Thanks, colleagues from the US for inviting @leeselab to present #DNAquaNet at #3eDTEW 👍🏽We need such regular exchange across countries & user groups to identify best-practice application of #eDNA! Hope to see many here eg at the big #DNAquaNet conference Sept 15-18th in Evian!
Great talk by @KatyKlymus on the standardisation of LOD/LOQ reporting in #eDNA literature. Definitely a subject that requires more discussion and implementation in future works #3eDTEW
Keynote speaker David Pillod focuses on the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and challenges of #eDNA. Big questions on how to overcome skepticism & to create communication plans #3eDTEW
Matt Laramie of @USGS shares how relationships between #eDNA concentration and salmonid abundance or biomass in streams are complex and can be difficult to interpret. "Not there yet"
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Maggie Hunter @USGS kicks off the 3rd Environmental DNA Technical Exchange Workshop (#3eDTEW) in St. Petersburg, FL, USA @MyFWC. 2 days of #eDNA updates
eDNA monitoring can be a cost-effective, accurate, and timely way to detect the presence of animals and plants. Read Dr. Turner’s overview of our eDNA workflow, and how it enhances our ability to make critical determinations here: bit.ly/2mNQOV0
We can sample your soup and tell the species it contains, take a soil sample of your backyard and identify the birds, marsupials & microbes that have passed through; it's called 'eDNA'. This is an involved read, folks. Get comfy blog.csiro.au/loose-genes-an… ^JH
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Another fascinating way @smithsonian scientists are using environmental DNA to answer questions! (Here's the other story about eDNA in the field - ocean.si.edu/trail-dna-ocean)
Environmental DNA? We teamed up with @UMCES to test a new way to estimate numbers of imperiled river herring: Looking for traces of their DNA in the water. s.si.edu/2EX9qds @fishinvertlab
ALT Woman with a big smile holding alewife by river
In this week's Science focus #Podcast we speak to @ProfGemmell on his project to survey the genetic diversity of Loch Ness using cutting-edge environmental DNA techniques, and maybe find clues about the Loch Ness Monster bit.ly/2DtbXdR