Videos

2021  Genomics Aotearoa talk: Going Beyond SNPs: Inversions as Facilitators of Eco-Evolutionary Change. 

2021  Science and Commercial Fisheries. 

2021  Plenary lecture invitation at the 38th International Society for Animal Genetics (ISAG) Conference, Cape Town, South Africa: Plenary 8 - Genomic applications in aquaculture for future food security 

2021  Could taonga species become a new industry for aquaculture? 

2020  Video from the Royal Society of New Zealand about the Hamilton Award that I won in 2018. 

2017  Video from the TV programme Rural Delivery about our aquaculture breeding research to develop new species that can be farmed in New Zealand. 

2015  Quantifying Species Distribution Patterns - a Tale of Little Flies. 


Podcasts/Radio interviews

2022  Radio Interview at RNZ - Land based salmon farm - the way of the future? (link)
2022  British Ecological Society Journals - Blog Associate Editor, Julie Koch Sheard, sits down with the Guest Editors of Journal of Animal Ecology's Special Feature, Understanding climate change response in the age of genomics. As global temperatures continue to rise, there is a major threat to species and ecosystems worldwide. In order to develop conservation and mitigation strategies, and understanding of how animal populations respond to changing environments is crucial. Recent genomics-based studies have begun to shed light on the mechanisms by which animal populations respond to climate change and offer methods to predict how they will respond in the future. This Special Feature highlights emerging genomics approaches and their applications across a diverse range of animal species; exploring range shifts, phenotypic plasticity and local adaptation of animal populations. By connecting these topics and their ecological implications, this feature aids researchers in using genomics to understanding climate change response. (link)(blog post
2021  Plant & Food Research podcasts 'Fishing For the Answers: applying DNA sequencing to study the species in our oceans': Hoki is one of the most important fish species for the NZ seafood industry. Understanding more about the populations of hoki around NZ is vitally important for the future management and conservation of the species. Andrew Dare speaks with scientists Maren Wellenreuther and David Chagné about the assembly of the hoki genome and how genomic tools were used to get insights into the population structure of this species. This new knowledge can be used to inform management of hoki stocks in New Zealand and showcases the power of genomic approaches in getting insights into the biology of hard to study aquatic species. (link
2020  Scigest - Plant & Food Research podcasts 'Breed like fish': Seafood breeding and plant breeding have a lot in common. Dr Maren Wellenreuther is harnessing plant breeding knowledge to increase the growth rate and tolerance of trevally and snapper while maintaining the health and genetic diversity of the species in an accelerated breeding programme. (link
2018  Radio New Zealand 'Our Changing World' with Allison Ballance: Snapper may be next farmed fish (link

Articles

2022  Snapper ready to go semi-commercial - August 2022 Newsletter - Marine Farming Association  
2022  Do I make myself clear? Media training for scientists  
2022  Salmon farmers seek cooler waters as climate changes (link)  
2021  Virtual signing between Bay of Plenty iwi and NZ science-technologists towards world-class marine development (link)  
2021  New insights to breed native fish (link)  
2021  Women in STEM: 'Stories from innovative New Zealand women of all ages and backgrounds who work with science, technology, engineering, maths and mātauranga Māori: Dr Maren Wellenreuther' by Curious Minds, He Hihiri i te Mahara (link)  
2021  Expert opinion on the Fishing 2040 report: 'The Future Of Commercial Fisheries' by the Science Media Centre (link)  
2020  Interviewed by Erik Stokstad for an article in the magazine Science: New genetic tools will deliver improved farmed fish, oysters, and shrimp. Here’s what to expect. (link)  
2020  Hamilton award interview write up by the Royal Society of New Zealand (link)  
2020  Plant & Food Research joins forces with Māori groups (link)  
2019  Hendrix Genetics and Plant & Food Research sign an agreement to develop underwater vision technology for measuring aquaculture broodstock (link
2018  Interviewed by Charlotte Schubert for an article in the magazine Science: Do I make myself clear? Media training for scientists. (link
2017  The quest for sustainable seafood – An international research consortium calls for fisheries and aquaculture management to tap into the power of genomics (link
2017  Nelson Mail Article: Researcher probes deep secrets to boost fish stocks (link
2017  Aquaculture Magazine October 2017: Fishing industry urged to hook into genomic tools (link
2017  Seafood NZ June 2017 (link
2016  Seafood NZ February 2016 (link
2013  Sydsvenskan article about insect monitoring (link
2012  Article written by the Lund Postdoc Society about my colour polymorphism research 
2004  Newspaper article in the Spiegel (link

Public talks

2017-2018-2019  Professional Development days (organised by the Maurice Wilkens Centre at University of Auckland): Auckland, Napier, Opotiki, Bay of Plenty and Wellington (link
2017  SING workshop in Auckland (link
2011  Falsterbo Bird show, oral presentation 'Change in range limits and species interactions due to climate change' (author: Wellenreuther M) 

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