If you think the seasons are feeling… different, you may be right.
Our new review in Science (@science.org) shows that Earth’s changing rhythms could have major and underestimated consequences for life on Earth. 🌍🧵
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
It has been a collective effort with a great contributions by Isabel Blasco-Costa, Alejandro Trujillo González & @leeselab.bsky.social. It is also related to our activities within the IMPACT project! Make sure to follow @impact-parasites.bsky.social and check out all other fascinating chapters! 🤩
Finally, we provide a roadmap for implementation of eDNA-based parasite into routine biomonitoring. It requires a thorough validation through testing & optimisation, currently missing for the majority of parasites. The outcomes need to be discussed with relevant stakeholders & decision-makers...
With multiple ways of collecting eDNA, also including automated solutions, eDNA can be a promising source of information for studying aquatic parasites non-invasively i.e. without the need for sacrificing the hosts. In the long run, it can become a part of routine biomonitoring...
Nevertheless, parasites DNA traces are in the water and they derive from different sources including adult organisms, larval stages and parasite eggs. Detecting them depends on the methodological choices like choice of filters, amount of water filtered, primers used and DNA extraction method...
This is understandable in light of methodological challenges that using eDNA for studying aquatic parasites brings. Those primarily include the low amount of target parasite DNA in the water, lack of specific and general eDNA-oriented primers & lack of sufficient data in public DNA repositories...
In this chapter, we investigated the application of eDNA-based methods in aquatic parasitology. We found that even though the number of studies using eDNA in aquatic parasitology is recently rising, its overall number is lagging behind other more charismatic aquatic organisms...
DNA-based methods have been applied in aquatic parasitology for quite some time now. An increasing number of parasitological studies apply molecular methods for studying parasite diversity and distribution as well as reconstructing their phylogenies and their life cycles...
Environmental DNA has been applied in aquatic ecosystems worldwide primarly for biodiversity assessments, monitoring the spread of invasive species or investigating pathogens in aquaculture, slowly but surely making its way into routine biomonitoring…
🚨 Thrilled and honoured to lead the chapter on using #eDNA for studying aquatic #parasites - a part of just-published book on #openaccess Aquatic Parasitology led by @berndsures.bsky.social & @nicojsmit.bsky.social with top parasitologists contributing!
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
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🚨 EntoSieve is now published in Molecular Ecology Resources: Fast and accurate size-sorting of bulk insect samples! Perfect for boosting DNA megabarcoding & metabarcoding projects. 🧬🔬 DIY low-cost device, gentle on specimens and yet efficient 🦋🐞 here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Considering a scientific career in Spain? Grants to Encourage the Incorporation of Established Talent 'ATRAE Program' 2025
www.aei.gob.es/en/announcem...
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...
What I wish I knew: 33 thoughts for early career researchers
Reflections I wish someone had shared with me early in my research career.
predirections.substack.com/p/what-i-wis...
#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...
Lake Geneva #eDNA sample taken! 🥳 Including a demo of @alpineedna.bsky.social‘s new sampling kit! @florianaltermatt.bsky.social @kamilhupalo.bsky.social @leeselab.bsky.social @grace-kotnik.bsky.social @tiinalaamanen.bsky.social @francoiskeck.bsky.social @aquaecomics.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy
Very happy to be at @aquaecomics.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy conference! So many great studies showcasing innovations in DNA-based biodiversity studies! Great to be among innovators & presenting our (e)DNA-based approach for fish parasites @impact-parasites.bsky.social including the fish smoothies!
My first contribution to aquatic parasitology! 🤓🙌 We propose a new method using fish smoothies for DNA-based ID & detection of fish parasites 🤯🐟🦠 still room for improvement, but the method is highly comparable with morphological ID; 🔜 #metabarcoding
➡️Check out the preprint: doi.org/10.21203/rs....
What are the best #artificialintelligence tools for #research? Nature’s guide
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Another position in @crc-resist.bsky.social, a postdoc position based in Senckenberg (Gelnhausen). If you are interested in large-scale data analysis, this position will boost your career. You will work in a very successful lab that publishes many high-ranking papers every year.
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/...
Just released version 1.6.0 of the APSCALE pipeline. This update includes improved log writing and added failsafe features for better handling of invalid settings. Check it out on GitHub:#apscale #metabarcoding #pipeline
github.com/DominikBuchner…
Out now in @nature.com! Our comprehensive meta-analysis of global terrestrial and marine genetic diversity demonstrates rapid loss of genetic diversity and identifies conservation interventions that could mitigate this process
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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#consgen #PopGen
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Save the date: 📅
Am 6.12.2024 findet ab 18:00 der diesjährige #ScienceSlam des Studiengangs MSc #Biodiversität statt. 🎤🔬🧑🔬
Im Audimax R14 der der #UDE in Essen @unidue.bsky.social
Unterstützt vom #ZWU
Eintritt frei; Gäste herzlich willkommen. 🎉
#Biologie #Studium #Scicomm #Universität
New paper that may be of interest to ecologists studying global change, disturbances, biodiversity, ecosystem functioning, or response diversity: doi.org/10.1038/s414...
Do you want to know how the Biodiversa+ IMPACT project is helping to integrate parasites into biodiversity monitoring? Check out www.nina.no/english/IMPACT
@biodiversaplus.bsky.social
