Media
Meet the Smithsonian’s Newest Chief Scientist – April 2, 2020: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/blogs/national-museum-of-natural-history/2020/04/02/meet-smithsonians-newest-chief-scientist/
The Australian Financial Review– Saturday 6 July 2018, profile written by Lisa Murray: https://www.afr.com/leadership/australias-wildlife-warrior-rebecca-johnson-on-cracking-the-koala-code-20180629-h1222t
The CEO Magazine, 2018 Meet Australia’s 10 leading business women: https://www.theceomagazine.com/business/coverstory/meet-australias-10-leading-businesswomen/
9 October 2018 CEO Mag: https://www.theceomagazine.com/business/management-leadership/in-search-of-more-marie-curies/
8 August 2018 – La Trobe Newsletter (article by Sez Wilks) https://www.latrobe.edu.au/alumni/profile/Rebecca-Johnson
12 March 2018 – Vogue Game Changer 2018 ‘Tech and Business’ category https://www.vogue.com.au/gamechangers/technology-and-business/dr-rebecca-johnson-wildlife-forensic-scientist-director-of-the-australian-museum-research-institute/news-story/5890113925abcb05a3ef2f4f0d5f5962
11 September 2018 Cosmos article: Superstars of STEM: https://cosmosmagazine.com/biology/superstars-of-stem-finding-hidden-secrets-inside-a-museum
20 July 2018 Manly Daily/Daily Telegraph: http://online.isentialink.com/dailytelegraph.com.au/2018/07/20/32694164-3ab7-473d-bff1-9f38fac5225d.html
30 May 2018 – Dr. Rebecca Johnson and Superstar genomics (Stemiverse 0041): https://www.txplore.com/blog/1726226/stemiverse-0041-drrebeccajohnson
ABC Radio National – 30 January 2018. Rhianna Patrick discusses science and STEM career journey with Rebecca: http://www.abc.net.au/radio/programs/rhiannapatrick/rhianna-patrick/9368914
Nature Magazine – profile by Amber Dance https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-017-08458-0
Announcement of Rebecca’s appointment as AM Director of Science: https://www.smh.com.au/technology/wildlife-detective-to-lead-research-at-australian-museum-20150331-1mbt45.html
October 2017: https://cosmosmagazine.com/biology/friday-profile-to-name-a-species-is-to-know-a-species
Rebecca Johnson talking about DNA lab and Science week (Saturday 16th August 2014): http://www.2ser.com/component/k2/item/10550-science-week
Saturday 10th August, 2014. Daily Telegraph article on ACWG, Women in science and Careers in Science: http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/technology/science/science-week-seek-out-mysteries-and-wonder/news-story/d66d727af750ab8052c5f4cc95f1dea0
Rebecca Johnson’s appointment to Smithsonian NMNH Chief Scientist:
Sky News Friday 20 December 2019: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJ4vrfiWcak
Herald Sun Sunday 22 December 2019: https://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/national/australian-scientist-to-commence-leading-role-at-smithsonian-national-museum/video/aa626c9dadbbeac39743c36a3809c30f
Wednesday 18 December 2019:
http://networkingwomen.com.au/dr-rebecca-johnson-scores-top-science-role/
- Nature Genetics Blog post 3 July 2018 by Catherine Potenski http://blogs.nature.com/freeassociation/2018/07/cuddly-koala-genomics.html
- Nature koala video Adam Levy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcMCni28nNo
- Daily Telegraph Koala Genome: Featherdale park and Archer the Koala, Professors Belov and Johnson: https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/newslocal/blacktown-advocate/featherdale-wildlife-park-crucial-in-koala-genome-project/news-story/1ed6e65731d2ee1090c5b83c7607a274?nk=958895e821d74c7e1bd38c8a3535a9cb-1534122935
- Mon 17 July 2018. Radio 2SM: Koala Genome, interview and podcast with Dr. Rebecca Johnson. http://www.2hd.com.au/2018/07/12/koalas-could-become-extinct-if-we-dont-take-care-dr-rebecca-johnson/
- CNN world News: https://edition.cnn.com/2018/07/03/australia/koala-genome-australia-intl/index.html
- BBC world news: https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-44646427
- LA Times; http://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-koala-genome-20180702-story.html
- Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2018/07/02/koala-genome-shows-how-the-adorable-marsupial-lives-on-eucalyptus-leaves/?utm_term=.ff4af6f2b4e9
- Wired Magazine: https://www.wired.com/story/koala-genome/
- New Scientist https://www.newscientist.com/article/2173114-the-koala-genome-has-been-fully-sequenced-for-the-first-time/
- Science News: https://www.sciencenews.org/article/koala-genome-may-contain-clues-helping-species-survive
- The Globe and Mail; https://www.theglobeandmail.com/world/video-scientists-unlock-secrets-in-koala-genome/
- Popular Science: https://www.popsci.com.au/science/nature/koala-genes-might-reveal-how-they-survive-a-toxic-diet,496777
- https://www.popsci.com/koala-genome
- National Geographic: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/2018/07/scientists-sequenced-the-koala-genome-to-save-them/
- The Hindu: https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/science/koala-bear-genome-decoded-for-the-first-time/article24322496.ece
- Arab News: http://www.arabnews.com/node/1332391/science-technology
- Science Magazine: http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/07/koala-s-diet-would-kill-most-mammals-their-genome-reveals-how-they-survive
- Scientific American: https://www.scientificamerican.com/video/the-koala-code-secrets-of-the-koala-genome11/
- Interesting Engineering: https://interestingengineering.com/koala-genome-could-hold-the-secret-to-how-to-save-the-species-from-extinction
- DailyMail UK: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-5910323/Koala-genome-reveals-secret-eucalyptus-diet.html
- Eureka Alert: https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-07/ei-kgc070218.php
- Sci-News: http://www.sci-news.com/genetics/koala-genome-06159.html
- Smithsonian magazine: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/newly-mapped-koala-genome-unlocks-secrets-marsupials-diet-susceptibility-chlamydia-180969525/
- ABC Science online: http://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2018-07-03/genome-reveals-secrets-of-the-koalas-toxic-diet-and-disease/9924682
- IFLscience: http://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/koala-genome-sequenced-for-the-first-time-and-it-could-be-what-saves-them-/
- Reuters: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-australia-koala-genome/scientists-eye-genome-mapping-to-help-chlamydia-stricken-koalas-idUSKBN1JT0SW
- The Independent: https://www.independent.ie/world-news/and-finally/koala-genome-reveals-secret-of-eucalyptus-diet-37071868.html
- Jersey Evening Post: https://jerseyeveningpost.com/news/viral-news/2018/07/02/koala-genome-reveals-secret-of-eucalyptus-diet/
- Fairfax: SMH NSW + front page of The Age: https://www.smh.com.au/national/how-pacific-chocolate-helped-scientists-crack-the-koala-s-genetic-code-20180702-p4zoxo.html
- The Australian: http://online.isentialink.com/theaustralian.com.au/2018/07/02/135e0aef-eb98-42bd-a545-bfa8e244f39c.html
- Daily Telegraph: http://online.isentialink.com/dailytelegraph.com.au/2018/07/03/7d618789-5674-4a46-b4d1-4c192846143a.html
- The Guardian Australia: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jul/03/new-koala-gene-map-could-help-prevent-extinction
- AAP: http://www.illawarramercury.com.au/story/5502912/research-gives-new-hope-for-saving-koalas/?cs=7
- The Conversation: https://theconversation.com/koalas-sniff-out-juicy-leaves-and-break-down-eucalypt-toxins-its-in-their-genome-99203
- Mashable: https://mashable.com/2018/07/03/koala-genome-mapped-new-study/#YZpb5bwrjkqR
- NT News: https://www.ntnews.com.au/news/national/scientists-unlock-secrets-in-koala-genome/video/27c5d3648ccd98e0a442262bade28ea6?nk=958895e821d74c7e1bd38c8a3535a9cb-1530692874
- Science Daily: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/07/180702111201.htm
- Business Insider: https://www.businessinsider.com.au/scientists-crack-genetic-code-koalas-2018-7
- Nature: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41588-018-0153-5
- Lab and Life Scientist: https://www.labonline.com.au/content/life-scientist/article/scientists-successfully-sequence-the-koala-genome-399287912
- Yahoo 7 News: https://au.news.yahoo.com/koala-genome-reveals-secrets-diet-183454833–spt.html
- Stuff New Zealand: https://www.stuff.co.nz/world/australia/105185548/koala-genome-shows-how-the-marsupial-lives-on-eucalyptus-leaves
- University of Connecticut: https://today.uconn.edu/2018/07/scientists-crack-koalas-genetic-code/
- NZ changing world podcast: Dr. Johnson on the genetic diversity of the koala. http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/ourchangingworld/audio/201806188/koala-genome.
- AARNET Video May 2016: http://news.aarnet.edu.au/aarnet-helps-researchers-save-endangered-koalas/; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GL7Cu_QR03I
- http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/technology/researchers-discover-benefits-of-freedom-to-fail-in-the-cloud/news-story/4fc3929493d5c4be0da048a37e2d0f51
- June 2014 National Geographic radio show on the Koala Genome Project, Rebecca Johnson. Aired on Sunday 29 June, National Geographic Radio Show (http://newswatch.nationalgeographic.com/blog/ng-weekend-radio-show/) Rebecca Johnsondiscusses the koala genome and points to the koala’s genetic diversity as reason to be optimistic for their ongoing survival and vows to continue to work to unlock the secrets in their DNA, “because I don’t think anybody can imagine a world without koalas http://bit.ly/1qRbYLe
- http://www.australiangeographic.com.au/news/2013/04/koala’s-dna-blueprint-sequenced
Broadcast:
- ABC TV News with Ros Childs: Rebecca Johnson interviewed I:\Marketing Communications & Partnerships\2. Communications\MEDIA COVERAGE + RELEASES\2018 MEDIA COVERAGE\7. July\ABC TV news koala genome Rebecca Johnson.wmv
- ABC TV World News with Beverly O’Connor: Attached, and here; I:\Marketing Communications & Partnerships\2. Communications\MEDIA COVERAGE + RELEASES\2018 MEDIA COVERAGE\7. July\ABC TV World News Rebecca Johnson.wmv
- ABC Radio Melbourne: Attached and here: I:\Marketing Communications & Partnerships\2. Communications\MEDIA COVERAGE + RELEASES\2018 MEDIA COVERAGE\7. July\ABC radio melbourne breakfast Rebecca J, koala genome.wma
- Chn 7 TV news with Helen Wellings; Attached and here: I:\Marketing Communications & Partnerships\2. Communications\MEDIA COVERAGE + RELEASES\2018 MEDIA COVERAGE\7. July\Chn 7 koala genome.mp4
- SkyNews: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/video/id-5348771529001-5804615849001/Koala-genome-projected-to-help-save-the-species-from-extinction
- SBS TV news; https://www.sbs.com.au/news/australian-scientists-sequence-complete-koala-genome-in-a-world-first
Echidna CSI! 15 Feb 2019: https://www.smh.com.au/environment/conservation/where-there-s-a-quill-csi-uses-dna-to-catch-echidna-smugglers-20190213-p50xkc.html
2 November 2018: https://www.smh.com.au/national/animal-csi-in-this-australian-lab-scientists-are-solving-animal-crimes-20181102-p50djd.html
22 October 2018: koalas https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/technology/the-sad-story-behind-these-photos-of-a-young-and-smiling-prince-harry-in-sydney/news-story/b178fb87f3f0431bdf0e3ccd3d3fa826?csp=49c69c5241befb97be170238ff8dc7ca
9 September 2018 Joanna Khan ABC RN radio interview on illicit wildlife trade: https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/sciencefriction/wild-forensics/10203592
9 March 2018 – Studio10 Live interview on AM DNA lab and the illegal wildlife trade https://youtu.be/iy6b6Ctf3zw
21 January 2018 – Illegal Wildlife Trade story by Tallulah Thompson SMH http://www.smh.com.au/national/inside-a-secret-border-force-warehouse-are-hundreds-of-victims-of-international-wildlife-trade-20180117-h0jjna.html
Wednesday 29 November 2017 – Belinda Smith ABC Science: http://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2017-11-29/yeti-dna-genetics-brown-black-bears-dog-evolution/9197266
Animal trafficking crackdown – The Age July 2017: http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/snatched-taped-up-and-traded-cracking-down-on-australias-illegal-animal-trade-20170720-gxf57d.html
5th August 2014: Border Security report on egg importation in Sydney local court http://www.environment.gov.au/mediarelease/man-sentenced-smuggling-endangered-bird-eggs
Channel 7: Dr. Rebecca Johnson interview on Wildlife Trafficking: https://au.tv.yahoo.com/the-morning-show/video/watch/32100392/fighting-the-illegal-wildlife-trade/#page1
12th June 2014 at 7:30pm “The Project” Channel 10 story on wildlife crime featuring Dr Rebecca Johnson of the Australian Museum: http://tenplay.com.au/channel-ten/the-project/top-stories-june-2014/taming-the-wildlife-trade\
20th May 2014 at 7pm – ABC News Channel 2 story on the increasing online trade in illegal wildlife featuring Rebecca Johnson: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-05-20/australia-black-market-endangered-wildlife-thriving-online/5465968
Shark fin forensics (ABC TV’s Catalyst) 2011: http://www.abc.net.au/catalyst/stories/3185178.htm
Wildlife Forensics (ABC TV’s Catalyst) 2007: http://www.abc.net.au/catalyst/stories/s2069466.htm
January 2020 Australian Wildfires:
9th January 2020: https://www.smh.com.au/national/many-many-billions-of-animals-feared-to-have-died-in-bushfires-20200108-p53pvk.html
6PR radio Perth: (2GB equivalent) Rebecca interviewed on loss of biodiversity https://www.6pr.com.au/podcast/billions-of-animals-feared-dead/
Koalas are not functionally extinct:
25 November 2019: https://www.msn.com/en-my/news/techandscience/koalas-are-not-functionally-extinct-but-they-need-our-help/ar-BBXhgsX?srcref=rss
Genome 10K and Earth Biogenomes:
ABC Ratio National, The Science Show Sunday 6 July 2019: 10K Genome Project: An insightful and clearly explained episode on the 10K project – a world-wide genomic project mapping all species on earth. https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/scienceshow/library-of-life-on-earth/11281570
CNET Article on CRISPR and de-extinction– 19 June 2019: https://www.cnet.com/features/using-crispr-to-resurrect-the-dead/
1 November 2018 https://www.scimex.org/newsfeed/global-launch-to-sequence-genetic-code-of-all-complex-life-on-earth
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-12-26/solomons-science-boosts-reconcilation-australia/11818744
December 2017 Kwaio article in Explore: https://australianmuseum.net.au/explore-magazine-summer-2017
Devonian Fish fossils:
20 November 2018 https://www.centralwesterndaily.com.au/story/5767551/agreement-reached-with-australian-museum-to-keep-fish-fossils-in-canowindra/
9 November 2018 https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-6368139/Palaeontologists-ancient-prehistoric-long-snouted-dolphins-fed-way-sword-fish.html
Canowindra News – 28th March 2017 http://www.canowindranews.com.au/story/4551276/a-special-visit-at-the-age-of-fishes-museum/?cs=557
December 2017 – Scott Sisters illustration prize: http://www.smh.com.au/environment/conservation/finding-the-beauty-in-ugliness-next-generation-scientific-illustrators-20171226-h0a533.html
Monday 21 August, 2017: ABC TripleJ: Special guests Dr Bryan Lessard from the CSIRO and Dr Rebecca Johnson from the Australian Museum join Dr Karl and Zan to answer your science questions: http://mpegmedia.abc.net.au/science/podcast/scienceontriplej/scienceontriplej20170817.mp3
Dr. Rebecca Johnson with Dr. Karl and Zan Rowe about wildlife forensics for national science week: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p05cl5qx
July 2017: https://newsroom.unsw.edu.au/news/science-tech/ramaciotti-centre-opens-doors-new-genome-facilities
Lord Howe Island expedition – June 2017:
http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/offtrack/mammals-of-lord-howe-island/8578452
http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/offtrack/lord-howe-island-birds/8578372
http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/offtrack/lord-howe-island-phasmid-rat/8578178
20th September 2016 ABC Online – Google Arts and Culture http://www.australiaplus.com/international/study-and-innovation/virtual-reality-tour-of-australian-history-museums/7857946
17th September 2016, ABC Radio National: Saturday Extra interviewed by Geraldine Doogue http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/saturdayextra/tech-innovations-combat-wildlife-crime/7848510
16th August 2016 https://sydneyscience.com.au/event/attenboroughs-ark/
6th June 2014 The Daily Telegraph (newspaper) photo essay on behind the scenes at the Australian Museum including the Australian Centre for Wildlife Genomics. http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/daily-telegraph-granted-access-to-nations-oldest-and-most-captivating-specimen-collection-hidden-from-public-view/story-fni0cx12-1226944433410
Barcode Long Island Symposium Keynote Address – June3, 2020: https://dnalc.cshl.edu/resources/dnalc-live/watch/20200603-barcode-long-island-symposium-keynote-address-17233
Interview with SkyNews about new Chief Scientist position (December 2019) | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJ4vrfiWcak |
Stemiverse 0041 – Dr Rebecca Johnson and Superstar genomics – 2019 (note: this is a podcast) | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yihlxp5lUI&t=2238s |
Plant and Animal Genomes 2017 PacBio session presentation on the koala genome | https://medium.com/pacbio/dying-breeds-6a2fd1ae5478 |
Australian Mathematical Sciences Institute Public Lecture (5 December 2018)
Wildlife detectives: Story of genome research, discovery and exploration at Australia’s first museum |
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3J75VRaCZ4 |
Koala Genome mapped in the world-first breakthrough (AM channel – 2018) | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDn0MXGsjRU |
AARNet Interview: Dr Rebecca Johnson (Koala Genome Project) – 2016 | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GL7Cu_QR03I |
Koala Genome project (AM channel – 2014) | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VI7-ln4PSQ8 |
Is it a bird? Air Safety and the Museum (AM channel – 2014) | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2IeYlkG2r0 |
Wildlife detectives (Dr Rebecca Johnson, head of the Australian Centre for Wildlife Genomics at the Australian Museum, talks about two cases her team has been involved in to help prosecute perpetrators of wildlife crime) (AM channel – 2013) | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vp02ydOUK7A |
Australian Museum Research Institute (2014, part of the video) | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxIsyOUIJZ8 |