Category: eDNA

  • Webinar recording: Josh Koh – Machine Learning

    The recording of the latest SeDNAs webinar with Josh Koh (DCCEEW): Explainable Multimodal Machine Learning Using Combined environmental DNA and Biogeographic Features for Ecosystem Biomonitoring is now freely available to watch. Link to the recording here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JITVFaY7siw The next webinar will feature Lara Denis-Roy and Maarten De Brauwer and is scheduled on Friday 21st November…

  • Job opportunities: 2 Postdoctoral Fellowships at CSIRO

    CSIRO, Australia’s national science agency, is currently recruiting two eDNA Postdoctoral Fellows. Applications close on October 5th. More information and links below. CSIRO Postdoctoral Fellowship in eDNA Modelling: CSIRO Postdoctoral Fellowship in experimental eDNA:

  • SeDNAs webinars are back!

    Great news! We are restarting our eDNA webinar series this year to share excitin new research with the eDNA community. Webinars are free and open to everyone, more information on how to attend can be found in the link below Our first webinar is by Josh Koh (DCCEEW): Explainable Multimodal Machine Learning Using Combined environmental…

  • New Zealand Molecular Ecology Meeting

    The New Zealand Molecular Ecology conference returns for its 27th year! This meeting brings together students, researchers, and industry to divulge the latest in ecological genomics and eDNA in a welcoming, collaborative format. This year, the meeting is held in the idyllic coastal town of Raglan from the 26-28th of November and is an annual…

  • Membership renewals due

    It is now time to renew your SeDNAs membership (if you haven’t done so already), so you can continue to be part of this vibrant community and obtain all of the exciting benefits on offer.   A personalised link has been emailed to the address we have on record. If you have changed email address,…

  • Membership renewals

    Membership renewals for the 2025-2026 financial year are coming up. Keep an eye on your inbox and our social media for more information. Membership is open to anyone who is interested in helping create a vibrant eDNA community in our region, wants to stay up to date with the latest eDNA news, and would like…

  • Job opportunity: Postdoc position at TropWater

    The TropWATER eDNA lab (James Cook University) is looking for a Postdoctoral Research Fellow to join their team. This is a full-time, 2-year position working on applied biosecurity and biodiversity monitoring projects across northern Australia. The successful candidate will work alongside a passionate team applying environmental DNA (eDNA) tools to real-world conservation and management challenges.…

  • 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 Microalgal Communities in Coastal Aotearoa We’re looking for a motivated PhD student to join a multi-institutional team investigating historical changes in marine microalgal communities in coastal Aotearoa-New Zealand. This exciting project uses sediment cores, eDNA and…

  • PhD opportunity: Pathogen risk at the wildlife-livestock-human interface

    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 environmental DNA and invertebrate derived DNA methods for assessing pathogen risk and host range at the wildlife-livestock-human interface. Tropical diseases, their hosts, vectors, distribution and patterns of dispersion remain poorly understood…

  • Call for papers – Special issue: eDNA metabarcoding and metagenomics in zoology

    BMC Zoology is calling for submissions to our Collection on eDNA metabarcoding and metagenomics in zoology. Fuelled by recent technological advances, environmental DNA and RNA are transforming the way biodiversity is assessed and monitored. BMC Zoology welcomes research using eDNA and eRNA methodologies to enhance our understanding of biodiversity, ecological interactions, and conservation challenges.  Topics that are welcome include, but…