Press Release: Opportunities and Knowledge Gaps in Gene Drive Research Genetic Biocontrol of Invasive Rodents (GBIRd) program partners evaluate the field of gene drive research for conservation and identify areas of interest where additional research [...]
Outreach Network for Gene Drive members discuss gene drive at IUCN Regional Conservation Forum. The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) started a series of Regional Conservation Fora in preparation for the IUCN World [...]
Nature features Island Conservation's GBIRd Program Manager, Royden Saah, and the impact gene drive could have for preventing extinctions. Read the original article in Nature Researchers around the world are studying the possibility of using [...]
The Globe Post features an opinion by Island Conservation CEO, Karen Poiani, on the threats humans have caused to endangered wildlife and exactly how we can help. This Op-Ed was originally published in The Globe Post [...]
Island Conservation CEO, Karen Poiani, shares her thoughts on the need for innovation and use of gene drives in conservation. Originally published in the Sydney Morning Herald The global decline of species is a serious [...]
Gene drive research is in the early stages. Learn about where the technology stands and what researchers hope to accomplish. According to the National Academy of Sciences “Gene Drives on the Horizon” (2016): "Gene drives [...]
Invasive species removal on islands is one of the most promising conservation methods around today, but there are limits to current tools and methods. Innovative gene editing techniques show promising potential for bird conservation and [...]
Katherine Wilson highlights the benefits and potential risks of gene drive. By: Katherine Wilson Louise Sales, a campaign coordinator for Friends of the Earth, rents a desk at the back of an Edwardian brick building [...]
WIRED features GBIRd and Island Conservation Project Director Karl Campbell in an article about the potential for gene drives to help prevent extinctions of island species. By: Emma Marris KARL CAMPBELL IS a craftsman bedeviled by bad tools. [...]