Austen Thomas

After years of development, it's wonderful to finally see our production model #eDNA Autosampler out in the wild, and in the hands of great scientists. ❤️ Beta testing continues this summer and our plan is to do the first production run this winter.

🚨new paper alert! 🚨Inter-laboratory #RingTest for #eDNA extraction protocols: implications for #cetacean and #shark detection using three novel #qPCR assays doi.org/10.3897/mbmg.9… via @MBMGjournal @MarineBio_LKRod @ewhale_dna

@ProfRomi Romi you were one of the first people I interacted with regularly on this app. Your departure is eye opening.

@ethnedsn @USGS Thanks Ethan! We've been incredibly lucky to work with amazing colleagues at @USGS

@ScatDNA @USGS Congrats on this amazing progress!

The paper is out! "Field Trials of an Autonomous eDNA Sampler in Lotic Waters" Excellent work led by Scott George, Adam Sepulveda, David Pilliod and Katy Klymus @USGS A READI-Net study 👇 usgs.gov/centers/norock… I'm honored to be a coauthor. 🙏 pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ac…

Wow, finally high-frequency eDNA monitoring!

@mclanelabs Cool!

Glamour shots of our NEW SUPR! 14 water samples onto 142 mm membrane filters, 1000-2000 Liters per sample and flow rates between 2000-6000 mL/min. #eDNA

It feels like #FSBI2024 was a lifetime ago, now! But as we reflect on the conference, we'd like to extend further massive thanks to @naiara_re, the local organising committee, the scientific advisory comittee and YOU, the conference attendees, for creating the perfect meeting!

A huge congratulations to this year's poster and talk winners, @GaelleBrahy and @mLisetteDelgado, respectively, and those in second place, Oriol Canals and @MaddalenaTibone. Very well deserved! The overall quality of posts/talks was superb, making it a tough choice! #FSBI2024

Inspiring and terrifying talk by @stefanako71 about systemic seafood mislabeling in our supply chains - both fresh and processed. Take home for me: we should all go home and work with our local schools to develop curricula for seafood identification👇 seatraces.eu/game/index.html

Fascinating talk by Filipe O. Costa evaluating the impacts of filtration volume on #eDNA species richness. 80% of species detected at 5L. Continued to detect more species up to 10L max tested volume. 👀 Looks like 47mm membranes. #FSBI2024 @TheFSBI

Another fantastic evening socialising and networking with all the lovely fish people at #FSBI2024. Couldn't have asked for better surroundings, with the most picturesque, sun filled, boat ride down Nervión River. Followed up with a quick tram ride down to Bilbao old town!

Excited for #eDNA Day @TheFSBI 🎉

So cool!!! Finally getting to see the RoCSI automated eDNA sampler by @mclanelabs at #FSBI2024 An ingeniously simple design for a submersible instrument with sterivex filters. 👏👏👏

@TheFSBI 🤣🤣🤣

@ScatDNA We've all fallen foul of these candid snaps! 🤣

I officially need to work on making better facial expressions while giving sampling demos. I'm sorry 🤦‍♂️😭🤣

🧬🐟 Third day of #FSBI2024 is about to start! 📷 Remember that pictures from the event are available at @azti_brta's @Flickr. We're having a great time, indeed!!!✨ ▶flickr.com/photos/azti_br…

Second session by Austen Thomas from @SmithRoot talking about #eDNA sampling methods. One of the first names @LabRajeev #fishlab and I heard when we started working on #eDNA few years back. @naiara_re @azti_brta @fsbi_symposium @TheFSBI

We wrapped up a fantastic Environmental DNA Sampling Workshop with the #eDNA #autosamoler at the #FSBI2024 Symposium. Thanks to everyone who participated! @TheFSBI @fsbi_symposium @AZTI_brta #FSBISymposium

@DNALCNigeria My pleasure!

@ScatDNA Thank you so much for following us.

After years of development, it's wonderful to finally see our production model #eDNA Autosampler out in the wild, and in the hands of great scientists. ❤️ Beta testing continues this summer and our plan is to do the first production run this winter.