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Bettina Thalinger

@bettinathal.bsky.social

she/her Senior Scientist @uniinnsbruck.bsky.social #eDNA & #ecology of #fishes #birds #whales #arthropods plus some #trophicInteractions ⛰️ & 🌊 lover http://eWHALE.eu & @ewhale-dna.bsky.social

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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 β˜€οΈ
While I personally don’t care much about these metrics I know they are really relevant for many institutions. Thus: very happy about this!

28.06.2025 13:50 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ‹ 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...
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#OceanWise #CitizenScience #WhaleWatching #WomenInSTEM

27.06.2025 09:54 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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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 β€” πŸ‘ 20    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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New @ewhale-dna.bsky.social publication led by Eleonora Barbaccia & published in Ocean & Coastal Management! πŸ‹πŸ’™

#WhaleWatching, #citizenScience, and #eDNA sampling can foster public awareness and engagement in #marine #biodiversity #conservation

doi.org/10.1016/j.oc...

20.06.2025 14:00 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

Aw, thank you! And so happy to hear that you find these tools useful! 🀩

12.06.2025 10:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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A Metadata Checklist and Data Formatting Guidelines to Make eDNA FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable) Environmental DNA (eDNA) has emerged as a transformative tool for biodiversity monitoring and species detection, yet inconsistent metadata practices hinder data interoperability and reuse. To address...

🚨 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...

10.06.2025 09:17 β€” πŸ‘ 46    πŸ” 22    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Congratulations @otournayre.bsky.social! ...and I'm so happy to see the BirT primers being put to good use! πŸ₯³

03.06.2025 17:44 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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First national survey of terrestrial biodiversity using airborne eDNA - Scientific Reports Scientific Reports - First national survey of terrestrial biodiversity using airborne eDNA

🚨Turning air quality networks into a global #biodiversity monitoring system?
Air pollution filters were repurposed for #airborne #eDNA, enabling detection of #vertebrates, #invertebrates, #plants & #fungi at a national scale.🧬🌐πŸ§ͺ
πŸ“„Check out our new paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

02.06.2025 15:22 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Monitoring Methods for the Protection of Connectivity in Forest Ecosystems Forest ecosystems face increasing threats from climate change, resource exploitation, and other anthropogenic disturbances causing biodiversity loss and habitat fragmentation. The conservation priorit...

🌲🌳🌲🌳 Out now! #eDNA #barcoding #metabarcoding and the potential of #DNA-based methods for "Monitoring #Connectivity in #Forest #Ecosystems" doi.org/10.1007/978-... A fabulous collaboration with J. Oettel, A. Szukala, L. Munishi, K. Lapin and the #BFW #Austria @uniinnsbruck.bsky.social

02.06.2025 14:21 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

What an amazing week! #ECSconference2025 together with the @ewhale-dna.bsky.social team, just πŸ‘ŒπŸ»Canβ€˜t wait for #Dundee and #ECSconference2026

22.05.2025 06:53 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

🚨 Final opportunity for sharing your opinion on an β€žEuropean Society for Environmental Omicsβ€œ #ESEO
#eDNA #eRNA #omics #metabarcoding #academicChatter Especially looking for feedback from early career researchers or students! forms.gle/eurc7kierJcB...

19.05.2025 07:23 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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#LaurenRodriguez summarizing 2 years of #eDNA sampling optimization and #marine #vertebrate #metabarcoding data from the @ewhale-dna.bsky.social #Azores samples #ECSconference2025
#CWAzores

16.05.2025 14:32 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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@annaselbmann.bsky.social with an amazing presentation on #killerwhale response to #pilotwhale β€žbullying callsβ€œ #ECSconference2025
Ohhh the #Asterix references! πŸ€©πŸ‘ŒπŸ»

15.05.2025 10:35 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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day 2 of #ECSconference2025: #CristinaBrito introducing the amazing #4-OCEANS project: assessing the importance of #marine life to human societies starting 2 millennia ago. #ERC

15.05.2025 09:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Did not chat with you, sorry, but congrats on the cool design! Made me look twice or more πŸ‘ŒπŸ»

14.05.2025 19:57 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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#ECSconference2025 πŸ₯³ more than 740 #cetacean enthusiasts meeting in #PontaDelgada #Azores @ewhale-dna.bsky.social

14.05.2025 11:32 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Starting the #ECSconference2025 off with the β€žfrom Genes to Whalesβ€œ workshop organized by the amazing #LauraMiralles #eDNA #genetics @ewhale-dna.bsky.social

14.05.2025 09:40 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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#BlueWhale #eDNA samples βœ…
Still hard to believe that such days are part of my job! 🀩
@ewhale-dna.bsky.social #Azores #Pico and the amazing #CWAzores whale watching team!

03.05.2025 09:39 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Utilizing aquatic environmental DNA to address global biodiversity targets - Nature Reviews Biodiversity Aquatic eDNA-based technologies offer the potential for universal and standardized biodiversity monitoring. In this Perspective, Altermatt et al. discuss how these technologies can help to achiev...

Utilizing #aquatic environmental DNA #eDNA to address global #biodiversity targets: www.nature.com/articles/s44...

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We discuss how eDNA can contribute towards Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Franework #GBF. Out now in @natrevbiodiv.nature.com

28.04.2025 06:54 β€” πŸ‘ 45    πŸ” 21    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2

Interested in establishing a European Society for Environmental Omics? Let your voice be heard #eDNA folks!

29.04.2025 11:39 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

@pascalhabluetzel.bsky.social @florianaltermatt.bsky.social @leeselab.bsky.social
@aquaecomics.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy @profsicreer.bsky.social @rosiecblackman.bsky.social @christinalynggaard.bsky.social @ecoevoedna.bsky.social

29.04.2025 11:28 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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European Society for Environmental Omics (ESEO) Dear Environmental Omics enthusiasts! At the AquaEcOmics meeting in Evian (March, 2025), an international group of 35 experts discussed the future of regular European meetings and collaborative effor...

#eDNA #eRNA #omics people: would you support the formation of a European Society for Environmental Omics #ESEO? Please share your thoughts in the questionnaire & spread this message! πŸ™
Thank you, the ESEO core team!
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

29.04.2025 11:28 β€” πŸ‘ 23    πŸ” 19    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 3
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Our study β€˜The #global #human impact on #biodiversity’ is out in @nature.com: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

🌍🌐🐟🌿πŸͺ²

Unprecedented synthesis of >2000 studies led by @francoiskeck.bsky.social shows humans are not only shrinking species numbersβ€”but reshaping entire communities across the planet.
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26.03.2025 21:19 β€” πŸ‘ 166    πŸ” 89    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 7
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Congratulations Lauren Rodriguez! 🐳 Our #eWHALE #Phd student from @uniinnsbruck.bsky.social won the @physaliacourses.bsky.social best presentation award at the #AquaEcOmics conference for presenting #eDNA sampling optimization results! πŸ‘πŸ» @bettinathal.bsky.social

21.03.2025 14:57 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Bye, bye #AquaEcOmics πŸ‘‹πŸ» What a well organized event! Extraordinary venue lots of fruitful discussions! Icing on the cake: Lauren Rodriguez taking home the @physaliacourses.bsky.social best presentation award for the @ewhale-dna.bsky.social team! 🀩 @aquaecomics.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy #eDNA

21.03.2025 14:45 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Great windfarm - elasmobrach #eDNA research by Auriel Summer-Hempel @reindertn.bsky.social @aquaecomics.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy

20.03.2025 17:53 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Rein Brys providing amazing examples for #eDNA as an #invasive species detection tool! #aquaecomics @aquaecomics.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy

20.03.2025 09:51 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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#aquaecomics day 3 off to an amazing start with Silvia Acinas presenting insights into the #ocean #microbiome in today’s keynote.

20.03.2025 08:16 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Lake Geneva #eDNA sample taken! πŸ₯³ Including a demo of @alpineedna.bsky.socialβ€˜s new sampling kit! @florianaltermatt.bsky.social @kamilhupalo.bsky.social @leeselab.bsky.social @grace-kotnik.bsky.social @tiinalaamanen.bsky.social @francoiskeck.bsky.social @aquaecomics.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy

19.03.2025 13:15 β€” πŸ‘ 21    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Erwan QuΓ©mΓ©rΓ© on the immense diversity of trophic interactions in #KelpForrests using dietary #DNA;
#AquaEcOmics @aquaecomics.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy

18.03.2025 14:36 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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