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Caren Helbing

Supporting Indigenous-led biodiversity monitoring

The Ring

Louie Lopez has been awarded a Liber Ero Post-Doctoral Fellowship to conduct Indigenous-led environmental DNA (eDNA) ecosystem monitoring with the Chipewyan Prairie Dene and Cold Lake First Nations in Alberta.

Reach Awards

The Ring

The Reach Awards celebrate UVic scholars for their extraordinary contributions in research and teaching.

Reach Awards

The Ring

The Reach Awards celebrate UVic scholars for their extraordinary contributions in research and teaching.

Using DNA to track animals in their natural environment

The Conversation

Using DNA to track animals in their natural environment

eDNA builds on Indigenous knowledge

Media release

UVic biochemist Caren Helbing co-leads pan-Canadian $12-million project iTrackDNA, partnering with Indigenous groups across the country to track regional biodiversity changes using eDNA technology.

CSI for wildlife

knowlEDGE

The emerging science of environmental DNA (eDNA) is transforming our ability to identify and quantify creatures passing through local habitats, says University of Victoria biochemist, Caren Helbing.

Funding boosts innovative partnerships

Media release

The Digital Technology Supercluster is funding the Fresh Water Data Commons project, involving biochemist Caren Helbing, and the Women's Entrepreneurship Program—a first of its kind for UVic—overseen by Jerome Etwaroo of UVic's Coast Capital Savings Innovation Centre.

New genetic tool a game changer

Media release

A new genetic tool developed by UVic researchers can detect an endangered species' DNA from water, making environmental impact assessments more effective and reliable. The eDNA—or environmental DNA—technology detects the presence of a species in a matter of days.

Frog genome mapping

The Ring

A UVic molecular biologist has gained new insights into how environmental contaminants may disrupt thyroid systems. The discovery was made while assembling the genome of the North American bullfrog.

Mapping the frog genome

Media release

A University of Victoria molecular biologist has new insights on how environmental contaminants may disrupt thyroid systems, discovered while assembling the genome of the North American bullfrog.

BC grants ignite two innovative projects

The Ring

Two UVic researchers working with industry to develop and apply new technologies have been awarded BC Innovation Council Ignite grants for their research on the protection of endangered species and the future of personalized medicine.

BC grants ignite UVic innovation

Media release

Two University of Victoria researchers working with industry to ignite the development and application of new technologies have been awarded BC Innovation Council grants for their vital work advancing the protection of endangered species and the future of personalized medicine.

CFI funding for UVic research

Media release

Five UVic projects, with $823,000 in new funding from a leadership fund from the Canada Foundation for Innovation as part of a $52-million federal investment announced Aug. 15, will carry out ground-breaking research including in an aquatic disease research facility at UVic.

Detecting invasive species

The Ring

A research group at the University of Victoria can now detect the presence of invasive species in water or soil using environmental DNA—giving humans a better chance at defending the ecological balance of delicate habitat.

A new way to find invasive species

Media release

Wouldn't it be great if we could take a scoop of water from a pond and tell if an invasive species has recently been there? A research group at UVic can now do just that by measuring the DNA that every organism leaves behind.

Bullfrog research leaps ahead

The Ring

Bullfrogs—to most of us they’re just big, green, bug-eyed critters that hop and croak and (usually) make us laugh. They’re also invasive in some regions, including southern Vancouver Island. But to scientists studying environmental health, bullfrogs are an ideal “sentinel” species for monitoring the effects of pollutants such as pesticides, drugs and industrial effluents.

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