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And we're off @ #UKDNAWG24

@BerndHaenfling opening the #UKDNAWG24 conference. Looking forward to 2 days of all things eDNA!

Incredible insight on how non-human DNA can be used in solving crimes: bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-… #UKDNAWG24

Very interesting talk by Micaela Hellstrom on collecting #eDNA from snow prints for multiple cryptic species eg polar bears. Less invasive than traditional methods & works well! Clean DNA collected and no effect from UV. Genotyping possible! Also looking at food signals #UKDNAWG24

Interesting talk by Nathan Griffiths on the use of integrating #eDNA into site condition monitoring for freshwater fish. Can eDNA meet the necessary metrics & data recommendations needed? Need a baseline study and minimum sample numbers based on metrics needing to be met #UKDAWG24

Sadly no pizza analogies this year, but a great talk by Nathan Griffiths on how we can integrate eDNA into site condition monitoring for Arctic charr #UKDNAWG24

Next is Rein Brys explaining why ddPCR better for detection & quantification in #eDNA studies. Standardising & validating by including internal +ve control w/ every sample, helps avoid false -ve. Improve detection by combining multiple assays, pick up higher DNA concs #UKDAWG24

Very enjoyable first day at the UK DNA working group conference in Inverness! #UKDNAWG24

New Scotland's Centre of Expertise for Waters report just published. It reviews available methodologies for sampling fish populations in freshwater lochs and a monitoring framework is presented. 🐟💧 Available here: tinyurl.com/2mk53kxe @UHI_Research UHI Biodiversity & Freshwater Conservation Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) NatureScot Scot Gov Marine

Just got back after a fantastic 2 days at the #UKDNAWG24 conference where I presented my PhD research - using Oxford Nanopore Flongles for #DNA barcoding and #eDNA #metabarcoding. What a wonderful community, excited for next year already!

Really inspiring two days at #UKDNAWG24 about utilising eDNA in environmental monitoring! Talks and discussions highlighted the crucial role of science and evidence in our mission to restore nature 🌱🧬 And I learned the crucial role of calleighs at conferences…🕺😅

Cracking day out eDNA sampling beaver reintroduction sites with Nathan Griffiths Nick Baker Cairngorms National Park @BerndHaenfling

🎆🎆 JOB ALERT! I have a 3 year postdoc position in my lab: landscape modelling on #eDNA data. This is a well-paid job, 46-72k€/year with great benefits. Come work with me and my awesome team! Closes June 27. RT pls. universiteitleiden.nl/vacatures/2024…

Marine Fish Telemetry Technician (#ABERDEEN, United Kingdom) #job social.icims.com/viewjob/pt1718… 2-year fixed term fish telemetry post on offer with Marine Directorate in Scotland.

It's official! Steve Ricketts' 11lb 3oz eel from a Southern stillwater is ratified as a British record. It beats previous biggest eel by just one ounce - a record that has stood for 46 years ago. See all the latest record fish: anglingtrust.net/2024/06/21/eel… #BritishRecordFish #eel

How to make a species-rich meadow on former arable land? Sayer's Old Meadow shows the way. 18 years post oil seed rape. No seeding of any kind just annual mowing. More orchids than imaginable & many scarse plants! #patienceoverpacket #RestoreNatureNow Farm Wildlife

Finally! @BerndHaenfling Lori Handley @lynseyrharper Alan Law Nigel Willby @ianjwinfield Cristina Di Muri et al. It's Bean real.. Optimising species detection probability and sampling effort in lake fish eDNA surveys. Metabarcoding and Metagenomics 8: e104655. doi.org/10.3897/mbmg.8…

Research from the UK shows that #eDNA #metabarcoding can effectively monitor fish biodiversity in lakes with optimised sampling, reducing the required samples to 10 per lake without majorly compromising detection accuracy. 🔗 doi.org/10.3897/mbmg.8…

This acoustic receiver mooring was in #LakeStClair for one year. Unbelievable Zebra and Quagga mussel growth has covered nearly every square inch of the float and receiver. #GreatLakes #GLATOS

Did you know the European Eel starts its migration back to the Sargasso Sea tonight. The Board's team will be sluicing nights through this weeks dark moon phase when the eel make their run out of the catchment. #environment #eel #safetrip