Best fieldwork day on lake #Lunz together with Theresa Reichenpfader sampling for the #Lenti-DNA project. The goal: a sampling strategy for #eDNA in #lakes for the long-term monitoring of #aquatic #eDNA at @elter-ri.eu sites. @umweltbundesamt.at, Biologische Station Illmitz, WasserCluster Lunz

🧬 #eDNA sampling video publication 🎥 To make it easier for non-experts and #CitizenScientists to carry out eDNA sampling, we turned the @ewhale-dna.bsky.social sampling protocol into a video publication! Please spread and use widely! 😊 www.jove.com/v/70334/envi... @biodiversa.eu

Are you a fan of science podcasts and do you speak German? These are links to Andi Hollinger (Nationalpark Gesäuse) and me discussing all things #eDNA for a non-scientific audience. Radio Version with music www.freie-radios.online/sendung/das-... Podcast Version open.spotify.com/episode/10Cy...

Das Nationalparkradio – DNA-Spuren für Biodiversitätsanalysen | freie radios online

CSI Nationalpark – DNA-Spuren für Biodiversitätsanalysen Was kann die moderne Wissenschaft alles aus Spuren von Umwelt-DNA nachweisen? Wo werden diese neuen Methoden angewendet und wie funktioniert da...

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The eWHALE team at the #ECS2026 in #Dundee. What a week! Started with an #eDNA + #Cetaceans workshop together with @phoca-sapiens.bsky.social & Elena Valsecchi and ended with a #Ceilidh! 🤩

Well that's a wrap for our 2nd European Cetacean Society marine mammal eDNA workshop. An amazing day with co-organisers Elena Valsecchi, @bettinathal.bsky.social & all the participants. So much exciting science going on. Thanks to everyone who contributed presentations & discussions #ECS2026 🧪🧬🌍🐳🦭

This year‘s #UKDNAWG meeting in #Sheffield was an absolute whirlwind of updates and productive discussions. Thank you so much @ukdnawg.bsky.social for having me and your enthusiasm for #eDNAEurope! 🤩

Time flies, I guess!?

Lynsey Harper@lynseyrharper.bsky.social · 4mo ago

8 yrs ago today at a DNAqua-net workshop in 🇦🇹, the single species #eDNA validation scale was born + soon evolved into key guidance for the #eDNA community (onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...). Nice to be reunited with some coauthors at #UKDNAWG26 ! @bettinathal.bsky.social @katbruce.bsky.social

🐋 At the #ECS conference (20-24 April, Dundee) #SimonGoodman, #ElenaValsecchi and me will host a full day workshop on #eDNA & #cetaceans! You can register until April 10 here: www.europeancetaceansociety.eu/conference-w... See you in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿!

NEW Guide to DNA-based monitoring with community science @ukdnawg.bsky.social 💧 CS x DNA examples 👩🏽‍🦰 Involving volunteers 🔢 Project design 💡 Future directions ✍️ Resources 👉 tinyurl.com/2cn9zdbx @laurens-colours.bsky.social @lynseyrharper.bsky.social @ukeof.bsky.social @naturalengland.bsky.social

New UKEOF guide to using DNA-based monitoring with citizen science | UKEOF

We are delighted to announce the recent release of the first UKDNA-WG briefing note. This guide to DNA-based monitoring with citizen science was written by Lauren Cook (UK Centre for Ecology &…

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🦉 New publication! 🦆 BirT: A Novel Primer Pair for Avian Environmental DNA Metabarcoding onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... Want to amplify birds from #eDNA samples? This new primer pair is the way to go! @dirch3.bsky.social, Rachel Empey, Megan Cowperthwaite, Katerina Coveny #metabarcoding

Long-read sequencing can revolutionise the way we monitor #biodiversity. A comprehensive guide for using #ONT & #PacBio for analysis of biodiversity through #eDNA, #metabarcoding, metagenomics Just published in @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Highly independent 2-Year #Postdoctoral #Fellowship in the field of #aquatic #science and #technology 🌍 🔬 🧬 🐟 🚰 🚹 🌊 🛰️ 🥼 at Eawag @eawag.bsky.social Apply now: apply.refline.ch/673277/1335/...

Tracking the #phenology ⏰ of #riverine #insect 🦟 🐜 communities using #eDNA 🧬🌐🌍. Out now by Eva Cereghetti et al. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... a🧵/1/4

New paper by Cristina Claver (@azti.bsky.social), published in @icesmarine.bsky.social JMS. We combine #eDNA and acoustic-trawl data in a Bayesian joint model to estimate biomass of the European anchovy in the Bay of Biscay. From the potential of eDNA to operational use 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/ices...

Integrating eDNA and acoustic-trawl data to provide small pelagic biomass estimates for fish stock assessment

Abstract. Accurate abundance estimates of fisheries resources are essential for sustainable fisheries management. In response to the growing need for devel

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New paper: eDNA metabarcoding at African savanna waterholes revealed 95 species. Wet season shows overall richness, dry season favors mammals. Primer choice matters. We’re excited about eDNA powering wildlife monitoring! 🦒🐢🪿🐍 doi.org/10.1111/eva.... #eDNA #Africa #wildlife

Major #ProudSupervisor moment! Congratulations Lauren, this is so very much deserved! #eDNA #whales #population-genetics

eWHALE@ewhale-dna.bsky.social · 6mo ago

eWHALE #PhD student Lauren Rodriguez got awarded a "Promotion of young Researchers in Tyrol" for her project on eDNA-based genetic individual identification for sperm whales. 🐋🐋 Congratulations Lauren! 🥳 #eDNA #population-genetics #cetaceans photo credits: © Land Tirol/Sedlak.

What a winter wonderland! #Lunz, you might have stolen my heart already… #WasserClusterLunz

🧬 New year, new job! 🧬 I have started a position as Group Leader at #WasserCluster #Lunz (Austria). Stay tuned for job openings at all levels in the TRIDENT group @trident-wcl.bsky.social and collaboration opportunities in upcoming national and international #eDNA Projects.

🎄eDNA preprint alert! 🎄Check out our admittedly massive review lead by the fearless @pedrobd.bsky.social. Maybe just the kind of Holiday reading you were looking for?! 😉 #MolecularEcology #rivers #oceans #lakes #environmentalDNA #eDNA

Pedro Brandão-Dias F Pinto@pedrobd.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Wouldn’t it be kind of wild if someone actually pulled everything we know about what happens to eDNA between shedding and detection? Decay, transport, microbes, temperature, rivers, oceans, all of it?! We did that. 📄 Preprint link: www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-8... 🧬🔍🌊 #eDNA #MolecularEcology

New @ewhale-dna.bsky.social publication! All these mini-lectures on board of whale watching boats do actually raise awareness for #marine #conservation efforts! #eDNA #whales #CitizenScience

eWHALE@ewhale-dna.bsky.social · 8mo ago

🐋🚨 New publication alert! Integrating #CitizenScience and #eDNA sampling activities on #whaleWatching tours fosters public engagement for #marine protection! Gigantic team effort led by Eleonora Barbaccia. www.nature.com/articles/s41... @apanec-lab.bsky.social @biodiversa.eu

@ednacollab.bsky.social has just shared amazing news: a 2026 Global #eDNA Conference will be hosted in Seattle 28-30 Oct No official registration yet, but save the date!

Antonia from our eRNAmaris project visited Le Croisic, France, to collect water samples with our partners at Ifremer 🌊! Sampling over time will reveal how fish eRNA degrades 🐠🧬. Big thanks to the Océarium for making this possible!

Hello North #Iceland! Presenting findings of the #eWHALE project in #Husavik tomorrow and exploring some of the most beautiful landscapes I’ve ever seen! #whales #eDNA @ewhale-dna.bsky.social

News from our team #Iceland at the #UniversityofIceland! Belén and Marianne explaining the eWHALE acitivities and new insights obtained in Iceland. youtu.be/_MbJ60R7qZ4?... #eDNA #CitizenScience #whales

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Major #proudSupervisorMoment today! Rebecca Niklas at her #MSc defense: #Cetaceans and their #trophicEcology in the #Azores; #eDNA and #Metabarcoding for the win! 🐋🐳🐬

The one and only #eWHALE team! ❤️ Meeting today at @ifremer.bsky.social #Nantes for a productive day of updates and future planning. #eDNA @ewhale-dna.bsky.social @azwhlab.bsky.social

Kicking off a day of #biodiversity #data networking at the The Open Scientific Collections Austria meeting in Vienna. #OSCA #metabarcoding #eDNA

Very good to see our @pensoft.net journal @mbmg.pensoft.net continues to receive good CiteScores and also now the first #ImpactFactor with a good value of 3.1 ☀️ While I personally don’t care much about these metrics I know they are really relevant for many institutions. Thus: very happy about this!

Metabarcoding and Metagenomics@mbmg.pensoft.net · last yr.

A new Scopus CiteScore for Metabarcoding and Metagenomics. mbmg.pensoft.net/news/884

🐋 Two teams, two oceans, one result: to detect #whale #eDNA, sample as soon as possible after a sighting! Unique co-publication experience! @ewhale-dna.bsky.social @savecetaceans.bsky.social doi.org/10.1002/edn3... doi.org/10.1002/edn3... #OceanWise #CitizenScience #WhaleWatching #WomenInSTEM

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...