Dr. Rosie Blackman

…And last but certainly not least, new for 2025 — our newest little human! We’re absolutely smitten with our tiny munchkin and her proud big brother 🥰 #WorkLifeBalance #Parenting #Sleeping 8/8

and thanks to @francoiskeck.bsky.social leading: #global #human impact on #biodiversity @nature.com Humans shrink species number and reshape entire communities
@florianaltermatt.bsky.social
@tiannapeller.bsky.social
@kirschdo.bsky.social
@romanalther.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41... 7/8

And led by @florianaltermatt.bsky.social how we can utilise #aquatic #eDNA to address global #biodiversity targets & contribute towards Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework #GBF
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
@natrevbiodiv.nature.com
@lorihandley.bsky.social
@leeselab.bsky.social 6/8

Next up…from our fieldwork in 2018🤣 we ask how does biodiversity control decomposition in river networks? Macroinverts drive decomposition, while functional diversity reduces decomposition variability! Network-scale #BEF Great to have this out @rubendelcampo.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1002/ecm.... 5/8

...and then we use #eDNA and hyperspectral imagery to assess land-water linkage of #biodiversity across aquatic functional feeding groups.
zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... 4/8

Next, thanks to Hank for leading these two: we show terrestrial land cover shapes #fish #diversity in a major subtropical #river catchment. @commsbio.nature.com @lynseyrharper.bsky.social @berndhae.bsky.social @florianaltermatt.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s42... 3/8

Sources of uncertainty in DNA metabarcoding of whole communities: Implications for its use in biomonitoring Advancements have been made in the use of DNA-based methods for the detection of single species. However, the routine application of DNA-based methods to monitor whole communities using a metabarc...

Firstly... a project we started in 2020: we show the factors influencing precision and accuracy of metabarcoding freshwater macroinverts for biomonitoring👏
@methodsinecoevol.bsky.social @nhm-london.bsky.social
@qmul.bsky.social @ukceh.bsky.social doi.org/10.1111/2041... 2/8

👋 I’m back with some project updates: ecosystem function, Europe-wide experiments, policy papers, a global biodiversity synthesis… and most exciting of all — a new baby💥 Big year and its not even🎄yet😉

Huge thanks to amazing collaborators for keeping projects moving and published! 1/8

Our new article: “Drivers of spatio-temporal variation in organic matter decomposition across a river network” is out now! #eDNA #CottonStrips
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

I really enjoyed being part of this interdisciplinary piece of science! We look at how #eDNA can benefit from understanding and integrating hydrological approaches! Great set of co-authors!👏

wires.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....

Thank you everyone who completed our #eDNA survey! Out now!🚨👀
We present the results inc. #biomonitoring reference database, primers, quantification, DNA behaviour, sample design!
What is the next chapter of eDNA?
doi.org/10.1111/mec.17…

🚨Apply now!🚨

Come and do a #PhD in #eDNA in the @florianaltermatt.bsky.social group!

This is a really exciting project #biodiversity #rivers
Loads of field and lab work with great people in beautiful Switzerland! Happy to answer any questions!