NEOF opens to new enquiries for projects supporting PhD students from 1st July for one month. Send an enquiry: neof.org.uk/contact/ CONSULT: from 1st to 30th July 2026 SUBMIT BY: 28th August 2026 DECISIONS: early November 2026

We are pleased to release the next ONLINE bioinformatics courses for UK based researchers working within the NERC remit; these are held online over 2 days and...they are FREE! Register on neof.org.uk/training/ Advanced R Community: 8&10 Sep 2026 (Register by Monday 24/8) and many more...

Are you a researcher within NERC remit? Do you want to unlock the Power of eDNA? ➡️ attend NEOF's next In-Person Wet Lab & Bioinformatics Training (Sheffield, 13-17/7/26). Register before 1/6! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

🧬 Last call for registration for the hashtag#UKEOF hashtag#UKDNA Working Group Conference at the University of Sheffield on 13–15th April 2026. 🧬Registration is open until 20th March via this link: onlineshop.shef.ac.uk/conferences-...

Look what I found! Can't believe I kept it for so long ... plus the EGG cup from the 60th meeting at Aberystwyth. One of my favourite meetings—can't wait to host the 70th in Sheffield next month! Register now—just a few days left! www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/egg2...

Are you looking to integrate the latest genomics & metabolomics into your project? NEOF is offering up to £15k in funding + expert bfx support for pilot & development projects within the NERC remit. Don’t miss out: submit your project overview today neof.org.uk/contact/ Enquiries close 22/1/26!

Have you an exciting and transformative idea to improve ecosystem resilience? ARIA @aria-research.bsky.social have seed funding available and NEOF facilities and expertise are able to support this call www.aria.org.uk/opportunity-...

We’re looking to fund ~10 short discovery projects to dive into potential research directions for a programme within our Engineering Ecosystem Resilience opportunity space, led by @yannickwurm.bsky.social. Find out more + apply by 18 September: link.aria.org.uk/eer-preprogd...

Engineering Ecosystem Resilience

Living organisms underpin our food, climate stability, and materials – ecological collapse threatens the foundations of civilisation. By pairing advanced monitoring with resilience-boosting interventi...

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Was great to see Josh Wright presenting on the evolutionary history of mergansers at this year's @bes-egg.bsky.social meeting. Nice to know more of the background to the study ahead of Josh’s @nerc-eof.bsky.social-supported project on whole-genome re-sequencing of scaly-sided merganser.

Revolutionise your biodiversity surveys with eDNA! 🧬 Our in-person training (Sept 8-12, 2025) covers wet lab techniques (DNA extraction to Illumina library prep) & bioinformatics (raw data to taxonomy & diversity analysis). Choose one or both! Register by July 21st: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

A new study supported by NEOF proves the potential of eDNA as a tool for monitoring earthworm populations, paving the way to inform agricultural policy and practices for sustainable soil management www.sheffield.ac.uk/biosciences/news/decoding-soil-ednas-breakthrough-sustainable-farming

Decoding soil: eDNA's breakthrough in sustainable farming

A recent study published proves the potential of Environmental DNA (eDNA) as a tool for monitoring earthworm populations. Paving the way to inform agricultural policy and practices for sustainable soi...

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Kind feedback from Sarena Banu Hull researcher @eeiathull.bsky.social using mRNA-seq in NEOF-VF to study how climate change affects social amoeba (Dictyostelium discoideum). "Had a great training experience at the well-equipped, supportive, and friendly Sheffield NERC Environmental Omics Facility!"

Do giraffes struggle with food shortages in the dry season or do their long necks give them an advantage? @uom-ees.bsky.social PhD student @jgranweiler.bsky.social @susanneshultz.bsky.social joins #NEOF to sequence #giraffe faecal samples & uncover how seasonality impacts diet🦒🌿

Sign up to our next MEE live now! Join Abby Keller for this free online workshop, to find out more about eDNAjoint, new eDNA modelling tool 🧬 🌎 🧪 📆 19th March, 4pm GMT Find more information and register here 👇 https://buff.ly/4k2hjO8

@uniofcam.bsky.social Zoology PhD candidate @sofiadartnell.bsky.social is SNP_typing at NEOF-VF to estimate the number of Bombus terrestris colonies invaded by cuckoo bumblebees (B. vestalis) across varying landscapes. These cuckoos are obligate parasites & may indicate healthy bumblebee habitats

Lucy Winder from @uniexecec.bsky.social is visiting the NEOF Visitor Facility to learn how to SNP genotype. She will use this to assess relatedness between individuals in the recently described species of Silk Wasp Spilomena socialis in order to determine whether Spilomena is eusocial.

NEOF Pilot Funding for Early Career Researchers in the NERC remit has now opened! Further your career by gaining funding in your own name and generate pilot data for future fellowship or other applications: neof.org.uk/our-capabili... #ECR #genomics #metabolomics #proteomics

#NEOF supported @CamZoology PhD researcher @dan_cossey is using metabarcoding to detect potential bacterial pathogens and so investigate mass mortality events of #endangered freshwater mussels.

NEOF provide ONLINE bioinformatics courses for UK based researchers working within the NERC remit; these are held online over 2 days and ... they are FREE! Visit neof.org.uk/training/ for more info and to register. Next one is Python for bfx: 14th & 16th January 25 - Register by Monday 16/12 noon

We hope to help Early Career Researchers further their career by gaining funding in their own name and generating pilot data for future fellowship or other applications - NEOF Pilot Funding for ECR opens 14Jan25 #ECR #genomics #metabolomics #proteomics