[Sextonlabpastmembers] Join Us for December Webinar: A new collaboration to apply Environmental DNA research to help NPS Species and Biodiversity Monitoring

[Jason Sexton]

My apologies. This has already happened, but if you click on the
registration link, you will be directed to view the recorded webinar!

All the best,

Jay

On Fri, Dec 10, 2021 at 8:02 AM Jason Sexton <jsexton2 at ucmerced.edu> wrote:

> In case you can join...
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ---------
> From: Rachel Meyer <rameyer at ucsc.edu>
> Date: Tue, Dec 7, 2021 at 2:20 PM
> Subject: Fwd: Join Us for December Webinar: A new collaboration to apply
> Environmental DNA research to help NPS Species and Biodiversity Monitoring
> To: Wayne, Robert K. <rwayne at ucla.edu>, Jason Sexton <
> jsexton2 at ucmerced.edu>, Michael Dawson <mdawson at ucmerced.edu>, Rasmus
> Nielsen <rasmus_nielsen at berkeley.edu>, <Jeff.Wall at ucsf.edu>, Regina
> Wetzer <rwetzer at nhm.org>, Dean Pentcheff <dpentche at nhm.org>, Adam Wall <
> awall at nhm.org>, Miroslava Munguia Ramos <mnmunguiaramos at ucdavis.edu>,
> Milagros Rivera <migriver at ucsc.edu>, Cynthia Valadon <ct.valadon at gmail.com
> >
>
>
> Hi friends!
> Webinar tomorrow at noon on our CALeDNA collaboration with NPS. Join or
> pass along if you know of someone potentially interested!
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ---------
> From: NRSS Ed Outreach, NPS <NPS_NRSS_Ed_Outreach at nps.gov>
> Date: Tue, Dec 7, 2021 at 6:23 AM
> Subject: Join Us for December Webinar: A new collaboration to apply
> Environmental DNA research to help NPS Species and Biodiversity Monitoring
> To: Rachel Meyer <rameyer at ucsc.edu>, Irvine, Irina <Irina_Irvine at nps.gov>
>
>
>
> Here's an invitation to the webinar you can forward.
>
>
> *A new collaboration to apply Environmental DNA research to help NPS
> Species and Biodiversity Monitoring *
>
> Join us for a webinar on Dec 08, 2021 at 1:00 PM MST.
>
> Register now!
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> Environmental DNA (eDNA) is everywhere, shed by plants as leaves decay and
> pollen flies, by animals as skin slough or feces, and as microbial
> communities grow and die. Managers are beginning to measure eDNA as a
> barometer for habitat change or as an additional tool to track invasive or
> rare species. To help develop bespoke eDNA sampling regimes, co-analyze
> data, and evaluate the use of eDNA monitoring for NPS, the CALeDNA program
> at the University of California now has a cooperative agreement to get to
> work. In this webinar, we will first introduce the different flavors of
> CALeDNA research projects that inspire our pilot projects with NPS. For
> example, researchers found eDNA could map different functional watershed
> zones, could track biodiversity responses to macroalgal blooms or invasive
> plant presence, could identify microbial associates of invasive crayfish
> for novel bioindicators, and could measure the effects of wildfire on
> lagoons. Then, we will highlight CALeDNA-NPS pilot research that focuses on
> tracking aquatic invasive species and anadromous fish, harmful algal
> blooms, and riverine habitat surveys spanning the tree of life. These
> pilots have already helped establish a fledgling research coordination
> framework that we hope you will be interested in. This webinar will include
> ample time for discussion about future CALeDNA – NPS projects and your
> ideas on where there is the most need to help equip people with eDNA as a
> biodiversity and ecological monitoring tool.
>
> Presented by Rachel Meyer, CALeDNA Program Director, University of
> California Santa Cruz Dept of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
>
> After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing
> information about joining the webinar.
>
> View System Requirements
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>
> --
> Jason (Jay) Sexton
> (he/him/his)
> Associate Professor
> Chair, UCM Senate Committee on Research
> Department of Life and Environmental Sciences
> University of California, Merced
> 231 Science and Engineering Building 1
> jsexton2 at ucmerced.edu
> http://sextonlab.ucmerced.edu/
>
>
> ---Here again we are reminded that in nature nothing exists alone ~ Rachel
> Carson---
>
> ---Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished ~ Lao Tzu---
>
>

-- 
Jason (Jay) Sexton
(he/him/his)
Associate Professor
Chair, UCM Senate Committee on Research
Department of Life and Environmental Sciences
University of California, Merced
231 Science and Engineering Building 1
jsexton2 at ucmerced.edu
http://sextonlab.ucmerced.edu/


---Here again we are reminded that in nature nothing exists alone ~ Rachel
Carson---

---Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished ~ Lao Tzu---
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