JOB OPPORTUNITY! Senior Researcher in Freshwater Environmental Genetics to work with us on the ERC REFRESH Programme studying the role of dissolved organic matter in freshwater ecosystems shorturl.at/zOajg @pennyjohnes.bsky.social @bristoluni.bsky.social @ercrefresh.bsky.social @danread.bsky.social

🚨 New #OpenAccess paper in #Environmental #DNA! 🚨 Led by #TimGoodall @ukceh.bsky.social with @danread.bsky.social we tested whether #soil #eDNA metabarcoding can capture plant #biodiversity & vegetation cover across the UK 🌱 🔗 doi.org/10.1002/edn3...

To find out more about what @ukceh.bsky.social are up to at #INC5 #GlobalPlasticsTreaty see our latest blog below👇 I'm particularly interested in how existing #plasticpollution is considered and what happens next around implementation and effectiveness #microplastics www.ceh.ac.uk/news-and-med...

#INC5.2 is go!

And we are go! The @royalsociety.org’s Sarah Giles kicks off our annual conference by summarising the eDNA policy explainer cowritten by UKDNAWG members @andynisbet.bsky.social @danread.bsky.social and @lorihandley.bsky.social and the RS

Fantastic to see the State of Windermere in 2024 report and Windermere Integrated Science Plan (WISP) published! Over 90 yrs of information and data on Windermere and its catchment summarised during my time with @freshwaterbio.bsky.social, which was only possible with the help of many people! 1/4

The Environmental DNA explainer explores potential applications for monitoring eDNA as well as a number of ethical, legal, data and infrastructure challenges that must be resolved to harness these opportunities. Find out more with our Q&A and case studies: royalsociety.org/news-resourc...

DNA fragments in air, soil and water, known as environmental or eDNA, could be used in crime investigations, to monitor pollution and enviromental quality, to warn of biosecurity threats and more according to a new report from the Royal Society. royalsociety.org/news/2025/03...

The launch coincides with the @royalsociety.org hosting our 2025 annual conference! Tomorrow is the deadline for abstract submission! Submit and register here ukeof.org.uk/our-work/ukd...

The explainer was written by UKDNAWG steering committee chair and members @andynisbet.bsky.social ynisbet.bsky.social @lorihandley.bsky.social dley.bsky.social and @danread.bsky.social ead.bsky.social together with @robogden.bsky.social and led by Sarah Giles from the @royalsociety.org

Are you a policy maker or end-user, interested to know more about #eDNA based methods for monitoring of #biodiversity, #pathogens or in #forensics? If so, check out this policy explainer published today by the @royalsociety.org royalsociety.org/news-resourc...

It's been an exciting year so far for the Red-ALERT CDT, with co-creation research collaborations across Gov agencies, water companies, non-profit organisations, industry and many more; welcoming our first cohort of students & hosting 2 training courses at University of Bath & Cardiff University...

The UK DNA Working Group aims to: 1) Link researchers, developers of DNA-based monitoring methods, and end users to ensure that activities are focussed on meeting priority information needs and that knowledge is transferred effectively within the wider community...

2) Support and encourage best practice and the development of standards for using DNA-based monitoring ... 3) Engage and work collaboratively with others nationally and internationally, seeking opportunities to influence research, share best practice and facilitate re-use of samples and data ...

4) Increase awareness of where and how DNA-based methods can help improve the effectiveness of environmental monitoring.

We are delighted to announce that the 11th #ukdnawg conference will be hosted by the @royalsociety.org London on 13-14th May 2025. For more information, and to register, follow the links from ukeof.org.uk/our-work/ukdna 🧬 #eDNA #biodiversity

1/3 Hello Bluesky! We are delighted to launch the shiny new @ukeof.bsky.social UK DNA Working Group Blue Sky Account! 🧬🐟🦈🌱🦫🍄🦆🪳🐸

2/3 The UK DNA Working Group #ukdnawg was launched in 2014 to facilitate dialogue and collaboration in the use of #eDNA for environmental monitoring by providing a forum for government agencies, researchers and other stakeholders to discuss priorities and emerging developments.

3/3 We are a working group of the UK Environmental Observation Framework (#UKEOF). For more information about who we are and what we do, see our website ukeof.org.uk/our-work/ukdna

What a start into the New Year👋! Yet another very cool METALP paper out - by Luis and Nic! New insights into synchronicity of DOC in high-mountain streams. Great conceptual thinking, stats and lots and lots of sensor data.....Enjoy! aslopubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

...more from the Vanishing Glaciers project, also with @susheelbusi.bsky.social @layeb.bsky.social: Greg's awesome metagenomic insights into the glacier-fed stream microbiome are out now. What a bewildering biofilm mode of life up there☺️! Well done all! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

New insights into the microbiome of the world's glacier-fed streams. Amazing work by @layeb.bsky.social and @susheelbusi.bsky.social and many others! Thanks all friends and colleagues around the globe! Also the great Nomis Foundation for continuous support! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Thanks to Marc Airhart for the lovely #SciComm about my latest paper. It's awesome to see a professional make your work accessible 🖥️🧬🧪 @texasscience.bsky.social

After 24 years of work, I’m thrilled to announce the TYMEFLIES dataset, which comprises metagenomes from Lake Mendota (Madison, WI), collected roughly every 10 days (471 samples) for 20 years! @quendi.bsky.social @robinrohwer.bsky.social rdcu.be/d5put A thread…

Timely and important paper on guidelines for workflows and reporting of #eDNA #metabarcoding data. Hugely relevant to ongoing discussions within #ukeof #ukdnawg about standards and data mobilisation @lynseyrharper.bsky.social @danread.bsky.social

There's understandably a lot of anger over big increases in water bills. Unfortunately they're necessary. Water infrastructure investment just hasn't kept pace with pressures. BUT, they undoubtedly shouldn't have had to increase as they now have. Short 🧵 www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/ange...

Interested in new tools to understand our changing ocean? Come work with us! A rare opportunity is open @noc.ac.uk @biogeosensing.bsky.social for a senior software engineer to lead new design as part of a tightly-integrated team. careers.noc.ac.uk/vacancy/seni...

Very excited to share this new pre-print led by Benjamin Gincley & Farhan Khan. This is a beauty!! I’m biased ofcourse! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

🚨Currently hiring!🚨 Looking for a new challenge? We are hiring a Molecular Biology Technician and a Molecular Ecologist, based at our @ukceh.bsky.social Wallingford site. Follow the links to find out more! 🦠🧬 ceh.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/CEH_Ca... ceh.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/CEH_Ca...

☎️ calling all budding #freshwater or #molecular ecologists! Great #PhD with me, Fred Windsor, @danread.bsky.social + @jordancuff.bsky.social looking at impact of stressors + climate change on #ponds with #eDNA #metabarcoding to inform conservation + health assessment Link below - apply by 13 Jan!

We are very happy to announce a free-to-attend #anvio workshop and ECR symposium in Oldenburg to discuss integrated microbial 'omics and learn applications of anvi'o. More information and application link (application deadline is Jan 10): anvio.org/workshops/20... Please apply and/or circulate 😇

Important piece by Gittleman - “It’s impossible to separate human health from health of the natural world. Ecology is the unifying science that integrates knowledge..[the] One Health approach is unlimited, exciting, & necessary for the health of life on our planet” www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... 🧪🌎🌐🌾

The deadline for abstract submissions to #mewe11 is two weeks from now (Dec 15). Click on "Call for papers". Early registration is also live. Click on "Registration". Register early and save $$. Visa letter needed? Complete registration & submit your abstract first. mewe11.ce.gatech.edu

Tracing active members in microbial communities by BONCAT and click chemistry-based enrichment of newly synthesised proteins academic.oup.com/ismecommun/a... #jcampubs

Science takes time - a lot of time. Time that is more and more difficult to make available because of increased workloads. Time that exceeds the temporary contracts of postdocs and PhDs. I'll illustrate this using our paper published in Nature yesterday. 🧵 (1/x) www.nature.com/articles/s41...

I created this stater pack with women in ecology and evolution. If you want to be added you can comment or DM me, but also please suggest the names of those I am missing 🧪🌎🌐 go.bsky.app/8jFH7cS

It’s out!! We subjected soils from 30 different locations across Europe to extreme events and found that soil fungal and bacterial communities showed consistent responses that could be predicted from their origin! With @knightjar.bsky.social and many collaborators! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

“Experts and scientists are migrating to Bluesky in record numbers.” Welcome if you’re new (and if you’re not, please help by reposting) - here’s a starter pack for the #biodiversity science-policy community: go.bsky.app/LjV86zg

To reach new users if you have an interest in #eDNA #environmentalDNA as a scientist or user, please consider completing our survey. We are engaged in funded research on community perspectives on eDNA, ethics, risk and potential forms.office.com/r/P6R57BAbZq #academicSkY #womenInSTEM 🧪

Let‘s try a #metabarcoding starter pack to nucleate people interested. Welcome molecular #biodiversity monitoring people. Let’s try to keep us posted on updates regarding papers, projects, methods. Happy weekend.☀️#eDNA go.bsky.app/Qvqgknp

The strain on scientific publishing: we set out to characterise the remarkable growth of the scientific literature in the last few years, in spite of declining growth in total scientists. What is going on? direct.mit.edu/qss/article/... A 🧵 1/n #AcademicSky #PhDchat #ScientificPublishing #SciPub

Hello new phage phollowers! I am shamelessly self-promoting mine and Angus Buckling's relatively new review "Critically evaluating the relative importance of phage in shaping microbial community composition" www.cell.com/trends/micro...

Here are some free/open-source sites for the preparation of scientific illustrations, including icon libraries: bioicons.com, scidraw.io, bioart.niaid.nih.gov, inkscape.org, biogdp.com, reactome.org/icon-lib

Want to learn more about the wonderful world of soil biodiversity? Well then here's the starter pack for you! If I've accidentally missed anyone off the list then please let me know in the comments. Also check out @msteinwandter.bsky.social who has been working on one too! go.bsky.app/UxXTyxD

🚀 Hey everyone! I made this starter pack featuring accounts that share free coding tutorials in various languages. Let’s expand this pack and help more people learn to code! Nominate yourself or other amazing authors to join the pack! go.bsky.app/AJnz2pm #coding #Programming #FreeTutorials

Reading: academic.oup.com/nar/advance-... The mOTUs online database provides web-accessible genomic context to taxonomic profiling of microbial communities

Starter pack for metagenomics and microbial genomics lovers. go.bsky.app/MFipoLH

Starter Packs are great, but they favor well established individuals (understandably so). To help prop up new voices, here is a set of early career ecologists (self defined) who are, or would like to become, active on BlueSky Please reply if you would like to be included! go.bsky.app/Di74bDy

I just made a starter pack on Ecology and Evolution of AMR. 🦠 ⚡ 💊 Feel free to suggest names and I’ll add them as soon as I can!! go.bsky.app/CwEzc79

Projecting climate change effects on species' climate suitability: insights from an Alpine country. #biodiversity We quantified relationship between baseline climate & spatial distribution of 7291 species & projected future climate suitability (RCP4.5 & 8.5) onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...