Raphidophyte

@raphidophyte.bsky.social

ocean and plankton enthusiast.

The deadline has been extended, due to high number of abstracts coming in, to June 12th! Are you working on #corals, #biodiversity, #restoration, #conservation, #ocean, #monitoring, #eDNA spaces and have questions on this? Let the organizing folks know or DM here. www.mtsociety.org/global-edna-...

2026 Global eDNA Conference

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

Save the date for a Global #eDNA 🧬 conference! More details to come soon.

What's the impact of "molecular bycatch" in #eDNA metabarcoding? Researchers used an autonomous sampler in Hood Canal, WA and found that correcting for species-specific amplification bias reveals #ecological trends missed by raw read counts alone. Read the full article to learn more: #metabarcoding

Non-target detections change the interpretation of environmental DNA communities

Environmental DNA (eDNA) samples capture mixtures of DNA from a wide range of organisms and often yield metabarcoding datasets that include taxa beyond the intended scope of the primer set used. The p...

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The censorship algorithm on Twitter reduced our audience by roughly 95%, and seriously, who does that to a wildlife biology & advocacy group ? So we moved 😇 over here to BlueSky If you could, please help us regain our following Follow Retweet and Repeat ;-) Together we can change the world.

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Two postdoc positions in my group are opening: First is part of SOCCOM3 (3 years, NSF funded, S. Ocean carbon/oxygen/nutrient budgets), Second is part of InMOS (4.25 yrs, Schmidt Sciences / OBVI funded, long-term oxygen/carbon flux and inventory constraints). More info: bushinskyoceanlab.org/people/

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Looking for two postdocs (SOCCOM and InMOS), details below. I am not currently planning to take on new students in Fall 2025. HI Cycles group at the 10th annual SOCCOM meeting at Princeton Universi…

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