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Thomas Curran

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Postdoc at the University of Innsbruck using eDNA to monitor biodiversity ๐Ÿชฐ๐ŸŒบ๐Ÿงฌ

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Honeybee DNA Barcoding for Subspecies Identification Discover how BeeCode Berlin used Bento Lab to empower high school students in DNA barcoding honeybees, uncovering Berlinโ€™s bee genetic diversity. Learn about honeybee subspecies and hands-on citizen s...

What if classrooms could generate biodiversity data? BeeCode Berlin helped students study honeybees using Bento Lab:

๐Ÿ Insights into honeybee subspecies
๐Ÿ The role of genetic diversity in resilience
๐Ÿ DNA hackathons and poster event

๐Ÿ”— Find out more: bento.bio/story/dna-ba...

21.10.2025 17:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Mosquitoes arrive in Iceland - RรšV.is Three mosquitoes were found in Kjรณs in recent days. This has been confirmed by the Icelandic Institute of Natural History. It is the first time that mosquitoes have been discovered on Icelandic soil.

๐ŸฆŸ #Mosquitoes arrive in #Iceland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ธ
"Three Culiseta annulata mosquitoes were found in Kjรณs in recent days. This has been confirmed by the Icelandic Institute of Natural History. It is the first time that mosquitoes have been discovered on Icelandic soil."

www.ruv.is/english/2025...

21.10.2025 13:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 21    ๐Ÿ” 14    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

It was a pleasure to spend the last year and a half working in the Applied Animal Ecology group at Universitรคt Innsbruck. I will definitely miss everyone a lot. Thank you so much for having me ๐Ÿ˜Šโค๏ธ

09.10.2025 08:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐Ÿ‘ Wishing a fond farewell to Thomas Curran!
Thomas has developed molecular approaches to assess arthropod & plant diversity in grasslands from eDNA as part of the GeMonA+ project. ๐Ÿฆ—๐ŸŒฑ
Best of luck in your new lecturer position at South East Technological University, Waterford!

08.10.2025 06:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

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