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Clare I. M. Adams @clare-edna.bsky.social · 7d

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Clare I. M. Adams @clare-edna.bsky.social · 7d

#GFANZ is hosting @nicrawlencenz.bsky.social to talk about the de-extinction debate.

(Sorry, more #aDNA than eDNA)

Nic Rawlence @nicrawlencenz.bsky.social · 8d

I have a double bill of public talks coming up on MythBusting de-extinction to sort fact from fiction. It will be good to see you all there. On Tues 14th Oct 11am-12.30pm NZ time I'll be giving an online talk with Genomics for Aotearoa NZ. You can register here (otago.zoom.us/webinar/regi...) 1/2

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Clare I. M. Adams @clare-edna.bsky.social · 7d

Didn’t Scott baker get banned from Japan for finding whale meat at one point?

Clare I. M. Adams @clare-edna.bsky.social · Sep 3

If you’re looking for a job where you travel to conferences this guy is hiring (shoot him an email):

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Southern eDNA Society @sednasociety.bsky.social · Sep 3

Date: September 24th, 2025
New Zealand (NZST): 2:30 PM
Australia – East (AEST): 12:30 PM
Australia – West (AWST): 10:30 AM

More info here - sednasociety.com/2025/09/03/s...

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Southern eDNA Society @sednasociety.bsky.social · Sep 3

Great news! We are restarting our eDNA webinar series this year to share exciting new research with the eDNA community.

Our first webinar is by Josh Koh (DCCEEW): Explainable Multimodal Machine Learning Using Combined environmental DNA and Biogeographic Features for Ecosystem Biomonitoring

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Clare I. M. Adams @clare-edna.bsky.social · Sep 1

At Queenstown Research Week, Ben Te Aikā talks about how Māori philosophy differs from Western philosophy:

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Southern eDNA Society @sednasociety.bsky.social · Aug 21

The New Zealand Molecular Ecology conference returns for its 27th year! This meeting brings together students, researchers, & industry to divulge the latest in ecological genomics and eDNA. This year, the meeting is held in Raglan, 26-28th of November. You won’t want to miss it! shorturl.at/inWqz

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Clare I. M. Adams @clare-edna.bsky.social · Jul 29

@nicrawlencenz.bsky.social chats to the #public about how #feasible (not) #de-extinction is, and the #ethics surrounding this topic using his #aDNA expertise

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Clare I. M. Adams @clare-edna.bsky.social · Jul 29

@nicrawlencenz.bsky.social chats to the #public about how #feasible (not) #de-extinction is, and the #ethics surrounding this topic using his #aDNA expertise

@universityofotago.bsky.social

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Erin Hahn (she/her) @erinhahn.bsky.social · Jul 16

📣 New paper! 📣

We summarise the outputs of last year's @sednasociety.bsky.social Airborne eDNA Workshop & chart a path for airborne eDNA as a transformative tool for #biodiversity, #biosecurity & #conservation.

🔗 tinyurl.com/4a8vb6ja

#eDNA #airDNA #SeDNAS

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Erin Hahn (she/her) @erinhahn.bsky.social · Jul 16

Shout out to my co-authors! Lead author Rachel Tulloch, @clare-edna.bsky.social @drbarnes.org @profbatgirl.bsky.social @digleeson.bsky.social @annajmhopkins.bsky.social @annamac.bsky.social

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Clare I. M. Adams @clare-edna.bsky.social · Jul 9

Wilcox Rōpū at @geneticsaus.bsky.social dinner last night: (L->R) Clare Adams, Phil Wilcox, Bruce Weir, Alastair Lamont.

Clare I. M. Adams @clare-edna.bsky.social · Jul 9

@alexeidrummond.bsky.social gave a wonderful keynote at @geneticsaus.bsky.social about how Bayesian/MCMC #models can be used on #cancer cells to determine when they originated and updates on #LPhy for all those #evolutionary #biologists out there.

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Clare I. M. Adams @clare-edna.bsky.social · Jul 8

Libby Liggins and Claire Rye chat about the #Aotearoa #Genomics #Data #Repository, including how #metadata can be submitted (including #eDNA). They are hoping to take #indigenous #governance to the #Genomic #Standards #Consortium later this year…

@geneticsaus.bsky.social

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Clare I. M. Adams @clare-edna.bsky.social · Jul 8

@testeeves.bsky.social chats at @geneticsaus.bsky.social about how #genetics could play a role in careful #management of small endangered #bird populations.

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Clare I. M. Adams @clare-edna.bsky.social · Jul 8

Allyson Malpartida found #viruses in cattle troughs in NT #Australia using #eRNA and #eDNA techniques.

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Southern eDNA Society @sednasociety.bsky.social · Jul 8

Introducing the SeDNAs Members Starter Pack 🧬

Connect with fellow members of the society, grow your eDNA network, and spark new collaborations!

Comment below or message to be added to the pack

go.bsky.app/GBwDbax

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Clare I. M. Adams @clare-edna.bsky.social · Jul 8

@sebasalco.bsky.social talks at @geneticsaus.bsky.social about #Hector and #Maui’s #dolphins, including chromosomal inversions which may help keep these species separate…

@laninsky.bsky.social

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Clare I. M. Adams @clare-edna.bsky.social · Jul 8

Richard O’Rorke chats about #eDNA from #bugs on #cars at @geneticsaus.bsky.social

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Clare I. M. Adams @clare-edna.bsky.social · Jul 8

So proud of Teremoana Porter-Rawiri for doing fungal #eDNA in the #Wairarapa. Restored, unrestored, and remnant sites showed differences, correlating with nitrogen.

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Clare I. M. Adams @clare-edna.bsky.social · Jul 8

Meriam Van Os finds #fish differences in preserved #Kurī (dog) 💩 , showing what some of the diet may have been. #aDNA #eDNA

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Clare I. M. Adams @clare-edna.bsky.social · Jul 8

@rebeccakfrench.bsky.social chats about #Kākāpō #disease #transcriptomics, showing that E. coli may correlate with #diseased birds.

@geneticsaus.bsky.social

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Clare I. M. Adams @clare-edna.bsky.social · Jul 7

@EmZLCarroll chats about #Tohorā right #whale #conservation #genetics and potential impacts in foraging #habitat #decline. Whale snot and #eDNA can be partnered with long term #datasets for effective #monitoring.

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Clare I. M. Adams @clare-edna.bsky.social · Jul 7

Megan Leask chats about how we can move towards #culturally competent #precision #medicine in #Aotearoa New Zealand.

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