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Clare I. M. Adams @clare-edna.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

This Wednesday, Professor Phillip Wilcox and I will be giving a webinar on #Indigenous #data #sovereignty and #environmental #DNA as part of the Wai Tuwhera o te Taiao programme webinar series run by the Environmental Protection Authority NZ. #eDNA events.teams.microsoft.com/event/5dbf89...

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Nic Rawlence @nicrawlencenz.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

Check out our correspondence in Nature Reviews Biodiversity about the need for Indigenous voices when using genome engineering for conservation & frankly 'de-extinction' www.nature.com/articles/s44... - @universityofotago.bsky.social Phil Wilcox, @clare-edna.bsky.social, & Riley Taitingfong 1/12 🧵

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Genome engineering for conservation might be a game changer but only with the incorporation of Indigenous voices - Nature Reviews Biodiversity

Nature Reviews Biodiversity - Genome engineering for conservation might be a game changer but only with the incorporation of Indigenous voices

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Clare I. M. Adams @clare-edna.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

Don't forget to submit your photos to @sednasociety.bsky.social 's #photo #contest with the hashtag #eDNAinFocus before the end of the month!! @peerj.bsky.social has kindly agreed to help sponsor a prize for the winner. ;) #eDNA #genetics #laboratory #field #research

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Maarten De Brauwer @maartendb.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

Save the date! Free webinar - 21st November: Women in Ocean Science x environmental DNA With superstars Dr Miwa Takahashi (@csiropublishing.bsky.social) and Dr Lara Denis Roy (@utas.edu.au) #eDNA #WomenInOceanScience

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Clare I. M. Adams @clare-edna.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

@sednasociety.bsky.social (and Women in #Ocean #Science) are hosting a #webinar highlighting great work that our #marine #eDNA #community is doing! Be sure to tune in for some valuable #insights on new #results in the #eDNA field. @ednaquaplan.bsky.social @csiropublishing.bsky.social @utas.edu.au

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eDNAqua-Plan Project @ednaquaplan.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

Reference Library page is live! Your go-to hub for reference libraries on aquatic #eDNA. 📖 Explore here 👉 ednaquaplan.com/reference-li... #eDNA #Biodiversity #OpenScience #ReferenceLibraries #Data #Genetics #Biodiversity #Ecology

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Clare I. M. Adams @clare-edna.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

#GFANZ is hosting @nicrawlencenz.bsky.social to talk about the de-extinction debate. (Sorry, more #aDNA than eDNA)

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Clare I. M. Adams @clare-edna.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

If you’re looking for a job where you travel to conferences this guy is hiring (shoot him an email):

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Southern eDNA Society @sednasociety.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

Date: September 24th, 2025 New Zealand (NZST): 2:30 PM Australia – East (AEST): 12:30 PM Australia – West (AWST): 10:30 AM More info here - sednasociety.com/2025/09/03/s...

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Southern eDNA Society @sednasociety.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

Great news! We are restarting our eDNA webinar series this year to share exciting new research with the eDNA community. Our first webinar is by Josh Koh (DCCEEW): Explainable Multimodal Machine Learning Using Combined environmental DNA and Biogeographic Features for Ecosystem Biomonitoring

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Clare I. M. Adams @clare-edna.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

At Queenstown Research Week, Ben Te Aikā talks about how Māori philosophy differs from Western philosophy:

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Southern eDNA Society @sednasociety.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

The New Zealand Molecular Ecology conference returns for its 27th year! This meeting brings together students, researchers, & industry to divulge the latest in ecological genomics and eDNA. This year, the meeting is held in Raglan, 26-28th of November. You won’t want to miss it! shorturl.at/inWqz

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Clare I. M. Adams @clare-edna.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

@nicrawlencenz.bsky.social chats to the #public about how #feasible (not) #de-extinction is, and the #ethics surrounding this topic using his #aDNA expertise @universityofotago.bsky.social

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Clare I. M. Adams @clare-edna.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

@nicrawlencenz.bsky.social chats to the #public about how #feasible (not) #de-extinction is, and the #ethics surrounding this topic using his #aDNA expertise @universityofotago.bsky.social

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Erin Hahn (she/her) @erinhahn.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

📣 New paper! 📣 We summarise the outputs of last year's @sednasociety.bsky.social Airborne eDNA Workshop & chart a path for airborne eDNA as a transformative tool for #biodiversity, #biosecurity & #conservation. 🔗 tinyurl.com/4a8vb6ja #eDNA #airDNA #SeDNAS

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Clare I. M. Adams @clare-edna.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

Wilcox Rōpū at @geneticsaus.bsky.social dinner last night: (L->R) Clare Adams, Phil Wilcox, Bruce Weir, Alastair Lamont.

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Clare I. M. Adams @clare-edna.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

@alexeidrummond.bsky.social gave a wonderful keynote at @geneticsaus.bsky.social about how Bayesian/MCMC #models can be used on #cancer cells to determine when they originated and updates on #LPhy for all those #evolutionary #biologists out there.

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Clare I. M. Adams @clare-edna.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

Libby Liggins and Claire Rye chat about the #Aotearoa #Genomics #Data #Repository, including how #metadata can be submitted (including #eDNA). They are hoping to take #indigenous #governance to the #Genomic #Standards #Consortium later this year… @geneticsaus.bsky.social

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Clare I. M. Adams @clare-edna.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

@testeeves.bsky.social chats at @geneticsaus.bsky.social about how #genetics could play a role in careful #management of small endangered #bird populations.

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Clare I. M. Adams @clare-edna.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

Allyson Malpartida found #viruses in cattle troughs in NT #Australia using #eRNA and #eDNA techniques. @geneticsaus.bsky.social

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Southern eDNA Society @sednasociety.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

Introducing the SeDNAs Members Starter Pack 🧬 Connect with fellow members of the society, grow your eDNA network, and spark new collaborations! Comment below or message to be added to the pack go.bsky.app/GBwDbax

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Clare I. M. Adams @clare-edna.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

@sebasalco.bsky.social talks at @geneticsaus.bsky.social about #Hector and #Maui’s #dolphins, including chromosomal inversions which may help keep these species separate… @laninsky.bsky.social

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Clare I. M. Adams @clare-edna.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

So proud of Teremoana Porter-Rawiri for doing fungal #eDNA in the #Wairarapa. Restored, unrestored, and remnant sites showed differences, correlating with nitrogen. @geneticsaus.bsky.social

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Clare I. M. Adams @clare-edna.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

Meriam Van Os finds #fish differences in preserved #Kurī (dog) 💩 , showing what some of the diet may have been. #aDNA #eDNA @geneticsaus.bsky.social

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Clare I. M. Adams @clare-edna.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

@EmZLCarroll chats about #Tohorā right #whale #conservation #genetics and potential impacts in foraging #habitat #decline. Whale snot and #eDNA can be partnered with long term #datasets for effective #monitoring. @geneticsaus.bsky.social

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Clare I. M. Adams @clare-edna.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

Megan Leask chats about how we can move towards #culturally competent #precision #medicine in #Aotearoa New Zealand. @geneticsaus.bsky.social

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Clare I. M. Adams @clare-edna.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

Catherine Collins chats about her work with some of the first #Māori peoples in #Aotearoa using #ancientDNA.

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Clare I. M. Adams @clare-edna.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

Catherine Collins chats about her work with some of the first #Māori peoples in #Aotearoa using #ancientDNA.

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Clare I. M. Adams @clare-edna.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

Conner Wātene O’Sullivan chats about the Māori community perspective and some of his outreach in schools as well as precision medicine work. @geneticsaus.bsky.social

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Clare I. M. Adams @clare-edna.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

Jordan highlights differences between Western and Kaupapa Māori research values… but then goes on to discuss how these methods overlap @geneticsaus.bsky.social

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Clare I. M. Adams @clare-edna.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

Alana Alexander chats about how to connect the #Māori world and research, ensuring that Te Ao Māori is protected @geneticsaus.bsky.social

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Clare I. M. Adams @clare-edna.bsky.social · 05/07/2025

Hey #eDNA and #genetics fam, I’ll be at @geneticsaus.bsky.social’s #GSA #meeting next week reppin’ some #quantitative #genetics work I’ve been doing. Stop by and say hi! ☕️💕

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Clare I. M. Adams @clare-edna.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

Who could ask for a better #panel of people to #strategize an #eDNA #world? Michael Marnane, Manpreet Dahmi, Dianne Gleeson, Olly Berry, and Chris Meyers #SeDNA2025

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Timothy Caulfield @caulfieldtim.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

Based on the science, diversity matters www.nature.com/articles/s43... "...science has established the importance of diversity time and time again."

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Based on the science, diversity matters - Nature Computational Science

We reflect on what science tells us about the importance of diversity.

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Clare I. M. Adams @clare-edna.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

@maartendb.bsky.social suggests a #lab #effect (commercial lab providers may show different results) when every lab does their own thing, but we still see the same #ecological #patterns. #SeDNA2025

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Clare I. M. Adams @clare-edna.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

#eDNA needs to explain that we NEED #taxonomists, especially when it comes to #national #reference #databases. Jenny Giles chats about #Aussie #sequencing #campaigns #SeDNA2025

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Clare I. M. Adams @clare-edna.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

If you’re following along with #SeDNAs, don’t forget to come along to our #AGM, both in person (R2) and online :)

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Clare I. M. Adams @clare-edna.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

A question of scale and abundance— we can get accurate fisheries data with eDNA over large scales, says Ryan Kelly.

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Clare I. M. Adams @clare-edna.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

Taylor Ely shows that #eDNA for #fish #communities reflects tissue #haplotypes for #multiple #species at the same time! And now we can see #significant #breaks in our #population #patterns. #SeDNA2025

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Clare I. M. Adams @clare-edna.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

Looking to #quantify your #eDNA #data? Trying to find #cutoffs for #species lists? Simon Jarman is can help you estimate this via his #sqema #software #pipeline.

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Clare I. M. Adams @clare-edna.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

Simon Jarman takes us back to our #ecology roots to show #rare #communities can be #quantified by #ranking (#zero-inflated #data, anyone?) #SeDNA2025

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