📣 Attention Research Career-curious Undergrads CSIRO Vacation Studentships are now open! You'll be paired with world-leading researchers to gain hands-on research experience across a broad range of projects. 📅 Applications close 10 August Please share with interested undergrads bit.ly/4ywcoMM

New publication! 🎉 🧬 eDNA signals continue changing post-capture We tracked DNA persistence across collection materials and showed: ⏰ time, 🌡️ temp, and substrate drive detectability A step towards more standardised and field-ready airborne eDNA! bit.ly/435t2Ez #eDNA

Non-destructive genomics from museum collections?🫙🧬 A new MER study by @erinhahn.bsky.social & colleagues show the promises and limitations of recovering historical biodiversity signals from specimen preservation media. #HistoricalDNA #Metabarcoding @wileyecology.bsky.social doi.org/10.1111/1755...

If there's DNA hiding in the vaults, we'll find it! 🧬 📣 New paper out, affectionately called BUCKET-Seq, we explored liquid media as a non-destructive source of specimen DNA. DNA is recoverable from specimen media but we caution that it stems from mixed sources. bit.ly/3P7hEVk #Museomics #eDNA

Registration + abstract submissions are now open for the 2027 Southern eDNA Society Conference in Canberra! 🎉 ednaconference.com.au Theme: Scaling eDNA: From Method to Mainstream Join researchers, practitioners, industry & community partners shaping the future of eDNA. #eDNA #SeDNAS2027

So proud to see our PhD student Kate’s first chapter in print! She shows that clonal geckos are far from genetically uniform. An elegant demonstration that sex, past or ongoing, underpins the persistence of asexual vertebrate lineages. Read it here: doi.org/10.1111/mec....

📣 New paper alert! @clareholleley.bsky.social and I share some thoughts on why you should be looking in wet specimen jars for historical gene regulation information Formalin preserves gene activity data going back a century! rdcu.be/eI4bY

Celebrating National Science Week, #CSIRO Superstars of STEM are sharing their favourite piece of science. Superstars of STEM is a #ScienceAndTechnologyAustralia program smashing gender assumptions and creating diverse STEM voices to inspire the next generation. #SuperStarsofSTEM #ScienceWeek

For #NationalScienceWeek 🌏 I'm celebrating the incredible citizen scientists helping us test airborne eDNA capture devices — from tree canopies to bushland tracks. Every filter they collect holds a hidden record of the biodiversity in the air we breathe. 🧬💨 #CSIRO #ScienceAndTechnologyAustralia

🚨 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...

Stable preservation and recovery of methylation marks from FTA elute cards in species with nucleated red blood cells using a customized DNA extraction method

Specialized chemically-coated paper cards, such as Flinders Technology Associates (FTA) cards, provide simple and reliable storage of nucleic acids by protecting DNA from degradation. Owed to their si...

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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

🚨 Calling all eDNA folks! 🚨 The 2027 Southern #eDNA Society Conference is coming to Canberra. We’re forming the Organising Committee—keen on science, comms, logistics, or hosting? Get in touch or tag a mate! Let’s make this a good one. @sednasociety.bsky.social

📣 Postdoc opportunity! Join absolute #eDNA legend @ceciliavr.bsky.social at JCU and take the next step in your career! careers.jcu.edu.au/jobs/researc...

Research Officer, Environmental DNA Laboratory - Townsville, QLD, Australia

James Cook University (JCU) is creating a brighter future for life in the Tropics and beyond, through education and research that makes a difference locally and globally.  We now have an opportunity a...

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📢 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

A Metadata Checklist and Data Formatting Guidelines to Make eDNA FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable)

Environmental DNA (eDNA) has emerged as a transformative tool for biodiversity monitoring and species detection, yet inconsistent metadata practices hinder data interoperability and reuse. To address....

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The Australian National Wildlife Collection is representing at #pintofscienceAus! Postdoc Ash Porter is digging into the specimen vault and pulling out historical RNA I'm just doing my #airDNA thing

Last few days to apply for this 39month molecular ecology #eDNA postdoc position, deadline 12 March

Dr Joanne Littlefair@jlittlefair.bsky.social · last yr.

A new opportunity to work with our expanding #eDNA and #biodiversity lab as a postdoc looking at human impacts across space and time with terrestrial airborne eDNA. UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship funded opportunity based at the @ucl-pnl.bsky.social: www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

🚀 Preprint alert! 🚀 #AirDNA – game changer or hot air? Fresh from last year’s @sednasociety.bsky.social Airborne #eDNA workshop, we’ve distilled the latest research, key challenges, and a roadmap to turn this emerging tool into real-world solutions. Check it out! 👇 🔗 doi.org/10.32942/X2S...

New life mantra. Attack every challenge with the enthusiasm of a 14 yo at her first rock concert and the commitment of a 50 yo punk rocker playing his 30 yo classics. Then take a nap because everything hurts. #GreenDay in Sydney kicked ass last night!! #SaviorsTour #hairspray #dookie #concertmum

#SeDNA2025 closing panel, MCd by Chris Meyer Michael Marnane, @manpreetkdhami.bsky.social, @digleeson.bsky.social, & Olly Berry Aus/NZ don't yet have a "national eDNA strategy" but the real game changer for our region is that we have a great collaborative culture (e.g., @sednasociety.bsky.social!)

Wrapping up the final science session at #SeDNA2025, Chris Meyer from the Smithsonian shares the US's National Aquatic #eDNA Strategy Goals: Co-ordinate ➡️ Build ➡️ Apply "We need to be more efficient and effective with the resources we have"

Louise Weaver finds regional biodiversity variation across groundwater #eDNA samples #SeDNA2025

Charlotte Armstrong is monitoring tree microbiomes using #eDNA and finds temporal and spatial stability #SeDNA2025

Paul Nevill presenting on behalf of Josh Kestel - polinator #eDNA sampling from flowers has its challenges but further development may produce a useful tool #SeDNA2025

Adam Canning at TropWater JCU is characterising microbial 🦠 communities to assess success of restoration efforts #SeDNA2025

Porntep Punnarak is characterising microbial communities in water and sediment around petroleum drilling platforms. #SeDNA2025

Roller swabbing can pick up localised #eDNA but how the heck do you get it off the roller? PhD student Austin Guthrie recommends roller trimming and automated extraction. #SeDNA2025

Josh Newton found active air sampling and spiderwebs are efficient #eDNA samplers Collecting multiple substrates will increase species detection! #SeDNA2025

Andrew Cridge from Scion is using light traps and #airDNA to monitor for biosecurity monitoring #SeDNA2025

Jamie Wood @larusnz.bsky.social is taking sediment cores containing "orthinogenic" (🐧 💩) soil to track populations through time and space! #SeDNA2025

Ayla Murray is exploring the Arctic using #eDNA and has found new indicator species and species assemblages! #SeDNA2025