The first preprint of work led by our group is now out!!!
Led by Jess Pearce who's starting her PhD at UWA soon, we explored the impact of different settings in the popular denoiser DADA2 on biological insights

https://www.authorea.com/users/657131/articles/662078-exploring-the-data-that-explores-the-oceans-working-towards-robust-edna-workflows-for-ocean-wildlife-monitoring

Different ASV pooling settings lead to different number of ASVs, which lead to different numbers of observed species. The default setting finds the lowest ASVs/species

#eDNA #genomics #bioinformatics

**eDNA Metabarcoding Data in the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)**

https://biss.pensoft.net/article/110672/

#eDNA #environmentalDNA #metabarcoding #biodiversity #GBIF #dataReuse #standardization #FAIRdata

Thanks @Helmholtz_HZI for the nice press release to accompany our study out now in @CurrentBiology
: https://helmholtz-hzi.de/en/news-events/news/view/article/complete/dna-abstrich-von-blaettern-zeigt-enorme-vielfalt-der-regenwaldbewohner/

If you are a science communicator and have questions or are interested in covering our work - please get in touch! #SciComm #eDNA #PressRelease #NewPaper #Animals @Helmholtz_HIOH @unigreifswald

#NewPaper! We describe a simple scalable approach for describing animal communities in @CurrentBiology: animals leave behind their DNA on leaves and it is possible to collect the 🧬 from many animals that live in a tropical rainforest simply by swabbing 🍃 🍃🍃 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2023.06.031 r #Science #Biomonitoring #Wildlife #Animals # Vertebrates #eDNA 🧵 1/7

**Opportunities and inherent limits of using environmental DNA for population genetics**

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/edn3.448

#environmentalDNA #eDNA #PopulationGenetics #phylogeography #metabarcoding

Sometimes you just have to #wildlife. #eDNA is amazing but I miss interacting with the living thing.

Having a blast at the the International Congress of Genetics in Melbourne, Australia! Extremely happy and proud to be presenting my work in both whitefly and spotted lanternfly detection using environmental DNA. #eDNA #environmentalDNA #ICG2023

Pooling of intra-site measurements inflates variability of the correlation between environmental DNA concentration and organism abundance

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10661-023-11539-5

#eDNA #abundance #pooling #water

**Mammal mitogenomics from invertebrate-derived DNA**

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/edn3.436

#mitogenomics #mammal #invertebrates #eDNA

"Plant-derived environmental DNA complements diversity estimates from traditional arthropod monitoring methods but outperforms them detecting plant-arthropod interactions"

https://www.authorea.com/users/628127/articles/648848-plant-derived-environmental-dna-complements-diversity-estimates-from-traditional-arthropod-monitoring-methods-but-outperforms-them-detecting-plant-arthropod-interactions

#metabarcoding #eDNA #conventional #plant #arthropod #interactions

Air-Quality Networks Collect Environmental DNA With The Potential To Measure Biodiversity At Continental Scales
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2023.04.036 <-- shared paper
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https://www.wired.com/story/a-secret-key-to-saving-species-is-blowing-in-the-wind/ <-- shared media article
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #sampling #heavymetals #repurposing #DNA #eDNA #spatialanalysis #biodiversity #model #modeling #design #opportunity #data #community #environmental #quality #diversity #infrastructure #terrestrial #existingnetwork #network #stations #efficient

"When are environmental DNA early detections of invasive species actionable?"

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0301479723010046

#eDNA #StructuredDecisionMaking #InvasiveSpecies #EnvironmentalManagement

"Air-quality networks collect environmental DNA with the potential to measure biodiversity at continental scales"

https://www.cell.com/current-biology/pdf/S0960-9822(23)00515-8.pdf

#biodiversity #air #eDNA #monitoring #multimarker #metabarcoding

"**Assessing the degradation of environmental DNA and RNA based on genomic origin in a metabarcoding context"**

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/edn3.437

#eDNA #eRNA #eNA #metabarcoding #DecayRates

Imagine the possibility - thousands of stations around the world have been quietly recording biodiversity data every day ... and we never noticed. This is terrific coverage of our new paper. This article really explains the story and the scope of its potential. #biodiversity #eDNA https://www.wired.com/story/a-secret-key-to-saving-species-is-blowing-in-the-wind/

Our new paper is finally out. We demonstrate that air quality samplers are quietly collecting eDNA and may have been measuring terrestrial biodiversity for decades. We are very excited about this new project. There are literally thousands of these stations in networks all over the world filtering the air every day, every week... this could be game changing for efforts to track the planet's biodiversity. #eDNA #environmentalDNA #biodiversity https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960982223005158?dgcid=author

'Rock pools as a source of environmental DNA for the detection of the threatened Pilbara olive python (Liasis olivaceus barroni)'

https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fenvs.2023.1187545/full

#eDNA

Glad EMYS-R & @KTheissinger took part of the workshop held at Department of Aquatic Resources, Institute of Freshwater Research, SLU, Drottningholm, Sweden 🇸🇪 aiming at improving & standardizing #genomics #eDNA methods for detecting #crayfish and crayfish plague throughout Europe

Video abstract a little late being attached to our paper. 🤦🏻‍♀️. If you’re interested in how we are trying to validate eDNA air sampling for bats we describe the step by step process we are taking here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2T0QeERtpQQ #eDNA #environmentalDNA #bats #speciesAtRisk

Here's a cool new #environmental #DNA (eDNA) paper where the researchers used airborne eDNA to detect bats in roosts.

Title: Out of thin air: surveying tropical #bat roosts through air sampling of #eDNA

🔗 https://peerj.com/articles/14772/

All detected bats (some rare) are known from previous work in the area. The authors also note non-target eDNA that likely drifted into some roosts.

eDNA is a great method for detecting hard-to-access species, and this is a good demonstration of its utility.

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