September 2023 Newsletter
Dear sed-DNA enthusiasts,
September has begun meaning that for most of us, the summer season has come to an end. We hope that everyone has a nice holiday and for those on fieldwork, a great field season. Some of the society activities have started again, such as the early career seminar series that was held on three continents yesterday. Others are still on hold such as the sedaDNA semiar series and the e-coffees. More info will be distributed in the next newsletter about these activities.
We further like to highlight again the latest sedaDNA collaborative project that was published last week in the journal Environmental DNA! The paper "Detection of fish sedimentary DNA in aquatic systems: A review of methodological challenges and future opportunities" included 23 authors of whom most are active members of our society.
As usual, you can find the full version of the Newsletter on the society web page. Make sure to check it out, there are 7 new papers published and 1 new pre-print. You will also find there the advertisement for a PhD position.
Please let me know if I missed a paper or preprint, or simply paste a link or DOI here
New papers
Grayson P. Huston et al., (2023) published "Detection of fish sedimentary DNA in aquatic systems: A review of methodological challenges and future opportunities" in Environmental DNA.
Aloïs Revéret et al., (2023) published "Environmental DNA of aquatic macrophytes: The potential for reconstructing past and present vegetation and environments" in Freshwater Biology.
Izabella Baisheva et al., (2023) published "Permafrost-thaw lake development in Central Yakutia: sedimentary ancient DNA and element analyses from a Holocene sediment record" in Journal of Paleolimnology .
Georgia Thomson-Laing et al., (2023) published "An integrative approach to assess the impact of disturbance on native fish in lakes" in Biological Reviews.
Wu Han et al., (2023) published "Anthropogenic activities altering the ecosystem in Lake Yamzhog Yumco, southern Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau" in Science of The Total Environment.
Marina A. Morlock et al., (2023) published "Erosion regime controls sediment environmental DNA-based community reconstruction" in Environmental DNA.
Amedea Perfumo et al., (2023) published "Paleometagenomics reveals environmental microbiome response to vegetation changes in northern Siberia over the millennia" in Environmental DNA.
Preprints
Peter A. Seeber (2023) made the preprint "Mitochondrial genomes of Pleistocene megafauna retrieved from recent sediment layers of two Siberian lakes" available at eLife.
Sara Hardardottir (2023) made the preprint "Sedimentary ancient DNA from the sympagic dinoflagellate Polarella glacialis as a sea-ice proxy" available at Research Square.
Antonio Fernandez-Guerra (2023) made the preprint "A 2-million-year-old microbial and viral communities from the Kap København Formation in North Greenland" available at bioRxiv.
Morgane Ollivier et al., (2023) made the preprint "Unlocking the Past: Exploring Moroccan Lake Sediments Through Ancient DNA and Palynology for Insights into Paleoenvironment, Land Use, and Practices" available at Social Science Research Network (SSRN).
Contact me at kevin_nota@eva.mpg.de or you want to announce something to the society, or if you have a recent paper that you would like to advertise in the newsletter.