La #biodiversité canadienne étalée sur une carte www.ledevoir.com/environnemen... Pour en savoir plus sur Blitz the Gap: blitzthegap.org @biomcgill.bsky.social @qcbs.ca

#Chytrid fungus and #ranavirus jeopardize amphibian well-being. We present a novel duplex #eDNA assay to detect both simultaneously from water samples. We also show that the presence and density of #invasive #bullfrogs is related to that of chytrid fungus, but not ranavirus, in space and time 🐸

Super awesome new paper in #MEE describing #causal #detection of shifts in #biodiversity! So many great insights here—a must read for those interested in #causalinference And love Fig 3! Congrats team! @lsantinieco.bsky.social doi.org/10.1111/2041...

Meet 𝘋𝘢𝘱𝘩𝘯𝘪𝘢 𝘱𝘶𝘭𝘦𝘹 🔬✨ These tiny freshwater organisms helped us study how environmental DNA & RNA (eNAs) degrade and persist in water. Even the smallest creatures can reveal big insights about biodiversity and ecosystem health. @biomcgill.bsky.social #eDNA #eRNA #Daphnia #Science

Cool method to know which insect species visited a flower🌼: Using Flower eDNA Metabarcoding to Identify the Effects of Forest🌳 Structure and Microclimate on Flower-Visiting Arthropods🪰🐝 doi.org/10.1002/edn3...

Excited to share a new Conversation article with @otournayre.bsky.social 🧬at @biomcgill.bsky.social We show that environmental RNA, long considered too unstable, can actually give us a snapshot of what’s alive right now in lakes and rivers. 🔗 theconversation.com/how-environm...

🌿🤝 Excited to launch BRAM - Biodiversity, Research & Mediation in Montpellier! 🎯 This new consortium unites research, local authorities & biodiversity managers to co-create projects where science meets society. 🦦🌃 From species management to urban nature and ecological connectivity.

📢 New #eDNA and #eRNA study!🧬 We used dPCR to compare #decay rates and #detectability across 4 #markers (16S, 18S, COI, LDHA) in 1000L freshwater mesocosms. Massive effort led by PhD student ‪@wbmorgadog.bsky.social‬ onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

🎉Our paper is out in Molecular Ecology Resources! We tracked eDNA vs eRNA decay in connected & isolated 1000-L mesocosms using dPCR. eRNA decays faster, and both signals can move across the network. OA: doi.org/10.1111/1755... With @otournayre.bsky.social & Melania Cristescu #eDNA #eRNA #Freshwater

Some great press coverage of our work on a national biodiversity survey conducted with airborne #eDNA, led by @otournayre.bsky.social @profbatgirl.bsky.social. Thanks for the writeup!

One of the post fascinating scientific paper that I've read in months. A pleasure to discuss with the team and to write up for the @theguardian.com

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

I now have the perfect video for the intro slide on #eDNA presentations where I say "things shed DNA as they swim around". #polychaetes #epitoke

🚨 New paper led by ANWC postdoc @liviagerber.bsky.social! We developed a high-yield 🧬 extraction method for FTA Elute cards - enabling long read AND epigenomic studies from field-collected nucleated blood 🦎 - even after 10+ years at room temp. 🔗 doi.org/10.1371/jour...

Please find our new paper in Molecular Ecology: Omics to Study and Manage Aquatic Environments: A Snapshot From the AquaEcOmics Meeting (Evian-les-Bains, 2025). https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/mec.70041 A good summary of the […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

New paper from the lab onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... Describes the extreme stress of the Lake Xochimilco ecosystem of Mexico. #eDNA #biodiversity #AcademicSky 🧪

📣 New paper! 📣 We summarise the outputs of last year's @sednasociety.bsky.social Airborne eDNA Workshop & chart a path for airborne eDNA as a transformative tool for #biodiversity, #biosecurity & #conservation. 🔗 tinyurl.com/4a8vb6ja #eDNA #airDNA #SeDNAS

New paper out! 🏙️ We found that urbanisation simplifies and homogenises seed dispersal networks. 🪴🐦‍⬛ Non-native plants dominate in cities, accounting for 61% 😔 of interactions in the urban network vs just 15% in forests! 🪻🌿🌴 Check it out: doi.org/10.1111/cobi... 🌐🧪🌍🍁

Not easy giving a talk on conflict in science, which I was invited to do as part of a GEE Department away day, but here was my attempt describing conflict, collaboration and resolution in interdisciplinary science!

New preprint: we advertise DAFNEE, a database of academia-friendly eco-evo-archaeo journals. 1/6 #AcademicPublishing #ecoevo #archaeology #EthicalPublishing #SocietyJournals #DiamondOpenAccess doi.org/10.32942/X24...

🌳This recent study "highlights the influence of park size and human activity on biodiversity, demonstrating eDNA's utility for urban conservation and wildlife management"🌍🧪 buff.ly/vM7Ny4C

Don't forget to sign up for making #eDNA data FAIR workshop, led by Miwa Takahashi and @nidunn.bsky.social at UCL, London, on 25th July. There's limited support with practical exercises for online attendees due to workshop format, so in-person attendance is encouraged if you want hands-on training!

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...

‪ New @ewhale-dna.bsky.social publication led by Eleonora Barbaccia & published in Ocean & Coastal Management! 🐋💙 #WhaleWatching, #citizenScience, and #eDNA sampling can foster public awareness and engagement in #marine #biodiversity #conservation doi.org/10.1016/j.oc...

Adde et al.: Spatial #Biodiversity Indicators and a Composite #Index for #Conservation #Prioritization in Switzerland 🇨🇭@biorxivpreprint.bsky.social 🌍🌐🐟🦐🦋🌳🪰 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... 1/5 🧵 as part of speed2zero.ethz.ch/de/ & great thanks to everyone involved who moved this forward!

🚨 It’s out! NeMO — a new R package to fit multi-species occupancy models from eDNA metabarcoding data, and optimise sampling designs to better detect rare or elusive species. 👉 Get it here: github.com/bastien-mace... #eDNA #RStats #ecology #biodiversity

📢 Expertise needed! Contribute to the @ipbes.net‬ Monitoring Assessment: Fill out a short survey for Chapter 3 (data availability and gaps) to help map and strengthen biodiversity monitoring across scales. 📋 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... 🗓️ Deadline: 23 June

The 2026 national reports are the first major test for countries to show progress with their monitoring. This will be a first peak at the progress. #Conservation #GBF #Policy #GEOBON #Biodiversity #openaccess Read our analysis & recommendations here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

📢 New paper alert! Proud to co-author this effort to make #eDNA data more FAIR — Findable, Accessible, Interoperable & Reusable 🧬🌍 We introduce a metadata checklist & formatting guide to boost reuse & impact across #eDNA science. 🔗 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... #FAIRdata

Rein Brys just delivered an inspiring talk on harnessing #eDNA for #IAS monitoring—scaling up early warning systems through citizen science-driven sampling across vast regions! 🧬 #GuardIAS #SummerSchool2025

[📅Événement] Venez assister aux restitutions des projets du programme "Pressions anthropiques et impacts sur la biodiversité terrestre" ! 📅 19/06->20/06 🖥️ En ligne 📝 Inscrivez-vous : bit.ly/3ZdBWhG + d'infos sur le projet : bit.ly/4kvnREs @ofbiodiversite.bsky.social

Our new study shows how eDNA can track fine scale marine biodiversity loss under human impacts. Using a large scale mesocosm experiment we monitored temporal dynamics in bio-accumulation, response to stressors and eDNA degradation #eDNA #MarineBiodiversity onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

🚨Turning air quality networks into a global #biodiversity monitoring system? Air pollution filters were repurposed for #airborne #eDNA, enabling detection of #vertebrates, #invertebrates, #plants & #fungi at a national scale.🧬🌐🧪 📄Check out our new paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

🌲🌳🌲🌳 Out now! #eDNA #barcoding #metabarcoding and the potential of #DNA-based methods for "Monitoring #Connectivity in #Forest #Ecosystems" doi.org/10.1007/978-... A fabulous collaboration with J. Oettel, A. Szukala, L. Munishi, K. Lapin and the #BFW #Austria @uniinnsbruck.bsky.social

UK runs worlds first national airborne eDNA terrestrial survey 🧬 🌍 1,100 taxa identified! #Biodiversity #eDNA #Ecology www.nature.com/articles/s41...

And then we surveyed a country..... www.nature.com/articles/s41... #biodiversity #WomenInStem #AcademicSKY 🧪

épisode 5 de l'héritage du dodo, c'est le crépuscule des lucioles. On y discute de la mystérieuse disparition des moineaux, de comment les arbres aussi se déplacent dans les paysages et de pourquoi les marmottes apprécient le changement climatique... www.lheritagedudodo.com/episode5.php...

That’s why today we presented an updated list of the animal species that occur in Europe according to various taxonomic databases. iboleurope.org/launch-of-ib...

www.npr.org/2025/05/22/g... My grad student and post doc, featured on NPR 🧪 #WomenInSTEM #scisky #biosky #academicsky

Et voici la version complète de l'article 🦅🐦🏔🌍🌐🧪

🚨New data paper/open data alert!🚨 BioTIME v2.0 is out now! We've expanded the database with improved spatial and taxonomic coverage, with a new R package! As always, free, public, and open acess :) Paper: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... Database: biotime.st-andrews.ac.uk

@lynseyrharper.bsky.social #eDNA assay validation is necessary but nothing for metabarcoding. Framework of 5 levels constructed. Validation framework requires 48 minimum criteria to be met to achieve level 1. Different environments may mean that an assay has multiple validation levels #UKDNAWG25

[🌐 Webinar] The next #CESABINAR will be on the 26th of May 2025 at 2pm on the results of the #BRIDGE group: Building a bridge between river corridors, roadsides and field margins: how landscape interactions modulate taxonomic and functional plant diversity 🌾 🔎Details & Zoom link: bit.ly/40zrT7v

The video of our webinar co-organised with @geobon.org "Essential Biodiversity Variables (EBVs) - introductory webinar" is freely available: youtu.be/-e9btseNHpw?... Please share it widely! #aquaticfungi #monitoring #MoSTFun #EBVs #fungi #funga @biodiversa.eu

A very up-to-date review led by the brilliant @hollybroadhurst.bsky.social on the applications of #eDNA and iDNA for monitoring terrestrial and semi-aquatic mammals! The beginnings, the milestones, where we're heading. Water, soil, air, the inverts, all here! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...

🧬 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)

Vous l’attendiez avec impatience. C'est parti! www.lheritagedudodo.com Dans cet épisode, on parle biodiversité. Savez-vous combien il y a d’espèces vivantes sur terre ? Connaissez-vous la limace ninja et le requin nain phosphorescent ? Avez-vous entendu parler de la menace qui pèse sur le café ?

#eDNA #eRNA #omics people: would you support the formation of a European Society for Environmental Omics #ESEO? Please share your thoughts in the questionnaire & spread this message! 🙏 Thank you, the ESEO core team! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

So happy to share our Review paper A well-connected Earth: The science and conservation of organismal movement @science.org www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Ecological impacts of biological invasions are so numerous & diverse, it's a mess +, we often mix mechanisms & impacts, causes & consequences So, we created a structured typology of these impacts. Now that it's done, it looks simple & obvious 🤓 read&share🙏 👉 authors.elsevier.com/a/1k%7EhNcZ3...