Tag: research

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Job opportunity: Post-Doctoral Research Associate at TrEnD lab

    Are you passionate about environmental conservation and developing future methods to monitor biodiversity using eDNA? The Trace and Environmental DNA (TrEnD) Laboratory team are seeking a researcher to join the eDNA for Global Environment Studies program and lead project 6: Terrestrial ecosystem biomonitoring across the tree of life using eDNA. The objective of this project…

  • Job opportunity: Post-doctoral position at Charles Darwin University  

    This is a 1 year environmental DNA postdoc at Charles Darwin University to work on a collaborative project with Northern Territory Government Department of Environment, Parks and Water Security and Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory (MAGNT) to develop eDNA resources and capacity for improving the application of eDNA methods for biodiversity survey…

  • Towards standardized molecular biodiversity monitoring: Topical Issue in Metabarcoding & Metagenomics

    A new topical issue in the journal Metabarcoding and Metagenomics is looking for submissions of relevant research. The issue focusses on eDNA method standardisation and is looking for research on topics such as standardisation concepts, QA/QC, evidence where standards help or hinder biodiversity monitoring, etc. The editors are interested in including work from AUS /…

  • eDNA adoption survey

    A new study by researchers from James Cook University aims to better understand the drivers and barriers to adoption of eDNA technology. A link to their survey can be found below. If you have questions about the study, you can contact the principal investigator Heather Robson via email: Heather.Robson@jcu.edu.au eDNA Adoption Survey This survey provides a platform for…