Andy Nisbet

🧬 Registration is now open for the 12th #UKEOF #UKDNAWG Conference 2026 until 20th March via this link: lnkd.in/ekTUn_eZ

New UKEOF guide to using DNA-based monitoring with citizen science | UKEOF We are delighted to announce the recent release of the first UKDNA-WG briefing note. This guide to DNA-based monitoring with citizen science was written by Lauren Cook (UK Centre for Ecology &…

NEW Guide to DNA-based monitoring with community science @ukdnawg.bsky.social

💧 CS x DNA examples
👩🏽‍🦰 Involving volunteers
🔢 Project design
💡 Future directions
✍️ Resources
👉 tinyurl.com/2cn9zdbx

@laurens-colours.bsky.social @lynseyrharper.bsky.social @ukeof.bsky.social @naturalengland.bsky.social

🧬 #eDNA Fans!!

🧬One day left to submit your abstract to the #UKEOF #UKDNA Working Group Conference 13-15 April 2026!

🧬 Head to the Abstract Submission Form before 19th Feb! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

UKDNA-WG 2026 - Abstract submission form The 2026 UKDNA-WG conference will be held on 13-15th April 2026 at the University of Sheffield, including a joint day with the Ecological Genetics Group on the 15th to explore the possibilities of how...

📢 Calling all #eDNA folks!!

🧬 Abstract submission is open for the #UKEOF UKDNA Working Group Conference 2026 #UKDNAWG26!

🧬 Submit your Abstract via this link! forms.gle/epwnz5PFdrrt...

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Our latest output is a practical guide to anyone considering running a citizen science project involving environmental DNA monitoring. Written by @laurens-colours.bsky.social and @lynseyrharper.bsky.social -- tinyurl.com/2cn9zdbx #DNA #CitizenScience #monitoring @ukdnawg.bsky.social

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Take your place at the National Environmental Monitoring Conference next month and help build momentum for a shared UK environmental monitoring vision.

Registration closes tomorrow, 11 Nov: www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/nati...

@britishecologicalsociety.org @ukeof.bsky.social

The #BGE #symposium was a big succes! Did you miss it? No worries! You can watch the recordings now online on the BGE youtube channel.
▶️https://www.youtube.com/@biodiversitygenomicseurope6700
@iboleurope.bsky.social @ergabiodiv.bsky.social @horizoneu.bsky.social

Fantastic couple of days at the Biodiversity Genomics Europe symposium and thanks for having me on the panel to discuss mainstreaming this technology

Climate change is not a con-job. If you want to know more about the evidence for and causes of #ClimateChange, head to our website: royalsociety.org/news-resourc...

Radical with Amol Rajan - Robert Macfarlane: Rivers Are Dying So Give Them Rights - BBC Sounds Britain's rivers are polluted but the best-selling author says there's a way to save them.

Fascinating discussion with Robert Macfarlane including making biotic rights real for rivers. Nice quote as well “despair is a luxury, hope is a discipline”

www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

FAIR eDNA data workshop in London Take this survey powered by surveymonkey.com. Create your own surveys for free.

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!

Kynance Cove & The Lizard – Wild Westcountry Odyssey YouTube video by Natural England

The first film in the six-part series visits Kynance Cove in #Cornwall where Natural England works with
@nationaltrust.org.uk to manage this wonderful nature reserve.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4Lp...

@leeselab.bsky.social #eDNA can contribute to global biodiversity goals. Its use and outcomes proven many times over. It’s scalable, reliable and cost effective. But why is global uptake slow? Barriers like unequal access to technical infrastructure #UKDNAWG25

That was a great first day of the conference. Thanks again to @royalsociety.org for hosting us

Utilizing aquatic environmental DNA to address global biodiversity targets - Nature Reviews Biodiversity Aquatic eDNA-based technologies offer the potential for universal and standardized biodiversity monitoring. In this Perspective, Altermatt et al. discuss how these technologies can help to achiev...

Utilizing #aquatic environmental DNA #eDNA to address global #biodiversity targets: www.nature.com/articles/s44...

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We discuss how eDNA can contribute towards Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Franework #GBF. Out now in @natrevbiodiv.nature.com

DNA metadata reporting guidelines - For data not commissioned by Natural England - TIN224 {"flavour": "textile", "content": "This Technical Information Note sets out the recommended metadata to be provided when submitting DNA derived data to Natural England (where Natural England is not th...

The DNA team @naturalengland.bsky.social have just published recommendations on metadata to be submitted with #eDNA (& other DNA) data to allow a judgement of confidence and help the data to be used appropriately. See publications.naturalengland.org.uk/publication/...

The launch coincides with the @royalsociety.org hosting our 2025 annual conference! Tomorrow is the deadline for abstract submission! Submit and register here ukeof.org.uk/our-work/ukd...

Calling all fans of #eDNA!

The deadline for submitting abstracts for the 2025 annual @ukeof.bsky.social UKDNAWG meeting at the @royalsociety.org is fast approaching! Please submit them via this link by 18:00 on 12th March! enterprise.mitingu.com/ceh-events/u...

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