@bettinathal.bsky.social
she/her Group Leader | TRIDENT | WasserCluster Lunz @trident-wcl.bsky.social #eDNA & #ecology of #fishes #birds #whales #arthropods plus some #trophicInteractions ⛰️ & 🌊 lover http://eWHALE.eu & @ewhale-dna.bsky.social
NEW Guide to DNA-based monitoring with community science @ukdnawg.bsky.social
💧 CS x DNA examples
👩🏽🦰 Involving volunteers
🔢 Project design
💡 Future directions
✍️ Resources
👉 tinyurl.com/2cn9zdbx
@laurens-colours.bsky.social @lynseyrharper.bsky.social @ukeof.bsky.social @naturalengland.bsky.social
This publication was more than 6 years in the making. A gigantic *Thank You* to all of you who already used the primers, even when they were only part of a pre-print! 🤩
17.02.2026 12:48 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
The BirT primers:
🦢 don't amplify non-target groups (mammals, fishes, insects, microorganisms) and have 🦢 improved taxonomic resolution.
🦢 Plus, we generated many additional 12S reference sequences! 🧬
🦉 New publication! 🦆
BirT: A Novel Primer Pair for Avian Environmental DNA Metabarcoding
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Want to amplify birds from #eDNA samples? This new primer pair is the way to go!
@dirch3.bsky.social, Rachel Empey, Megan Cowperthwaite, Katerina Coveny #metabarcoding
Long-read sequencing can revolutionise the way we monitor #biodiversity.
A comprehensive guide for using #ONT & #PacBio for analysis of biodiversity through #eDNA, #metabarcoding, metagenomics
Just published in @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Highly independent 2-Year #Postdoctoral #Fellowship in the field of #aquatic #science and #technology 🌍 🔬 🧬 🐟 🚰 🚹 🌊 🛰️ 🥼 at Eawag @eawag.bsky.social
Apply now:
apply.refline.ch/673277/1335/...
Tracking the #phenology ⏰ of #riverine #insect 🦟 🐜 communities using #eDNA 🧬🌐🌍.
Out now by Eva Cereghetti et al. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
a🧵/1/4
New paper by Cristina Claver (@azti.bsky.social), published in @icesmarine.bsky.social JMS.
We combine #eDNA and acoustic-trawl data in a Bayesian joint model to estimate biomass of the European anchovy in the Bay of Biscay.
From the potential of eDNA to operational use
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/ices...
New paper: eDNA metabarcoding at African savanna waterholes revealed 95 species. Wet season shows overall richness, dry season favors mammals. Primer choice matters. We’re excited about eDNA powering wildlife monitoring! 🦒🐢🪿🐍 doi.org/10.1111/eva.... #eDNA #Africa #wildlife
31.01.2026 17:46 — 👍 16 🔁 8 💬 0 📌 0
Major #ProudSupervisor moment! Congratulations Lauren, this is so very much deserved!
#eDNA #whales #population-genetics
What a winter wonderland! #Lunz, you might have stolen my heart already… #WasserClusterLunz
23.01.2026 12:55 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Lunzer See
🧬 New year, new job! 🧬
I have started a position as Group Leader at #WasserCluster #Lunz (Austria). Stay tuned for job openings at all levels in the TRIDENT group @trident-wcl.bsky.social and collaboration opportunities in upcoming national and international #eDNA Projects.
🎄eDNA preprint alert! 🎄Check out our admittedly massive review lead by the fearless @pedrobd.bsky.social.
Maybe just the kind of Holiday reading you were looking for?! 😉 #MolecularEcology #rivers #oceans #lakes #environmentalDNA #eDNA
Awww, thank you! ❤️
12.12.2025 10:55 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0New @ewhale-dna.bsky.social publication! All these mini-lectures on board of whale watching boats do actually raise awareness for #marine #conservation efforts! #eDNA #whales #CitizenScience
26.11.2025 12:42 — 👍 7 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
@ednacollab.bsky.social has just shared amazing news: a 2026 Global #eDNA Conference will be hosted in Seattle 28-30 Oct
No official registration yet, but save the date!
Antonia from our eRNAmaris project visited Le Croisic, France, to collect water samples with our partners at Ifremer 🌊! Sampling over time will reveal how fish eRNA degrades 🐠🧬. Big thanks to the Océarium for making this possible!
26.11.2025 10:17 — 👍 5 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
Hello North #Iceland! Presenting findings of the #eWHALE project in #Husavik tomorrow and exploring some of the most beautiful landscapes I’ve ever seen! #whales #eDNA @ewhale-dna.bsky.social
16.11.2025 16:13 — 👍 9 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
News from our team #Iceland at the #UniversityofIceland! Belén and Marianne explaining the eWHALE acitivities and new insights obtained in Iceland. youtu.be/_MbJ60R7qZ4?... #eDNA #CitizenScience #whales
03.10.2025 10:17 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Major #proudSupervisorMoment today! Rebecca Niklas at her #MSc defense: #Cetaceans and their #trophicEcology in the #Azores; #eDNA and #Metabarcoding for the win! 🐋🐳🐬
29.09.2025 16:06 — 👍 7 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
The one and only #eWHALE team! ❤️ Meeting today at @ifremer.bsky.social #Nantes for a productive day of updates and future planning. #eDNA @ewhale-dna.bsky.social @azwhlab.bsky.social
25.09.2025 16:33 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1
Kicking off a day of #biodiversity #data networking at the The Open Scientific Collections Austria meeting in Vienna. #OSCA #metabarcoding #eDNA
11.09.2025 11:12 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Amazing Charlotte, congratulations! 🥳
11.09.2025 11:08 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Very good to see our @pensoft.net journal @mbmg.pensoft.net continues to receive good CiteScores and also now the first #ImpactFactor with a good value of 3.1 ☀️
While I personally don’t care much about these metrics I know they are really relevant for many institutions. Thus: very happy about this!
🐋 Two teams, two oceans, one result: to detect #whale #eDNA, sample as soon as possible after a sighting!
Unique co-publication experience!
@ewhale-dna.bsky.social @savecetaceans.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1002/edn3...
doi.org/10.1002/edn3...
#OceanWise #CitizenScience #WhaleWatching #WomenInSTEM
New paper out from our crew on using #eDNA to detect the pathogenic chytrid fungus (Bsal) and characterise the surrounding amphibian community from pond samples in the Netherlands. Small number of samples but highlights the potential of eDNA for routine monitoring of both. bioone.org/journals/jou...
24.06.2025 10:47 — 👍 21 🔁 10 💬 0 📌 0
New @ewhale-dna.bsky.social publication led by Eleonora Barbaccia & published in Ocean & Coastal Management! 🐋💙
#WhaleWatching, #citizenScience, and #eDNA sampling can foster public awareness and engagement in #marine #biodiversity #conservation
doi.org/10.1016/j.oc...
Aw, thank you! And so happy to hear that you find these tools useful! 🤩
12.06.2025 10:30 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
🚨 Out now in #EnvironmentalDNA led by #MiwaTakahashi: Results of a huge, global effort to facilitate the publication of raw and processed #eDNA data & ensure that dataset we are currently generating, adhere to the #FAIR principles & won't be lost. @gbif.org, #ENA,
doi.org/10.1002/edn3...
Congratulations @otournayre.bsky.social! ...and I'm so happy to see the BirT primers being put to good use! 🥳
03.06.2025 17:44 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0