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🐧We researched one of the world’s rarest #penguins. The yellow‑eyed penguin (aka hoiho/takaraka) isn’t one homogeneous species after all! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... #hoiho #conservation #genomics #birds #nzwildlife #endangered #wildlife #nature

Currently seems like the only way to find a manuscript ID when verifying a Scientific Reports peer review is to select 'contact journal' in the Springer portal. The ID doesn't seem to be provided directly in any emails or anywhere in the portal?

Great Spring afternoon for a quick bit of Durvillaea fieldwork in the city

If you ever find yourself needing evidence for ‘Plasmids are just as common in microbes without resistance genes,’ we’ve got you covered! Check our new paper, out today: www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/jour...

Extirpation of Lake Sturgeon in an Ontario Lake Following Dam Construction and Watershed Diversion Confirmed by Indigenous Traditional Knowledge and Sedimentary eDNA: doi.org/10.1002/ece3...

Doctoral position on genomic basis of Fucus (brown algal) local adaptation - join our exciting #Fubluc team! Fully funded for 3.5 years & we also consider candidates with strong molecular or bioinformatic skillls but no marine / algal experience, see www.geomar.de/en/karriere/...

Nature article here too: doi.org/10.1038/s415...

MPI officers seize 619 pāua during Porirua raid, man jailed for more than two years: www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/mpi-offic...

Huh. FOUR eyes! #molluscmonday www.inaturalist.org/observations...

Can also read a paper about Beast X here: doi.org/10.1038/s415...

K is for giant wormy Kuphus, adorable Kaliela, stabby Kelletia and (putatively) Kimberella

Another cool population genomic/phylogenomic study on kelp, involving whole-genome sequencing. Revisiting the species problem in Northeast Pacific ribbon kelp lineages (genus Alaria): Lessons learned using whole genome data: doi.org/10.1111/jpy....

Interesting study on impact of recreational fishing on abalone, following earthquake ecological disturbance. Recreational fishing effects on New Zealand abalone (pāua, Haliotis iris) after five years of fishery closure: a matrix-based approach: doi.org/10.1016/j.ma...

Aquatic Biosecurity Scientist job available at NIWA (soon to be NZIES) in Wellington: careers.sciencenewzealand.org/jobdetails?a... Lots of exciting fieldwork and research opportunities!

Farewell to the Kaharoa I this morning 👋🚢

Great example of targeted eDNA for population genetics and biodiversity management! Targeted eDNA Metabarcoding Reveals New Populations of a Range-Limited Stonefly: doi.org/10.1002/ece3... @grahammccullochnz.bsky.social @jonwatersnz.bsky.social #eDNA #popgen #ecology #genetics #biodiversity

Would anyone recommend a journal for publishing a manuscript for an R Shiny app (with a biology/genetics focus)?

Need to remember this...

1/35 New paper out! @jamesTstroud and I dive into why long-term studies are crucial for understanding evolution. They reveal processes impossible to detect in short timescales and capture rare events that transform our understanding of evolutionary dynamics. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Iguanas rafted more than 8,000 km from North America to Fiji: doi.org/10.1073/pnas... #biogeography #phylogenetics #genomics #ecology #evolution

Our new @adriftlab.bsky.social paper is out, lead by @alixdejersey.bsky.social showing the insidious impacts of plastics on seemingly health birds (1/5) www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Interesting read! A genome-based phylogeny for Mollusca is concordant with fossils and morphology: doi.org/10.1126/scie... #evolution #genomics #mollusca #fossil #phylogeny #morphology #biodiversity

Busy processing blackfoot pāua specimens last Friday. Beautiful creatures as always. More research to come. 👨‍🔬🐚🦠🧬

I'm going to take solace in posting actual science is a simple form of resistance. This is another must read from Robin Waples. #PopGen #ConsGen onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

I failed to do any live posting, but I thoroughly enjoyed the Aotearoa Aquatic Animal Diseases Symposium (AADS-2) in Dunedin last week! Learnt about exciting projects and met many amazing scientists and experts. Thrilling to see so much collaboration to improve one health and biosecurity in NZ.

Join us Feb 4-6 for a Virtual RNA-seq Analysis Workshop! Learn QC, alignment, & differential expression with reference genomes. Register now: bioinformatics.uconn.edu/cbc-workshops/ #RNAseq #Bioinformatics #Workshop

Potential backfiring effects of Marine Protected Areas on #kelp herbivory: doi.org/10.1038/s415...

Very glad to have this paper out - one of the cooler things to come out of my PhD. This also happens to be (likely) the last publication to come out of my PhD as well!

Coming back to work after the Christmas and New Year holiday...

Wellington on a good day...

Clearly the start of summer as the office AC is now freezing.

Endangered Pinto/Northern Abalone (Haliotis kamtschatkana) are Panmictic Across Their 3700 km Range Along the Pacific Coast of North America: doi.org/10.1111/eva.... #popgen #genomics #ecology #evolution #conservation #fisheries #paua #abalone

📢 Exciting PhD opportunity - seabirds & machine learning 🐦💻 Revolutionise how seabird colonies are imaged & counts analysed Partnership @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social @ukcehseabirds.bsky.social @seabirdcentre.bsky.social Deadline: 6th Jan - more info👇 e4-dtp.ed.ac.uk/e5-dtp/super...

Kia ora koutou! 👋 I’ve put together a starter pack of amazing people working in #Genomics across Aotearoa New Zealand. If I’ve missed anyone, please let me know! go.bsky.app/KhMbQxK

Very early morning start to collect some oysters across the Foveaux Strait.

Fascinating. When humans arrived elephant seals / ihu koropuku were found throughout Aotearoa. They’re huge: adult males get to over 3,500 kg. By 600 years ago all the NZ colonies been wiped out, and they’re now only hanging on in the subantarctic islands.

Quick run along from Stirling Point in Bluff. Lots of great views and Durvillaea!

Great send off to #NZES2024 at the amongst geothermally adapted native vegetation at Waimangu Volcanic Valley!

Sam Purdie's study concludes that eDNA was an effective method of monitoring these skinks, and potentially useful also for other cryptic species. However price was an issue... 🥺 #nzes2024

Great talk by Teresa Konlechner about how threatened our active dunelands are & with very little management investment -transformers weeds are making them disappear #NZES2024

Lots of exciting presentations on Phytophthora die back diseases and myrtle rust today! #NZES2024 #biosecurity #ecology #genomics #parasites

Fiona Davies has been investigating the use of eDNA and other contemporary methods for monitoring pekapeka #nzes2024

Felix Vaux from NIWA is discussing Bonamia parasites infesting our Moana Kai - impacting populations of bluff oysters 🦪 #nzes2024

(Love a good video) Demonstration from Craig Morley on how accurate his drones are at applying bait for pest management #nzes2024

Sarah Wharekura kicks off the plenary of @newzealandecology.bsky.social conference giving a korero on weaving mātauranga Māori into conversation #NZES2024 #NZES

Very cool example of automated invasive weed detection by Dan Clements (NIWA) #nzes2024

Was great to share our team's research at NZ Ecological Society 2024 conference this morning! Lots of exciting talks throughout the week! #Bonamia #biosecurity #oysters #marinebio #evoeco #invasivespecies #parasitology

Looking forward to reading properly... Evolutionary genomics of the emergence of brown algae as key components of coastal ecosystems: dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ce... #evolution #genomics #algae #seaweed #kelp