PRESSURISED: 059 - eDNA with Georgia Nester

eDNA with Georgia Nester | The Deep Sea Podcast | Episode 59
Welcome to the PRESSURISED version of episode 59, just the science, none of the waffle

 

For this month’s interview, we speak with Dr. Georgia Nester, a colleague of Alan’s from the University of Western Australia, about eDNA (Environmental DNA is any genetic material left behind by organisms in an environment). She talks about how several collection methods, eg.: Niskin bottles, sponges and paper filters, located on the deep-sea lander system, can retrieve different types of eDNA from the deep. Georgia also touches on how diel migrators can r...