Naked DNA in Seawater was the subject of Jesse Ausubel’s 17 May evening at the Lower East Side Girls Club for the BioBus. For some photos and a link to his 30-minute talk visit here.
Area of Research: Aquatic environmental DNA (eDNA)
Fishing for DNA paper published
The new PHE paper “Aquatic Environmental DNA Detects Seasonal Fish Abundance and Habitat Preference in an Urban Estuary” by Mark Stoeckle, Lyubov Soboleva, and Zachary Charlop-Powers appears tpday in PLOS ONE. The DOI is: 10.1371/journal.pone.0175186
Congratulations to Mark, Lyubov and Zach!
A press release describes the work.
Coverage:
New York One TV 2-minute video
Fish Tracked From DNA ‘Finprints’ Left in Waters off New York U.S. News & World Report – Alister Doyle – Reuters
El ADN residual puede revolucionar el conocimiento de las …W Radio-EFE – Julio Rivas –Durante seis meses, los científicos recolectaron el ADN residual, denominado …
US scientists track fish migration using DNA in water samples Breitbart News
BBC World Service Radio (Science in Action, starts at the 47 sec. mark, 5 1/2 minutes): https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p04yxshm#play
A 40 sec. clip is also posted here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p04zzxsh
https://www.flyfisherman.com/news/edna-bread-crumbs-track-migrating-fish/
Smithsonian magazine How teeny bits of leftover DNA help scientists track elusive species
Sea Secrets lecture in Miami on eDNA
Jesse Ausubel speaks at the U. of Miami on 6 April 2017 about naked DNA in seawater, the subject of a forthcoming paper by PHE’s Mark Stoeckle et al.
eDNA detects springtime arrival of fish in NY harbor
Results published April 12, 2017! Stoeckle MY, Soboleva L, Charlop-Powers Z. Aquatic environmental DNA detects seasonal fish abundance and habitat preference in an urban estuary. PLOS ONE 2017:e0175186 open access link
eDNA Seawater
On September 13, 2016 Jesse delivered a lecture on Marine biodiversity revealed by extracellular DNA in seawater as part of the conference celebrating the 70th birthday of Russia’s Shirshov Institute of Oceanology. Thanks to Mark Stoeckle, who leads PHE’s eDNA work.
Shirshov lecture on eDNA
The slides from Jesse Ausubel’s lecture on
Marine biodiversity revealed by extracellular DNA in seawater
are posted at the site of the conference celebrating the 70th birthday of Russia’s Shirshov Institute of Oceanology. Thanks to Mark Stoeckle, who leads PHE’s eDNA work.
East River eDNA
Mark Stoeckle’s work using environmental DNA (eDNA) to detect fish in and around New York City is featured on NYU’s ScienceLine. By analyzing the tiny bits of DNA fish and other animals leave behind in the water, the eDNA approach gives a new way to monitor the fish and aquatic mammals including whales and dolphins in our local waters.
