Dr Rachel Glover

Please get in touch with the Manx Museum, I'm sure they'd love to know where you found it. manxnationalheritage.im/our-sites/ma...

I think people outside of the DNA barcoding bubble don’t realise what part Dan Jansen had to play in the early days of DNA barcoding in the 2000’s. It’s one of the reasons the best early work on DNA speciation was done on moths.

‘Half the tree of life’: ecologists’ horror as nature reserves are emptied of insects A new point in history has been reached, entomologists say, as climate-led species’ collapse moves up the food chain even in supposedly protected regions free of pesticides

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

A close-up photograph of bright green, glossy jade plant leaves (Crassula ovata) with the IPBES logo in the top left corner. Below the image is text that reads: "Biodiversity loss reduces water availability, increases pathogen emergence and exacerbates some forms of water pollution, undermining human, plant and animal health. SOURCE: IPBES NEXUS ASSESSMENT". The image is framed with a green border at the bottom. The succulent's thick, oval-shaped leaves are shown in sharp detail, highlighting their plump, healthy appearance.

This #PlantHealthDay, a reminder: plant health depends on biodiversity, yet its decline affects water availability & quality while increasing disease emergence. 🧪

@ipbes.net #NexusAssessment shows these connections are vital for functioning ecosystems. 🌍

Let's protect plant diversity!

My guilty pleasure is analysing eDNA data from my own country, the Isle of Man. It's such a tiny Island but also the only whole-nation UNESCO Biosphere. Taxa Genomics uses locations on the Island for method development and I'm always excited to see what the sequences say about that point in time.

I have mixed feelings about the press reporting the five-year anniversary of COVID. My work back then to set up the Isle of Man’s testing laboratory is still my proudest scientific achievement, but the personal and professional fallout is still raw.

25th Inter-Island Environment Meeting 2025 | Manx Wildlife Trust IIEM25 will be a celebration of 25 years of the Inter-Island Environment Meeting bringing together environmentalists, conservationists and other environmentally-minded people from the UK Crown Depende...

🇮🇲 Manx Wildlife Trust are welcoming expressions of interest for the IIEM25.

🌎 The theme for IIEM25 will be Collaboration for Greater Impact.

🔗 To find out more and register your interest follow the link: www.mwt.im/IIEM25

We have to hope so.

Yes. When Trump is calling Zelensky a "dictator" then the post-WW2 checks and measures should really be taking priority.

Guy Martin: Proper Jobs, Series 1, Episode 2 - Wildlife Warden | Watch on U Guy gets to grips with nature as a wildlife warden on the remote Calf of Man island.

If you're interested in seeing a little of the Manx Wildlife Trust's work, then Guy Martin has highlighted the work of our wardens on the Calf of Man in his show "Proper jobs" u.co.uk/shows/guy-ma...

A quick bump for this. If you're looking for an eDNA role to develop applied ecological services, whilst also getting to do some eDNA R&D within the only whole-nation UNESCO biosphere, then this role might be for you. Post-doc, £42k-£46k with significant tax breaks as we're a low-tax jurisdiction.

Taxa Genomics is looking for a staff scientist in #eDNA #environmentalDNA. Take a look at www.taxagenomics.com/careers for full info.
Please share if you know an #eDNA post-doc looking for a permanent position!

Two photos of Anna, a young white woman using an electric wheelchair, wearing a blue lab coat that fits her well with tables and dry-lab equipment in the background. Text reads: "A team of researchers and designers led by UCL is looking for wheelchair users working in wet lab environments to user-test what is believed to be the first-ever prototype of a lab coat adapted for wheelchair users."

Do you know a UK-based wheelchair user who works in a lab and would be willing to user-test our prototype of what is believed to be the first-ever lab coat adapted for wheelchair users?

Please share far & wide! Interest form: forms.office.com/e/66FhcQjqRT

More info: www.ucl.ac.uk/ucl-east/new...

Bioart, courtesy of the NIH. All images are in the public domain and available for download as high-quality SVGs.
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European winter walkers keep 👀 out. A dead Kemp's Ridley turtle was reported on 13th December at Talacre, North Wales, UK. There will be more. Reporting guidelines here: www.ukturtles.online/Graphics%20a...
🐢🌍🧪🦑 🦤 #seaturte #marineturtle
@whysharksmatter.bsky.social @exetermarine.bsky.social

Rapid spread of bee-killing Asian hornets halted in UK Action helps thwart advance of invasive yellow-legged hornet that can kill 50 bees a day and has devastated honeybee colonies in France and Italy

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

A white bucket containing about 20 rusty crayfish (Faxonius rusticus), an olive brown crayfish species with a rust red spot on each side of the carapace.

🧪🦞 New from the lab led by Elle Sawyer: over 40 years, invasive rusty crayfish in Wisconsin lakes have become smaller (doi.org/10.1111/fwb....). What's the cause? We investigated lake temperatures, productivity, and intraspecific competition, but answers remain TBD.

Good news, Altmetric has now started watching BlueSky for mentions of publications. And by the way, provides an easy comparison between this and the old site for a recent preprint of mine which I posted simultaneousl at both. Numbers speak by themselves !

A bright red crab with an orange carapace, pink eyes, and light blue patches on the face. It is standing on algae covered rocks and has some algae stuck in its mouth.

For this #Crustmas #ArtAdventCalendar crossover event we have a Sally Lightfoot crab snacking on some algae. These agile crabs can move in four directions and are said to be named after a Caribbean dancer. They also have a fun scientific name - Graspus graspus

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Defra are looking for a new Chief Scientific Advisor

BlueSky is bringing back memories of how positive and collaborative “Science Twitter” was in 2009-2013ish. It’s so encouraging to see so many scientists migrating to this platform.

Stray DNA is all around us. It could revolutionize conservation Environmental DNA harvested from the ocean, land and air can help scientists monitor wildlife. The challenge is figuring out how to interpret this eDNA.

A great description of the world of #eDNA #environmentalDNA in science news. 🧪 #academicsky #womeninSTEM #ecology #conservation www.sciencenews.org/article/edna... 🧬🧬🧬

Could you add me please? Thanks for setting this up!

I’ve gained lots of science followers in the last 24h. Have I ended up on a list somewhere?

It was fantastic to wake up to this news this morning! I've been a trustee of MWT for almost six years now and I know how valuable volunteers (and staff) have been to the progress the charity has made over the last decade.
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It’s nice to see so many new people joining here from the old place.

I sure wish ancient DNA and #eDNA researchers would collaborate and communicate more to avoid re-inventing the wheel www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

I was clearing some grass in my garden and came across this little smooth newt. Hopefully they're not too annoyed that I pulled up the grass and they found a new home ASAP.

It's been a few years* since I had to produce a publication-quality phylogenetic tree. Back in the days of running Phylip from a ZipDisk there were few tools to do the job quickly and easily. I'm extremely impressed with iTOL (itol.embl.de). What a great tool!

*more than I care to admit.