Inter-laboratory ring test for environmental DNA extraction protocols: implications for marine megafauna detection using three novel qPCR assays. doi.org/10.3897/mbmg...

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Tatonka Tuesday

The censorship algorithm on Twitter reduced our audience by roughly 95%, and seriously, who does that to a wildlife biology & advocacy group ?
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@mbarinews.bsky.social internship deadline Feb 28, but good time to think about your letter of recommendation while you are on holiday break! www.mbari.org/about/career...

This Wednesday is MTS Aquatic #eDNA meeting. Kevan Yamahara @mbarinews.bsky.social, Susanna Theroux (SCCWRP), Elizabeth (Eily) Allan @ednacollab.bsky.social, David M. Lodge @cornelluniversity.bsky.social and others joining in on the conversation.
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For the right person, this is a dream job.

hrms.iucn.org/vacancy/7110 🧪🌎

Two postdoc positions in my group are opening: First is part of SOCCOM3 (3 years, NSF funded, S. Ocean carbon/oxygen/nutrient budgets), Second is part of InMOS (4.25 yrs, Schmidt Sciences / OBVI funded, long-term oxygen/carbon flux and inventory constraints). More info: bushinskyoceanlab.org/people/

A gorgeous planktonic foram from the Atlantic Ocean near Bermuda. With @blancobercial.bsky.social. Your #protistaday! #protistsonsky #marinelife

I wonder whether I can manage a #protistaday... Seems (probably too) ambitious. I am trying to share the little things that bring me joy. Today: look at this adorable #radiolarian wondering what it is doing touching a plastic dish rather than drifting in the open ocean. #protistsonsky

A colourful few Fungi from the past few weeks. #fungifriday #fungifriends #norfolk 🍄🍄‍🟫🍂

Let‘s try a #metabarcoding starter pack to nucleate people interested. Welcome molecular #biodiversity monitoring people. Let’s try to keep us posted on updates regarding papers, projects, methods. Happy weekend.☀️#eDNA

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DNA testing identifies 58 seabird bycatch specimens to species... only two of which were correctly identified visually onboard! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Metabolomics folks / mass spectrometrists, are you looking for a cool postdoc opportunity? Dr. Anitra Ingalls @ the Univ. of Washington is hiring a postdoc to work with an international team (including yours truly) on the metabolites of marine critters. Come work with us!
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new(ish) here, I found @weatherwest.bsky.social (yay) can someone point me to other #weather folk specifically for #California and beyond?