In this research, we focus on the arboreal tiger beetles. These forest-dwelling beetles are voracious predators found in tropical regions […]
Hi! My name is Tessa and I’m a second-year PhD student, working on my doctoral thesis at the National Museum
The Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops aduncus) in Shark Bay exhibit a rich behavioural repertoire. They show a unique social system
The analysis of environmental DNA (eDNA) is a fascinating and useful approach to biodiversity monitoring, which is why this technique
My project is focused on revealing fish and benthic invertebrate diversity by applying eDNA metabarcoding on water and sediment samples.
Current climate change is a major threat to marine biodiversity with severe effects on marine ecosystem function and stability. Phytoplankton,
I fear laboratory work in the way my 87-year-old grandmother fears her iPhone: everyone tells me it isn’t that hard,
A Meandering Journey Towards the Source of Zeros A few years ago, we started running triplicate technical PCR replicates for
An important step in many molecular biology protocols (including eDNA metabarcoding) is purifying and size-selecting DNA or PCR products. In
