{"id":122844,"date":"2021-06-02T04:58:42","date_gmt":"2022-06-14T00:28:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/research\/research-areas\/agriculture-and-environment\/edna-frontiers\/"},"modified":"2024-05-02T07:14:00","modified_gmt":"2024-05-01T23:14:00","slug":"edna-frontiers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/research\/research-areas\/agriculture-and-environment\/edna-frontiers\/","title":{"rendered":"eDNA Frontiers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Applications of eDNA exist across multiple fields including the oil\/gas sector, environmental impact assessment, fisheries assessment, port monitoring and shipping. eDNA frontiers has extensive research collaboration experience and continues to rapidly expand with a number of clients and partners in Australia and abroad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Analysis of eDNA allows us to sensitively audit environmental samples using all organism\u2019s unique signatures contained within the eDNA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A technique known as metabarcoding and next generation sequencing (NGS) is used which when matched against globally updated databases of all life of earth, a wealth of information is delivered for studies of biodiversity, food web dynamics, diet analysis, rare or difficult to visualise species ID and invasive species monitoring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

DNA is ubiquitous in the environment and this property can be utilised for a variety of applications. Environmental DNA (eDNA) is a term that encompasses all of the DNA extracted from complex multi-species biological substrates such as water, biofoul, sediment or faecal material.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Testing environmental samples for the presence of DNA, removes the need to observe, collect and identify organisms, and instead provides a rapid and simultaneous assessment of entire communities across taxonomic groups from an environmental sample.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

eDNA frontiers has deep expertise and unique methodology in isolating and characterising environmental DNA to address a variety of biological questions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n \n

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Oil & Gas<\/h3><\/div>

Learn more about how eDNA profiling can contribute to an increased understanding of the biodiversity present on and around subsea jackets and benefit the oil and gas industry.<\/p><\/div>