Bettina Thalinger
@bettinathal.bsky.social
she/her
Senior Scientist @uniinnsbruck.bsky.social
#eDNA & #ecology of #fishes #birds #whales #arthropods plus some #trophicInteractions
⛰️ & 🌊 lover
http://eWHALE.eu & @ewhale-dna.bsky.social
Senior Scientist @uniinnsbruck.bsky.social
#eDNA & #ecology of #fishes #birds #whales #arthropods plus some #trophicInteractions
⛰️ & 🌊 lover
http://eWHALE.eu & @ewhale-dna.bsky.social
Reposted by Bettina Thalinger
News from our team #Iceland at the #UniversityofIceland! Belén and Marianne explaining the eWHALE acitivities and new insights obtained in Iceland. youtu.be/_MbJ60R7qZ4?... #eDNA #CitizenScience #whales
Hvalir skilja eftir sig DNA í hafinu
YouTube video by Háskóli Íslands - HI
youtu.be
October 3, 2025 at 10:17 AM
News from our team #Iceland at the #UniversityofIceland! Belén and Marianne explaining the eWHALE acitivities and new insights obtained in Iceland. youtu.be/_MbJ60R7qZ4?... #eDNA #CitizenScience #whales
Major #proudSupervisorMoment today! Rebecca Niklas at her #MSc defense: #Cetaceans and their #trophicEcology in the #Azores; #eDNA and #Metabarcoding for the win! 🐋🐳🐬
September 29, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Major #proudSupervisorMoment today! Rebecca Niklas at her #MSc defense: #Cetaceans and their #trophicEcology in the #Azores; #eDNA and #Metabarcoding for the win! 🐋🐳🐬
The one and only #eWHALE team! ❤️ Meeting today at @ifremer.bsky.social #Nantes for a productive day of updates and future planning. #eDNA @ewhale-dna.bsky.social @azwhlab.bsky.social
September 25, 2025 at 4:33 PM
The one and only #eWHALE team! ❤️ Meeting today at @ifremer.bsky.social #Nantes for a productive day of updates and future planning. #eDNA @ewhale-dna.bsky.social @azwhlab.bsky.social
Kicking off a day of #biodiversity #data networking at the The Open Scientific Collections Austria meeting in Vienna. #OSCA #metabarcoding #eDNA
September 11, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Kicking off a day of #biodiversity #data networking at the The Open Scientific Collections Austria meeting in Vienna. #OSCA #metabarcoding #eDNA
Reposted by Bettina Thalinger
Very good to see our @pensoft.net journal @mbmg.pensoft.net continues to receive good CiteScores and also now the first #ImpactFactor with a good value of 3.1 ☀️
While I personally don’t care much about these metrics I know they are really relevant for many institutions. Thus: very happy about this!
While I personally don’t care much about these metrics I know they are really relevant for many institutions. Thus: very happy about this!
June 28, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Very good to see our @pensoft.net journal @mbmg.pensoft.net continues to receive good CiteScores and also now the first #ImpactFactor with a good value of 3.1 ☀️
While I personally don’t care much about these metrics I know they are really relevant for many institutions. Thus: very happy about this!
While I personally don’t care much about these metrics I know they are really relevant for many institutions. Thus: very happy about this!
🐋 Two teams, two oceans, one result: to detect #whale #eDNA, sample as soon as possible after a sighting!
Unique co-publication experience!
@ewhale-dna.bsky.social @savecetaceans.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1002/edn3...
doi.org/10.1002/edn3...
#OceanWise #CitizenScience #WhaleWatching #WomenInSTEM
Unique co-publication experience!
@ewhale-dna.bsky.social @savecetaceans.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1002/edn3...
doi.org/10.1002/edn3...
#OceanWise #CitizenScience #WhaleWatching #WomenInSTEM
June 27, 2025 at 9:55 AM
🐋 Two teams, two oceans, one result: to detect #whale #eDNA, sample as soon as possible after a sighting!
Unique co-publication experience!
@ewhale-dna.bsky.social @savecetaceans.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1002/edn3...
doi.org/10.1002/edn3...
#OceanWise #CitizenScience #WhaleWatching #WomenInSTEM
Unique co-publication experience!
@ewhale-dna.bsky.social @savecetaceans.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1002/edn3...
doi.org/10.1002/edn3...
#OceanWise #CitizenScience #WhaleWatching #WomenInSTEM
Reposted by Bettina Thalinger
New paper out from our crew on using #eDNA to detect the pathogenic chytrid fungus (Bsal) and characterise the surrounding amphibian community from pond samples in the Netherlands. Small number of samples but highlights the potential of eDNA for routine monitoring of both. bioone.org/journals/jou...
June 24, 2025 at 10:47 AM
New paper out from our crew on using #eDNA to detect the pathogenic chytrid fungus (Bsal) and characterise the surrounding amphibian community from pond samples in the Netherlands. Small number of samples but highlights the potential of eDNA for routine monitoring of both. bioone.org/journals/jou...
New @ewhale-dna.bsky.social publication led by Eleonora Barbaccia & published in Ocean & Coastal Management! 🐋💙
#WhaleWatching, #citizenScience, and #eDNA sampling can foster public awareness and engagement in #marine #biodiversity #conservation
doi.org/10.1016/j.oc...
New @ewhale-dna.bsky.social publication led by Eleonora Barbaccia & published in Ocean & Coastal Management! 🐋💙
#WhaleWatching, #citizenScience, and #eDNA sampling can foster public awareness and engagement in #marine #biodiversity #conservation
doi.org/10.1016/j.oc...
June 20, 2025 at 2:00 PM
New @ewhale-dna.bsky.social publication led by Eleonora Barbaccia & published in Ocean & Coastal Management! 🐋💙
#WhaleWatching, #citizenScience, and #eDNA sampling can foster public awareness and engagement in #marine #biodiversity #conservation
doi.org/10.1016/j.oc...
New @ewhale-dna.bsky.social publication led by Eleonora Barbaccia & published in Ocean & Coastal Management! 🐋💙
#WhaleWatching, #citizenScience, and #eDNA sampling can foster public awareness and engagement in #marine #biodiversity #conservation
doi.org/10.1016/j.oc...
🚨 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...
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...
doi.org
June 10, 2025 at 9:17 AM
🚨 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...
doi.org/10.1002/edn3...
Reposted by Bettina Thalinger
🚨Turning air quality networks into a global #biodiversity monitoring system?
Air pollution filters were repurposed for #airborne #eDNA, enabling detection of #vertebrates, #invertebrates, #plants & #fungi at a national scale.🧬🌐🧪
📄Check out our new paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Air pollution filters were repurposed for #airborne #eDNA, enabling detection of #vertebrates, #invertebrates, #plants & #fungi at a national scale.🧬🌐🧪
📄Check out our new paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
First national survey of terrestrial biodiversity using airborne eDNA - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - First national survey of terrestrial biodiversity using airborne eDNA
www.nature.com
June 2, 2025 at 3:22 PM
🚨Turning air quality networks into a global #biodiversity monitoring system?
Air pollution filters were repurposed for #airborne #eDNA, enabling detection of #vertebrates, #invertebrates, #plants & #fungi at a national scale.🧬🌐🧪
📄Check out our new paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Air pollution filters were repurposed for #airborne #eDNA, enabling detection of #vertebrates, #invertebrates, #plants & #fungi at a national scale.🧬🌐🧪
📄Check out our new paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
🌲🌳🌲🌳 Out now! #eDNA #barcoding #metabarcoding and the potential of #DNA-based methods for "Monitoring #Connectivity in #Forest #Ecosystems" doi.org/10.1007/978-... A fabulous collaboration with J. Oettel, A. Szukala, L. Munishi, K. Lapin and the #BFW #Austria @uniinnsbruck.bsky.social
Monitoring Methods for the Protection of Connectivity in Forest Ecosystems
Forest ecosystems face increasing threats from climate change, resource exploitation, and other anthropogenic disturbances causing biodiversity loss and habitat fragmentation. The conservation priorit...
doi.org
June 2, 2025 at 2:21 PM
🌲🌳🌲🌳 Out now! #eDNA #barcoding #metabarcoding and the potential of #DNA-based methods for "Monitoring #Connectivity in #Forest #Ecosystems" doi.org/10.1007/978-... A fabulous collaboration with J. Oettel, A. Szukala, L. Munishi, K. Lapin and the #BFW #Austria @uniinnsbruck.bsky.social
What an amazing week! #ECSconference2025 together with the @ewhale-dna.bsky.social team, just 👌🏻Can‘t wait for #Dundee and #ECSconference2026
How amazing was this #ECSconference2025? 🐋🐬Extremely inspiring to meet 600+ fellow #cetacean enthusiasts and watch our #PhD students present their work. Fail of the week: we did not get a picture of the entire eWHALE „delegation“. #Azores #PontaDelgada #eDNA #citizenscience
May 22, 2025 at 6:53 AM
What an amazing week! #ECSconference2025 together with the @ewhale-dna.bsky.social team, just 👌🏻Can‘t wait for #Dundee and #ECSconference2026
🚨 Final opportunity for sharing your opinion on an „European Society for Environmental Omics“ #ESEO
#eDNA #eRNA #omics #metabarcoding #academicChatter Especially looking for feedback from early career researchers or students! forms.gle/eurc7kierJcB...
#eDNA #eRNA #omics #metabarcoding #academicChatter Especially looking for feedback from early career researchers or students! forms.gle/eurc7kierJcB...
May 19, 2025 at 7:23 AM
🚨 Final opportunity for sharing your opinion on an „European Society for Environmental Omics“ #ESEO
#eDNA #eRNA #omics #metabarcoding #academicChatter Especially looking for feedback from early career researchers or students! forms.gle/eurc7kierJcB...
#eDNA #eRNA #omics #metabarcoding #academicChatter Especially looking for feedback from early career researchers or students! forms.gle/eurc7kierJcB...
#LaurenRodriguez summarizing 2 years of #eDNA sampling optimization and #marine #vertebrate #metabarcoding data from the @ewhale-dna.bsky.social #Azores samples #ECSconference2025
#CWAzores
#CWAzores
May 16, 2025 at 2:32 PM
#LaurenRodriguez summarizing 2 years of #eDNA sampling optimization and #marine #vertebrate #metabarcoding data from the @ewhale-dna.bsky.social #Azores samples #ECSconference2025
#CWAzores
#CWAzores
@annaselbmann.bsky.social with an amazing presentation on #killerwhale response to #pilotwhale „bullying calls“ #ECSconference2025
Ohhh the #Asterix references! 🤩👌🏻
Ohhh the #Asterix references! 🤩👌🏻
May 15, 2025 at 10:35 AM
@annaselbmann.bsky.social with an amazing presentation on #killerwhale response to #pilotwhale „bullying calls“ #ECSconference2025
Ohhh the #Asterix references! 🤩👌🏻
Ohhh the #Asterix references! 🤩👌🏻
day 2 of #ECSconference2025: #CristinaBrito introducing the amazing #4-OCEANS project: assessing the importance of #marine life to human societies starting 2 millennia ago. #ERC
May 15, 2025 at 9:26 AM
day 2 of #ECSconference2025: #CristinaBrito introducing the amazing #4-OCEANS project: assessing the importance of #marine life to human societies starting 2 millennia ago. #ERC
#ECSconference2025 🥳 more than 740 #cetacean enthusiasts meeting in #PontaDelgada #Azores @ewhale-dna.bsky.social
May 14, 2025 at 11:34 AM
#ECSconference2025 🥳 more than 740 #cetacean enthusiasts meeting in #PontaDelgada #Azores @ewhale-dna.bsky.social
Starting the #ECSconference2025 off with the „from Genes to Whales“ workshop organized by the amazing #LauraMiralles #eDNA #genetics @ewhale-dna.bsky.social
May 14, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Starting the #ECSconference2025 off with the „from Genes to Whales“ workshop organized by the amazing #LauraMiralles #eDNA #genetics @ewhale-dna.bsky.social
#BlueWhale #eDNA samples ✅
Still hard to believe that such days are part of my job! 🤩
@ewhale-dna.bsky.social #Azores #Pico and the amazing #CWAzores whale watching team!
Still hard to believe that such days are part of my job! 🤩
@ewhale-dna.bsky.social #Azores #Pico and the amazing #CWAzores whale watching team!
May 3, 2025 at 9:39 AM
#BlueWhale #eDNA samples ✅
Still hard to believe that such days are part of my job! 🤩
@ewhale-dna.bsky.social #Azores #Pico and the amazing #CWAzores whale watching team!
Still hard to believe that such days are part of my job! 🤩
@ewhale-dna.bsky.social #Azores #Pico and the amazing #CWAzores whale watching team!
Reposted by Bettina Thalinger
Utilizing #aquatic environmental DNA #eDNA to address global #biodiversity targets: www.nature.com/articles/s44...
🧬🔬🐟🦫🍂🦐🧬
We discuss how eDNA can contribute towards Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Franework #GBF. Out now in @natrevbiodiv.nature.com
🧬🔬🐟🦫🍂🦐🧬
We discuss how eDNA can contribute towards Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Franework #GBF. Out now in @natrevbiodiv.nature.com
Utilizing aquatic environmental DNA to address global biodiversity targets - Nature Reviews Biodiversity
Aquatic eDNA-based technologies offer the potential for universal and standardized biodiversity monitoring. In this Perspective, Altermatt et al. discuss how these technologies can help to achiev...
www.nature.com
April 28, 2025 at 6:54 AM
Utilizing #aquatic environmental DNA #eDNA to address global #biodiversity targets: www.nature.com/articles/s44...
🧬🔬🐟🦫🍂🦐🧬
We discuss how eDNA can contribute towards Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Franework #GBF. Out now in @natrevbiodiv.nature.com
🧬🔬🐟🦫🍂🦐🧬
We discuss how eDNA can contribute towards Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Franework #GBF. Out now in @natrevbiodiv.nature.com
Reposted by Bettina Thalinger
Interested in establishing a European Society for Environmental Omics? Let your voice be heard #eDNA folks!
#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!
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Thank you, the ESEO core team!
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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...
docs.google.com
April 29, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Interested in establishing a European Society for Environmental Omics? Let your voice be heard #eDNA folks!
#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!
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Thank you, the ESEO core team!
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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...
docs.google.com
April 29, 2025 at 11:28 AM
#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!
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Thank you, the ESEO core team!
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Reposted by Bettina Thalinger
Our study ‘The #global #human impact on #biodiversity’ is out in @nature.com: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
🌍🌐🐟🌿🪲
Unprecedented synthesis of >2000 studies led by @francoiskeck.bsky.social shows humans are not only shrinking species numbers—but reshaping entire communities across the planet.
🧵1/5
🌍🌐🐟🌿🪲
Unprecedented synthesis of >2000 studies led by @francoiskeck.bsky.social shows humans are not only shrinking species numbers—but reshaping entire communities across the planet.
🧵1/5
March 26, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Our study ‘The #global #human impact on #biodiversity’ is out in @nature.com: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
🌍🌐🐟🌿🪲
Unprecedented synthesis of >2000 studies led by @francoiskeck.bsky.social shows humans are not only shrinking species numbers—but reshaping entire communities across the planet.
🧵1/5
🌍🌐🐟🌿🪲
Unprecedented synthesis of >2000 studies led by @francoiskeck.bsky.social shows humans are not only shrinking species numbers—but reshaping entire communities across the planet.
🧵1/5
Reposted by Bettina Thalinger
Congratulations Lauren Rodriguez! 🐳 Our #eWHALE #Phd student from @uniinnsbruck.bsky.social won the @physaliacourses.bsky.social best presentation award at the #AquaEcOmics conference for presenting #eDNA sampling optimization results! 👏🏻 @bettinathal.bsky.social
March 21, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Congratulations Lauren Rodriguez! 🐳 Our #eWHALE #Phd student from @uniinnsbruck.bsky.social won the @physaliacourses.bsky.social best presentation award at the #AquaEcOmics conference for presenting #eDNA sampling optimization results! 👏🏻 @bettinathal.bsky.social
Bye, bye #AquaEcOmics 👋🏻 What a well organized event! Extraordinary venue lots of fruitful discussions! Icing on the cake: Lauren Rodriguez taking home the @physaliacourses.bsky.social best presentation award for the @ewhale-dna.bsky.social team! 🤩 @aquaecomics.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy #eDNA
March 21, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Bye, bye #AquaEcOmics 👋🏻 What a well organized event! Extraordinary venue lots of fruitful discussions! Icing on the cake: Lauren Rodriguez taking home the @physaliacourses.bsky.social best presentation award for the @ewhale-dna.bsky.social team! 🤩 @aquaecomics.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy #eDNA