The June 2019 issue of Sea Technology Magazine opens with an editorial by Mark Stoeckle and Jesse Ausubel on The eDNA Revolution.
The RockEDU site posts an interview with PHE’s Mark Stoeckle about his career and interests, including eDNA.
Congratulations to Ethan Jacobs, senior at Byram Hills High School, whom PHE’s Mark Stoeckle has mentored in the project Optimizing environmental DNA detection methods while analyzing the presence of river otters in the Northeast in the Google Science Fair. Google has named Ethan, after advancing at the state and then the regional levels, one of 20 Global Finalists!
Science magazine runs a helpful story by Alex Fox on the final report from our 29-30 November 2018 National Conference on Marine eDNA:
The ocean is full of drifting DNA. The United States needs to collect it, researchers say
Also, a good new Japanese research paper is published on eDNA:
and in Revelator 27 February 2019
How Do You Protect a Species You Can’t See? For manatees and other hard-to-spot species, the answer may lie in the minute particles of DNA they leave behind as they move through their environments.
Jesse Ausubel, Mark Stoeckle, and Paul Gaffney have completed the Summary Report of the 29-30 November 2018 National Conference on Marine eDNA . A press release also briefly summarizes the report.
Our “GoFish” paper is published in PLOS ONE (Stoeckle MY, Mishu MD, Charlop-Powers Z. GoFish: a versatile nested PCR strategy for environmental DNA assays for marine vertebrates). From water collection to Sanger sequencing results, the assay can be carried out in three days. This approach will be a useful addition to current eDNA methods when analyzing presence/absence of known species, when turnaround time is important, and in educational settings.
An article by Steve Leahy for National Geographic about our National Conference on Marine Environmental DNA
New DNA tool ‘changes everything in marine science’
Also in the news net:
Columbia Basin Fish and Wildlife Newsletter
Leading Practitioners Of eDNA Science Gather To Discuss New Tool’s Possibilities
Thanks to every one of the 100 participants. It was thrilling for all!
Also a good story in the Martha’s Vineyard Times about Linda Fairstein’s new book in which kids collect eDNA on Martha’s Vineyard.
And in the Martha’s Vineyard Gazette: Swimming With the Fishes, Naming Them Too, Monday, December 3, 2018 – 1:58pm.
Today begins our National Conference on Marine Environmental DNA.
A press release describes the purposes and previews some findings.
The meeting is part of the continuing Monmouth University-Rockefeller University Marine Science and Policy Initiative.
The Monmouth University-Rockefeller University Marine Science and Policy Initiative (MURU) will be hosting the ‘National Conference on Marine and Environmental eDNA‘ to help accelerate marine environmental DNA science and applications by bringing together researchers, government agencies, and private foundations. Major themes will include Technology development, Bioinformatics, and eDNA biology.
The conference will held Thursday-Friday, November 29-30, 2018 at The Rockefeller University, New York, NY