🔍How can DNA-based data work with other types of biodiversity datasets to tell us about ecology, biodiversity loss and progress towards recovery? 🔍Are you interested in coding, ecology and statistical modelling? Please consider applying. Happy to be contacted for an initial chat.
What is it like to work with our friendly, active lab in east London? naturecountslab.com/news/
Advert link: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
🔍Home PhD opportunity with funding to start in October 2026: "Integrating environmental DNA into national biodiversity datasets to explain drivers of biodiversity loss" 🧬📊🐛🌳🪿supervised by me, Charlie Outhwaite (ZSL) and Eleni Matechou (School of Mathematical Sciences, QMUL).
Our lab has a PhD advertised on detecting heat stress in the UK's rapidly warming freshwater habitat - it will be a blend of transcriptomics, experiments, global change and British fish species! With Cefas as CASE partners: www.trees-dla.ac.uk/projects/non... #fish #fisheries #eDNA #globalchange
📣 WE'RE HIRING! Are you a curious problem solver interested in using your mechanical #engineering skills to advance ocean innovation and conservation? Join our collaborative R&D team designing cutting-edge #eDNA and #microplastics technologies.
Apply at oceandiagnostics.com/employment
How about some #eDNA, bird biology and a murder mystery by Steve Burrows? A book i consulted on is now out - it's got our airborne #eDNA it in (watch for the cameo...) #WomeninSTEM #AcademicSKY 🧪 here's to my true partner in crime @jlittlefair.bsky.social - our research is now a plot point 🤣
One of the post fascinating scientific paper that I've read in months. A pleasure to discuss with the team and to write up for the @theguardian.com
Some great press coverage of our work on a national biodiversity survey conducted with airborne #eDNA, led by @otournayre.bsky.social @profbatgirl.bsky.social. Thanks for the writeup!
A great FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Resuseable) hosted by Miwa Takahashi of CSIRO, @lynseyrharper.bsky.social @nidunn.bsky.social last Friday. Recording great metadata for #eDNA studies, #futureproof
Some fun from the summer: collecting #eDNA using drones above grasslands and woodlands. A super interdisciplinary project led by UCL MRes student Kat Cutler with supervision from @peggybevan.bsky.social vimeo.com/1100687066
Not easy giving a talk on conflict in science, which I was invited to do as part of a GEE Department away day, but here was my attempt describing conflict, collaboration and resolution in interdisciplinary science!
Interested in making #eDNA data FAIR? A workshop on 25th July at UCL will cover:
- FAIR data principles, data standards, and best #eDNA data practices
- Using FAIRe tools and guidelines to format data (fair-edna.github.io)
- Q&A / discussion
Register by 4th July at www.surveymonkey.com/r/MN8ZS3Y!
A pleasure! Many thanks for the invite and a fabulous conference.
Happy that everyone had a great time at the CBER retreat, featuring ECR research talks, PI career paths, great food and drink, and dastardly two truths and a lie with an ecological twist. And an eco haiku competition! @uclcber.bsky.social @ucl-pnl.bsky.social Thanks to my fellow organisers!
What a fabulous couple of days @royalsociety.bsky.social @ukdnawg.bsky.social, with truly brilliant presentations at the cutting edge of eDNA and omics. I leave super excited to see what will emerge next!
Our 2025 Bicentenary Medal winner, Dr Joanne Littlefair, has developed an exceptional research programme—the first studies to adapt molecular biodiversity monitoring by isolating DNA from the air, which will have major implications for conservation. @jlittlefair.bsky.social
www.linnean.org/the-...
What an honour, thank you to the Linnean Society and my nominators!
Thanks for a lovely day Julia!
Are you a policy maker or end-user, interested to know more about #eDNA based methods for monitoring of #biodiversity, #pathogens or in #forensics? If so, check out this policy explainer published today by the @royalsociety.org royalsociety.org/news-resourc...
We are hiring for a 30 month research technician position on my Future Leaders Fellowship award! This would suit an organised and proactive person with experience in environmental genetics analysis looking to join a friendly and expanding #eDNA and #biodiversity group at the new UCL East campus
Last few days to apply for this 39month molecular ecology #eDNA postdoc position, deadline 12 March
Featuring the lab's research on #eDNA and #biodiversityloss at @ucl-pnl.bsky.social in the full video version!
No, investigating active and passive samplers that are used for pollution monitoring in the main. I hadn't thought about how aerogels would be applied to this - do you know much about them?
Thanks Stef!
Thanks for the repost!
We are delighted to announce that the 11th #ukdnawg conference will be hosted by the @royalsociety.org London on 13-14th May 2025.
For more information, and to register, follow the links from ukeof.org.uk/our-work/ukdna
🧬 #eDNA #biodiversity
UKDNA Working Group now has a bsky account! 👋 please give them a follow #eDNA community
Joanne presenting a slide featuring our Innovation in Environmental Monitoring research
Presenting our vision and research for airborne #eDNA sampling assets as part of @ukri.org NERC/Defra Innovation in Environmental Monitoring grant programme, with collaborators @naturalengland.bsky.social and National Physical Laboratory
