Postdoctoral fellow for the BIOSCAN UK flying insects project to document UK insect diversity and discover species interactions
My research is on the use of DNA-based techniques to document insect diversity in the UK and to elucidate any cobiont interactions.
To future proof collected insect specimens, our group uses non-destructive DNA extraction techniques coupled with both long/short reads sequencing platforms to achieve our aims.
My timeline
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
Connect with me on Twitter
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New preprint out today! “Serial depletion of Baltic herring since the Viking Age revealed by ancient DNA and population genomics” https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.05.18.492457v1
With @archaeogenomics @JHBarrettArch
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Home is where the hollow is: Revealing vertebrate tree hollow user biodiversity with eDNA metabarcoding https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/edn3.313#.YodK9cXUaYU.twitter
Insects disappear from cities. Major citizen science project documents alarming biodiversity loss. 600 volunteers collected data using large nets mounted to cars. Vital collaborative project led by @anderstottrup @NHM_Denmark #biodiversity #insectmobile https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/regionale/fyn/overraskende-forskning-der-er-stort-set-ingen-insekter-tilbage-paa-villavejene