🧬📸 Calling all eDNA enthusiasts, researchers, students & practitioners! We want to see eDNA through your lens 👀 The #eDNAinFocus Photo Competition celebrates the creativity, diversity & real-world impact of environmental DNA research across Australia, New Zealand & beyond 🌏 🧵👇

Another belated "new paper". We used passive #eDNA sampling to evaluate the risk of biofouling species being introduced to Macquarie Island (and other Antarctic / subantarctic locations) by ships. Story from AAD: www.antarctica.gov.au/news/2026/ed... and link to paper: doi.org/10.1016/j.sc... 🧬🧪

e-DNA surveys could improve marine biosecurity – Australian Antarctic Program (News 2026)

Antarctic scientists have trialed a DNA ‘barcoding’ technique that could improve biosecurity measures that help protect polar ecosystems from invasive marine species.

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While I was down South, this paper was published: MetaZooGene Intercalibration Experiment (MZG-ICE): Metabarcoding Marine Zooplankton Diversity of the Global Ocean. A nice collaboration via SCOR MetaZooGene Working Group - we evaluate #eDNA data comparability among labs. doi.org/10.1111/1755... 🧬🧪

MetaZooGene Intercalibration Experiment (MZG‐ICE): Metabarcoding Marine Zooplankton Diversity of the Global Ocean

DNA metabarcoding of zooplankton biodiversity is used increasingly for monitoring global ocean ecosystems, requiring comparable data from different research laboratories and ocean regions. The MetaZo...

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A great explainer on the targets and indicators for the Global Biodiversity Framework. #consgen

Laura Bertola@lauradbertola.bsky.social · 9mo ago

New publication out, highlighting the link between genetic diversity (GD) and policy! 🧬📜 "Conserving genetic diversity in accordance with the Global Biodiversity Framework" www.annualreviews.org/content/jour... We summarize the highlights in this thread. 🧵

A black browed albatross against the waves of the Southern Ocean. Photographed from RSV Nuyina near McDonald Islands #subantarctic #MarineScience

Yesterday I got to enjoy something special. RSV Nuyina passed near the McDonald Islands. I spent time on deck in the wind, spray & swell of the Southern Ocean, watching hundreds (thousands?) of seabirds hunting for food and travelling around the islands. #volcano #subantarctic #MarineScience #eDNA

Stunning views of Big Ben from the deck of RSV Nuyina at Heard Island. Big Ben is an active volcano and Australia’s highest peak. It’s usually swathed in cloud, but not yesterday! #subantarctic #MarineScience #eDNA

Moonrise last night, from the heli deck of RSV Nuyina at Heard Island #subantarctic #MarineScience 🧪🧬

Season’s greetings from the Southern Ocean! I’m spending the summer on RSV Nuyina collecting #eDNA samples for biodiversity surveys 🌊❄️🐧🧬🚢🇦🇶 #antarctica

very interesting work on mosses in the arctic and their change in spore dispersal over time - also an important argument why we need long term monitoring programs #eDNA #consgen 🧪🌏🦤 jecologyblog.com/2025/11/18/s...

Striking shifts in the timing of bryophyte spore dispersal: What 35 years of airborne DNA revealed about climate change

Fia Bengtsson, Lund University and Norwegian Institute of Nature Research, discusses her article: Rapid shifts in bryophyte phenology revealed by airborne eDNA Most of us walk past mosses and liver…

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🌊 🐟🦭🐋🐧 I have a PhD position available (4 years, start Mid-2026) at NRM Stockholm to work on the macrogenomics of sea warming. Apply here: recruit.visma.com/spa/public/a... #PhD #MarineGenomics #ClimateChange #EvolutionaryBiology #PopGen #Bioinformatics #conservationgenomics

Happy solstice! This is my longest longest day ever ☀️#Antarctica

🧬 DNA from a biopsy sample taken from a surfacing beaked whale with a modified crossbow confirms these specimens as ginkgo-toothed beaked whales (mesoplodon ginkgodens), a species never (knowingly) seen alive. #consgen 🦊

David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈@whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 9mo ago

These rare whales had never been seen alive. Then a team in Mexico sighted two

So long Hobart, see you in February! I’m on board Australia’s icebreaker RSV Nuyina, heading south for the summer to collect environmental DNA samples to study biodiversity. We left yesterday afternoon, heading to Casey Station in #Antarctica and then Heard Island ❄️ 🐧 🧬 #eDNA

New PhD studentship opportunity in my lab & with collaborators from the Pinniped Genomes Consortium. Come help us unravel the genomics of seal physiological super powers! Closing date 7th January 2026 🧪🦭🧬🌍🦑🐳 #marine #mammals #consgen #popgen #phylo #molevol #evolution yes-dtn.ac.uk/research/the...

The evolutionary genomics of life-history adaptations in pinnipeds - Yorkshire Environmental Sciences • Doctoral Training Network

Project summary Pinnipeds (seals, sea lions, fur seals and walrus) are keystone marine predators, and sentinels for marine ecosystem health. Advances in genomic technology open up the possibility to u...

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We have another publication out! 🎉🎉🎉 “Hybrids along a natural–anthropogenic gradient: improving policy and management across all levels of biodiversity.” We explore how to deal with hybrids in conservation — scientifically and practically. A thread 🧵 conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Hybrids Along a Natural‐Anthropogenic Gradient: Improving Policy and Management Across All Levels of Biodiversity

Hybridization has long been a central topic in evolution and conservation. Recent developments in genomics have increased the ability to detect hybridization, defined here as breeding between species....

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This is 💙 Science & Fiction 💙 where scientific results & fictional stories intersect. A space for people who like to a) learn about #science & b) read exciting fictional stories ✨ 🇬🇧 www.scienceandfiction.net 🇩🇪 www.scienceandfiction.net/de Support: ko-fi.com/scienceandfi... #scicomm #wisskomm

DNA in sediments tells a longer story! New research shows sedimentary #eDNA can persist up to 132 days & be up to 1800x more concentrated than in water. What do you think about this? tinyurl.com/mtr947tn #Genomics #Biodiversity #Conservation

Fish environmental DNA is more concentrated in aquatic sediments than surface water

Genetic identification of aqueous environmental DNA (eDNA) provides site occupancy inferences for rare aquatic macrofauna that are often easier to obt…

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PhD opportunity: improving #eDNA methods to better understand estuarine health. A collaborative university-government project to provide solutions and improve the management of estuaries in Australia. sednasociety.com/2025/10/10/p...

why we need genetic diversity new paper out #consgen 🧪🦤🌏 doi.org/10.1002/pan3...

Genetic diversity is key to a nature‐positive future

Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog.

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what is biobanking about? find our more in these guidelines just published today 🌏🦤🧪 They are freely available and can be downloaded here: portals.iucn.org/library/site... #consgen

For the first time this Spring, NOAA adopted eDNA into a formal stock assessment of Pacific Hake and this was supported by the Scientific Review Group for the Pacific Fisheries Management Council. www.fisheries.noaa.gov/s3/2025-03/2...

A little more dog spam, Sakura and Syra enjoying a forest walk 🐾 🐾 #RescueDog #AdoptDontShop

It’s been a while since I posted some dog spam. Here’s Sakura enjoying the beach 🐾 #RescueDog #AdoptDontShop

Astronauts on long-duration space missions could benefit from new #Antarctic research trialing ways to measure changes in brain and body function during deployments. www.antarctica.gov.au/news/2025/as...

Astronauts to benefit from brain tests in Antarctica – Australian Antarctic Program (News 2025)

Astronauts on long-duration space missions could benefit from new Antarctic research trialing ways to measure changes in brain and body function during deployments.

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Job opening! CSIRO @csiropublishing.bsky.social is currently hiring 2 #eDNA Postdoctoral Fellowships! sednasociety.com/2025/09/04/j...

Job opportunities: 2 Postdoctoral Fellowships at CSIRO

CSIRO, Australia’s national science agency, is currently recruiting two eDNA Postdoctoral Fellows. Applications close on October 5th. More information and links below. CSIRO Postdoctoral Fell…

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This is great - we a huge need in the #eDNA community to have data-informed standards for eDNA identity cutoffs, not just the bog-standard 97% besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... For Chordata there is no cutoff that leads to 0% error when assigning species!! (Table S4)

Taxon‐specific BLAST percent identity thresholds for identification of unknown sequences using metabarcoding

The identification of organisms in environmental samples using metabarcoding relies on factors such as taxonomic assignment methods, genetic markers, reference databases and confidence thresholds ...

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📣 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

“Like climate change denialism, invasive species denialism is toxic” and “does a disservice to conservation.” PREACH 🙌💯 #iccb2025

It's essential to build genetic diversity into the design of protected area. @lausally.bsky.social shares learnings about biodiversity hotspots in Antartcic marine waters informed by genetic data. Supported by @arcsaef.bsky.social #ICCB2025