First week in CA with UofAlberta on the Climate Action Through Grazing project 🌱🐄 Joined long field days at Kinsella Ranch (5,000+ ha!) collecting baseline data: biodiversity, soils, sward heights & more—before cattle hit the plots. Great example of #ClimateSmartAg in action! 🌍💨
#GHG #SoilHealth

Very excited to be attending my favourite conference this week in London at The Royal Society for the UKDNA working group. Lots of interesting talks lined up all about eDNA, my favourite topic 🤩
🧬🐞🐛🦋🌼🦇💦🐠☘️ #UKDNAWG25

First day attending the #BBSRC connecting research culture conference with colleagues from #IBERS. There is a busy networking schedule lined up with lots of interesting talks 🤗 #AberUni #EarlhamInstitue

The life of a Metaprobe eDNA sampler: from 3D printing, diving into the ocean to collect eDNA, back to the lab for DNA extraction, PCR, and finally metabarcoding sequencing. Excited to start processing and see what secrets the ocean reveals! 🌊🧬

Diving into #BritishScienceWeek with our dolphin diets project at @aberuni.bsky.social showcasing DNA extractions, fish otoliths, dolphin skulls, and learning about echolocation, marine food chains and much more! @cbmwc.bsky.social @lauracaryse.bsky.social @sarahperry.bsky.social 🐬🐠🦑🐚🧬

It's been great to adopt and utilise the 'Metaprobe' throughout Cardigan Bay to collect eDNA samples whilst carrying out BRUVs. Thanks to @giumaiello.bsky.social and @marianilab.bsky.social for introducing me to their eDNA sampler for upscaling aquatic monitoring. Now time to process the samples!🧬🌊🐬

Day 3 and the weather is still holding out ☀️. Time to collect BRUVs and eDNA samples off Newquay. Great working with such a fantastic team in a truly beautiful location 🧬🌊🐬🐠📹 @sarahperry.bsky.social @cbmwc.bsky.social @aberdlsagb.bsky.social

🌊 Day 2 of fieldwork! 🚤☀️ Headed to Mwnt for more BRUVs 🎥 & eDNA sampling 🧬, plus dolphin & porpoise sightings! 🐬 Retrieved acoustic hydrophones deployed last winter—can’t wait to see (and hear!) what’s in the data! 🎶📊
#eDNA #BRUVS @sarahperry.bsky.social @cbmwc.bsky.social @aberdlsagb.bsky.social

🌊 Perfect conditions for fieldwork! 🚤☀️ Out on the uni boat deploying BRUVs 🎥 & collecting eDNA samples🧬off Aberystwyth for our Dolphin diet project. Exciting data ahead! 🐬🐟 #MarineScience #eDNA #BRUVS #Fieldwork #AberUni #CBMWC @sarahperry.bsky.social @cbmwc.bsky.social @aberdlsagb.bsky.social

Very exciting to haul this equipment out today - successful trip! Looking forward to hear what’s been picked up acoustically 🐬

Swapped the lab coat for wellies 🥾 at North Wyke, Devon, with Rothamsted Research to collect rhizosphere soil samples 🌱. Investigating N₂O-reducing bacteria 🦠 that cut greenhouse gas emissions—key for sustainable agriculture! Now back to Aber for 16S rRNA sequencing 🧬 #BiomassCrops #N2O #microbes

🔬 I’m a scientist of two halves, using DNA metabarcoding in terrestrial & marine ecology🌱 Studying how biomass crops reduce N₂O emissions.🐬Using eDNA to uncover dolphin diets in Cardigan Bay.🌿Assessing grassland biodiversity with #DNAmetabarcoding From soils to seas, DNA connects it all! 🧬

🔬 Excited to bring hands-on DNA science to outreach events this year with the Bento Lab a portable DNA workstation! 🧬It'll give students a chance to extract eDNA, run PCRs, & visualize DNA bands—inspiring future scientists! 🌊🐬
#STEM #Outreach #MarineScience #DNA #eDNA #AberUni #CBMWC