2022 Seminar Series

2022 SEMINAR SERIES

Are you sad about having to wait until February 2023 for the eDNA conference? So are we! But we are doing something about it: eDNA webinars!

The field of environmental DNA is fast evolving and the conference organising committee recognises that postponing the conference might mean missing out on some of the latest research that is being done in Australia and New Zealand.

Which is why we are happy to invite you to a series of webinars in the lead-up to next years’ conference. The webinars will provide a platform for the Aus/NZ eDNA community to stay up to date on exciting new developments, discuss research and foster connections in an informal setting.

We have planned six webinars which will be held approximately bi-monthly. Each webinar will feature two speakers who will share insights of their latest research. There will be ample time for Q&A with the speakers, as well as networking with other webinar participants.

Webinars will start at 2pm NZST/12pm AEST/10am AWST and will run for 1 hour. Recordings of the webinars will be uploaded to this page for those who couldn’t attend live.

If you would like to stay updated with news about upcoming webinar dates, speakers and the eDNA conference, you can sign up to the mailing list here.

Seminar Series 1

Click the video below to watch the first seminar of the series.

Our speakers and presentations were:

  • Josephine Hyde (Aus) – Practical applications of eDNA sampling and analysis in a government agency context
  • Katie Brasell (NZ) – A shaky past: natural pulse disturbance and multi-trophic resilience in a pristine NZ lake revealed with sedDNA

The speakers and presentations were:

  • Mieke van der Heyde – Taking eDNA underground: factors affecting eDNA detection of subterranean fauna in groundwater
  • Gert-Jan Jeunen – Biodiversity monitoring through environmental DNA obtained from filter-feeding organisms

The speakers and presentations were:

  • Lena Schallenberg (NZ) – Picocyanobacterial diversity and dynamics from a range of contrasting lake types across New Zealand
  • Zachary Clark (Aus) – New insights into the diet and trophic ecology of the white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) using DNA metabarcodin

The speakers and presentations were:

  • Clare Adams: Trialing eDNA for fur seal population genetics
  • Kristen Fernandes: Calibrating iDNA metabarcoding for monitoring vertebrates