Proudly presenting the 1st chapter of my PhD as my 1st bluesky post!

🔥 Hot off the press: ever wonder if you could get demographic info for natural pops with #eDNA #environmentalDNA? Well wonder no more! First proof of principle for sex-ratios coming to a computer screen near you: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Submitting a symposia application for #eccb2026 on transdisciplinary applications of #eDNA research, focusing on stakeholder integration. If you’d like to present in this symposia and are already planning to attend, message me before Friday!

SAVE THE DATE #Neobiota2026 is coming to Brussels Leave your contact details www.neobiota2026.org

Come visit us at Leiden University for ECCB2026!

Can we circumvent the cumbersome filtration of #edna from seawater to detect rare taxa? Yes! Passively deploying simple cost-effective cotton membranes can, with trade-offs of course. @sednasociety.bsky.social doi.org/10.7717/peer...

A great FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Resuseable) hosted by Miwa Takahashi of CSIRO, @lynseyrharper.bsky.social @nidunn.bsky.social last Friday. Recording great metadata for #eDNA studies, #futureproof

⛴️🌊OceanX is seeking a #post-doctoral associate in the field of marine #eDNA and meta #genomics ⏳unspecified deadline 👉More info: buff.ly/GXVsEfV

And their ecological impacts are much more widespread and diverse than is often communicated. Here, I try to put the record straight. I do so while describing a recent paper of ours that introduces a new categorisation of 19 impacts types that invasive species have across ecological hierarchies.

Would you like to come to work with us here at @Macroecology ? The Center is opening six new positions! macroecology.ku.dk/people/posit...

New paper out from our crew on using #eDNA to detect the pathogenic chytrid fungus (Bsal) and characterise the surrounding amphibian community from pond samples in the Netherlands. Small number of samples but highlights the potential of eDNA for routine monitoring of both. bioone.org/journals/jou...

Shotgun sequencing of airborne eDNA achieves rapid assessment of whole biomes, population genetics and genomic variation. #eDNA #ShotgunSequencing #PopulationGenetics #GenomicVariation #Genomics #Bioinformatics @natecoevo.nature.com‬ 🧬 🖥️ www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Proud of this new publication demonstrating #eDNA as a useful accessory to invasive species management in practice. In this case, we observed eDNA declines coinciding with community-led apple snail removal from an Austin, Texas pond. www.reabic.net/journals/mbi...

🎇New paper alert GENETIC POLLUTION-caused by human-driven hybridization-is more widespread and dangerous than you think. With modern DNA tools, we can act BUT policy must catch up fast! Read more: link.springer.com/article/10.1... #conservation #biodiversity #biosecurity #conservationgenetics

Developing terrestrial environmental DNA sampling methods for detecting arboreal invasive reptiles: a case study of the green anole in the Ogasawara Island, Japan #eDNA #environmentalDNA www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

🦈 Offshore wind farms may offer safe zones for sharks & rays.🌍 Dutch researchers found eDNA of 5 species, incl. basking sharks, in turbine areas.🧪 Bans on bottom trawling could help marine life rebound.🌐 #Sharks #eDNA #Marinelife #Conservation #wildlife oceanographicmagazine.com/news/are-off...

After 4 year as a subject editor for @oikosjournal.bsky.social I am stepping away to focus more on my students and teaching. It’s been fun and educational! I’d definitely recommend it. If anyone qualified in the #eDNA sphere is looking to be an editor, let me know and I can pass along your info.

Our review is finally here! We include all the terrestrial and semi-aquatic mammal-focused #eDNA and #iDNA studies available up to Jan 2025! It's amazing to see how far this field has come 🧬🦦

🧬 Calling all #eDNA and #EnvironmentalOmics enthusiasts! At the AquaEcOmics meeting, 35 international experts discussed forming a European Society for Environmental Omics (ESEO) to strengthen collaboration across the field. 🧵(1/4)

We (many across NL) just received a large infrastructure grant to create a network of SMART aquatic research hubs. Worth €4.2 million, #eDNA will form a decent portion of this, bringing the Netherlands capacity for aquatic experimentation higher. www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/news/2025...

Interested in establishing a European Society for Environmental Omics? Let your voice be heard #eDNA folks!

🧪 Student Opportunity!! Interested in using #eDNA to rediscovering lost #amphibian species in Área de Conservación Guanacaste, Costa Rica? Check out this opportunity led by @rpuschen.bsky.social and join us working with #ACG and @gdfcf.bsky.social 🔗 Info: www.plymouth.ac.uk/study/resear... 🧪

What is nature vs biodiversity, how is #eDNA useful, and what is that corporate food chain that is waking up the risks posed by loss of #biodiversity? This podcast covers it all --> www.imd.org/ibyimd/podca...

📣Excited to share that our new #paper is out! Using #eDNA #metabarcoding to detect #elasmobranchs in #OWFs in the North Sea🦈🦈 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... @reindertn.bsky.social @nanoporetech.com

Juicy #eDNA #postdoc opportunities in #Denmark: urldefense.com/v3/__https:/...

And before the day ends, perhaps my most anticipated paper: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... #eDNA #metagenomics applied to *all* organisms, including (and especially) macroorganisms/eukaryotes See how to and shoot me an email if you want to know more. - species IDs - eDNA decay

New preprint alert: we present a new PASSIVE air #eDNA sampler that outperforms two commonly used active samplers. Our passive approach detected species up to 500+meters away and showed association with species biomass www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

PhD opportunity! The Comparative Genomics lab (@IBE_Barcelona, @UPFBarcelona) is seeking a PhD student to work on environmental DNA & mammalian conservation together with @estherlizano ! apply now! CVs -> [email protected] #PhD #genomics #eDNA #conservation #Barcelona

@aquaecomics.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy might be over but already anticipating another! Incredibly proud of Dani Zumel and Emilie Didaskalou for presenting innovative popgen #eDNA research. The future landscape is bright 🙌

Great windfarm - elasmobrach #eDNA research by Auriel Summer-Hempel @reindertn.bsky.social @aquaecomics.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy

Rein Brys providing amazing examples for #eDNA as an #invasive species detection tool! #aquaecomics @aquaecomics.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy

Here we go! @aquaecomics.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy #eDNA

#eDNA job alert!!

For anyone who’s tried it, you will know that #environmentalDNA field sampling can be logistically and physically tough. We’ve designed a self-priming pump with enough vacuum pressure to pump litres of water over #eDNA filters and avoid sample contamination. Reach out to learn more! 🌊 🧬

Well a new adventure is about to start! This week was my first as fulltime CEO at SimplexDNA. I am excited to have made the jump from academia to empower the use of #eDNA technology throughout the world.While lots of papers will come out from my ETH years, I say goodbye to the 'Professor' title

New paper alert! 🚨- My final PhD chapter is finally out! What happens to different eDNA components in water? 🌊💧 We tested particle size (small vs. large) and DNA molecule length (86 vs. 387 bp) in recirculating streams—and what we found might surprise you! 🧵👇 #eDNA #MolecularEcology 🔗 Read more:

Learn more about how #eDNA can help protect the sea and face its challenges by reading the article by Ginevra Capurso, Brendan Carroll, and Kathryn A. Stewart on transforming marine monitoring. bit.ly/49jP9YM #Ocean #Water #Biodiversity #Science #Research

Thinking about submitting that beautiful manuscript on #eDNA applications in #biomonitoring & #conservation, but you aren't sure where? Why not consider this collection in @springernature.com Discover Conservation that Eva Aylagas, John Pearman & I are editing? link.springer.com/collections/...

Super happy our paper on #eDNA #metabarcoding of North Sea fish using @nanoporetech.com sequencing is finally published in Molecular Ecology Resources: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Investigating the dynamics of the aquatic community in Oslofjord through time series analysis of eDNA #eDNA #environmentalDNA www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Latest pre-print led by Tim Noyes comparing #eDNA and BRUVs for monitoring #fish biodiversity in a subtropical coral reef. Combining methods added 90 species that use Bermuda's mesophotic coral ecosystem! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... @blancobercial.bsky.social @marianilab.bsky.social

For all those interested in environmental DNA, there is still time to register for the 2nd Australian & New Zealand Environmental DNA Conference! Join us from 18 - 21 February at Shed 6, Wellington New Zealand. ednaconference.com.au #eDNA @buncedna.bsky.social @joey-squishfish.bsky.social

Said it before & I’ll say it again: zoos offer a great opp for proof-of-concept studies, from in silico to ex situ validation that is critical for #eDNA & #conservation work. Proud of this, with MSc @junglejeroen.bsky.social in lead. #invasivesoecies link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Persistence of Reptile DNA in a Terrestrial Substrate: A Case Study Using the Eastern Indigo Snake #eDNA #envivornmentalDNA onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

PhD opportunity in #eDNA

A Preprint for our ~$40 USD, open source, 3D printed DNA Fluorometer, the #DIYNAFLUOR, has just been posted to bioRxiv outlining its performance and applications for #eDNA analysis!🦕🧪🧬 A big thanks to all the co-authors! Preprint www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... Git tinyurl.com/yfh33dsx #science

Job alert ‼️

Tired of NMDS and other ordinations methods to represent your #eDNA metabarcoding data, consider using this approach: besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

I’ll just casually drop this eDNA starter pack in the #conservation feed in case anyone is looking for their methodology tribe. go.bsky.app/U2vgV5Q

New Preprint: here we developed a quick and easy terrestrial #eDNA approach for tracking invasive iguanas. Importantly it allows for amplifying bi-allelic SNPs, critical for monitoring potential hybridization! More on that front soon 😉 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...