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Deciphering Landscape‐Scale Plant Cover and Biodiversity From Soil eDNA Biodiversity surveys are essential but challenging to conduct at scale, prompting this study to evaluate soil-extracted eDNA as a proxy for traditional field-based surveys for describing plant commun...

🚨 New #OpenAccess paper in #Environmental #DNA! 🚨

Led by #TimGoodall @ukceh.bsky.social with @danread.bsky.social we tested whether #soil #eDNA metabarcoding can capture plant #biodiversity & vegetation cover across the UK 🌱

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Advancing science to end plastic pollution A UKCEH delegation is attending the final session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee for the Global Plastics Treaty from 5-14 August in Geneva, Switzerland.

To find out more about what @ukceh.bsky.social are up to at #INC5 #GlobalPlasticsTreaty see our latest blog below👇 I'm particularly interested in how existing #plasticpollution is considered and what happens next around implementation and effectiveness #microplastics

www.ceh.ac.uk/news-and-med...

#INC5.2 is go!

And we are go! The @royalsociety.org’s Sarah Giles kicks off our annual conference by summarising the eDNA policy explainer cowritten by UKDNAWG members @andynisbet.bsky.social @danread.bsky.social and @lorihandley.bsky.social and the RS

Fantastic to see the State of Windermere in 2024 report and Windermere Integrated Science Plan (WISP) published! Over 90 yrs of information and data on Windermere and its catchment summarised during my time with @freshwaterbio.bsky.social, which was only possible with the help of many people!

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Environmental DNA | Royal Society This Royal Society programme of work aims to raise awareness of the breadth of current and emerging applications within this fast-moving area of science.

The Environmental DNA explainer explores potential applications for monitoring eDNA as well as a number of ethical, legal, data and infrastructure challenges that must be resolved to harness these opportunities. Find out more with our Q&A and case studies: royalsociety.org/news-resourc...

DNA fragments in air, soil and water, known as environmental or eDNA, could be used in crime investigations, to monitor pollution and enviromental quality, to warn of biosecurity threats and more according to a new report from the Royal Society. royalsociety.org/news/2025/03...

The launch coincides with the @royalsociety.org hosting our 2025 annual conference! Tomorrow is the deadline for abstract submission! Submit and register here ukeof.org.uk/our-work/ukd...

The explainer was written by UKDNAWG steering committee chair and members @andynisbet.bsky.social ynisbet.bsky.social @lorihandley.bsky.social dley.bsky.social and @danread.bsky.social ead.bsky.social together with @robogden.bsky.social and led by Sarah Giles from the @royalsociety.org

Are you a policy maker or end-user, interested to know more about #eDNA based methods for monitoring of #biodiversity, #pathogens or in #forensics? If so, check out this policy explainer published today by the @royalsociety.org royalsociety.org/news-resourc...

It's been an exciting year so far for the Red-ALERT CDT, with co-creation research collaborations across Gov agencies, water companies, non-profit organisations, industry and many more; welcoming our first cohort of students & hosting 2 training courses at University of Bath & Cardiff University...

The UK DNA Working Group aims to:

1) Link researchers, developers of DNA-based monitoring methods, and end users to ensure that activities are focussed on meeting priority information needs and that knowledge is transferred effectively within the wider community...

2) Support and encourage best practice and the development of standards for using DNA-based monitoring ...

3) Engage and work collaboratively with others nationally and internationally, seeking opportunities to influence research, share best practice and facilitate re-use of samples and data ...

4) Increase awareness of where and how DNA-based methods can help improve the effectiveness of environmental monitoring.

We are delighted to announce that the 11th #ukdnawg conference will be hosted by the @royalsociety.org London on 13-14th May 2025.

For more information, and to register, follow the links from ukeof.org.uk/our-work/ukdna

🧬 #eDNA #biodiversity

1/3 Hello Bluesky! We are delighted to launch the shiny new @ukeof.bsky.social UK DNA Working Group Blue Sky Account!

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2/3 The UK DNA Working Group #ukdnawg was launched in 2014 to facilitate dialogue and collaboration in the use of #eDNA for environmental monitoring by providing a forum for government agencies, researchers and other stakeholders to discuss priorities and emerging developments.

3/3 We are a working group of the UK Environmental Observation Framework (#UKEOF).

For more information about who we are and what we do, see our website ukeof.org.uk/our-work/ukdna

Synchrony dynamics of dissolved organic carbon in high‐mountain streams: Insights into scale‐dependent processes In high-mountain landscapes, organic carbon (OC) is often limited and heterogeneously stored in poorly developed soils, snow, ground ice, and glaciers. Climate change influences the dynamics of OC mo....

What a start into the New Year👋! Yet another very cool METALP paper out - by Luis and Nic! New insights into synchronicity of DOC in high-mountain streams. Great conceptual thinking, stats and lots and lots of sensor data.....Enjoy!
aslopubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Mapping the metagenomic diversity of the multi-kingdom glacier-fed stream microbiome - Nature Microbiology Thousands of metagenome-assembled genomes from the Vanishing Glaciers project showcase the interactions between prokaryotes, algae, fungi and viruses in glacier-fed stream environments.

...more from the Vanishing Glaciers project, also with @susheelbusi.bsky.social @layeb.bsky.social: Greg's awesome metagenomic insights into the glacier-fed stream microbiome are out now. What a bewildering biofilm mode of life up there☺️! Well done all!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Diversity and biogeography of the bacterial microbiome in glacier-fed streams - Nature Leveraging metabarcoding and metagenomics, a survey of bacteria in the benthic microbiome across 152 glacier-fed streams (GFSs) provides a global reference for future climate-change microbiology studi...

New insights into the microbiome of the world's glacier-fed streams. Amazing work by @layeb.bsky.social and @susheelbusi.bsky.social and many others! Thanks all friends and colleagues around the globe! Also the great Nomis Foundation for continuous support!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Thanks to Marc Airhart for the lovely #SciComm about my latest paper. It's awesome to see a professional make your work accessible 🖥️🧬🧪 @texasscience.bsky.social

Two decades of bacterial ecology and evolution in a freshwater lake Nature Microbiology - A 471-metagenome time series from Lake Mendota in Wisconsin, USA, reveals seasonal and decadal shifts in bacterial functional and ecological dynamics, especially in response...

After 24 years of work, I’m thrilled to announce the TYMEFLIES dataset, which comprises metagenomes from Lake Mendota (Madison, WI), collected roughly every 10 days (471 samples) for 20 years! @quendi.bsky.social @robinrohwer.bsky.social

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Timely and important paper on guidelines for workflows and reporting of #eDNA #metabarcoding data. Hugely relevant to ongoing discussions within #ukeof #ukdnawg about standards and data mobilisation @lynseyrharper.bsky.social @danread.bsky.social

Anger over water bills hike which campaigners say will not solve sewage crisis Clean water campaigners describe settlement for water companies as a ‘travesty’ and ‘nightmare before Christmas’ for customers.

There's understandably a lot of anger over big increases in water bills.

Unfortunately they're necessary. Water infrastructure investment just hasn't kept pace with pressures.

BUT, they undoubtedly shouldn't have had to increase as they now have.

Short 🧵

www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/ange...

Interested in new tools to understand our changing ocean? Come work with us! A rare opportunity is open @noc.ac.uk @biogeosensing.bsky.social for a senior software engineer to lead new design as part of a tightly-integrated team.
careers.noc.ac.uk/vacancy/seni...

Morphotype-Resolved Characterization of Microalgal Communities in a Nutrient Recovery Process with ARTiMiS Flow Imaging Microscopy Microalgae-driven nutrient recovery represents a promising technology to reduce effluent phosphorus while simultaneously generating biomass that can be valorized to offset treatment costs. As full-sca...

Very excited to share this new pre-print led by Benjamin Gincley & Farhan Khan. This is a beauty!! I’m biased ofcourse!

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

🚨Currently hiring!🚨

Looking for a new challenge?

We are hiring a Molecular Biology Technician and a Molecular Ecologist, based at our @ukceh.bsky.social Wallingford site.

Follow the links to find out more! 🦠🧬

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a close up of an otter wearing a leash on a leash . ALT: a close up of an otter wearing a leash on a leash .

☎️ calling all budding #freshwater or #molecular ecologists!

Great #PhD with me, Fred Windsor, @danread.bsky.social + @jordancuff.bsky.social looking at impact of stressors + climate change on #ponds with #eDNA #metabarcoding to inform conservation + health assessment

Link below - apply by 13 Jan!

We are very happy to announce a free-to-attend #anvio workshop and ECR symposium in Oldenburg to discuss integrated microbial 'omics and learn applications of anvi'o.

More information and application link (application deadline is Jan 10): anvio.org/workshops/20...

Please apply and/or circulate 😇