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Biosecurity surveillance seminar

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You are warmly invited to our FREE UCBI biosecurity seminar  online, in person or later via video. 

Register for Biosecurity surveillance on Wed 28 June midday here.

Assoc. Prof Steve Pawson will outline how we can detect insects new to Aotearoa NZ using light traps and eDNa, as part of the BioHeritage. Science Challenge.

Paul Benden PhD will detail his research plans for semi-automated surveillance  of street-level urban trees using image segmentation. Below, AI recognises a cabbage tree in blue from a camera mounted on a vehicle.

Cabbage tree AI
AI scans the cabbage trees in blue from a moving vehicle

Find our more and get in touch!

biosecurityinnovations@canterbury.ac.nz

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Biosecurity seminar

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To celebrate our research, our students and our partners and as part of UC 150th birthday celebrations, register here for UCBI’s free:

Biosecurity surveillance seminar
Wednesday 28 June
12-1:15 pm
Ernest Rutherford 465

Prof. Steve Pawson will outline how we can detect insects new to Aotearoa NZ using light traps and eDNA.

Paul Benden, PhD will detail his research plans for semi-automated surveillance using image segmentation of street-level urban trees.

​​​​​​​Cabbage tree AI

AI scans the cabbage trees in blue from a moving vehicle 

We will be streaming live and a zoom link will be sent later.

If you can’t make it, we will be recording it and posting it here.

Find out more and get in touch!

Biosecurityinnovations@canterbury.ac.nz.

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Calling student volunteers

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Student volunteers can gain FREE registration (and a t-shirt) to the

  • International Congress on Biological Invasions ICBI
  • Christchurch Town Hall
  • 1-4 May 2023

You first meet at the conference registration desk on Mon, 1 May @ 3:00pm for a briefing. You will be given 3 hours of very easy work (mainly sitting or standing around) in the morning or afternoon during the conference.

Let Mikayla.Hyland-Wood@aciar.gov.au the days you can attend (hopefully all of them 😊)

Currently there are 26 spaces and Lincoln University and University of Canterbury get first dibs, so be quick!

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Find out more and get in touch!

biosecurityinnovations@canterbury.ac.nz