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Robert Hanner |
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Robert Hanner, Ph.D.
Bob serves as Associate Director of the Canadian Barcode of Life Network (www.BOLNET.CA). Internationally, he serves as Chair of the Database Working Group for the Consortium for the Barcode of Life (CBOL) and as Campaign Coordinator for the all-fish barcode campaign (www.fishbol.org). Bob is particularly interested in practical applications of DNA barcoding, from conservation genetics and forensic analysis, to traceability and quality assurance of bioproducts. Bob is a research scientist with the Canadian Centre for DNA Barcoding (www.barcodeoflife.org).
Selected Publications:
Ivanova, N. V., T. S. Zemlak, R. Hanner and P. Hebert. 2007. Universal Primer Cocktails for fish DNA barcoding. Molecular Ecology Notes (published online March 19, 2007).
Walters, C. and R. Hanner. 2006. Platforms for DNA Banking. Pp 25-36 In: de Vicente, M.C. (ed.). DNA Banks – providing novel options for gene banks? Topical Reviews in Agricultural Biodiversity. International Plant Genetic Resources Institute, Rome, Italy.
Hanner, R., R. T. Dooh and P. D. N. Hebert. 2005. The Canadian Barcode of Life Network. Pp 182-184 In: Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity. Success Stories in Implementation of the Programmes of Work on Dry and Sub-Humid Lands and The Global Taxonomy Initiative. 11th Meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice of the Convention on Biological diversity. Montreal, Technical Series No. 21, 189 pages.
Lorenz, J. G., W. E. Jackson, J. C. Beck and R. Hanner 2005. The problems and promise of DNA barcodes for species diagnosis of primate biomaterials. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B 360: 1869 1877. doi:10.1098/rstb.2005.1718