It’s #invasivespeciesweek! My amazing colleague @ukladybirds.bsky.social will be talking about horizon scanning for #invasive species @1pm uk time register here events.teams.microsoft.com/event/02d50f...

Are you heading to the @ukdnawg.bsky.social annual conference at the @royalsociety.org? The full programme is now here ukeof.org.uk/sites/defaul...

🌊🧬Revolutionizing Biodiversity Monitoring?🧪 Could aquatic #eDNA be a game-changer for tracking biodiversity loss? From detecting invasive species to restoring ecosystems...🌍 Study by Altermatt, F., Couton, M., Carraro, L. et al.: www.nature.com/articles/s44...

Have you registered for the 11th Annual UKEOF UKDNA Working Group Conference 13-14th May? If so, please have a read of this thread...

#Cameratraps can record rich and #standardized data on a wide range of #insect #species and thus help track #biodiversity recovery and #ecologicalrestoration. Here, we present real time image processing @mambo-project.eu @insectai.bsky.social zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

thanks to all co-authors for a great and efficient collaboration! #MarjorieCouton, #LucaCarraro, @francoiskeck.bsky.social , @lorihandley.bsky.social , @leeselab.bsky.social , #XiaoweiZhang, #YanZhang & @rosiecblackman.bsky.social @eawag.bsky.social , #UZH & beyond

Our paper on using #eDNA to address #GBF targets for aquatic biodiversity is out today in … thank you so much to a great team led by @florianaltermatt.bsky.social and @rosiecblackman.bsky.social - wonderful to be part of this collaboration!

We're excited to be part of the Lake District Charr Recovery & Management project, which is gathering evidence to protect and restore Arctic charr populations in #Windermere and other lakes in the catchment. Read more about our contribution, including using #eDNA techniques: buff.ly/T8VOU9k 🧪

🚨New paper alert🚨 Exploring urban #aquatic & #terrestrial biodiversity with #eDNA 🧬 ❗ #Urbanization weakens land–water linkages ❗ Aquatic & terrestrial communities follow distinct drivers 🐞🦟 ❗ Adapted primers for aquatic & terrestrial invertebrates 🧬 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

First national survey of terrestrial biodiversity using airborne eDNA https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.04.07.647580v1

The 11th conference of the UKEOF UKDNA Working Group will take place in London on the 13th-14th May 2025. Find out more on our website. Registration closes on 17 April. ukeof.org.uk/our-work/ukd... #eDNA #DNA #environment #monitoring

The DNA team @naturalengland.bsky.social have just published recommendations on metadata to be submitted with #eDNA (& other DNA) data to allow a judgement of confidence and help the data to be used appropriately. See publications.naturalengland.org.uk/publication/...

I started an #eDNA starter pack as one didn’t exist yet. Feel free to message me to get your name added. Open to all! go.bsky.app/U2vgV5Q

Our study ‘The global human impact on biodiversity’ is out in Nature! Through an unprecedented synthesis (2133 studies!) we show that humans are not only shrinking species numbers—but reshaping entire communities across the planet. 🌍🌐🐟🌿🪲 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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...

For more information about the conference, see ukeof.org.uk/our-work/ukd... #eDNA #biodiversity

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!

The #ukdnawg has a shiny new Bluesky account!! If you’re into #eDNA, follow us at @ukdnawg.bsky.social 🧬🧬🧬🧬🧬🧬🧬🧬

🌐🔍 #eDNAqua-Plan will establish a plan for a digital ecosystem of #eDNA repositories based on #FAIRdata to support #aquaticbiodiversity #monitoring #WaterScience #MarineBiology

Second day of #RSPB #BigGardenBirdWatch and an even bigger haul… 50 birds from 17 species this morning. Highlight - this cracking little treecreeper, a fairly regular visitor to our damson but nice he put in an appearance for the survey! Lowlight - no tree sparrows or greenfinch this year 🤔

Today’s #RSPB #BigGardenBirdwatch results… 37 birds of 13 species, highlights marsh tit, long-tailed tit snd nuthatch. Not a bad haul! bit.ly/3tgxjGSl

🌍 Wrapping up the 4️⃣-day #GuardiasOnestopKickoff! 🌟 Day 1: Introductions & partnerships 🔍 Day 2: Detection methods & early alerts 🧪 Day 3: Living Labs & eDNA tools 📋 Day 4: Coordination & risk management 🚀 Ready to tackle #IAS! 🌿

Applications are open for a NERC Red-ALERT CDT PhD with us, in partnership with Cardiff University, @ukceh.bsky.social, and Natural Resources Wales. More information here: tinyurl.com/bdekfdtw

A nice blog on some recent work that used environmental DNA (eDNA) to unpack the microbal diversity of England's rivers: @ukceh.bsky.social @bes-aquaticgroup.bsky.social www.ceh.ac.uk/news-and-med...

Taxa Genomics is looking for a staff scientist in #eDNA #environmentalDNA. Take a look at www.taxagenomics.com/careers for full info. Please share if you know an #eDNA post-doc looking for a permanent position!

jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Hanko-3-... 3 years #postdoc to reconstruct #energy fluxes in #foodwebs using #gutDNA and #eDNA in #mesocosms under #heatwave scenarios - University of Helsinki #aquatic

At Stockholm University, we are now starting a 2-year Master’s programme in Evolutionary Genomics! Topics include population genetics, phylogenetics, molecular & genome evolution, DNA sequencing, bioinformatics, and palaeogenetics. Please spread the word! www.su.se/english/sear...

💡 Can we use data science and AI to make citizen science more engaging for participants and improve biodiversity data quality? 🧪 Apply now for a competition-funded #PhD opportunity to explore - deadline 27 Jan. www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

Hey #eDNA folks! Are you looking for a postdoc position? Do you like the Great Lakes? Are you interested in using eDNA to look at foodweb dynamics, invasive species, biodiversity, or harmful algal blooms? Is so, apply here careers.umich.edu/job_detail/2...

Excited to share my new (and first!) paper. We reviewed how environmental DNA can be applied to terrestrial rewilding monitoring- particularly which sampling substrates to use and how eDNA compares to other monitoring approaches 🧬 www.frontiersin.org/journals/con...

Congratulations to @clarecowgill.bsky.social on publishing your first PhD paper 🎉… a systematic review and recommendations for monitoring terrestrial #rewilding with #eDNA www.frontiersin.org/journals/con... …

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

We have a new #eDNA study out to wrap up the year! Led by #AliceCunnington (“starred” in the picture), it shows the importance of #urban #postindustrial #coastal habitats as #fish havens! With @shump.bsky.social #ErikaNeave #RupertCollins Check it out: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Just what we asked for on our holiday wish lists - new #eDNA datasets! 🎁🤩 🧬 Sneaking into 2024, we have our first two datasets published through the GBIF #Metabarcoding Data Toolkit by the Belgian Biodiversity Platform! 🌊 🔗ow.ly/vfmf50Uv0aa 🔗ow.ly/z3Lo50Uv0a8

☎️ 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!

Well, today is the end of an era… very emotional to leave my wonderful colleagues in biology at the #UniofHull #EvoHull and #Rewild cluster after over 17 years. Thank you so much for a wonderful send off and all your support. You’re amazing.

Quote: "It is very hard to interpret big data in ecology in meaningful ways if you do not know anything about who the organisms are and what they do in the environment." onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Evidence Synthesis training via UKCEH This is the interactive online version of our highly rated course ℹ️ 26 Feb 2025 | from £299 Sign up:

Today's the last day of 2024 grouse shooting season & the petition to ban driven grouse shooting passes 30,000 signatures petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70... Help us get 100,000 signatures and the shooting season need never open again. Thank you.

🌱 Our session at #BES2024, "Tackling Challenges in Invasion Science" was a hit!✨ A collaborative effort of the organizers @jrvicente.bsky.social and @evamalta.bsky.social, and our amazing speakers: Toke Høye, Helen Roy, Michael Pocock, Pierre Courtois, Heliana Teixeira and Nuno Mouta!🙌

So proud of this lot… 4 first big conference talks at #BES2024 by @clareycollins.bsky.social @clarecowgill.bsky.social Matthew Morgan and Tom Spencer from #UniofHull #Rewild research cluster + #EvoHull and they all smashed it! 👏👏👏👏

We are recruiting for #PhD opportunity funded by NERC RedAlert CDT investigating novel ways to identify #salmonid diseases in #freshwater ecosystems using #eDNA - closing date 7th Jan, full details here: findaphd.com?pj=176410 @thefsbi.bsky.social @sosbangor.bsky.social @nerc-eof.bsky.social

My group is well-represented at #BES2024. Today, poster by #LukeIreland on temporal changes of aquatic keystone shredder 🦐 assemblages due to anthropogenic land use modifications🚜🌳(community-ecology session 1, 6 pm) #Amphipod work based on esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... 🌐🌍 🧵1/4

3/4 Friday #BES2024, #RosettaBlackman gives a talk on measuring #aquatic #environments: Upscaling the spatial resolution of biotic index (session: Conservation Science and Policy, 10:30 am) #eDNA #biodiversity 🧬🔬💧🌍🌐 royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/... onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Goodbye Twitter, hello Bluesky! Nice to see so many friendly faces on this side! Hope to see some of you at the #BES Annual meeting next week 😁