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🐳This is the official account of the Biodiversa+ project #eWHALE. Our aim is to connect #marine #conservation efforts, #eDNA, #WhaleWatching, and #CitizenScience. Come and join us on this journey. https://ewhale.eu

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Our #CitizenScience ready #eDNA sampling protocol is now available as video publication. 🎥

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Super exciting day for the #eWHALE team! Stay tuned for our big plans for the final project year! 🐋

The eWHALE team at the #ECS2026 in #Dundee. What a week! Started with an #eDNA + #Cetaceans workshop together with @phoca-sapiens.bsky.social & Elena Valsecchi and ended with a #Ceilidh! 🤩

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Check out our new publication! Co-published with colleagues from #OceanWise who detected the same pattern for different #Cetaceans 😎 doi.org/10.1002/edn3... doi.org/10.1002/edn3...

eWHALE #PhD student Lauren Rodriguez got awarded a "Promotion of young Researchers in Tyrol" for her project on eDNA-based genetic individual identification for sperm whales. 🐋🐋 Congratulations Lauren! 🥳 #eDNA #population-genetics #cetaceans photo credits: © Land Tirol/Sedlak.

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🐋🚨 New publication alert! Integrating #CitizenScience and #eDNA sampling activities on #whaleWatching tours fosters public engagement for #marine protection! Gigantic team effort led by Eleonora Barbaccia. www.nature.com/articles/s41... @apanec-lab.bsky.social @biodiversa.eu

News from our team #Iceland at the #UniversityofIceland! Belén and Marianne explaining the eWHALE acitivities and new insights obtained in Iceland. youtu.be/_MbJ60R7qZ4?... #eDNA #CitizenScience #whales

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Hello North #Iceland! Presenting findings of the #eWHALE project in #Husavik tomorrow and exploring some of the most beautiful landscapes I’ve ever seen! #whales #eDNA @ewhale-dna.bsky.social

🧬 New year, new job! 🧬 I have started a position as Group Leader at #WasserCluster #Lunz (Austria). Stay tuned for job openings at all levels in the TRIDENT group @trident-wcl.bsky.social and collaboration opportunities in upcoming national and international #eDNA Projects.

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Hvalir skilja eftir sig DNA í hafinu

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🧬 #eDNA sampling video publication 🎥 To make it easier for non-experts and #CitizenScientists to carry out eDNA sampling, we turned the @ewhale-dna.bsky.social sampling protocol into a video publication! Please spread and use widely! 😊 www.jove.com/v/70334/envi... @biodiversa.eu

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Major #proudSupervisorMoment today! Rebecca Niklas at her #MSc defense: #Cetaceans and their #trophicEcology in the #Azores; #eDNA and #Metabarcoding for the win! 🐋🐳🐬

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The one and only #eWHALE team! ❤️ Meeting today at @ifremer.bsky.social #Nantes for a productive day of updates and future planning. #eDNA @ewhale-dna.bsky.social @azwhlab.bsky.social

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🐋 Two teams, two oceans, one result: to detect #whale #eDNA, sample as soon as possible after a sighting! Unique co-publication experience! @ewhale-dna.bsky.social @savecetaceans.bsky.social doi.org/10.1002/edn3... doi.org/10.1002/edn3... #OceanWise #CitizenScience #WhaleWatching #WomenInSTEM

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