Excited to share our group’s new publication, where we explore how eDNA from water, soil, and air can push the boundaries of biodiversity monitoring. Our perspective is framed around the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework.
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A brilliant card game by @ericcapo12.bsky.social and team that brings the hidden world of microorganisms to life. Love how complex aquatic microbial community concepts are transformed into fun, engaging gameplay!
Back us & help spread the word 👉 www.kickstarter.com/projects/170...
A new paper uses eDNA tools to confirm Chipewyan Prairie First Nations observations of geological changes in Cowper Lake, Alberta following a historical landslide in the 1940s 🔗 tinyurl.com/hcek4jfc
New publication alert! Unikseq 2.0 allows you to identify conserved regions within multiple sequence alignment, thus streamlining the process of primer-probe design for targeted and metabarcoding assay development
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Detailed information on specificity and sensitivity was included to promote transparency and build confidence in eDNA-inferred data.
Our team has just published 125 fully validated qPCR-based eDNA assays, targeting species of conservation relevance across North America.
Publication here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
The paper outlining the metadata framework has also been published—a good read for all eDNA end-users.
The next step for the eDNA field is to ensure that all data adhere to the FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable) principles. It’s encouraging to see initiatives like FAIReDNA (fair-edna.github.io/index.html), led by Miwa Takahashi at CSIRO, moving forward.
Reposting to invite contributions to our special issue with Environmental DNA journal (Wiley)! We're excited to showcase current eDNA research across Southeast Asia. Submit your work and help highlight the region’s growing impact in the field!
Went out with Park Canada to do their regular European green crab monitoring. This time we’re trying to use eDNA passive sampler to see if it could improve detection in the field.
The result of nearly two decades of work, my coauthors and I have just described two new crayfish species from western North America: introducing the Misfortunate Crayfish and Okanagan Crayfish (doi.org/10.11646/zoo...). More to follow soon, but it should be open access - message if you need a PDF.
Reposting to invite contributions to our special issue with Environmental DNA journal (Wiley)! We're excited to showcase current eDNA research across Southeast Asia. Submit your work and help highlight the region’s growing impact in the field!
Glad to be co-chairing a session at CEW 2025 in Victoria, BC! We're calling for abstracts on eDNA/eRNA in ecosystem monitoring, ecotoxicology, and conservation. Join us in advancing molecular tools for environmental management!
#CEW2025 #eDNA #eRNA
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We are pleased to announce the 2025 Liber Ero fellows!
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Our bias towards charismatic species leaves 'ugly' animals behind in conservation efforts.
But should looks determine which species we protect?🐡
🎧 @ipbes.net podcast ep feat. the world's ugliest animal "Mr. Blobby": https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-j54ym-17ac1d1
If you are working on the use of environmental DNA in Southeast Asia or collaborating with researchers in the region, we invite you to submit a paper to the Environmental DNA journal's special issue. Deadline of submission is on July 31, 2025.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal...
A cutting-edge pipeline that:
✅ Assembles complete, standardized mitogenomes from short-read libraries
✅ Runs 2–7x faster and uses 3–4x less memory than existing tools
✅ Enables robust eDNA assay design and phylogenetic analysis
✅ Works seamlessly with museum specimens, even with degraded DNA
I am happy to share our latest paper in Methods in Ecology and Evolution: "mtGrasp: Streamlined reference-grade mitochondrial genome assembly and standardization to enhance metazoan mitogenome resources"
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NEW PAPER: The @libererofellows.bsky.social team led by Dr. Schiller looked at what's working for species recovery in 🇨🇦. Species recovery wasn't affected by human or financial capacity provided but was possible when the primary cause of decline was alleviated.
www.facetsjournal.com/doi/full/10....
Terrific list of conservation-related funding opportunities, made by @society4conbio.bsky.social:
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Please share!
#ConservationFunding #Conservation
If you are working on the use of environmental DNA in Southeast Asia or collaborating with researchers in the region, we invite you to submit a paper to the Environmental DNA journal's special issue. Deadline of submission is on July 31, 2025.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal...
We invite researchers to contribute studies on eDNA use in Southeast Asia, focusing on innovative approaches, biodiversity monitoring, and strategies for overcoming regional challenges.
📅 Submission Deadline: July 31, 2025
#eDNA #Biodiversity #Conservation #SoutheastAsia #EnvironmentalDNA
This is so helpful and very timely, Aerin! Thanks for sharing!
Tired of NMDS and other ordinations methods to represent your #eDNA metabarcoding data, consider using this approach: besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
We're #hiring a Community Engagement Project Lead! This position is responsible for working with Indigenous communities, government, and industry for the purpose of building and leading collaborative biodiversity monitoring and applied science initiatives.
wildlifescience.ca/community-en...
We're hiring! 📣The Hakai Institute is looking for an experienced Data Scientist and Developer to work closely with the oceanography team.
View the full posting here 🔗 tinyurl.com/3a9dmed7
