Save the date! Free webinar - 21st November:
Women in Ocean Science x environmental DNA
With superstars Dr Miwa Takahashi (@csiropublishing.bsky.social) and Dr Lara Denis Roy (@utas.edu.au)
#eDNA #WomenInOceanScience
27.10.2025 08:30 β π 6 π 3 π¬ 0 π 0
@sednasociety.bsky.social (and Women in #Ocean #Science) are hosting a #webinar highlighting great work that our #marine #eDNA #community is doing! Be sure to tune in for some valuable #insights on new #results in the #eDNA field.
@ednaquaplan.bsky.social @csiropublishing.bsky.social @utas.edu.au
27.10.2025 23:21 β π 3 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0
We're hosting a #career panel for #WomenInOceanScience with a lovely panel of #marine-focused #women. They'll talk about their #career #journey and how they contribute to #ocean #science.
@universityofotago.bsky.social @hollykoch20.bsky.social @zoologyotago.bsky.social @tuhura.bsky.social
27.10.2025 23:09 β π 0 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
Reference Library page is live!
Your go-to hub for reference libraries on aquatic #eDNA.
π Explore here π ednaquaplan.com/reference-li...
#eDNA #Biodiversity #OpenScience #ReferenceLibraries #Data #Genetics #Biodiversity #Ecology
27.10.2025 09:12 β π 3 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0
@tuhura.bsky.social @universityofotago.bsky.social @itiscolossal.bsky.social
01.10.2025 08:39 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
#GFANZ is hosting @nicrawlencenz.bsky.social to talk about the de-extinction debate.
(Sorry, more #aDNA than eDNA)
01.10.2025 08:36 β π 3 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0
Didnβt Scott baker get banned from Japan for finding whale meat at one point?
01.10.2025 08:32 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
If youβre looking for a job where you travel to conferences this guy is hiring (shoot him an email):
03.09.2025 08:58 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Date: September 24th, 2025
New Zealand (NZST): 2:30 PM
Australia β East (AEST): 12:30 PM
Australia β West (AWST): 10:30 AM
More info here - sednasociety.com/2025/09/03/s...
03.09.2025 01:19 β π 1 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
Great news! We are restarting our eDNA webinar series this year to share exciting new research with the eDNA community.
Our first webinar is by Josh Koh (DCCEEW): Explainable Multimodal Machine Learning Using Combined environmental DNA and Biogeographic Features for Ecosystem Biomonitoring
03.09.2025 01:17 β π 1 π 2 π¬ 1 π 0
At Queenstown Research Week, Ben Te AikΔ talks about how MΔori philosophy differs from Western philosophy:
01.09.2025 20:59 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
The New Zealand Molecular Ecology conference returns for its 27th year! This meeting brings together students, researchers, & industry to divulge the latest in ecological genomics and eDNA. This year, the meeting is held in Raglan, 26-28th of November. You wonβt want to miss it! shorturl.at/inWqz
21.08.2025 01:47 β π 3 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0
@nicrawlencenz.bsky.social chats to the #public about how #feasible (not) #de-extinction is, and the #ethics surrounding this topic using his #aDNA expertise
@universityofotago.bsky.social
29.07.2025 05:57 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
@nicrawlencenz.bsky.social chats to the #public about how #feasible (not) #de-extinction is, and the #ethics surrounding this topic using his #aDNA expertise
@universityofotago.bsky.social
29.07.2025 05:44 β π 6 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
π£ New paper! π£
We summarise the outputs of last year's @sednasociety.bsky.social Airborne eDNA Workshop & chart a path for airborne eDNA as a transformative tool for #biodiversity, #biosecurity & #conservation.
π tinyurl.com/4a8vb6ja
#eDNA #airDNA #SeDNAS
16.07.2025 07:06 β π 21 π 11 π¬ 2 π 1
Shout out to my co-authors! Lead author Rachel Tulloch, @clare-edna.bsky.social @drbarnes.org @profbatgirl.bsky.social @digleeson.bsky.social @annajmhopkins.bsky.social @annamac.bsky.social
16.07.2025 07:14 β π 3 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
Wilcox RΕpΕ« at @geneticsaus.bsky.social dinner last night: (L->R) Clare Adams, Phil Wilcox, Bruce Weir, Alastair Lamont.
09.07.2025 21:46 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
@alexeidrummond.bsky.social gave a wonderful keynote at @geneticsaus.bsky.social about how Bayesian/MCMC #models can be used on #cancer cells to determine when they originated and updates on #LPhy for all those #evolutionary #biologists out there.
09.07.2025 21:43 β π 5 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
Libby Liggins and Claire Rye chat about the #Aotearoa #Genomics #Data #Repository, including how #metadata can be submitted (including #eDNA). They are hoping to take #indigenous #governance to the #Genomic #Standards #Consortium later this yearβ¦
@geneticsaus.bsky.social
08.07.2025 23:48 β π 3 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0
@testeeves.bsky.social chats at @geneticsaus.bsky.social about how #genetics could play a role in careful #management of small endangered #bird populations.
08.07.2025 23:16 β π 7 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0
Allyson Malpartida found #viruses in cattle troughs in NT #Australia using #eRNA and #eDNA techniques.
@geneticsaus.bsky.social
08.07.2025 04:56 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Introducing the SeDNAs Members Starter Pack π§¬
Connect with fellow members of the society, grow your eDNA network, and spark new collaborations!
Comment below or message to be added to the pack
go.bsky.app/GBwDbax
08.07.2025 04:23 β π 3 π 5 π¬ 0 π 0
@sebasalco.bsky.social talks at @geneticsaus.bsky.social about #Hector and #Mauiβs #dolphins, including chromosomal inversions which may help keep these species separateβ¦
@laninsky.bsky.social
08.07.2025 04:10 β π 8 π 3 π¬ 0 π 0
Richard OβRorke chats about #eDNA from #bugs on #cars at @geneticsaus.bsky.social
08.07.2025 03:08 β π 6 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0
So proud of Teremoana Porter-Rawiri for doing fungal #eDNA in the #Wairarapa. Restored, unrestored, and remnant sites showed differences, correlating with nitrogen.
@geneticsaus.bsky.social
08.07.2025 02:26 β π 6 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0
Meriam Van Os finds #fish differences in preserved #KurΔ« (dog) π© , showing what some of the diet may have been. #aDNA #eDNA
@geneticsaus.bsky.social
08.07.2025 01:57 β π 6 π 3 π¬ 0 π 0
@rebeccakfrench.bsky.social chats about #KΔkΔpΕ #disease #transcriptomics, showing that E. coli may correlate with #diseased birds.
@geneticsaus.bsky.social
08.07.2025 01:41 β π 4 π 3 π¬ 0 π 0
@EmZLCarroll chats about #TohorΔ right #whale #conservation #genetics and potential impacts in foraging #habitat #decline. Whale snot and #eDNA can be partnered with long term #datasets for effective #monitoring.
@geneticsaus.bsky.social
07.07.2025 23:31 β π 4 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0
Megan Leask chats about how we can move towards #culturally competent #precision #medicine in #Aotearoa New Zealand.
@geneticsaus.bsky.social
07.07.2025 23:13 β π 5 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0
Catherine Collins chats about her work with some of the first #MΔori peoples in #Aotearoa using #ancientDNA.
07.07.2025 22:57 β π 4 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
PhD Candidate at Victoria University of Wellington | coral reef ecophysiology | natural climate laboratories | adaptation and resilience | climate change | calcifying organisms |
We are a community of people working together for a better collective future using research, advocacy, and capability building. We are based in Aotearoa New Zealand.
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Consultant: former surrogate entrepreneur, former bureaucrat, former scientist. Policy person about town.
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TΕ«hura Otago Museum shares natural, cultural & scientific stories of Otago, Aotearoa, and the world. Open daily 10am β 5pm in Dunedin, New Zealand.
π Unlocking the potential of aquatic ecosystems through a cutting-edge eDNA research project by #HorizonEU for a sustainable aquatic future. #eDNAquaPlan π§¬
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Professor of Computational Biology, University of Auckland. Atheist, Rock climber, Trail runner. Co-creator of BEAST1 and BEAST2. Founder of Geneious.
Professor at The University of Hong Kong (www.seymourlab.net). I am an eDNA specialist with a background in ecology, biogeography and metacommunity dynamics. My lab focuses on marine and freshwater systems. Associate editor for Environmental DNA
#biodiversity | #eDNA | #ecoevo & #evoeco | #genomics | #reeffish | #QuΓ©bΓ©cois | #museums | Senior Lecturer @Griffith_Uni | #dada | Views Are Mine Alone
Geneticist. Pure + applied science mostly with a biodiversity bent. Inordinately fond of 𧬠π π¦ π and beer. Gaffs/typos due to lack of coffee, time, and/or mind-altering parasites. Eternal optimist. Rebel just for kicks.
Conservation research and application
Senior Scientist, microbial ecologist at Manaaki Whenua Landcare Research. Views my own.
CRISPR and eDNA researcher at the OceanOmics lab at the University of Western Australia π§¬π³πͺΈ
π²π½ PhD Candidate at University of Otago π³πΏ
Evolutionary genomics of marine mammals π¬π¦π§¬
Professor at University of Otago, NZ; Webster Chair in Virology; Rutherford Discovery Fellow. I like viruses and evolution.
Postdoctoral researcher at the University of Otago, discovering viruses and other pathogens in New Zealand wildlife.
I study critters using DNA! π³π¬π NgΔpuhi (Te HikutΕ«), PΔkehΔ. He mΔmΔ ahau ki ngΔ tamariki e toru ki tua o te Δrai me te pΕtiki kua noho tonu ki te ao nei
Genetics Society of AustralAsia. Professional organisation for genetics and genomics researchers and educators in Australia, New Zealand & the Asia-Pacific region.
genetics.org.au
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