Associate Professor Jaime Gongora
Animal and wildlife genetics and genomics
Population genetics
Phylogeography
Speciation
Endogenous retroviruses
Genetics of the adaptive and innate immune systems
Teaching:
Teaching across ~13 units of study including Wildlife and Evolutionary Genetics, Cytogenetics, Concepts of Animal Management, Animal Management Systems, Animal and Us, The Veterinary Profession, Research and Enquiry, Laboratory Disease Investigation, and Cultural Competence in Natural Science.
Administration:
UoS coordinator- Wildlife and Evolutionary Genetics (AVBS4003)
UoS coordinator- Cultural Competence in Natural Science (OLET1607)
Conservation genomics of platypuses and oryxes
Genetic traits of beauty, racing and milk camels
Genomics of crocodilians
Genetic diversity and evolution of adaptive and innate immune systems in wild pigs, peccaries, alligators and crocodiles
Taxonomy and molecular systematics of peccaries and wild pigs
Biodiversity conservation in the Amazon
Member of the UCN/SSC Crocodile Specialist Group.
Member of the IUCN/SSC Peccary Specialist Group.
Member of the IUCN/SSC Wild Pig Specialist Group.
Member of the International Camel Consortium for Genetic Improvement and Conservation ICC-GIC
Director of the International Crocodilian Genomes Working Group ICGWG.
- 2020 Association of American Veterinary Medical Colleges (AAVMC) Iverson Bell Award for Outstanding Leadership and Contributions in Promoting Opportunities for Under-represented Minorities in Veterinary Medical Education
- 2017 Genetics Society of AustralAsia (GSA) Award for Excellence in Education
- 2016 Faculty of Veterinary Science, The award for publishing an article with maximum number of citations in the past five years…
- 2015 Office of Learning and Teaching (OLT) Citation for outstanding contributions to student learning for innovatively embedding cultural competence into the veterinary curriculum and promoting an environment that celebrates Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures
- 2014 The inaugural Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Outstanding and Innovative Contributions to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Strategy
Project title | Research student |
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Immunogenetics of a vulnerable Australian mammal in a time of advancing genomic technologies. | Jenna DAY |
Unveiling the genomic basis of diversity and adaptation in the platypus | Catarina ZOEGA ANDREATTA PUJADAS |
Publications
Book Chapters
- Cross, R., Bone, E., Ampt, P., Bell, T., Quinnell, R., Gongora, J. (2020). Embedding Cultural Competence in Science Curricula. In Jack Frawley, Gabrielle Russell, & Juanita Sherwood (Eds.), Cultural Competence and the Higher Education Sector, (pp. 255-275). Singapore: Springer Nature. [More Information]
- Gongora, J., Vost, M., Zaki, S., Sutherland, S., Taylor, R. (2020). Fostering Diversity Competence in the Veterinary Curriculum. In Jack Frawley, Tran Nguyen, & Emma Sarian (Eds.), Transforming Lives and Systems: Cultural Competence and the Higher Education Interface, (pp. 63-73). Singapore: Springer Nature. [More Information]
- Altrichter, M., Beck, H., Gongora, J., Keuroghlian, A., Reyna-Hurtado, R. (2018). Chacoan Peccary Catagonus wagneri (Rusconi, 1930). In Mario Melletti and Erik Meijaard (Eds.), Ecology, Conservation and Management of Wild Pigs and Peccaries, (pp. 246-254). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. [More Information]
Journals
- Gongora, J., Mabin (Van Gelderen), I., Vost, M., Zaki, S., Sutherland, S., Pye, M., Quain, A., Taylor, R. (2023). Cultural Competence Is Everyone's Business: Embedding Cultural Competence in Curriculum Frameworks to Advance Veterinary Education. Journal of Veterinary Medical Education, 50(1), 1-14. [More Information]
- Marsh, C., Sica, Y., Burgin, C., Dorman, W., Anderson, R., del Toro Mijares, I., Vigneron, J., Barve, V., Dombrowik, V., et al, Gongora, J. (2022). Expert range maps of global mammal distributions harmonised to three taxonomic authorities. Journal of Biogeography, 49(5), 979-992. [More Information]
- Mijangos, J., Bino, G., Hawke, T., Kolomyjec, S., Kingsford, R., Sidhu, H., Grant, T., Day, J., Dias, K., Gongora, J., et al (2022). Fragmentation by major dams and implications for the future viability of platypus populations. Communications Biology, 5(1), Article number 1127-1-Article number 1127-10. [More Information]
Conferences
- Pye, M., Brittain, K., Couros, P., Van den Berg, F., Gongora, J. (2020). Impactful Lessons through embedding Indigenous knowledge systems into science curricula. The Australian Conference on Science and Mathematics Education (2020), Online: Australian Conference on Science and Mathematics Education (ACSME).
- Cross, R., Quinnell, R., Rhodes, P., Wardle, G., Bell, T., Motion, A., Hubble, T., Dancso, Z., Murphy, D., Gongora, J. (2019). Extending the boundaries of non-Indigenous science to embrace the cultural curriculum by creating a living compendium of practice. ACSME, Sydney: The University of Sydney.
- Cross, R., Bone, E., Ampt, P., Bell, T., Quinnell, R., Gongora, J. (2018). Embedding cultural competence in science curricula. Cultural Competence & The Higher Education Sector: Dilemmas, Policies & Practice, Australia: The University of Sydney.
Patents
- Raadsma, H., Fullard, K., Gongora, J., Tammen, I., Cavanagh, C. (2013). Wool pigmentation test (gene based). Patent No. 2007281024, 2007281024, 600023. , , New Zealand.
- Cavanagh, C., Tammen, I., Gongora, J., Fullard, K., Raadsma, H. (2010). Markers For Pigmentation. Patent No. 2009/00606. South Africa.
Reference Works
- Gongora, J., Reyna-Hurtado, R., Beck, H., Taber, A., Alrichter, M., Keuroghlian, A. (2011). Pecari tajacu. (pp. Online). IUCN Red List.
Research Reports
- Finger Jr, J., Thomson, P., Bagal, U., Moran, C., Glenn, T., Miles, L., Khatkar, M., Gongora, J., Adams, A., Benedict, S., et al (2015). Extending Crocodile Genetic Selection Tools, Technical report 15/051, (pp. 1 - 51). Canberra, Australia: Australian Government.
- Melville, L., Davis, S., Shilton, C., Isberg, S., Chong, A., Gongora, J. (2012). Hunting Viruses in Crocodiles: Viral and endogenous retroviral detection and characterisation in farmed crocodiles, RIRDC Pub No. 12/011 Project No. PRJ-002461, (pp. 1 - 45). Canberra, Australia: Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation.
2023
- Gongora, J., Mabin (Van Gelderen), I., Vost, M., Zaki, S., Sutherland, S., Pye, M., Quain, A., Taylor, R. (2023). Cultural Competence Is Everyone's Business: Embedding Cultural Competence in Curriculum Frameworks to Advance Veterinary Education. Journal of Veterinary Medical Education, 50(1), 1-14. [More Information]
2022
- Marsh, C., Sica, Y., Burgin, C., Dorman, W., Anderson, R., del Toro Mijares, I., Vigneron, J., Barve, V., Dombrowik, V., et al, Gongora, J. (2022). Expert range maps of global mammal distributions harmonised to three taxonomic authorities. Journal of Biogeography, 49(5), 979-992. [More Information]
- Mijangos, J., Bino, G., Hawke, T., Kolomyjec, S., Kingsford, R., Sidhu, H., Grant, T., Day, J., Dias, K., Gongora, J., et al (2022). Fragmentation by major dams and implications for the future viability of platypus populations. Communications Biology, 5(1), Article number 1127-1-Article number 1127-10. [More Information]
- Al Rawahi, Q., Mijangos, J., Khatkar, M., Al Abri, M., AlJahdhami, M., Kaden, J., Senn, H., Brittain, K., Gongora, J. (2022). Rescued back from extinction in the wild: past, present and future of the genetics of the Arabian oryx in Oman. Royal Society Open Science, 9(3), Article number 20220035-1-Article number 20220035-. [More Information]
2021
- Cross, R., Quinnell, R., Bell, T., Rhodes, P., Dancso, Z., Hubble, T., Wardle, G., Lewis, M., Motion, A., Murphy, D., Gongora, J. (2021). 'You'll Never Get Cultural Competence in Science': An Australian Perspective on Integrating Cultural Competence into Science Teaching Via Cultural Accountability. International Journal of Innovation in Science and Mathematics Education, 29(3), 62-74. [More Information]
2020
- Ghosh, A., Johnson, M., Osmansk, A., Louha, S., Bayona-Vasquez, N., Glenn, T., Gongora, J., Green, R., Isberg, S., et al (2020). A High-Quality Reference Genome Assembly of the Saltwater Crocodile, Crocodylus porosus, Reveals Patterns of Selection in Crocodylidae. Genome Biology and Evolution, 12(1), 3635-3646. [More Information]
- Cross, R., Bone, E., Ampt, P., Bell, T., Quinnell, R., Gongora, J. (2020). Embedding Cultural Competence in Science Curricula. In Jack Frawley, Gabrielle Russell, & Juanita Sherwood (Eds.), Cultural Competence and the Higher Education Sector, (pp. 255-275). Singapore: Springer Nature. [More Information]
- Herrera, M., Kraitsek, S., Alcalde, J., Quiroz, D., Revelo, H., Alvarez, L., Rosario, M., Thomson, V., Jianlin, H., Austin, J., Gongora, J. (2020). European and Asian contribution to the genetic diversity of mainland South American chickens. Royal Society Open Science, 7(2), 1-13. [More Information]
2019
- Cross, R., Quinnell, R., Rhodes, P., Wardle, G., Bell, T., Motion, A., Hubble, T., Dancso, Z., Murphy, D., Gongora, J. (2019). Extending the boundaries of non-Indigenous science to embrace the cultural curriculum by creating a living compendium of practice. ACSME, Sydney: The University of Sydney.
- Bino, G., Kingsford, R., Archer, M., Connolly, J., Day, J., Dias, K., Goldney, D., Gongora, J., Grant, T., Griffiths, J., Lunney, D., Whittington, C., et al (2019). The platypus: evolutionary history, biology, and an uncertain future. Journal of Mammalogy, 100(2), 308-327. [More Information]
2018
- Altrichter, M., Beck, H., Gongora, J., Keuroghlian, A., Reyna-Hurtado, R. (2018). Chacoan Peccary Catagonus wagneri (Rusconi, 1930). In Mario Melletti and Erik Meijaard (Eds.), Ecology, Conservation and Management of Wild Pigs and Peccaries, (pp. 246-254). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. [More Information]
- Reyna-Hurtado, R., Keuroghlian, A., Altrichter, M., Beck, H., Gongora, J. (2018). Collared Peccary Pecari spp. (Linnaeus, 1758). In Mario Melletti and Erik Meijaard (Eds.), Ecology, Conservation and Management of Wild Pigs and Peccaries, (pp. 255-264). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. [More Information]
- Keuroghlian, A., Reyna-Hurtado, R., Meijaard, E., Altrichter, M., Gongora, J., Beck, H. (2018). Conservation of Wild Pigs and Peccaries. In Mario Melletti and Erik Meijaard (Eds.), Ecology, Conservation and Management of Wild Pigs and Peccaries, (pp. 277-290). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. [More Information]
2017
- Perry, T., van Loenen, A., Heiniger, H., Lee, C., Gongora, J., Cooper, A., Mitchell, K. (2017). Ancient DNA analysis of the extinct North American flat-headed peccary (Platygonus compressus). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 112, 258-267. [More Information]
- Herrera, M., Thomson, V., Wadley, J., Piper, P., Sulandari, S., Dharmayanthi, A., Kraitsek, S., Gongora, J., Austin, J. (2017). East African origins for Madagascan chickens as indicated by mitochondrial DNA. Royal Society Open Science, 4(3), 1-12. [More Information]
- Bombara, C., Durr, S., Gongora, J., Ward, M. (2017). Roaming of dogs in remote Indigenous communities in northern Australia and potential interaction between community and wild dogs. Australian Veterinary Journal, 95(6), 182-188. [More Information]
2016
- Al Rawahi, Q., Khatkar, M., Senn, H., Gongora, J. (2016). Investigating the genetic diversity of the Arabian Oryx from Oman. Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution (SMBE) and Genetics Society of Australia (GSA), N/A: N/A.
- Frantz, L., Meijaard, E., Gongora, J., Haile, J., Groenen, M., Larson, G. (2016). The Evolution of Suidae. Annual Review of Animal Biosciences, 4, 61-85. [More Information]
2015
- Lau, Q., Chow, N., Gray, R., Gongora, J., Higgins, D. (2015). Diversity of MHC DQB and DRB Genes in the Endangered Australian Sea Lion (Neophoca cinerea). Journal of Heredity, 106(4), 395-402. [More Information]
- Finger Jr, J., Thomson, P., Bagal, U., Moran, C., Glenn, T., Miles, L., Khatkar, M., Gongora, J., Adams, A., Benedict, S., et al (2015). Extending Crocodile Genetic Selection Tools, Technical report 15/051, (pp. 1 - 51). Canberra, Australia: Australian Government.
- Mata, H., Gongora, J., Eizirik, E., Alves, B., Soares, M., Ravazzolo, A. (2015). Identification and characterization of diverse groups of endogenous retroviruses in felids. Retrovirology, 12(26), 1-14. [More Information]
2014
- Jaratlerdsiri, W., Deakin, J., Godinez M, R., Shan, X., Peterson, D., Marthey, S., Lyons, E., McCarthy, F., Isberg, S., Higgins, D., Chong, A., Gongora, J., et al (2014). Comparative Genome Analyses Reveal Distinct Structure in the Saltwater Crocodile MHC. PloS One, 9(12), 1-33. [More Information]
- Chong, A., Kojima, K., Jurka, J., Ray, D., Smit, A., Isberg, S., Gongora, J. (2014). Evolution and gene capture in ancient endogenous retroviruses - insights from the crocodilian genomes. Retrovirology, 11, 1-15. [More Information]
- Jaratlerdsiri, W., Isberg, S., Higgins, D., Ho, S., Salomonsen, J., Skjodt, K., Miles, L., Gongora, J. (2014). Evolution of MHC class i in the Order Crocodylia. Immunogenetics, 66(1), 53-65. [More Information]
2013
- Langford, S., Kraitsek, S., Baskerville, B., Ho, S., Gongora, J. (2013). Australian and Pacific contributions to the genetic diversity of Norfolk Island feral chickens. BMC Genetics, 14(2), 1-8. [More Information]
- Wragg, D., Mwacharo, J., Alcalde, J., Wang, C., Han, J., Gongora, J., Gourichon, D., Tixier-Boichard, M., Hanotte, O. (2013). Endogenous Retrovirus EAV-HP Linked to blue Egg Phenotype in Mapuche Fowl. PloS One, 8(8), 1-9. [More Information]
- Lau, Q., Gongora, J., Griffith, J., Higgins, D. (2013). Low MHCII DAB and DBB diversity in southeastern, relative to northeastern, koala populations in Australia. Wildlife Disease Association (WDA) Australasia conference, N/A: N/A.
2012
- Langford, S., Baskerville, B., Ho, S., Kraitsek, S., Gongora, J. (2012). Assessing the origin of Norfolk Island feral chickens using mitochondrial DNA. 33rd Conference of the International Society for Animal Genetics, Brisbane: University of Queensland Press.
- Haynes, G., Gongora, J., Gilligan, D., Grewe, P., Moran, C., Nicholas, F. (2012). Cryptic hybridization and introgression between invasive Cyprinid species Cyprinus carpio and Carassius auratus in Australia: implications for invasive species management. Animal Conservation, 15(1), 83-94. [More Information]
- Gongora, J., Moroldo, M., Mach, N., Wahlberg, P., Marthey, S., Lecardonnel, J., Bihoreau, M., Rogel-Gaillard, C., Estelle, J. (2012). DNA sequence capture for tageted resequencing of the major histocompatibility complex across wild pig and peccary species. 33rd Conference of the International Society for Animal Genetics, Brisbane: University of Queensland Press.
2011
- do Nascimento, F., Gongora, J., Tristerm, M., Lowden, S., Moran, C. (2011). Distinctive differences in long terminal repeat sequences between Y1 endogenous retroviruses of African and Eurasian suid species. Infection, Genetics and Evolution, 11(3), 686-693. [More Information]
- do Nascimento, F., Gongora, J., Charleston, M., Tristem, M., Lowdon, S., Moran, C. (2011). Evolution of endogenous retroviruses in the Suidae: evidence for different viral subpopulations in African and Eurasian host species. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 11(1), 139-1-139-13. [More Information]
- Taber, A., Altrichter, M., Harald, B., Gongora, J. (2011). Family Tayassuidae (Peccaries). In Don E. Wilson, Russell A. Mittermeier (Eds.), Handbook of the Mammals of the World, Volume 2: Hoofed Mammals, (pp. 292-307). Barcelona, Spain: Lynx Edicions.
2010
- Nidup, K., Joshi, D., Gongora, J., Moran, C. (2010). Farming and biodiversity of indigenous pigs in Nepal. Biodiversity, 11(3-4), 26-33. [More Information]
- Cavanagh, C., Tammen, I., Gongora, J., Fullard, K., Raadsma, H. (2010). Markers For Pigmentation. Patent No. 2009/00606. South Africa.
2009
- Jaratlerdsiri, W., Rodriguez-Zarate, C., Isberg, S., Damayanti, C., Miles, L., Chansue, N., Moran, C., Melville, L., Gongora, J. (2009). Distribution of Endogenous Retroviruses in Crocodilians. Journal of Virology, 83(19), 10305-10308. [More Information]
- Kolomyjec, S., Chong, J., Blair, D., Gongora, J., Grant, T., Johnson, C., Moran, C. (2009). Population genetics of the platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) : a fine-scale look at adjacent river systems. Australian Journal of Zoology, 57(4), 225-234. [More Information]
- Haynes, G., Gongora, J., Nicholas, F., Zenger, K. (2009). Rapid identification of maternal lineages in common carp (Cyprinus carpio L.) using real-time PCR and high resolution melt-curve analysis. Aquaculture, 287(1-2), 59-66. [More Information]
2008
- Gongora, J., Rawlence, N., Mobegi, V., Jianlin, H., Alcalde, J., Matus, J., Hanotte, O., Moran, C., Austin, J., Ulm, S., et al (2008). Indo-European and Asian origins for Chilean and Pacific chickens revealed by mtDNA. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 105(30), 10308-10313. [More Information]
2007
- Gongora, J., Chardon, P., Lowden, S., Miles, L., Ryder, O., Moran, C. (2007). Differential evolution of classical and non-classical class I genes of the major histocompatibility complex among suids and peccaries. 54th annual conference of the Genetics Society of Australasia.
- Gongora, J., Moran, C. (2007). Genetic divisions of the Collared peccary from the Americas. 54th annual conference of the Genetics Society of Australasia.
- Gongora, J., Cuddahee, R., Simond, D., Nascimento, F., Lowden, S., Klingel, H., Hanotte, O., White, D., Cain, B., Spoetter, A., Moran, C., et al (2007). Phylogeny within the Family Suidae using DNA sequences and morphological characters. Evolution 2007- Joint Meeting of the SSE, ASN and SSB Societies.
2006
- Forsyth, H., Laxton, R., Moran, C., van der Werf, J., Gongora, J. (2006). Developing online postgraduate coursework to promote change in animal industries. 23rd Annual Conference of the Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education ASCILITE 2006, Australia: Sydney University Press.
- Gongora, J., Mobegi, V., Jianlin, H., Alcalde, J., Matus, J., Hanotte, O., Moran, C. (2006). Mitochondrial DNA sequences reveal a putative East Asian ancestry for old Chilean chickens. 30th Conference of the International Society of Animal Genetics. International Society for Animal Genetics.
- Gongora, J., Morales, S., Bernal, J., Moran, C. (2006). Phylogenetic divisions among Collared peccaries (Pecari tajacu) detected using mitochondrial and nuclear sequences. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 41(1), 1-11. [More Information]
2005
- Gongora, J., Moran, C. (2005). Nuclear and mitochondrial evolutionary analysis of Collared, White-lipped & Chacoan peccaries (Tayassuidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 34(1), 181-189. [More Information]
- Fan, B., Gongora, J., Chen, Y., Garkavenko, O., Li, K., Moran, C. (2005). Population genetic variability and origin of Auckland Island feral pigs. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 35(3), 279-285. [More Information]
2004
- Gongora, J., Moran, C. (2004). Comparison of endogenous retroviruses in peccaries (Tayassuidae) and pigs (Suidae). 29th Conference of the International Society of Animal Genetics. ISAG.
- Simond, D., Gongora, J., Lowden, S., Moran, C. (2004). Distribution of endogenous retroviruses in the Suidae family. 29th Conference of the International Society of Animal Genetics. ISAG.
- Gongora, J., Simond, D., Lowden, S., Moran, C. (2004). Phylogenetic relationships of African, Asian and European Suids. 51st Annual Meeting of Genetics Society of Australia, Austtalia: Genetics Society of Australia.
2003
- Gongora, J., Peltoniemi, O., Tammen, I., Raadsma, H., Moran, C. (2003). Analyses of possible domestic pig contibution in two populations of Finnish farmed wild boar. Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica, Section A - Animal Science, 53(4), 161-165. [More Information]
- Gongora, J., Moran, C. (2003). Evolutionary studies of Collared, White-lipped and Chacoan peccary species. 19th International Congress of Genetics.
- Gongora, J., Morales, S., Lee, J., Moran, C. (2003). Phylogenetic relationships of Collared Peccaries determined by mitochondrial DNA D-loop sequence. 19th International Congress of Genetics.
2002
- Gongora, J., Moran, C. (2002). Analysis of peccary microsatellites using porcine primers. 7th Australasian Gene Mapping Workshop, Sydney, Australia: GSA Abstracts.
- Gongora, J., Moran, C. (2002). Further studies on amplification of peccary microsatellites using porcine primers. 28th International Society of Animal Genetics Conference, Germany: ISAG.
- Gongora, J., Chen, Y., Bernal, J., Nicholas, F., Moran, C. (2002). Interspecific amplification of peccary microsatellite markers using porcine primers. Animal Genetics, 33(4), 312-314. [More Information]
Selected Grants
2015
- Introduction to cultural competence and reflections on its relevance to animal, plant, environmental, life and natural sciences (Open Learning Environment - Undergraduate), Gongora J, Muscatello G, Mor S, Zaki S, Quain A, Vost M, Toribio J, White P, Ampt P, Muir M, Quinnell R, Pye M, DVC Education/Small Educational Innovation Grant
- A stitch in time: evidence-based strategy to keep platypus from extinction, Kingsford R, Sherwin W, Wintle B, Gongora J, Lunney D, Grant T, Spindler R, Rose K, Fleming M, Koehn J, Munks S, Ronan M, Lang S, Griffiths J, Papps D, Australian Research Council (ARC)/Linkage Projects (LP)
2010
- Reconstructing the human colonisation of the Pacific using modern and ancient chicken DNA, Austin J, Gongora J, Hunt T, Burney D, Larson G, Dobney K, Taylor J, Australian Research Council (ARC)/Discovery Projects (DP)