Austen Thomas

In the wise words from one of the best tide poolers I know: “All the world is but a lump, and we are merely suckers.”

AFS Publications Impact statement Brook Trout invasions in the Pacific Northwest highlight continued struggles with managing nonnative species. We deployed a rapid CRISPR-Cas12a-based environmental DNA detection pr...

Rapid identification of invasive Brook Trout through CRISPR-based environmental DNA detection. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society, 00, 1–1. doi.org/10.1002/tafs...

🤖🌊🌋 During a research cruise off #AmericanSamoa last summer, #Mesobot made 4 daring dives into the active #underwatervolcano Vailulu’u!

In a first for the #autonomousvehicle, it entered the caldera to gather images + #eDNA samples.

📸 Nova West © Ocean Exploration Trust

Probably my favorite pelagic critter ❤️

Doctoral candidates recognized for presentations during #TWS2024  - The Wildlife Society Gilia Patterson’s and Sadie Roth’s presentations stood out among hundreds at the TWS Annual Conference

Nice writeup on PhD student Sadie Roth's recent winning poster at The Wildlife Society wildlife.org/doctoral-can...

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Setting up some #eDNA controls with the metaprobe in the Galway Atlantaquaria for our work on monitoring Irish elasmobranchs

Development and Testing of Species-specific Quantitative PCR Assays for Environmental DNA Applications Watch this Scientific Journal Video about Development and Testing of Species-specific Quantitative PCR Assays for Environmental DNA Applications at JoVE.com

I always recommend Katy Klymus et al 2020 as the best reference for species-specific assays. app.jove.com/v/61825/deve...

Can anyone out there recommend useful tips, references, or softwares for species-specific ddPCR assay design? #eDNA 🌎🧪

Fun with process diagrams today. I find these graphics oddly enjoyable to work on. 🤓

EDNA CITIZEN SCIENTIST SAMPLER eDNA Citizen Scientist Sampler with battery, charger, hose kit, and vacuum bottle.

Wow, I'm excited to see the results! Filter type?

My guess is that the backpack pump is not ideal because it's a water pump, and not super good at moving air.

By contrast, our little sampler is an air vacuum pump and probably better suited to the job.

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Lakeside airborne #eDNA collection

@scatdna.bsky.social do you think your backpack will work for airborne #eDNA? We will let you know what we find out...

Ocean #eDNA is front and center. McLane has been in this space for over decade: the RoCSI, PPS, SUPR and the RAS. https://buff.ly/3OjZU52

Love seeing the influx of users coming over from that other site! For those of you interested in environmental DNA (#eDNA), I have made a Feed for that: bsky.app/profile/did:...

Field Trials of an Autonomous eDNA Sampler in Lotic Waters Environmental DNA (eDNA) analysis has become a transformative technology, but sample collection methods lack standardization and sampling at effective frequencies requires considerable field effort. A...

An excellent field validation study by USGS demonstrating the potential implementation of automated #eDNA sampling for routine species monitoring.

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Who else is attending the Southern eDNA Society #eDNA conference in Wellington in February?? We will be there!!! 🧬(Also, they have a promo code for NZ air - "EDNA25"!) ✈️

Let‘s try a #metabarcoding starter pack to nucleate people interested. Welcome molecular #biodiversity monitoring people. Let’s try to keep us posted on updates regarding papers, projects, methods. Happy weekend.☀️#eDNA

go.bsky.app/Qvqgknp

MBARI is incredible. Both the ESP3 and their new FIDO instrument have the potential to be game-changers for eDNA sampling in marine AND freshwater systems.

Thank you Kat!

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Test post.

#eDNA Autosamplers at MBARI.

eDNA robots are cool.

Thanks for this!

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I started an #eDNA starter pack as one didn’t exist yet. Feel free to message me to get your name added. Open to all! go.bsky.app/U2vgV5Q

Hello World.

I'm here for the eDNA.