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WebDNA – food web reconstruction through environmental DNA analysis. Leverhulme funded project. Liverpool John Moores University & Essex University (UK), University of Rome Tor Vergata (IT)

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webDNA @webdnaproject.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
@thefsbi.bsky.social @thembauk.bsky.social
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The Mariani Lab @marianilab.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
Thank you #Orbetello #Mediterranean #Lagoon #Fish #Flamingo @webdnaproject.bsky.social
The silhouette of flamingoes at dawn
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BES Aquatic Ecology Group @bes-aquaticgroup.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
Day 1 of our annual #BESAG2025, at @londonzoo.bsky.social workshops day! Our second workshop was led by Prof Mike Sweet. We had great group discussions on the use of #probiotics in natural #ecosystems 🌍🧪💊💧🌊
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BES Aquatic Ecology Group @bes-aquaticgroup.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
#BESAG2025. Our first keynote speaker is Dr. Iestyn Woolway. he gave us a very interesting talk on global #lakes responses to #climate #change. #freshwater #aquatic 💧💦🌍
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BES Aquatic Ecology Group @bes-aquaticgroup.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
our third #BESAG2025 keynote speaker is @sarabenelli.bsky.social from the University of Parma. Sara gave us a great talk on #biogeochemical interactions between micro- and macro-organisms #aquatic #lagoon #freshwater 💧💦🌍🧪🪱
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Dania Albini @daniaalbini.bsky.social · 16/08/2025
New publication lead by Iris Pimentel. Hypothesis-Driven Research on Multiple Stressors: An Analytical Framework for Stressor Interactions onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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Hypothesis‐Driven Research on Multiple Stressors: An Analytical Framework for Stressor Interactions
Multiple-stressor research is relevant across ecological sub-disciplines (terrestrial, marine, and freshwater), aiming to predict how anthropogenic stressors combine. Different null models have been ....
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BES Aquatic Ecology Group @bes-aquaticgroup.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
there is still time to join us for our annual #BESAG conference! in London (ZSL), 15/16 Sept! Check out our amazing prices for #ECRs! #aquatic #marine #freshwater 🌍🧪💧🌊
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Steve Thackeray @thackers.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
Cara the copepod is telling her friend that she has found the event for them, in the BES Niche magazine! Come and meet your aquatic ecology community at #BESAG2025! #CaraTheCopepod #marine #freshwater #ecology @bes-aquaticgroup.bsky.social 🧪💦 Book here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/besag2025-...
Two soft toys (an orange copepod and a blue tardigrade) on the BES magazine, by the advert for the annual aquatic ecology group conference.
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Marine Biological Laboratory @mblscience.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
The famous Meselson-Stahl experiment, which provided strong evidence for semi-conservative DNA replication, had its roots at the MBL! 🧬 Meselson and Stahl met here in the summer of 1954. Happy #DNADay! #sciencestartshere 📷: Matthew Meselson in summer 1954
A black and white photo of a man operating a machine
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Philipp Bayer @philippbayer.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
My nightmare in #eDNA is to detect a rare or threatened species that turns out to be a false positive, so we set out to evaluate some of the commonly used taxonomic classifiers. The results are finally out: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... 1/3
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A Comprehensive Evaluation of Taxonomic Classifiers in Marine Vertebrate eDNA Studies
Environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding is a widely used tool for surveying marine vertebrate biodiversity. To this end, many computational tools have been released and a plethora of bioinformatic app...
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BES Aquatic Ecology Group @bes-aquaticgroup.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Join us for our Annual #BESAG2025! We have a great price for #ECRs! send us your nomination by the 4th of August and you can have a free conference ticket and present your exciting research! #freshwater #marine #aquatic Link to register to the conference: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/besag2025-...
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BES Aquatic Ecology Group @bes-aquaticgroup.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
📢✨. NEW DATA WORKSHOP for #BESAG2025! We're thrilled to host Dr Paul Medley and his workshop on analysing fisheries data at our upcoming autumn conference! 🌏 Where: ZSL London ⏰ When: 15/16th September 2025 Tickets and abstract submissions ⬇️: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/besag2025-....
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BES Aquatic Ecology Group @bes-aquaticgroup.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
📢✨ Aquatically-inclined and looking for an autumn conference? Join us for this year's #BESAG2025 to discuss all things #freshwater and #marine science! Where: ZSL London When: 15/16th September 2025 Registration and abstract submission info ⬇️ www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/besa...
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#BESAG2025: Aquatic Ecology Group Annual Meeting 2025
Get together with the freshwater and marine research community to hear the latest research, share skills, and build your network!
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The Mariani Lab @marianilab.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Fieldwork tenet number 1: the gifts of nature shall not go to waste @webdnaproject.bsky.social @leverhulme.ac.uk #eDNA #FoodWebs #Mediterranean #Lagoon
Fresh catch from a Mediterranean lagoon
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webDNA @webdnaproject.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
Our first field work has now ended. Thanks to everyone who contributed to this amazing week in Rome! @universityofessex.bsky.social @marianilab.bsky.social @rdowell.bsky.social @daniaalbini.bsky.social @ljmuofficial.bsky.social TorVergata. Stay tuned for updates 🐟 🧬 🕸️ 🧪
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webDNA @webdnaproject.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
Our #webDNA boat team 🚣returning from sampling from the Orbetello laguna (IT) #foodweb #DNA #fish
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webDNA @webdnaproject.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
A big thank you to Chiara Leone from the Tor Vergata Team, for all her efforts in organise and coordinate activities for a team of > 10 people for 5 days of sampling and field work! #webDNA
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webDNA @webdnaproject.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
a quick dip into the sea for some of the #webDNA team, after a long day of sampling and processing! #marine #foodweb #SIA #eDNA 🐟🐠🌊🧪🦠🔬
SeaSea dip Sea dip
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webDNA @webdnaproject.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
#webDNA in action
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webDNA @webdnaproject.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
For our #webDNA project we are collecting many information from the Orbetello area #marine #foodwebs, from #fish sizes and their diets, to samples for #SIA and #eDNAmetabarcoding 🐟🐠🕸️🌊🔬🧪🌍
FishFish measurements Fish
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webDNA @webdnaproject.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
We are in Italy, Orbetello, for our first field campaign! #webDNA has officially started! the Torre Vergata Team is a great host! @marianilab.bsky.social @rdowell.bsky.social @EoinOgorman #foodweb #eDNA #fish #plankton #macroinverts #marinescience 🐟🦠🌊🕸️
CrabsSediment Eals
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UKEOF UKDNA Working Group @ukdnawg.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
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... Please spread the word!
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UKEOF UKDNA Working Group Conference 2025
UKEOF UKDNA Working Group Conference 2025 - Events by UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
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The Marine Biological Association @thembauk.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
Calling all postgraduate students! 🎓 Join us at the 21st #Marine Biological Association #postgraduate conference at @uniofhull.bsky.social Why you should join us: 💡Share your #research 🤝Build connections 🌍Interdisciplinary focus For more information ➡️ buff.ly/3PBmtCL #MBA
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BES Aquatic Ecology Group @bes-aquaticgroup.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
📢 Delighted to present our full line-up of keynote speakers for #BESAG2025! 📢 Dr Sara Benelli Prof. Yin Chen Dr Iestyn Woolway Dr Emma Cavan Dr Joe Taylor Can you guess the theme this year? 🦠👀 🌏 Where: ZSL London ⏰ When: 15/16th September 2025 Registration: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/besag2025-...
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Dania Albini @daniaalbini.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
📢 I am very excited to share our new paper in @commsbio.bsky.social: nature.com/articles/s42... . 🔥 🌍🧪How does #warming affect #plankton #bodysize distributions? We used one of the largest outdoor #mesocosm experiments to test our hypothesis 1/
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Warming alters plankton body-size distributions in a large field experiment - Communications Biology
Warming reduces zooplankton size by up to 57% at +8° C, with some nonlinear trends and breakpoints. This large-scale mesocosm study highlights the importance of intergenerational responses to warming ...
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The Mariani Lab @marianilab.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Since I was a kid, when looking at pictures of #jaguars and #leopards side-by-side, i’ve always felt like the former was a scarier prehistoric version of the latter, a more elegant and sophisticated solution… I still feel exactly the same!
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Marine Cusa @marscicaf.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Haven't been much on bsky bc I feel social media are to blame for much of what is going on. But, wanted to share this; 🐟 We've pushed genetics for seafood mislabelling investigations & results are sobering! Our @theconversation.com piece @marianilab.bsky.social theconversation.com/the-sustaina...
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The ‘sustainable’ cod in your shopping basket may be no such thing – new study reveals mislabelling
Nearly a third of the cod we tested had a different origin than the one reported.
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Martin Wilkes @wilkesma.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
More opportunities for postgraduateresearch via the @leverhulme.bsky.social #SustainableTransitions programme at University of Essex. Fully funded MSc followed by a PhD. Open to UK students meeting specific eligibility criteria. Closing 18 April. See www.essex.ac.uk/scholarships... for more details
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Sustainable Transitions Masters plus PhD | University of Essex
The University of Essex is offering three Masters plus PhD research scholarships on our Sustainable Transitions doctoral training programme for Home / UK applicants from underrepresented groups.
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