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:

https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/on-the-wings-of-1000-cranes-australian-scientist-to-lead-smithsonian-natural-history-20191217-p53kqe.html

https://womensagenda.com.au/latest/dr-rebecca-johnson-to-become-chief-scientist-at-smithsonian-museum/

http://networkingwomen.com.au/dr-rebecca-johnson-scores-top-science-role/

https://www.ausleisure.com.au/news/australian-museum-scientist-secures-prestigious-role-at-smithsonian-national-museum-of-natural-history/

https://www.medianet.com.au/releases/182797/

Broadcast:

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

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/technology/science/science-week-seek-out-mysteries-and-wonder/news-story/d66d727af750ab8052c5f4cc95f1dea0

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

https://www.kingstonthisweek.com/news/world/no-koalas-are-not-functionally-extinct/wcm/f60b450c-41af-4e21-871b-e9a17119d861

 

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

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

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/the-australian-museum-a-big-leap-in-discovering-new-animal-species/news-story/05aa0ad4e56fc6222e8df685c0f3660c

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/

http://www.smh.com.au/technology/sci-tech/australian-museum-science-festival-gives-you-handson-forensic-experience-20160812-gqqulb.html

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
Interview with SkyNews about new position (2019)
Stemiverse 0041 – Dr Rebecca Johnson and Superstar genomics – 2019 (note: this is a podcast)
Wildlife detectives: Story of genome research, discovery and exploration at Australia’s first museum (Australian Mathematical Sciences Institute) (2019)
Koala Genome mapped in the world-first breakthrough (AM channel – 2018)
AARNet Interview: Dr Rebecca Johnson (Koala Genome Project) – 2016
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)
Koala Genome project (AM channel – 2014)
Is it a bird? Air Safety and the Museum (AM channel – 2014)
Australian Museum Research Institute (2014, part of the video)