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Maarten De Brauwer
@maartendb.bsky.social
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Research Scientist at Southern Cross University

Into weird fishes, anything ocean related, environmental DNA, and estuaries
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philippbayer.bsky.social
CSIRO in Hobart is hiring an #eDNA data specialist! Great team with wonderfully nice people (I can vouch for that), and what a location
www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/43...
CSIRO hiring eDNA Data Specialist in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia | LinkedIn
Posted 9:43:08 AM. Acknowledgement of Country CSIRO acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the land, sea and waters…See this and similar jobs on LinkedIn.
www.linkedin.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:21 AM
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sednasociety.bsky.social
The next SeDNAs webinar will be all about Women in Ocean Science. We have 2 great speakers, Dr Miwa Takahashi (CSIRO / IMOS) & Dr Lara Denis Roy (UTAS). Miwa will talk about the newly launched IMOS eDNA facility, while Lara will be discussing her Australia-wide comparison with visual survey methods.
October 26, 2025 at 11:14 PM
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james-robinson.bsky.social
We're #hiring a new #PhD student - come join @lec-reefs.bsky.social to investigate coral reefs, MPAs, and climate impacts. 🌊 🧪🦑

Details + apply here - www.exageo.org/phd-student-...

Deadline Jan 9th! International applicants encouraged 👍
November 10, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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timlamont.bsky.social
We're hiring! 🥳 Come and join our team in Lancaster - we're looking for two senior postdocs to work on corporate sustainability and restoration ecology. 🌳 🪸 ♻️ (1 of 2)
@lec-reefs.bsky.social @pentlandcentre.bsky.social @sci-tech-lancaster.bsky.social @lancasteruni.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 9:22 AM
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philippbayer.bsky.social
most depressing thing about working in biodiversity: it feels like all we do is finding better ways to measure an ongoing car crash.
most of my research so far translates to 'the car continues to crash, but the video of the crash has more frames now'
November 6, 2025 at 1:19 AM
maartendb.bsky.social
Start of the 2025 NSW Coastal Conference, pretty sweet venue with great views over the Richmond River.

Excited to learn more and share some of my own research!
November 4, 2025 at 10:09 PM
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florianaltermatt.bsky.social
2-years #postdoc #position: #eDNA 🧬🔬for integrated #ecosystem and #biodiversity assessment

apply.refline.ch/673277/1297/...

In the new Eawag/WSL Biodiversity Monitoring Initiative we will strengthen & advance effective and scalable #biodiversity #monitoring methods & implement into practice. 🌐🌳🐟📈
apply.refline.ch
November 4, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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judithmank.bsky.social
We have TWO post-doctoral fellowships in the Biodiversity Centre at UBC next year! Am happy to chat if you might want to be hosted in my lab. biodiversity.ubc.ca/training-and... Deadline January 15th!
November 3, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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physiologyfish.bsky.social
Heartbreaking loss: juvenile humpback whale (~8m) entangled & drowned in shark net off NSW coast. Shark nets don’t necessarily do what we assume -- protect beach-goers -- and pose serious risks to sharks, whales, dolphins, turtles, and other non-target animals.

www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Juvenile humpback whale dies off NSW coast while entangled in shark net
It is the first whale to have died out of 15 entangled in shark nets on Australia’s east coast so far this year
www.theguardian.com
October 29, 2025 at 3:49 AM
maartendb.bsky.social
Save the date! Free webinar - 21st November:

Women in Ocean Science x environmental DNA

With superstars Dr Miwa Takahashi (@csiropublishing.bsky.social) and Dr Lara Denis Roy (@utas.edu.au)

#eDNA #WomenInOceanScience
sednasociety.bsky.social Southern eDNA Society @sednasociety.bsky.social · 15d
The next SeDNAs webinar will be all about Women in Ocean Science. We have 2 great speakers, Dr Miwa Takahashi (CSIRO / IMOS) & Dr Lara Denis Roy (UTAS). Miwa will talk about the newly launched IMOS eDNA facility, while Lara will be discussing her Australia-wide comparison with visual survey methods.
October 27, 2025 at 8:30 AM
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redpenblackpen.bsky.social
Sigh. We're gonna need a bigger story...
Two panel comic: Left: a mostly completed puzzle with a regular-looking piece missing labeled "My Story So Far" Right: a blobby and irregular shape, with an arrow pointing at the missing piece (it obviously does not fit) labeled "My Latest Experiment"
October 26, 2025 at 7:15 AM
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oceansteinmann.bsky.social
JOB ALERT in our office!
October 20, 2025 at 4:43 AM
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euanritchie.bsky.social
Australia's much loved wildlife and places sorely need greater care and legal protection.

Our latest for @aunz.theconversation.com.

theconversation.com/labor-is-clo... With good friends and colleagues, @drphilmccormack.bsky.social & @yungenchee.bsky.social.
Labor is close to a deal on environmental law reforms. There are troubling signs these will fall short
Labor is close to a deal on its environmental law reforms. Will they strong enough to protect nature?
theconversation.com
October 10, 2025 at 4:16 AM
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robertstreit.bsky.social
Coral reef conservation is under pressure to act boldly in the face of climate-altered futures.

But how do we choose sustainable, responsible options?
Here, myself, @proftiffanym.bsky.social & David Bellwood introduce "MIMO". 👇

@cp-cellrepsustain.bsky.social
www.cell.com/cell-reports...
October 14, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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ecoinvasions.bsky.social
Attempted eradication of smallmouth bass promotes rapid evolution. Here's the study that is the focus of the Scientific American article: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
October 12, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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arc-tracker.bsky.social
It's mid-October & ARC haven't updated us since mid-July on the Brand New Grants System.

When will we be told?

What schemes will even run?

ARC "paused" (cancelled?) the only Indigenous scheme, plus Laureates & all Industry Fellowships, and so far there's no replacements.

ARC? Anyone?
October 12, 2025 at 11:57 PM
maartendb.bsky.social
PhD opportunity: improving #eDNA methods to better understand estuarine health.

A collaborative university-government project to provide solutions and improve the management of estuaries in Australia.

sednasociety.com/2025/10/10/p...
October 9, 2025 at 11:22 PM
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marinefreshwater.bsky.social
Calling all marine & freshwater sciences students 📣

@marinefreshwater.bsky.social has a new #StudentPrize!

The first winner will be announced in 2027 to allow time for submissions and nominations.

More details:
www.publish.csiro.au/mf/forauthor...

#MarineFreshwaterRes
CSIRO PUBLISHING
Awards and Prizes
www.publish.csiro.au
October 4, 2025 at 12:55 AM
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marinefreshwater.bsky.social
Marine & Freshwater Research is officially on bluesky! We’ll share peer-reviewed articles about ecology and management of aquatic environments, marine and freshwater.
Make sure to follow to stay up to date with latest articles!
#MarineFreshwaterRes
www.publish.csiro.au/mf
August 28, 2025 at 5:16 AM
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iconicfishes.bsky.social
🌊 Whether you paint 🎨, dance 💃, doodle ✏️, weave 🧵, write ✍️, design jewellery 💎, compose music 🎶, build Legos 🧩, cut potato prints 🥔or create in ways we haven’t even imagined, this is your invitation to join a global arts movement Inspired by #IconicFishes
👉 www.iconicfishes.art/updates/intr...
Introducing “Inspired by #IconicFishes”, a global arts movement for our ocean’s quirkiest fishes — Inspired by Iconic Fishes
A global arts movement inviting people of all ages, from every part of the world, to celebrate the wondrous lives of truly iconic fishes: seahorses, pipefish, seadragons, and their cousins: ghost pipe...
www.iconicfishes.art
October 1, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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markrubin.bsky.social
Report on Australian Higher Education finds:

🔹️ Council members have no lived experience of universities

🔹️ Council members have COIs with consultancy firms

🔹️ Council meetings are closed affairs that lack transparency

🔹️ Leaders' exorbitant salaries could not be justified
One submission said leaders’ salaries could not be “justified by the quality of executive decision-making, nor by the scope of executive duties. The core business of a university – teaching and research – is co-ordinated virtually entirely by ordinary non-executive staff”.
September 27, 2025 at 9:28 PM
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iucnseahorse.bsky.social
Over the past 7 months, South Australia has experienced the largest recorded mass mortality of leafy seadragons and weedy seadragons. Thousands of these iconic fishes have died during an extended harmful algal bloom. Read more: www.iucn-seahorse.org/news/2025/9/...
September 26, 2025 at 11:45 PM
maartendb.bsky.social
Winter estuary #eDNA surveys DONE!

The NSW south coast is a special place, even had a fur seal joining us in the Bega River on the last day.

Finished the trip with a new tradition: a dip in the stunning (but cold) ocean pool in Bermaguie
September 24, 2025 at 11:43 PM
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fchong.bsky.social
Beautiful south coast of NSW
September 23, 2025 at 9:57 AM
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seachangeaustralia.bsky.social
Cleaner Crabs 🦀
Climate-driven floods in northern NSW are washing chemicals into estuaries, threatening seafood safety. Researchers and crab fishers show that simple post-harvest steps - like cooking or depuration - can keep crabs safe. Adaptation works, from catchment to coast: tinyurl.com/2tf7e6rk
Cleaner Crabs: Adapting Seafood Safety for a Changing Climate
In the muddy estuaries of northern New South Wales, two of Australia’s most iconic crustaceans – the Giant Mud Crab (Scylla serrata) and the Blue Swimmer Crab (Portunus armatus) – are caught in the cr...
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September 19, 2025 at 1:15 AM