May 2022 Newsletter
Dear sed-DNA enthusiasts,
Another month has passed and it is full-on spring (in the northern hemisphere). It has been a relatively quiet month within the society, but connections are still being made, and social activities such are the E-coffee are still on the schedule. Moreover, the monthly seminars for (under)graduate students are still being held every first Thursday of the month. If you are a student not yet on the student mailing list (and slack page) or a PI with new students that joined your group, do not hesitate to contact the student board members.
May society seminar
There is no seminar scheduled for the month of May.
New papers
Amaury Frankl et al., (2022) published "Tracing hotspots of soil erosion in high mountain environments: how forensic science based on plant eDNA can lead the way. An opinion" in Plant Soil.
Richard Tennant et al., (2022) published "In-situ sequencing reveals the effect of storage on lacustrine sediment microbiome demographics and functionality" in Environmental Microbiome.
Samuel Hudson et al., (2022) published "Life before Stonehenge: The hunter-gatherer occupation and environment of Blick Mead revealed by sedaDNA, pollen and spores" in PLOS ONE.
María Ariza et al., (2022) published "Plant biodiversity assessment through soil eDNA reflects temporal and local diversity" in Methods in Ecology and Evolution.
Tony Brown et al., (2022) published "New integrated molecular approaches for understanding lake settlements in NW Europe" in Antiquity.
Janet Wilmshurst and Jamie Wood (2022) published "Paleoecological records inform conservation management in New Zealand" in Past Global Changes Magazine (PAGES).
New Position
At The Arctic University Museum of Norway (UM) a position as Researcher is available within Northern Terrestrial Ancient DNA. The position has funding for three years, with the possibility of an extended funding period. The position is affiliated to the newly established Norwegian Centre for Arctic Ecosystem Genomics (ArcEcoGen) and will be part of the terrestrial working group. Application deadline 4th June 2022. More information </p>
Contact me at kevin.nota@ebc.uu.se or sedimentarydna@gmail.com if you want to announce something to the society, or if you have a recent paper that you would like to advertise in the newsletter.