Will Anderson
@willaanderson.bsky.social
Senior Research Fellow @ The University of Queensland. Background in molecular diagnostics, translational science, and physical chemistry. Designer/builder of scientific equipment... occasionally, they even work!
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Will Anderson
@willaanderson.bsky.social
· Dec 17
DIYNAFLUOR: An Affordable DIY Plug-and-Play Nucleic Acid Fluorometer for eDNA Quantification in Resource Limited Settings
Nucleic Acid (NA) fluorometry is widely employed for quantifying environmental DNA (eDNA) samples and their downstream DNA sequencing libraries, owing to its sensitivity, accuracy, and speed. However,...
www.biorxiv.org
A Preprint for our ~$40 USD, open source, 3D printed DNA Fluorometer, the #DIYNAFLUOR, has just been posted to bioRxiv outlining its performance and applications for #eDNA analysis!🦕🧪🧬
A big thanks to all the co-authors!
Preprint
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Git
tinyurl.com/yfh33dsx
#science
A big thanks to all the co-authors!
Preprint
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Git
tinyurl.com/yfh33dsx
#science
Very very cool 👍
October 19, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Very very cool 👍
Need a DNA fluorometer to QC DNA for eDNA analysis pipelines?
Here's a great opportunity to get a #DIYNAFLUOR through a Microgrant from the eDNA Collaborative! @ednacollab.bsky.social
Application form: tinyurl.com/5bpc3ksx
DIYNAFLUOR info: tinyurl.com/yfh33dsx
🦕🧬🧪
Here's a great opportunity to get a #DIYNAFLUOR through a Microgrant from the eDNA Collaborative! @ednacollab.bsky.social
Application form: tinyurl.com/5bpc3ksx
DIYNAFLUOR info: tinyurl.com/yfh33dsx
🦕🧬🧪
October 16, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Need a DNA fluorometer to QC DNA for eDNA analysis pipelines?
Here's a great opportunity to get a #DIYNAFLUOR through a Microgrant from the eDNA Collaborative! @ednacollab.bsky.social
Application form: tinyurl.com/5bpc3ksx
DIYNAFLUOR info: tinyurl.com/yfh33dsx
🦕🧬🧪
Here's a great opportunity to get a #DIYNAFLUOR through a Microgrant from the eDNA Collaborative! @ednacollab.bsky.social
Application form: tinyurl.com/5bpc3ksx
DIYNAFLUOR info: tinyurl.com/yfh33dsx
🦕🧬🧪
Really looking forward to #CitSciOz25 next week!
I'll be speaking about the #DIYNAFLUOR and some of the outreach programs myself, and others have run using the platform. 🦕🧬🧪
I'll also have a few DIYNAFLUOR kits with me if anyone is interested in building one.
citizenscience.org.au/citscioz25/
I'll be speaking about the #DIYNAFLUOR and some of the outreach programs myself, and others have run using the platform. 🦕🧬🧪
I'll also have a few DIYNAFLUOR kits with me if anyone is interested in building one.
citizenscience.org.au/citscioz25/
October 6, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Really looking forward to #CitSciOz25 next week!
I'll be speaking about the #DIYNAFLUOR and some of the outreach programs myself, and others have run using the platform. 🦕🧬🧪
I'll also have a few DIYNAFLUOR kits with me if anyone is interested in building one.
citizenscience.org.au/citscioz25/
I'll be speaking about the #DIYNAFLUOR and some of the outreach programs myself, and others have run using the platform. 🦕🧬🧪
I'll also have a few DIYNAFLUOR kits with me if anyone is interested in building one.
citizenscience.org.au/citscioz25/
Reposted by Will Anderson
🚨 New tool for viral genomics!
Meet CLAE: a high-fidelity Nanopore sequencing strategy that pushes accuracy to Q30, boosts throughput >800 Mb/100 pores, and recovers full-length viral genomes from complex samples 🌊🦠
👉 [https://doi.org/10.1002/advs.202505978]
#viromics #nanopore #genomics
Meet CLAE: a high-fidelity Nanopore sequencing strategy that pushes accuracy to Q30, boosts throughput >800 Mb/100 pores, and recovers full-length viral genomes from complex samples 🌊🦠
👉 [https://doi.org/10.1002/advs.202505978]
#viromics #nanopore #genomics
September 12, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Hey, those look familiar! 😅 Hope the DIYNAFLUOR builds went well?
Lots of field work, lab work, and bioinformatics going on here at the @ednacollab.bsky.social #eDNA workshop.
What an amazing group of enthusiatic, diverse, and hard working people!
15 instruments built, 84 samples collected and over 60 millions reads sequenced. Lots to harvest from this effort.
What an amazing group of enthusiatic, diverse, and hard working people!
15 instruments built, 84 samples collected and over 60 millions reads sequenced. Lots to harvest from this effort.
August 10, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Hey, those look familiar! 😅 Hope the DIYNAFLUOR builds went well?
Reposted by Will Anderson
A new initiative looks forward to playing a significant role in mapping ocean biodiversity at scale, particularly in remote areas that are often beyond the reach of scientists through the implication of sailors.
Learn more: bit.ly/3ALL2IV
#CitizenScience #eDNA #biodiversity
Learn more: bit.ly/3ALL2IV
#CitizenScience #eDNA #biodiversity
eDNA is powering a new wave of citizen science — Citizens of the Sea
Beneath the waves lies a hidden realm, teeming with secrets. All creatures, from tiny plankton to majestic whales, leave behind traces of their presence in the form of environmental DNA (eDNA). This e...
bit.ly
August 8, 2025 at 7:30 AM
A new initiative looks forward to playing a significant role in mapping ocean biodiversity at scale, particularly in remote areas that are often beyond the reach of scientists through the implication of sailors.
Learn more: bit.ly/3ALL2IV
#CitizenScience #eDNA #biodiversity
Learn more: bit.ly/3ALL2IV
#CitizenScience #eDNA #biodiversity
A fun little article on the open-source #DIYNAFLUOR DNA Fluorometer and its utility for limited resource researchers on the UQ News page. 🦕🧬
Look at that goofy dork. 😅
news.uq.edu.au/2025-07-dna-...
Look at that goofy dork. 😅
news.uq.edu.au/2025-07-dna-...
The DNA analysis device that can be made on a 3D printer
UQ researchers have developed an affordable, open-source DNA measurement tool that can be built using a home 3D printer.
news.uq.edu.au
July 30, 2025 at 1:26 AM
A fun little article on the open-source #DIYNAFLUOR DNA Fluorometer and its utility for limited resource researchers on the UQ News page. 🦕🧬
Look at that goofy dork. 😅
news.uq.edu.au/2025-07-dna-...
Look at that goofy dork. 😅
news.uq.edu.au/2025-07-dna-...
Took this photo in the lab today and thought i'd share cause I think it looks neat. 😅
"A lensing effect is produced as LED light passes through the base of a clear sample tube, revealing fluorescently stained proteins in solution."
"A lensing effect is produced as LED light passes through the base of a clear sample tube, revealing fluorescently stained proteins in solution."
July 25, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Took this photo in the lab today and thought i'd share cause I think it looks neat. 😅
"A lensing effect is produced as LED light passes through the base of a clear sample tube, revealing fluorescently stained proteins in solution."
"A lensing effect is produced as LED light passes through the base of a clear sample tube, revealing fluorescently stained proteins in solution."
A small update for the #DIYNAFLUOR project:
We have just released a Mac version of the DIYNAFLUOR software. 🦕🍎
This may be particularly useful for those wanting to QC MinION library preps that are being run on M1-4 Macbooks.
Find the new release on our Git page: github.com/traulab/DIYN...
We have just released a Mac version of the DIYNAFLUOR software. 🦕🍎
This may be particularly useful for those wanting to QC MinION library preps that are being run on M1-4 Macbooks.
Find the new release on our Git page: github.com/traulab/DIYN...
July 18, 2025 at 1:34 AM
A small update for the #DIYNAFLUOR project:
We have just released a Mac version of the DIYNAFLUOR software. 🦕🍎
This may be particularly useful for those wanting to QC MinION library preps that are being run on M1-4 Macbooks.
Find the new release on our Git page: github.com/traulab/DIYN...
We have just released a Mac version of the DIYNAFLUOR software. 🦕🍎
This may be particularly useful for those wanting to QC MinION library preps that are being run on M1-4 Macbooks.
Find the new release on our Git page: github.com/traulab/DIYN...
Reposted by Will Anderson
1/8 🧵 Update on the Pocket #Spectrometer project. Been working on upgrading from the AS7341 to AS7343 sensor. The #AS7341 worked well but only had 9 channels. The #AS7343 offers 12 channels which should be better for #colorimetric analysis. #OpenSource 💡
July 3, 2025 at 10:37 PM
1/8 🧵 Update on the Pocket #Spectrometer project. Been working on upgrading from the AS7341 to AS7343 sensor. The #AS7341 worked well but only had 9 channels. The #AS7343 offers 12 channels which should be better for #colorimetric analysis. #OpenSource 💡
A really nice write-up from the Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, on my #DIYNAFLUOR project - an open-source, 3D printable fluorometer for DNA quantitation. 🧬🦕
#STEM #UQresearch #AIBN
aibn.uq.edu.au/article/2025...
#STEM #UQresearch #AIBN
aibn.uq.edu.au/article/2025...
DIYNAFLUOR: The $60 device bringing DNA science anywhere
A low-cost, 3D-printed DNA testing device developed at the AIBN is making powerful science more accessible for researchers and students around the world.
aibn.uq.edu.au
June 25, 2025 at 1:06 AM
A really nice write-up from the Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, on my #DIYNAFLUOR project - an open-source, 3D printable fluorometer for DNA quantitation. 🧬🦕
#STEM #UQresearch #AIBN
aibn.uq.edu.au/article/2025...
#STEM #UQresearch #AIBN
aibn.uq.edu.au/article/2025...
Had a great time at the @brisjams.bsky.social event last night. Some great talks about using PacBio sequencing in microbiology.
Also love the venue. More scientific presentations need to take place surrounded by indoor plants. 😅
Also love the venue. More scientific presentations need to take place surrounded by indoor plants. 😅
June 18, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Had a great time at the @brisjams.bsky.social event last night. Some great talks about using PacBio sequencing in microbiology.
Also love the venue. More scientific presentations need to take place surrounded by indoor plants. 😅
Also love the venue. More scientific presentations need to take place surrounded by indoor plants. 😅
Reposted by Will Anderson
PacBio Special 🔬
✨ Proudly Sponsored by AGRF Ltd & PacBio ✨
📅 Date: 18th June 2025
🕕 Time: 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
📍 Venue: The Burrow, Beer Garden Room, West End
🥗 Free food and refreshments provided
✨ Proudly Sponsored by AGRF Ltd & PacBio ✨
📅 Date: 18th June 2025
🕕 Time: 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
📍 Venue: The Burrow, Beer Garden Room, West End
🥗 Free food and refreshments provided
June 17, 2025 at 12:44 AM
PacBio Special 🔬
✨ Proudly Sponsored by AGRF Ltd & PacBio ✨
📅 Date: 18th June 2025
🕕 Time: 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
📍 Venue: The Burrow, Beer Garden Room, West End
🥗 Free food and refreshments provided
✨ Proudly Sponsored by AGRF Ltd & PacBio ✨
📅 Date: 18th June 2025
🕕 Time: 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
📍 Venue: The Burrow, Beer Garden Room, West End
🥗 Free food and refreshments provided
Fantastic work from Anna Kovolenko and team to support the ARCTIC Networks goal to enable portable, low cost, viral sequencing.
The pre-print provides a detailed analysis of alternatives to standard nanopore sequencing library preparation reagents. 👍
The pre-print provides a detailed analysis of alternatives to standard nanopore sequencing library preparation reagents. 👍
Ever had to pause genomic surveillance due to enzyme shortages?🫣 Happy to share our new preprint with the solution inside 🦹♀️💪 biorxiv.org/content/10.110…
@scalene.bsky.social @chris.primalscheme.com @pathogenomenick.bsky.social @articnetwork.bsky.social @nanoporetech.com
@scalene.bsky.social @chris.primalscheme.com @pathogenomenick.bsky.social @articnetwork.bsky.social @nanoporetech.com
https://biorxiv.org/content/10.110…
June 15, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Fantastic work from Anna Kovolenko and team to support the ARCTIC Networks goal to enable portable, low cost, viral sequencing.
The pre-print provides a detailed analysis of alternatives to standard nanopore sequencing library preparation reagents. 👍
The pre-print provides a detailed analysis of alternatives to standard nanopore sequencing library preparation reagents. 👍
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Last week I had the amazing opportunity to work with visiting grade 10 students from Kingaroy SHS to build #DIYNAFLUOR units as a part of a larger UQ outreach program run by Prof. Kristofer Thurecht’s group at the CAI. 🦕🧪 #stem
Last week I had the amazing opportunity to work with visiting grade 10 students from Kingaroy SHS to build #DIYNAFLUOR units as a part of a larger UQ outreach program run by Prof. Kristofer Thurecht’s group at the CAI. 🦕🧪 #stem
June 12, 2025 at 1:37 AM
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Last week I had the amazing opportunity to work with visiting grade 10 students from Kingaroy SHS to build #DIYNAFLUOR units as a part of a larger UQ outreach program run by Prof. Kristofer Thurecht’s group at the CAI. 🦕🧪 #stem
Last week I had the amazing opportunity to work with visiting grade 10 students from Kingaroy SHS to build #DIYNAFLUOR units as a part of a larger UQ outreach program run by Prof. Kristofer Thurecht’s group at the CAI. 🦕🧪 #stem
I know most DNA shearing happens up-stream in sequencing prep, but this made me chuckle. 😅
June 8, 2025 at 4:35 AM
I know most DNA shearing happens up-stream in sequencing prep, but this made me chuckle. 😅
Mucking around with some Rhodamine B and Fluorescein. 🌈🔬
June 3, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Mucking around with some Rhodamine B and Fluorescein. 🌈🔬
Some students in our group got me this historic piece of engineering literature at a used book sale recently. 🙏🔬🛠️🔧
June 2, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Some students in our group got me this historic piece of engineering literature at a used book sale recently. 🙏🔬🛠️🔧
Reposted by Will Anderson
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...
@sednasociety.bsky.social
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...
@sednasociety.bsky.social
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.
theconversation.com
May 27, 2025 at 9:34 PM
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...
@sednasociety.bsky.social
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...
@sednasociety.bsky.social
Reposted by Will Anderson
At times like these it's important to remember the 3 branches of science
May 26, 2025 at 10:04 PM
At times like these it's important to remember the 3 branches of science
This is extremely cool.
and now published online: pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
May 26, 2025 at 10:06 AM
This is extremely cool.
Reposted by Will Anderson
and now published online: pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
May 26, 2025 at 9:10 AM
and now published online: pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
Absolutely fantastic evening assembling 9 #DIYNAFLUOR kits for a high school research program where students will build and use them to quantify fluorescent nanoparticles and DNA. Massive shoutout to co-authors Sophie and Fiach who gave their time to help! 🦕🧬🧪
May 25, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Absolutely fantastic evening assembling 9 #DIYNAFLUOR kits for a high school research program where students will build and use them to quantify fluorescent nanoparticles and DNA. Massive shoutout to co-authors Sophie and Fiach who gave their time to help! 🦕🧬🧪
When Bunnings is selling Allen-key sets for $2, you buy them all.
May 20, 2025 at 12:10 PM
When Bunnings is selling Allen-key sets for $2, you buy them all.
I’ve got a class of high school students coming to build 10 #DIYNAFLUOR units in early June.
That’s about 700 individual components I have to sort into build kits.
No stress, right? 😅🦕🧬
That’s about 700 individual components I have to sort into build kits.
No stress, right? 😅🦕🧬
May 19, 2025 at 11:34 PM
I’ve got a class of high school students coming to build 10 #DIYNAFLUOR units in early June.
That’s about 700 individual components I have to sort into build kits.
No stress, right? 😅🦕🧬
That’s about 700 individual components I have to sort into build kits.
No stress, right? 😅🦕🧬