Day 1 of our annual #BESAG2025, at @londonzoo.bsky.social workshops day! Our second workshop was led by Prof Mike Sweet. We had great group discussions on the use of #probiotics in natural #ecosystems 🌍🧪💊💧🌊

#BESAG2025. Our first keynote speaker is Dr. Iestyn Woolway. he gave us a very interesting talk on global #lakes responses to #climate #change. #freshwater #aquatic 💧💦🌍

our third #BESAG2025 keynote speaker is @sarabenelli.bsky.social from the University of Parma. Sara gave us a great talk on #biogeochemical interactions between micro- and macro-organisms #aquatic #lagoon #freshwater 💧💦🌍🧪🪱

New publication lead by Iris Pimentel. Hypothesis-Driven Research on Multiple Stressors: An Analytical Framework for Stressor Interactions onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

there is still time to join us for our annual #BESAG conference! in London (ZSL), 15/16 Sept! Check out our amazing prices for #ECRs! #aquatic #marine #freshwater 🌍🧪💧🌊

Cara the copepod is telling her friend that she has found the event for them, in the BES Niche magazine! Come and meet your aquatic ecology community at #BESAG2025! #CaraTheCopepod #marine #freshwater #ecology @bes-aquaticgroup.bsky.social 🧪💦 Book here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/besag2025-...

The famous Meselson-Stahl experiment, which provided strong evidence for semi-conservative DNA replication, had its roots at the MBL! 🧬 Meselson and Stahl met here in the summer of 1954. Happy #DNADay! #sciencestartshere 📷: Matthew Meselson in summer 1954

My nightmare in #eDNA is to detect a rare or threatened species that turns out to be a false positive, so we set out to evaluate some of the commonly used taxonomic classifiers. The results are finally out: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... 1/3

Join us for our Annual #BESAG2025! We have a great price for #ECRs! send us your nomination by the 4th of August and you can have a free conference ticket and present your exciting research! #freshwater #marine #aquatic Link to register to the conference: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/besag2025-...

📢✨. NEW DATA WORKSHOP for #BESAG2025! We're thrilled to host Dr Paul Medley and his workshop on analysing fisheries data at our upcoming autumn conference! 🌏 Where: ZSL London ⏰ When: 15/16th September 2025 Tickets and abstract submissions ⬇️: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/besag2025-....

📢✨ Aquatically-inclined and looking for an autumn conference? Join us for this year's #BESAG2025 to discuss all things #freshwater and #marine science! Where: ZSL London When: 15/16th September 2025 Registration and abstract submission info ⬇️ www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/besa...

Fieldwork tenet number 1: the gifts of nature shall not go to waste @webdnaproject.bsky.social @leverhulme.ac.uk #eDNA #FoodWebs #Mediterranean #Lagoon

Our first field work has now ended. Thanks to everyone who contributed to this amazing week in Rome! @universityofessex.bsky.social @marianilab.bsky.social @rdowell.bsky.social @daniaalbini.bsky.social @ljmuofficial.bsky.social TorVergata. Stay tuned for updates 🐟 🧬 🕸️ 🧪

Our #webDNA boat team 🚣returning from sampling from the Orbetello laguna (IT) #foodweb #DNA #fish

A big thank you to Chiara Leone from the Tor Vergata Team, for all her efforts in organise and coordinate activities for a team of > 10 people for 5 days of sampling and field work! #webDNA

a quick dip into the sea for some of the #webDNA team, after a long day of sampling and processing! #marine #foodweb #SIA #eDNA 🐟🐠🌊🧪🦠🔬

#webDNA in action

For our #webDNA project we are collecting many information from the Orbetello area #marine #foodwebs, from #fish sizes and their diets, to samples for #SIA and #eDNAmetabarcoding 🐟🐠🕸️🌊🔬🧪🌍

We are in Italy, Orbetello, for our first field campaign! #webDNA has officially started! the Torre Vergata Team is a great host! @marianilab.bsky.social @rdowell.bsky.social @EoinOgorman #foodweb #eDNA #fish #plankton #macroinverts #marinescience 🐟🦠🌊🕸️

Calling all fans of #eDNA! The deadline for submitting abstracts for the 2025 annual @ukeof.bsky.social UKDNAWG meeting at the @royalsociety.org is fast approaching! Please submit them via this link by 18:00 on 12th March! enterprise.mitingu.com/ceh-events/u... Please spread the word!

Calling all postgraduate students! 🎓 Join us at the 21st #Marine Biological Association #postgraduate conference at @uniofhull.bsky.social Why you should join us: 💡Share your #research 🤝Build connections 🌍Interdisciplinary focus For more information ➡️ buff.ly/3PBmtCL #MBA

📢 Delighted to present our full line-up of keynote speakers for #BESAG2025! 📢 Dr Sara Benelli Prof. Yin Chen Dr Iestyn Woolway Dr Emma Cavan Dr Joe Taylor Can you guess the theme this year? 🦠👀 🌏 Where: ZSL London ⏰ When: 15/16th September 2025 Registration: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/besag2025-...

📢 I am very excited to share our new paper in @commsbio.bsky.social: nature.com/articles/s42... . 🔥 🌍🧪How does #warming affect #plankton #bodysize distributions? We used one of the largest outdoor #mesocosm experiments to test our hypothesis 1/

It's been great to adopt and utilise the 'Metaprobe' throughout Cardigan Bay to collect eDNA samples whilst carrying out BRUVs. Thanks to @giumaiello.bsky.social and @marianilab.bsky.social for introducing me to their eDNA sampler for upscaling aquatic monitoring. Now time to process the samples!🧬🌊🐬

Since I was a kid, when looking at pictures of #jaguars and #leopards side-by-side, i’ve always felt like the former was a scarier prehistoric version of the latter, a more elegant and sophisticated solution… I still feel exactly the same!

Haven't been much on bsky bc I feel social media are to blame for much of what is going on. But, wanted to share this; 🐟 We've pushed genetics for seafood mislabelling investigations & results are sobering! Our @theconversation.com piece @marianilab.bsky.social theconversation.com/the-sustaina...

More opportunities for postgraduateresearch via the @leverhulme.bsky.social #SustainableTransitions programme at University of Essex. Fully funded MSc followed by a PhD. Open to UK students meeting specific eligibility criteria. Closing 18 April. See www.essex.ac.uk/scholarships... for more details