I’ve just realised I had missed a letter in the hashtag 🤦‍♀️ if you’re looking to read about #UKDNAWG24 , also search for #UKDAWG24 !

Great 2 days at #UKDAWG24 getting to discuss my #marine #eDNA work & hear about all the other great research going on inc. colleagues Chris Hirst & Carla Perez Mon! Our PI Rob Ogden also gave a fab keynote on forensic #eDNA that kicked off the 2 days 🧐 🧬 See you next year!

Last but not least, Carla Perez Mon discussing tracing falsified medicines using #eDNA #metabarcoding . Can eDNA link medicines and identify species to inform about geolocation? initial data suggests that we can 👍🏻 #UKDAWG24

Sam Jones telling us about using #eDNA to monitor freshwater pearl mussel. Optimised assay, assessed temporal patterns, looked at abundance estimates, tested in field. Found eDNA matches spawning, increase in DNA conf during spawning events #UKDAWG24

Kara Dicks now telling us about nanopore and the advantages of being able to sequence anywhere anytime, and how that fits with #eDNA and biodiversity studies #UKDAWG24

Moving towards routine taxonomic inventorying using #nanopore sequencing from #metaprobe samples on #seagrass ! Fab work by ⁦Ethan Ross⁩ !
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Next Naiara Sales monitoring aquatic inverts has challenges, #eDNA has helped but has own challenges eg persistence, #eRNA could provide alternative. Compared both methods using 3 markers for COI region. Only 2 markers worked. eDNA & eRNA results differed with marker #UKDAWG24

First up, Jake Jackman discussing #eDNA as alternative method for surveying 🐟 on the Mersey & understand hydrological processes on transport of eDNA. All sampling methods tried worked well so eDNA feasible. Found 🧬 moves far into estuary. Helps to interpret findings #UKDNAWG24

Todays keynote is Pete Hollingsworth from Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh telling us all about the development and goals of the Scottish DNA hub #UKDAWG24 #eDNA

The Harper’s take on #UKDNAWG24 #eDNA #sisters

Dr Lynsey Harper

#postdocs doing UKDAWG24 right!

How great that #DNADay24 falls on the first day of #UKDAWG24 🧬

Katie Clark from Natural England sharing the goals of creation & optimisation of airborne #eDNA samplers. Want to develop new methods to survey terrestrial biodiversity in low cost, efficient way. Need help so asking community what they need & what can they do for you #UKDNAWG24

Katherine Lester discussing gaps in reference database for soil fauna. Plenty specimens so why the gaps? Goal is to sequence species and begin filling gaps #UKDNAWG24

Sophie de Bacquevort speeding us through air #eDNA as a forest biodiversity monitoring tool for fungi and mammals. Few species for mammals, lots of fungi. How to improve mammal detection? #UKDNAWG24

Soil is a habitat and provides soil ecosystem services. Susheel Bhanu Busi talks about how we can use microbial DNA to assess functions and AMR

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Some very cool Irish #lake #sedDNA results from Andrew Tighe going back ~10,000 years 🐗🐺🦌🐂 but those pesky #otters are still eluding detection even from sediment cores! Keep an eye out for the publication 👀 #UKDNAWG24

Amy Thorpe discussing use of sedimentary DNA to reconstruct past microbial community dynamics. Compared sedDNA & microscopy. Able to track community trends over time & found increases tracked w/ onset of eutrophication. Each method also detected distinct communities #UKDNAWG24

Another sparkling speedtalk session containing #eDNA from water and land from remote #islands , Mediterranean #cetaceans , #sponge #nsDNA , and #bioinformatic advances!
⁦Dr. Kirsten J Harper⁩ Chloé Fernandez ⁦Gert-Jan Jeunen⁩ ⁦Rosie Dowell⁩ #GeorgeRoderick .
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Dr. Kirsten J Harper shows #eDNA bounty of the Pitcairn Islands. Over 40 species detected from just 11 pilot samples that show expected associations with depth and habitat. Remaining samples to be sequenced with multiple markers and another sampling expedition next year #UKDNAWG24