2

Paul Kennedy - Cross-disciplinary approaches to analysing biomedical data  

• The Biospecimen and Data Linkage Resource (BIOLINKeR) - Lyle Palmer
• Cross-disciplinary approaches to analysing biomedical data - Paul Kennedy

14:45 - 15:15 Rapid Fire Presentations

Daniel Catchpoole – From Storage to Service: Recognising When Big Change Is Required 

Georget  Reaiche-Miller – A centralised facility designed to futureproof research, but how secure and disaster ready is it? 

Anusha Hettiaratchi Mapping A Sunburnt Country: An Australasian National Biospecimen Locator 

• From storage to service: Recognising when big change is required. - Daniel Catchpoole
• A centralised facility designed to futureproof research, but how secure and disaster ready is it? - Georget Reaiche-Miller
• Mapping A Sunburnt Country: An Australasian National Biospecimen Locator - Anusha Hettiaratchi

15:30 - 16:10 Rapid Fire Presentations

Cassandra Griffin – Understanding the Perceived Value of Post-Mortem Brain Donation for Research 

Emma Daziell – Predicting Seed Lifespan for the Improved Curation of Conservation Seed Banks 

Louise Ludlow – Using Video Media as an Information and Consent Tool 

Bryn Funnekotter – Biobanking Threatened Plant Species: Understanding the Stresses of Cryopreservation for Long-Term Conservation.  

• Understanding the Perceived Value of Post-Mortem Brain Donation for Research - Cassandra P Griffin
• Predicting seed lifespan for the improved curation of conservation seed banks - Emma L Dalziell
• Using video media as an information and consent tool - Louise E Ludlow
• Biobanking Threatened Plant Species: Understanding the stresses of cryopreservation for long-term conservation  - Bryn Funnekotter