(July 2023)
I am proud to announce that I have recently started working as a specialist R&D at the Laboratoire de sciences judiciaire et de médecine légale (LSJLM) in Montreal, Qc, Canada!
(May 2023)
Most recent paper out in Trends in Ecology and Evolution led by Jack Williams and colleagues: Strengthening global-change science by integrating aeDNA with paleoecoinformatics.
I am proud to announce that I have recently started working as a specialist R&D at the Laboratoire de sciences judiciaire et de médecine légale (LSJLM) in Montreal, Qc, Canada!
(May 2023)
Most recent paper out in Trends in Ecology and Evolution led by Jack Williams and colleagues: Strengthening global-change science by integrating aeDNA with paleoecoinformatics.
(February 2023)
Our paper Prioritizing taxa for genetic reference database development to advance inland water conservation by Monchamp M-E, Taranu ZE, Garner RE, Rehill T, Morissette O, Iversen LL, Fugère V, Littlefair JE, Barbosa da Costa N, Desforges JE, Sanchez Schacht JR, Derry AM, Cooke SJ, Barrett RDH, Walsh DA, Ragoussis J, Albert M, Cristescu ME and Gregory-Eaves I. is now published in Biological Conservations!
This was a team effort and the outcome of a thematic workshop funded by the Groupe de Recherche Interuniversitaire en Limnologie (GRIL) and I am grateful to have had the chance to collaborate with wonderful people with different backgrounds and at different career stages.
In brief, we quantified the availability and distribution of barcode and genome data for freshwater macroscopic organisms in Canada, a country rich in inland water resources and thus particularly vulnerable to aquatic species losses. Impressively, most inland water species (86 %) were represented by barcodes recorded in the BOLD Systems database, while very few had full genomes available (<4 %) in the NCBI database. We identified barcode data deficiencies in northern regions and for taxa assessed as most at risk or without sufficient information for conservation status classification.
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(January 2023)
New year - new papers!
This publication led by Ebuka Nwosu just came out in Communications Biology. Have a look!
Nwosu EC, Brauer A, Monchamp M-E, Pinkerneil S, Bartholomäus A, Poloni J, Theuerkauf M, Schmidt J-P, Stoof-Leichsenring K, Wietelmann T, Kaiser J, Wagner D, and Liebner S. (2023) Early human impact on lake cyanobacteria revealed by a Holocene record of sedimentary ancient DNA. Communications Biology doi: 10.1038/s42003-023-04430-z
Press release: GFZ Potsdam
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Our paper Prioritizing taxa for genetic reference database development to advance inland water conservation by Monchamp M-E, Taranu ZE, Garner RE, Rehill T, Morissette O, Iversen LL, Fugère V, Littlefair JE, Barbosa da Costa N, Desforges JE, Sanchez Schacht JR, Derry AM, Cooke SJ, Barrett RDH, Walsh DA, Ragoussis J, Albert M, Cristescu ME and Gregory-Eaves I. is now published in Biological Conservations!
This was a team effort and the outcome of a thematic workshop funded by the Groupe de Recherche Interuniversitaire en Limnologie (GRIL) and I am grateful to have had the chance to collaborate with wonderful people with different backgrounds and at different career stages.
In brief, we quantified the availability and distribution of barcode and genome data for freshwater macroscopic organisms in Canada, a country rich in inland water resources and thus particularly vulnerable to aquatic species losses. Impressively, most inland water species (86 %) were represented by barcodes recorded in the BOLD Systems database, while very few had full genomes available (<4 %) in the NCBI database. We identified barcode data deficiencies in northern regions and for taxa assessed as most at risk or without sufficient information for conservation status classification.
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(January 2023)
New year - new papers!
This publication led by Ebuka Nwosu just came out in Communications Biology. Have a look!
Nwosu EC, Brauer A, Monchamp M-E, Pinkerneil S, Bartholomäus A, Poloni J, Theuerkauf M, Schmidt J-P, Stoof-Leichsenring K, Wietelmann T, Kaiser J, Wagner D, and Liebner S. (2023) Early human impact on lake cyanobacteria revealed by a Holocene record of sedimentary ancient DNA. Communications Biology doi: 10.1038/s42003-023-04430-z
Press release: GFZ Potsdam
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(December 2022)
Save the date! 2023 will be very busy as the PaleoEcoGen Working Group will be co-hosting the Sedimentary DNA Symposium jointly with the SedaDNA Society!
Join us in Potsdam, Germany, from June 6 - 9 2023.
More information soon via the PaleoEcoGen mailing list --> subscribe here
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Save the date! 2023 will be very busy as the PaleoEcoGen Working Group will be co-hosting the Sedimentary DNA Symposium jointly with the SedaDNA Society!
Join us in Potsdam, Germany, from June 6 - 9 2023.
More information soon via the PaleoEcoGen mailing list --> subscribe here
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(December 2022) - Fresh out of the press! A new review Investigating the effects of anthropogenic stressors on lake biota using sedimentary DNA by Cécilia Barouillet and team: Monchamp, Bertilsson, Brasell, Domaizon, Epp, Ibrahim, Mejbel, Nwosu, Pearman, Picard, Thomson-Laing, Tsugeki, Von Eggers, Gregory-Eaves, Pick, Wood & Capo.
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(July 2022) - A global dataset of published sedimentaryDNA sites is now available for download: Inventory of ancient environmental DNA from sedimentary archives: locations, methods, and target taxa
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(March 22, 2022) - I was interviewed about my research in the field of ancient environmental DNA for a popular science article published in Journal Le Monde. I discussed the newly created PAGES international working group PaleoEcoGen as well as my research on sedimentary ancient DNA, especially my study on the detection of past critical transitions in the Swiss mountain lake "Lake Joux".
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(Feb 1, 2022) - A great way to start the new year with a mini-review fresh from the press! Environmental paleomicrobiology: using DNA preserved in aquatic sediments to its full potential
by Capo E & Monchamp M-E (equal contribution), Coolen MJL, Domaizon I, Armbrecht L, Bertilsson S. 2022. Environmental Microbiology Journal
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(July 2022) - A global dataset of published sedimentaryDNA sites is now available for download: Inventory of ancient environmental DNA from sedimentary archives: locations, methods, and target taxa
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(March 22, 2022) - I was interviewed about my research in the field of ancient environmental DNA for a popular science article published in Journal Le Monde. I discussed the newly created PAGES international working group PaleoEcoGen as well as my research on sedimentary ancient DNA, especially my study on the detection of past critical transitions in the Swiss mountain lake "Lake Joux".
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(Feb 1, 2022) - A great way to start the new year with a mini-review fresh from the press! Environmental paleomicrobiology: using DNA preserved in aquatic sediments to its full potential
by Capo E & Monchamp M-E (equal contribution), Coolen MJL, Domaizon I, Armbrecht L, Bertilsson S. 2022. Environmental Microbiology Journal
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(Nov 2, 2021) - New preprint available on BiorXiv: Comparative analysis of zooplankton distribution freshwaters: What can we gain from metagenomic analysis?
by Monchamp M-È., Walsh D.A., Garner R.E., Kraemer S.A., Beisner B.E., Cristescu M.E., Gregory-Eaves I.
***Now published open access at Environmental DNA Journal***
(Aug 12, 2021) - Our new PAGES working group PaleoEcoGen is officially launched ! The working group aims at improving our understanding of critical transitions in a range of aquatic and terrestrial environments using a key proxy - ancient environmental DNA (eDNA). Visit the working group website for more information and to find out how to get involved! You can also follow up on Twitter @PaleoEcoGen and to sign up to our mailing list te receive updates about the group's activities. The group is open to anyone who is interested!
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(July 8, 2021) - New paper Paleoecological evidence for a multi-trophic regime shift in a perialpine lake (Lake Joux, Switzerland) now available online
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(June 23, 2021) Oral presentation at the 2021 ASLO Aquatic Science meeting
Session SS33 - Ecological Genomics
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Our comment on eDNA terminology is now published in Molecular Ecology!
Paper available here
Naiara Rodriguez-Ezpeleta, Olivier Morissette, Colin Bean, et al. Trade-offs between reducing complex terminology and producing accurate interpretations from environmental DNA: Comment on “Environmental DNA: What’s behind the term?” by Pawlowski et al. (2020).
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Many thanks to Society of Canadian Limnologists for giving me the opportunity to present my research in the LimnoSeminar series !
The recording of talk and the following panel discussion with Dr. Frances Pick and Dr. John Smol will soon be available on the SCL YouTube channel:
www.youtube.com/channel/UCqyXqPo7YY2vXLmFCmS7W0A/videos
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Our open access review paper led by Eric Capo has been published!
Lake sedimentary DNA research on past terrestrial and aquatic biodiversity: Overview and recommendations is now published in Quaternary in the Special Issue Lake Sediments: An Invaluable Archive of Earth Critical Zone Trajectories
This review paper provides a useful overview of state-of-the-art sedimentary (ancient) DNA methods and offers recommendations on best practices and future perspective in the field of sedimentary DNA.
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(2021) The Seda-DNA Scientific Society is born!
@SedimentaryDNA
The field of Sedimentary ancient DNA (sedaDNA) is rapidly evolving. SedaDNA is now powerful tool in paleoecological studies which is broadly used to trace back past changes in both terrestrial and aquatic biodiversity.
The sedaDNA Scientific Society aims to provide means to inform the community about current sedaDNA research, promote best practices and facilitate collaboration across research groups.
Visit the Society's website to learn more and to become a member
Our open access review paper led by Eric Capo has been published!
Lake sedimentary DNA research on past terrestrial and aquatic biodiversity: Overview and recommendations is now published in Quaternary in the Special Issue Lake Sediments: An Invaluable Archive of Earth Critical Zone Trajectories
This review paper provides a useful overview of state-of-the-art sedimentary (ancient) DNA methods and offers recommendations on best practices and future perspective in the field of sedimentary DNA.
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(2021) The Seda-DNA Scientific Society is born!
@SedimentaryDNA
The field of Sedimentary ancient DNA (sedaDNA) is rapidly evolving. SedaDNA is now powerful tool in paleoecological studies which is broadly used to trace back past changes in both terrestrial and aquatic biodiversity.
The sedaDNA Scientific Society aims to provide means to inform the community about current sedaDNA research, promote best practices and facilitate collaboration across research groups.
Visit the Society's website to learn more and to become a member