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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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Patrick Nichols @saltwaterpatrick.bsky.social · Aug 25

Can we circumvent the cumbersome filtration of #edna from seawater to detect rare taxa? Yes! Passively deploying simple cost-effective cotton membranes can, with trade-offs of course. @sednasociety.bsky.social doi.org/10.7717/peer...

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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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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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Southern eDNA Society @sednasociety.bsky.social · Jul 14

🧬 💻 Help shape the future of national eDNA analysis support

Australian BioCommons & SeDNAs have launched a short survey to identify the computational and bioinformatics needs of our community.

Your input will guide future investments—don’t miss the chance to have your say!
👉 tinyurl.com/yc3eu2ns

Building Better eDNA Tools: National Survey on Infrastructure Gaps

The Australian BioCommons (https://www.biocommons.org.au) is a national digital infrastructure initiative helping life science researchers accelerate their ability to understand the molecular basis of...

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ICRS-SECC @icrsreefstudent.bsky.social · Jul 10

Join the Gulf #eDNA Network! 🌊 🧬

Share and stay connected with #eDNA researchers across the Gulf of Mexico. Receive updates on collaborative opportunities, upcoming events, and shared resources. Scan the QR code for more details!

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

The #eDNA Frontiers group is seeking a skilled Technician or Technical Officer with extensive laboratory experience to join their vibrant and collaborative team at Curtin University.

Learn More about this opportunity here - tinyurl.com/yj45pk2t

Curtin University hiring Technician/Technical Officer - eDNA Frontiers in Perth, Western Australia, Australia | LinkedIn

Posted 6:22:05 PM. Two-year fixed term, full-time contract$76,769 - $80,677 (Level G04 or G05 depending on experience)…See this and similar jobs on LinkedIn.

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Erin Hahn (she/her) @erinhahn.bsky.social · Jul 4

🚨 Calling all eDNA folks! 🚨

The 2027 Southern #eDNA Society Conference is coming to Canberra.

We’re forming the Organising Committee—keen on science, comms, logistics, or hosting? Get in touch or tag a mate! Let’s make this a good one.

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Southern eDNA Society @sednasociety.bsky.social · Jun 24

PhD Opportunity!

Develop eDNA assays to map the distribution & abundance of Cassiopea jellyfish at Ningaloo.

📍 Griffith Uni
🌊 Fieldwork at Ningaloo, lab work in Perth
🎓 Must secure a competitive PhD scholarship

Contact: [email protected] | [email protected]

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Southern eDNA Society @sednasociety.bsky.social · Jun 12

Annual Membership:
$100 AUD – Standard/Waged
$60 AUD – Student/Unwaged

Founding Members: no special renewal rate, just renew as Standard/Student as appropriate. Your founding status continues, but membership must be active to access benefits!

Let’s keep building a strong eDNA community together 🧬

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Southern eDNA Society @sednasociety.bsky.social · Jun 12

There’s also the opportunity to contribute to the future of the field through working groups and workshops on critical and emerging topics 🧬

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Southern eDNA Society @sednasociety.bsky.social · Jun 12

💡 Stay up to date with the latest eDNA news and opportunities

📉 Discounted rego for the biannual eDNA conference

📚 20% off Environmental DNA journal fees + 15% off Metabarcoding & Metagenomics

📬 Regular newsletters, access to jobs, collabs, events & more

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Southern eDNA Society @sednasociety.bsky.social · Jun 12

🧬 Membership renewals are now open for the 2025–2026 financial year!

If you're passionate about environmental DNA (eDNA) and want to stay connected, now’s the time to renew (or join!) SeDNAs 🧬🌏

Benefits of being a member👇

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Bettina Thalinger @bettinathal.bsky.social · Jun 10

🚨 Out now in #EnvironmentalDNA led by #MiwaTakahashi: Results of a huge, global effort to facilitate the publication of raw and processed #eDNA data & ensure that dataset we are currently generating, adhere to the #FAIR principles & won't be lost. @gbif.org, #ENA,
doi.org/10.1002/edn3...

A Metadata Checklist and Data Formatting Guidelines to Make eDNA FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable)

Environmental DNA (eDNA) has emerged as a transformative tool for biodiversity monitoring and species detection, yet inconsistent metadata practices hinder data interoperability and reuse. To address...

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Southern eDNA Society @sednasociety.bsky.social · Jun 5

The TropWATER eDNA lab (JCU) is looking for a Postdoc Research Fellow for a full-time, 2-yr role on applied biosecurity & biodiversity monitoring projects across Nth Aus. Join a passionate team applying eDNA tools to real-world conservation and management challenges.

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Research Officer, Environmental DNA Laboratory - Townsville, QLD, Australia

James Cook University (JCU) is creating a brighter future for life in the Tropics and beyond, through education and research that makes a difference locally and globally. We now have an opportunity a...

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Maarten De Brauwer @maartendb.bsky.social · May 27

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...

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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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Southern eDNA Society @sednasociety.bsky.social · May 14

The project will involve fieldwork across the Top End to support early disease detection and a One Health approach in northern Australia.

For more info, visit: tinyurl.com/y6cuj8p7

Environmental DNA for One Health: Monitoring Pathogen Risk in Northern Australia Job in Darwin NT - SEEK

Maxine is a Molecular biologist, and her experience spans primary industry and environmental disciplines focused on using genomics tools.

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Southern eDNA Society @sednasociety.bsky.social · May 14

Tropical diseases, their hosts, vectors, distribution & patterns of dispersion remain poorly understood in Nth Aus, despite proximity to potential disease sources in SE Asian countries. Nth Aus is remote, and a haven for wildlife with likely pathogen risk at the wildlife-livestock-human interface.

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Southern eDNA Society @sednasociety.bsky.social · May 14

An exciting PhD opportunity has opened up to Australian citizens/residents 🇦🇺 or New Zealand citizens 🇳🇿 at Charles Darwin University.

The project will focus on developing eDNA & invertebrate derived DNA methods for assessing pathogen risk and host range at the wildlife-livestock-human interface.

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Southern eDNA Society @sednasociety.bsky.social · May 14

🧬 PhD opportunity: Pathogen risk at the wildlife–livestock–human interface

More info in the thread or link below ⬇️

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Southern eDNA Society @sednasociety.bsky.social · May 14

🧬 Master’s Thesis Scholarship: Microbial Genetics in Lakes

This scholarship is only available to New Zealand citizens or residents 🇳🇿. We’re offering a funded Master’s project investigating microbial metagenomes from over 150 lakes across Aotearoa New Zealand.

🔗 More info: tinyurl.com/mr4429jy

3 PhD + 1 Masters opportunities in New Zealand

Funded PhD Opportunities at Lincoln University, Aotearoa-New Zealand! Applicants must meet the Lincoln University entry requirements. 🌊🧬 Project 1: Historical Changes in …

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Southern eDNA Society @sednasociety.bsky.social · May 14

🌊 Project 3: Characterising Cyanobacteria from Extreme Environments

This PhD will involve isolating & characterising nitrogen-fixing cyanobacteria from extreme environments, including Antarctica.

🔗 More info: tinyurl.com/2t9a2jn3

Characterising cyanobacteria from extreme environments at Lincoln University (New Zealand) on FindAPhD.com

PhD Project - Characterising cyanobacteria from extreme environments at Lincoln University (New Zealand), listed on FindAPhD.com

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Southern eDNA Society @sednasociety.bsky.social · May 14

🌊 Project 2: Impacts of Freshwater Acidification & Trace Metals on Algae

This PhD will investigate how acidification & trace metals affect freshwater algae communities.

🔗 More info: tinyurl.com/mryhe9wb

The impacts of freshwater acidification and trace metals on freshwater algae at Lincoln University (New Zealand) on FindAPhD.com

PhD Project - The impacts of freshwater acidification and trace metals on freshwater algae at Lincoln University (New Zealand), listed on FindAPhD.com

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