Postdoctoral fellow for the BIOSCAN UK flying insects project to document UK insect diversity and discover species interactions
I am working on three complementary components of the BIOSCAN project. To future proof collected insect specimens, our group uses non-destructive DNA extraction techniques coupled with third generation sequencing platforms to achieve our aims.
- Document insect diversity in the UK
- Investigate insect cobiont interactions including diet, microbiome, and parasites
- Adapt amplicon panels made for high-throughput sequencing platforms to portable low-cost sequencer
My timeline
First place award for best poster at the International Conference on DNA Barcoding and Biodiversity, Sophia, Bulgaira
Awarded the Wellcome Translation Committee Fund (Project: Sequence-based species identification and analysis for anyone, anywhere)
Awarded PhD in Genomics (University of Copenhagen)
Joined Wellcome Sanger Institute as Postdoctoral fellow
Started PhD at the University of Copenhagen as part of the MSCA-ITN-ETN Plant.ID network
My publications
Connect with me on Twitter
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NEW PAPER: Environmental DNA as an emerging tool in botanical research #eDNA #ecology https://bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ajb2.16120#.Y95WRarCD3s.twitter
“Studies show that the risk of burnout is higher among young researchers, as well as among female academics from marginalized groups, because there is greater pressure to perform”.
Academia’s culture of overwork almost broke me, so I’m working to undo it https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-00241-8
Our new study is out on detecting bird #eDNA from flowers🌺🦜🧬. Among birds detected from Papua New Guinea were Honeyeaters. I am now in Australia, where this family is abundant, so here are two New Holland Honeyeaters from yesterday @EmilEllegaardT1
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/edn3.393
