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Bose-Einstein-Kondensat @mwnautilus.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

#OpenSource #DIY isobaric precision #calorimeter built from a commercial #magnetic #stirrer -integrated thermally insulated #coffee mug: www.hardware-x.com/article/S246... - #GUI- / #Python / #Arduino -controlled - cost: US $30 #DIYbio #DIYchem #lab #instruments #education #MINT #STEM #school

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Will Anderson @willaanderson.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Finally got my hands on a #Gaudilabs #PocketPCR! Seems very nice for only ~$160 AUD. Keen to test some eDNA primers on it. 🧪🧬 gaudi.ch/PocketPCR/in...

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Will Anderson @willaanderson.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

A small but useful update for the #DIYNAFLUOR. I have made new 3D printing files to allow for compatibility with USB B-micro/C Arduino clones. The files can be found in the "experimental" folder on the Github page. 🧪🧬🦕 github.com/traulab/DIYN...

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Will Anderson @willaanderson.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Check out this great blog post from Harry Shota where they convert a #DIYNAFLUOR to do OD 650 nm measurements of Cupriavidus necator H16 bacteria. Very cool! 🦠🧬🧪🦕 note.com/shotaharry/n...

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Bettina Thalinger @bettinathal.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

🧬 #eDNA sampling video publication 🎥 To make it easier for non-experts and #CitizenScientists to carry out eDNA sampling, we turned the @ewhale-dna.bsky.social sampling protocol into a video publication! Please spread and use widely! 😊 www.jove.com/v/70334/envi... @biodiversa.eu

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Digital Naturalism Laboratories @dinalab.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

ohh i finally got mothbox.org ! Makes it even easier to share this open source biodiversity monitor than our big github pages url!

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The Mothbox is a low cost DIY insect monitor

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Vittorio Saggiomo @vsaggiomo.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

With our second preprint in a week, we've entered the world of acoustofluidics with our standard question: "How can we make high-precision acoustofluidic chips more accessible and cost-effective?" 1/3 chemrxiv.org/doi/full/10....

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Southern eDNA Society @sednasociety.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

🧬📸 Calling all eDNA enthusiasts, researchers, students & practitioners! We want to see eDNA through your lens 👀 The #eDNAinFocus Photo Competition celebrates the creativity, diversity & real-world impact of environmental DNA research across Australia, New Zealand & beyond 🌏 🧵👇

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Will Anderson @willaanderson.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

Okay! I think I have the bones of this cheap gel illuminator sorted. Just got to sort out the industrial design elements for the build so you don't have a bad time if you give it a go! These video/images are of a 1% gel in TAE with a 100 BP ladder run at 30V for 75 min. I'm happy :)

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Will Anderson @willaanderson.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

Working on a “very” low cost blue light DNA gel transilluminator (< $20 USD). Needs some revisions with the LED spacing, but looking very promising. Will get design files and protocols out asap. :) (Please note, the wonky gel is not representative of my usual gel quality 😅)

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Will Anderson @willaanderson.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

Testing a $40 AUD gel tank from Aliexpress. Had to change the anode wire to some 316 stainless steel because the one it came with dissolved. 😅 Otherwise totally fine! (Handles a 1% borax solution at 30 V no issues).

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Will Anderson @willaanderson.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

Its great to see this work getting out there! It's no easy feat to selectively enrich and analyse brain tumour derived exosomes from whole blood and my colleagues in Trau Group really put a huge amount of effort into proving this was possible! Congrats! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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Monitoring glioblastoma extracellular vesicle evolution using a nanodiagnostic platform to detect glioma stem cells driving recurrent disease

GEMPAC enables noninvasive glioblastoma treatment monitoring by analyzing glioma stem cell markers on circulating sEVs.

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Will Anderson @willaanderson.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

My photo “May”d the AIBN calendar! (Not sure about the first half of the caption though 😅)

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Will Anderson @willaanderson.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

Ready to show off some #DIYNAFLUOR units to QLD members of parliament and industry representatives tomorrow evening. The dinosaurs are there for moral support. 😅 🦕🧬

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Will Anderson @willaanderson.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

Reminder for eDNA folks! Apply by Nov 30th for the eDNA Collaborative’s #DIYNAFLUOR Microgrant to get an open-source DNA fluorometer to support your eDNA sequencing workflows! 🦕🧪🧬 Apply: tinyurl.com/5bpc3ksx DIYNAFLUOR Info: tinyurl.com/yfh33dsx @ednacollab.bsky.social

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DIYNAFLUOR Microgrant Opportunity

Link to RFP HERE Opportunity Details Micro-scale grants, or 'microgrants', are for researchers needing very specific equipment, materials, supplies, or training to achieve their objectives towards eD...

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Will Anderson @willaanderson.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

Need a DNA fluorometer to QC DNA for eDNA analysis pipelines? Here's a great opportunity to get a #DIYNAFLUOR through a Microgrant from the eDNA Collaborative! @ednacollab.bsky.social Application form: tinyurl.com/5bpc3ksx DIYNAFLUOR info: tinyurl.com/yfh33dsx 🦕🧬🧪

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Will Anderson @willaanderson.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

Really looking forward to #CitSciOz25 next week! I'll be speaking about the #DIYNAFLUOR and some of the outreach programs myself, and others have run using the platform. 🦕🧬🧪 I'll also have a few DIYNAFLUOR kits with me if anyone is interested in building one. citizenscience.org.au/citscioz25/

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Sullivan Lab at OSU @sullivan-lab.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

🚨 New tool for viral genomics! Meet CLAE: a high-fidelity Nanopore sequencing strategy that pushes accuracy to Q30, boosts throughput >800 Mb/100 pores, and recovers full-length viral genomes from complex samples 🌊🦠 👉 [doi.org/10.1002/advs.202505978] #viromics #nanopore #genomics

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Will Anderson @willaanderson.bsky.social · 10/08/2025

Hey, those look familiar! 😅 Hope the DIYNAFLUOR builds went well?

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eDNAqua-Plan Project @ednaquaplan.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

A new initiative looks forward to playing a significant role in mapping ocean biodiversity at scale, particularly in remote areas that are often beyond the reach of scientists through the implication of sailors. Learn more: bit.ly/3ALL2IV #CitizenScience #eDNA #biodiversity

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eDNA is powering a new wave of citizen science — Citizens of the Sea

Beneath the waves lies a hidden realm, teeming with secrets. All creatures, from tiny plankton to majestic whales, leave behind traces of their presence in the form of environmental DNA (eDNA). This e...

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Will Anderson @willaanderson.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

A fun little article on the open-source #DIYNAFLUOR DNA Fluorometer and its utility for limited resource researchers on the UQ News page. 🦕🧬 Look at that goofy dork. 😅 news.uq.edu.au/2025-07-dna-...

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The DNA analysis device that can be made on a 3D printer

UQ researchers have developed an affordable, open-source DNA measurement tool that can be built using a home 3D printer.

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Will Anderson @willaanderson.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

Took this photo in the lab today and thought i'd share cause I think it looks neat. 😅 "A lensing effect is produced as LED light passes through the base of a clear sample tube, revealing fluorescently stained proteins in solution."

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Will Anderson @willaanderson.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

A small update for the #DIYNAFLUOR project: We have just released a Mac version of the DIYNAFLUOR software. 🦕🍎 This may be particularly useful for those wanting to QC MinION library preps that are being run on M1-4 Macbooks. Find the new release on our Git page: github.com/traulab/DIYN...

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Chinna Devarapu @chinnadevarapu.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

1/8 🧵 Update on the Pocket #Spectrometer project. Been working on upgrading from the AS7341 to AS7343 sensor. The #AS7341 worked well but only had 9 channels. The #AS7343 offers 12 channels which should be better for #colorimetric analysis. #OpenSource 💡

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Will Anderson @willaanderson.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

A really nice write-up from the Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, on my #DIYNAFLUOR project - an open-source, 3D printable fluorometer for DNA quantitation. 🧬🦕 #STEM #UQresearch #AIBN aibn.uq.edu.au/article/2025...

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DIYNAFLUOR: The $60 device bringing DNA science anywhere

A low-cost, 3D-printed DNA testing device developed at the AIBN is making powerful science more accessible for researchers and students around the world.

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Will Anderson @willaanderson.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

Had a great time at the @brisjams.bsky.social event last night. Some great talks about using PacBio sequencing in microbiology. Also love the venue. More scientific presentations need to take place surrounded by indoor plants. 😅

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JAMS Brisbane @brisjams.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

PacBio Special 🔬 ✨ Proudly Sponsored by AGRF Ltd & PacBio ✨ 📅 Date: 18th June 2025 🕕 Time: 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM 📍 Venue: The Burrow, Beer Garden Room, West End 🥗 Free food and refreshments provided

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Will Anderson @willaanderson.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

Fantastic work from Anna Kovolenko and team to support the ARCTIC Networks goal to enable portable, low cost, viral sequencing. The pre-print provides a detailed analysis of alternatives to standard nanopore sequencing library preparation reagents. 👍

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Will Anderson @willaanderson.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

1/3 Last week I had the amazing opportunity to work with visiting grade 10 students from Kingaroy SHS to build #DIYNAFLUOR units as a part of a larger UQ outreach program run by Prof. Kristofer Thurecht’s group at the CAI. 🦕🧪 #stem

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Will Anderson @willaanderson.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

I know most DNA shearing happens up-stream in sequencing prep, but this made me chuckle. 😅

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Will Anderson @willaanderson.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

Mucking around with some Rhodamine B and Fluorescein. 🌈🔬

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Will Anderson @willaanderson.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

Some students in our group got me this historic piece of engineering literature at a used book sale recently. 🙏🔬🛠️🔧

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Maarten De Brauwer @maartendb.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

Curious about what lives in NSW (Australia) estuaries? We established a new open access baseline with more than 10,000 taxa for >250 sites using #eDNA methods. Short summary online today with links to video and a site map theconversation.com/from-surpris... @sednasociety.bsky.social

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From surprise platypus to wandering cane toads, here’s what we found hiding in NSW estuaries

Researchers worked with Indigenous Rangers to map life in 34 estuaries across NSW using environmental DNA - and made a host of unexpected discoveries.

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parafilm is cool dot com @parafilmm.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

At times like these it's important to remember the 3 branches of science

The side of a box of Parafilm that features the flask, dish, and beaker. Text has been added under them. The flask is labelled chemistry, the dish biology, and the beaker jam making. Jam making is written in a different handwritten font

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Will Anderson @willaanderson.bsky.social · 25/05/2025

Absolutely fantastic evening assembling 9 #DIYNAFLUOR kits for a high school research program where students will build and use them to quantify fluorescent nanoparticles and DNA. Massive shoutout to co-authors Sophie and Fiach who gave their time to help! 🦕🧬🧪

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Will Anderson @willaanderson.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

When Bunnings is selling Allen-key sets for $2, you buy them all.

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Will Anderson @willaanderson.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

I’ve got a class of high school students coming to build 10 #DIYNAFLUOR units in early June. That’s about 700 individual components I have to sort into build kits. No stress, right? 😅🦕🧬

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Will Anderson @willaanderson.bsky.social · 18/05/2025

Turns out it’s easy (and cheap) to get PCR-amplifiable DNA from Dinosaur Chicken Nuggets using ATL Buffer-Proteinase K lysis + magnetic beads. ->Working on A dinosaur-themed molecular biology STEM prac to pair with the #DIYNAFLUOR. 🐔🦕🧬🧪 (Chickens are basically dinosaurs, right?...)

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Chinna Devarapu @chinnadevarapu.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

Working on a web app that works with both mobiles and desktop. Follow this space for more updates on this #spectrophotometer 💡 bsky.app/profile/chin...

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eDNAqua-Plan Project @ednaquaplan.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

Introducing the eDNA-container app! This free, open-source software simplifies #eDNA analysis with a user-friendly interface based on QIIME2, compatible with various OS via Docker. Perfect for ecologists & lab staff to monitor ecosystems effortlessly. 👉 bit.ly/3QyAtOy #biodiversity #genomics #tech

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Will Anderson @willaanderson.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

I really love it when people share their build photos with me. 🙂 Thanks Ulrich!

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Will Anderson @willaanderson.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

Got a silly idea for a #DIYNAFLUOR themed STEM prac.... Extracting and quantifying DNA from Dinosaur Nuggets. Maybe do a species specific PCR to prove its chicken meat? (They're kinda Dinosaurs!) 😅 🧬🧪🦕

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Francisco De La Vega @ribozyme.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

A kinetic ruler controls mRNA poly(A) tail length: The pleasure of learning that a simple molecular mechanism explains an observation we all knew but couldn’t previously explain #molecularbiology #microbialresearch www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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A kinetic ruler controls mRNA poly(A) tail length

Poly(A) tails of newly synthesized mRNAs have uniform lengths, arising through cooperation between the cleavage and polyadenylation complex (CPAC) and poly(A) binding proteins (PABPs). In the budding ...

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David Eccles 🌻🇵🇸7x🩹🛡️ @gringene.org · 03/05/2025

FWIW, Illumina sequencers can also be repurposed for other uses: dx.doi.org/10.1038/s415...

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Will Anderson @willaanderson.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

Currently preparing 10 #DIYNAFLUOR kits for grade 10 students to assemble as a part of a science outreach program run by my institute. They will use the DIYNAFLOUR to quantify fluorescent nanoparticles they get to synthesize. (Wish I got to do this when I was 15. 😅 🦕)

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