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Bettina Thalinger @bettinathal.bsky.social · Apr 29

#eDNA #eRNA #omics people: would you support the formation of a European Society for Environmental Omics #ESEO? Please share your thoughts in the questionnaire & spread this message! 🙏
Thank you, the ESEO core team!
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European Society for Environmental Omics (ESEO)

Dear Environmental Omics enthusiasts! At the AquaEcOmics meeting in Evian (March, 2025), an international group of 35 experts discussed the future of regular European meetings and collaborative effor...

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Moler @envdna.bsky.social · Mar 22

A Confidence Scoring Procedure for eDNA Metabarcoding Records and Its Application to a Global Marine Fish Dataset

#eDNA #environmentalDNA

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A Confidence Scoring Procedure for eDNA Metabarcoding Records and Its Application to a Global Marine Fish Dataset

Metabarcoding of environmental DNA (eDNA) is transforming biodiversity detection and surveys across ecosystems and is becoming part of biodiversity monitoring programs. However, interpretations of eD...

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SAME18-BCN @same18-bcn.bsky.social · Mar 22

🌊 Save the Date! 🌍
#SAME18 — Aquatic Microbiomes on a Changing Planet
📍 Barcelona, Spain | 🗓️ Sept 28 – Oct 3, 2025
At the iconic PRBB 🧬🌿
Join us to explore the frontiers of aquatic microbial ecology.

📢 Stay tuned for more info and follow us on Bluesky!

#MicrobialEcology #MarineMicrobiology #SAME18

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Pascal Hablützel @pascalhabluetzel.bsky.social · Mar 21

I'm on the train on my way home from #AquaEcOmics with lots of new research ideas after three days of uncountable interesting talks and discussions.

AquaEcOmics @aquaecomics.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · Mar 20

Really not easy to take a photo of the entire group ;-) #aquaecomics

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Pascal Hablützel @pascalhabluetzel.bsky.social · Mar 21

We released the first batch of metagenomes collected by the European Marine Omics Biodiversity Observation Network!

Biodiversity Data Journal @bdj.pensoft.net · Mar 21

Тhe first data release from the European Marine Omics Biodiversity Observation Network (EMO BON), an initiative of the European Marine Biological Resource Centre to fill the gaps in our current knowledge on biodiversity of the world's oceans: doi.org/10.3897/BDJ....

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AquaEcOmics @aquaecomics.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · Mar 18

Great opening of #aquaecomics meeting given by Isabelle Domaizon #evian #omics #metabarcoding #edna #metagenomics #water… We are 240 attendees on site and 40 online! With more than 120 presentations and 40 posters
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Flanders Marine Institute - VLIZ @vliz.be · Mar 10

🌊 VLIZ hires a Technical Assistant Research (Junior). Join the #VLIZ team to tackle plastic pollution issues in marine environments. Work with micro- and macroplastics, conduct fieldwork & laboratory analyses, assist with student mentoring. Apply no later than 25 March. 🔗 www.vliz.be/en/jobs/vliz...

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Adriana Guatame-García @adrianaguatame.bsky.social · Mar 6

A friend included this anti-acknowledgement section on her PhD thesis. She also added the proposition: “Systematic bullying and undermining of girls and women in STEM starts early on and is the reason why they do not stay in science and related fields.”
Absurd we still need to go through this
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There have been people less than helpful in my journey here. I wanted to acknowledge those too, bc I know I am not unique in this experience.
No thank you to the physics study assoc that made me sing songs about how women couldn't study physics without sleeping with the professor, the day I stepped into university life. No thank you to the 5th year physics student that decided to assign me a stripper name within the first minute of meeting me in the physics coffee corner in my first year. No thank you to the technician that was responsible for onboarding me on the use of the cluster in my third year who raised his eyebrows and asked me if that meant I was some sort of computer girl. No thank you to the senior researcher that sent me utterly inappropriate texts after a conference, then proceeded to apologise months later by telling me they had not been meant for me anyway so no hard feelings remain hopefully And no thank you to him for attending every conference I've been to since. No thank you to the people who told me that it was surprising that I was doing a PhD since I was a girl. No thank you to the man who mistook me for a coffee lady at a conference, and after having to correct him two times that I did not work there, responded with you should consider it. No thank you to the researcher that asked me what I was wearing underneath my outfit during a conference. No thank you to the physicist who declared to a room full of other physicists that biologists don't know how to design an experiment. No thank you to the people who have called me scary instead of strong and intimidating instead of intelligent.
And finally, no thank you to the exec board of the TU Delft, whose knee-jerk reaction to being held up a mirror about the social safety at the university, was to sue the party holding up the mirror instead of looking at the problems they highlighted.
... You have made me feel like I do not belong in science & I cannot forgive you for that.

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Pascal Hablützel @pascalhabluetzel.bsky.social · Feb 27

Nice article on the research of my PhD student Sarah Schmidlin. Unfortunately only in Dutch.

Flanders Marine Institute - VLIZ @vliz.be · Feb 27

Duik in de wereld van oesterlarven met VLIZ-onderzoekster Sarah Schmidlin. Op zoek naar een vestigingsplek moeten de larven van de Japanse oester keuzes maken die hun overleving en succes als volwassen oester bepalen. Een verkeerde keuze kan fataal zijn... www.vliz.be/testerep/nl/...

De slimme keuzes van oesterlarven: overleven in een drukke onderwaterwereld

Duik met VLIZ-onderzoekster Sarah Schmidlin mee in de mysterieuze wereld van oesterlarven. Op zoek naar de perfecte plek om zich te vestigen, moeten de larven van de Japanse oester keuzes maken die hu...

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Flanders Marine Institute - VLIZ @vliz.be · Feb 27

Duik in de wereld van oesterlarven met VLIZ-onderzoekster Sarah Schmidlin. Op zoek naar een vestigingsplek moeten de larven van de Japanse oester keuzes maken die hun overleving en succes als volwassen oester bepalen. Een verkeerde keuze kan fataal zijn... www.vliz.be/testerep/nl/...

De slimme keuzes van oesterlarven: overleven in een drukke onderwaterwereld

Duik met VLIZ-onderzoekster Sarah Schmidlin mee in de mysterieuze wereld van oesterlarven. Op zoek naar de perfecte plek om zich te vestigen, moeten de larven van de Japanse oester keuzes maken die hu...

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Pascal Hablützel @pascalhabluetzel.bsky.social · Feb 10

I'm very proud to coordinate this project with this fantastic team. We will gain a lot of insights in how to optimize the use of eDNA for species detection in a complex coastal ecosystem.

eDNA-OPTIMA @edna-optima.bsky.social · Feb 10

We officially kicked-off eDNA-OPTIMA. In this project, we deploy samplers on a USV, improve detection of benthic invertebrates, aim to understand how eDNA is transported by ocean currents, etc.
@vliznews.bsky.social
@kuleuvenuniversity.bsky.social
@naturalsciences-be.bsky.social
@vlaio.bsky.social

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Pascal Hablützel @pascalhabluetzel.bsky.social · Feb 6

Please add me to the list. Thanks!

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GuardIAS @guardias.bsky.social · Jan 29

News from the Guardias @guardias.bsky.social & Onestop @onestopproject.bsky.social Projects Kickoff Meeting has just been released. Read all about it at www.eurekalert.org/news-release... ,
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Ambitious projects to tackle invasive alien species launched in Europe

Two ambitious multi-stakeholder projects that aim to tackle the threat of invasive alien species have been launched at a conference in Europe last week (20-23 January 2025). GuardIAS and OneSТOP &mda...

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GuardIAS @guardias.bsky.social · Jan 21

Day 2 - we're looking forward to a full day of collaboration! Today we are briefed on different Work Packages and discuss synergies to increase the impacts of our projects Guardias and OneSTOP #GuardIASOneStopKickOff
@onestopproject.bsky.social @ec.europa.eu

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GuardIAS @guardias.bsky.social · Jan 20

#GuardIASOneStopKickOff meeting brings together science, tech and community engagement experts to tackle the problems caused by #invasivespecies.
Kickstarting an innovative & comprehensive opportunity for the EU’s efforts to preserve biodiversity & protect ecosystems @onestopproject.bsky.social

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Philipp Bayer @philippbayer.bsky.social · Dec 31

Metadata standards are sorely needed for eDNA - there's a similar workshop coming up st the eDNA SEeDNA conference in NZ in February!

Marine eDNA Dude @marinednadude.bsky.social · Dec 30

Check out our latest paper on #eDNA and metabarcoding data reporting standards 🤓🧬🧪

These minimum reporting guidelines for metabarcoding workflows extend from the physical layout of laboratories through to data archiving enhance trust and reliability in data

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The MIEM guidelines: Minimum information for reporting of environmental metabarcoding data

Environmental DNA (eDNA) and RNA (eRNA) metabarcoding has become a popular tool for assessing biodiversity from environmental samples, but inconsistent documentation of methods, data and metadata make...

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GuardIAS @guardias.bsky.social · Dec 16

An adapted version of our #GuardIAS Grant Proposal has just been published in Management of Biological Invasions.
You may download it from here: www.reabic.net/journals/mbi...
#bioinvasions #InvasiveSpecies #MarineEcology #AquaticEcology 🌍🌐🧪

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GuardIAS @guardias.bsky.social · Dec 8

GuardIAS outcomes will contribute to meeting the requirements of multiple policies, such as the IAS Regulation, EU Biodiversity Strategy, Birds and Habitats Directives, Nature Restoration Law, Marine Action Plan, the Ocean Decade, and the KM-GBF.
#Bioinvasions #MarineEcology #AquaticEcology

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