Austen Thomas @scatdna.bsky.social · 10/02/2026"Smith-Root eDNA filters (1.2 μm pore size) significantly increased eDNA detection probability and signal strength." onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.... 010
Austen Thomas @scatdna.bsky.social · 12/01/2026"The goal? To conduct a census of every major river and drainage in Washington over the next seven years." With eDNA!! 🎉 wdfw.medium.com/washingtons-...wdfw.medium.comWashington’s rivers, revealed: Cutting-edge project to map the aquatic biodiversity of every river…In a groundbreaking effort to better understand and protect Washington’s native freshwater fish, shellfish, and amphibians, Washington… 010
Reposted by Austen ThomasMarine eDNA Dude @marinednadude.bsky.social · 20/12/2024In the wise words from one of the best tide poolers I know: “All the world is but a lump, and we are merely suckers.” 021
Reposted by Austen ThomasProfColinBean @profcolinbean.bsky.social · 17/12/2024Rapid identification of invasive Brook Trout through CRISPR-based environmental DNA detection. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society, 00, 1–1. doi.org/10.1002/tafs...doi.orgAFS PublicationsImpact statement Brook Trout invasions in the Pacific Northwest highlight continued struggles with managing nonnative species. We deployed a rapid CRISPR-Cas12a-based environmental DNA detection pr... 081
Reposted by Austen ThomasWoods Hole Oceanographic Institution @whoi.edu · 17/12/2024🤖🌊🌋 During a research cruise off #AmericanSamoa last summer, #Mesobot made 4 daring dives into the active #underwatervolcano Vailulu’u! In a first for the #autonomousvehicle, it entered the caldera to gather images + #eDNA samples. 📸 Nova West © Ocean Exploration Trust 0426
Reposted by Austen ThomasMatthew A. Barnes @drbarnes.org · 06/12/2024Nice writeup on PhD student Sadie Roth's recent winning poster at The Wildlife Society wildlife.org/doctoral-can...wildlife.orgDoctoral candidates recognized for presentations during #TWS2024 - The Wildlife SocietyGilia Patterson’s and Sadie Roth’s presentations stood out among hundreds at the TWS Annual Conference 161
Reposted by Austen ThomasAllan McDevitt @shrewgod.bsky.social · 26/11/2024Setting up some #eDNA controls with the metaprobe in the Galway Atlantaquaria for our work on monitoring Irish elasmobranchs 1293
Reposted by Austen ThomasAna Ramón-Laca @lacadna.bsky.social · 26/11/2024I always recommend Katy Klymus et al 2020 as the best reference for species-specific assays. app.jove.com/v/61825/deve...app.jove.comDevelopment and Testing of Species-specific Quantitative PCR Assays for Environmental DNA ApplicationsWatch this Scientific Journal Video about Development and Testing of Species-specific Quantitative PCR Assays for Environmental DNA Applications at JoVE.com 171
Reposted by Austen ThomasMatthew A. Barnes @drbarnes.org · 25/11/2024Can anyone out there recommend useful tips, references, or softwares for species-specific ddPCR assay design? #eDNA 🌎🧪 2102
Austen Thomas @scatdna.bsky.social · 26/11/2024Fun with process diagrams today. I find these graphics oddly enjoyable to work on. 🤓 130
Reposted by Austen ThomasMatthew A. Barnes @drbarnes.org · 23/11/2024@scatdna.bsky.social do you think your backpack will work for airborne #eDNA? We will let you know what we find out... 151
Reposted by Austen ThomasMcLane Research Laboratories @mclanelabs.bsky.social · 22/11/2024Ocean #eDNA is front and center. McLane has been in this space for over decade: the RoCSI, PPS, SUPR and the RAS. buff.ly/3OjZU52 021
Reposted by Austen ThomasMatthew A. Barnes @drbarnes.org · 15/11/2024Love seeing the influx of users coming over from that other site! For those of you interested in environmental DNA (#eDNA), I have made a Feed for that: bsky.app/profile/did:... 182
Austen Thomas @scatdna.bsky.social · 22/11/2024An excellent field validation study by USGS demonstrating the potential implementation of automated #eDNA sampling for routine species monitoring. pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...pubs.acs.orgField Trials of an Autonomous eDNA Sampler in Lotic WatersEnvironmental DNA (eDNA) analysis has become a transformative technology, but sample collection methods lack standardization and sampling at effective frequencies requires considerable field effort. A... 282
Reposted by Austen Thomasednacollab.bsky.social @ednacollab.bsky.social · 22/11/2024Who else is attending the Southern eDNA Society #eDNA conference in Wellington in February?? We will be there!!! 🧬(Also, they have a promo code for NZ air - "EDNA25"!) ✈️ 061
Reposted by Austen ThomasFlorian Leese @leeselab.bsky.social · 22/11/2024Let‘s try a #metabarcoding starter pack to nucleate people interested. Welcome molecular #biodiversity monitoring people. Let’s try to keep us posted on updates regarding papers, projects, methods. Happy weekend.☀️#eDNA go.bsky.app/Qvqgknp 233922
Austen Thomas @scatdna.bsky.social · 21/11/2024Test post. #eDNA Autosamplers at MBARI. eDNA robots are cool. 2322
Reposted by Austen ThomasDr.Kat Stewart @ecoevoedna.bsky.social · 17/11/2024I started an #eDNA starter pack as one didn’t exist yet. Feel free to message me to get your name added. Open to all! go.bsky.app/U2vgV5Q 6111258