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How environmental RNA can give us a real-time picture of freshwater biodiversity
#Environment #ClimateChange #Freshwater #Biodiversity #Rivers #Lakes #eRNA #eDNA #Ecosystems #Montreal #WaterResearch #EnvironmentalScience #Genetics #Sustainability
https://the-14.com/how-environmental-rna-can-give-us-a-real-time-picture-of-freshwater-biodiversity/

How environmental RNA can give us a real-time picture of freshwater biodiversity | The-14

Environmental RNA offers a real-time snapshot of freshwater life, helping scientists track biodiversity, health & adaptation as ecosystems face climate change.

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NIOO-KNAW 3d ago

New publication: Connecting diversity and process: Eukaryotic #phytoplankton community dynamics across the #YangtzeRiver using #environmentalDNA. #biodiversity #eDNA
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2025.114026

Helmholtz Institute One Health Sep 1

Are you interested in #CitizenScience, #OneHealth, #Biodiversity, #eDNA and #AMR? Do you have a background in life sciences and speak German and English? Apply in Greifswald! 📅 Start 1 November 2025 | ⏰ Application deadline 20 September 2025 #PhDPosition.

https://www.helmholtz-hzi.de/en/career/job-portal/job/104-2025-doctoral-student-f-m-d/

Lucie Zinger Aug 13

Our paper on using #eDNA from rainwater to study hidden biodiversity in #tropical #forest #canopies is now out in Science Advances ! This method is a major step forward for the study and #conservation of this inaccessible compartiment. https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adx4909
Photo: J. Raynaud

Jules Aug 8

#AirPollution filters help scientists produce first UK wildlife survey using #eDNA
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/aug/08/air-pollution-filters-first-uk-wildlife-survey-edna?

Air pollution filters help scientists produce first UK wildlife survey using eDNA

Social media post led to discovery that samplers measuring toxic particles in air can also detect fragments of DNA

The Guardian

nf-core Aug 7

Pipeline release! nf-core/detaxizer v1.2.0 - detaxizer 1.2.0 - Kunschd!

Please see the changelog: https://github.com/nf-core/detaxizer/releases/tag/1.2.0

#deidentification #decontamination #edna #fastq #filter #longreads #metabarcoding #metagenomics #microbiome #nanopore #shortreads #shotgun #taxonomicclassification #taxonomicprofiling #nfcore #openscience #nextflow #bioinformatics

Release detaxizer 1.2.0 - Kunschd · nf-core/detaxizer

Summary of changes filtering is set now by default defaults reflect best settings from benchmarking human decontamination improvements to memory and time requirements Detailed changes Added PR #...

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RomainDavid Jul 25

🚢🌊 New paper in Environmental DNA!

We used eDNA + citizen science to reveal hidden fish biodiversity in Corsican ports.
🌱 73 taxa
🔥 Post-ECE rise in diversity
📍 Urban ports = key eco-sentinels!

Read here 👉 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/edn3.70142
#eDNA #CitizenScience #MarineEcology

Frédéric Rimet Jul 24

Aquatic #eDNA presents gaps in data standards & connectivity.

A FAIR, federated digital ecosystem with interoperable metadata is key to unlocking its full potential across Europe. 🌍🧬

🧾 Read the proposal draft by the #eDNAquaPlan team: https://zenodo.org/records/16367374
https://ednaquaplan.com/

#Science #water #biodiversity #nature

The FSBI Jul 23

Check out our latest findings on regional diversity of cryptobenthic and conspicuous #fish using #eDNA #metabarcoding, and traditional methods! doi.org/10.1111/jfb.70054 #FishSci #JFB

http://doi.org/10.1111/jfb.70054

Frédéric Rimet Jul 18

Coming soon in @Mol_Ecol
Omics to study and manage aquatic environments: a snapshot from the AquaEcOmics meeting (Evian-les-Bains, 2025)
F Rimet, C Lemonnier, B Alric, P Beja, L Bittner, J Bylemans, F Leese, R Logares, K Meissner, F Not, L Orsini, B Paix, N Rodríguez-Ezpeleta, R Siano, B Thalinger, N Tromas, V Vasselon, I Domaizon

Thanks to all co-authors! Great to work with you and to summarize this great #aquaecomics meeting #omics #metabarcoding #eDNA #metabolomics #dpcr #metagenomics