New paper: eDNA metabarcoding at African savanna waterholes revealed 95 species. Wet season shows overall richness, dry season favors mammals. Primer choice matters. We’re excited about eDNA powering wildlife monitoring! 🦒🐢🪿🐍 doi.org/10.1111/eva.... #eDNA #Africa #wildlife

Very excited to have our pollen trap set up to collect airborne #eDNA during our second sampling week (=summer sampling). We will compare the results of the 7-day #airDNA sampling to soil sampling to assess ambient vertebrate biodiversity. If, both the trap and the eDNA survive this heatwave! 🥵 🫨 🧬

🎉 A very excited Prof. Dr. Nikol Kmentová of @uhasselt.bsky.social celebrates our first #eDNA #metabarcoding library from Burundi’s freshwater! 🌍 Her #AfroWetMap project monitors African wetlands from flatworms 🪱 to snails 🐚 (and yes, we're checking on vertebrates too! 🦛🐊).