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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

and here's a cheesy one from our field #sample 'helper' Pebbles, a curious New Zealand #SeaLion. [note: we had DOC permits to walk in and around seal colonies for this eDNA sampling work & if you're keen to review the paper please contact Mol Ecol Resources]. @sednasociety.bsky.social #eDNAinFocus

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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 · 01/10/2025

Didn’t Scott baker get banned from Japan for finding whale meat at one point?

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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 · 23/02/2025

Even as US citizens living abroad, it still feels like the weight of the world is on our shoulders.

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

The result from #eDNA strategy? Maybe streamlining of resources and give investors more confidence in eDNA.

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

Neil Gemmell calls Dianne and Olly experienced, then asked for some horizon gazing. Dashboards, normalization of eDNA, ways to use big data, tackling bigger pictures, What’s the world we want to train AI models? etc.

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

Michael Marnane says industry needs fast turn-around times (not academic timelines!) and metrics in dashboards that give power to make decisions

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

Manpreet suggests that we have co-leaders with mana in the space (and ideally with institutional support) — emphasizing that you have to have the 3 P’s: Participation, Partnership, and Protection.

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

Olly and Dianne think a national strategy is needed, at least for Aus

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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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