SamplifyLab powers airborne eDNA research

Airborne eDNA is on the rise. While the discovery of a species from a liter of air is already jaw-dropping, current tools are sadly insufficient to suit all researchers needs - for instance in humid tropical ecosystems, membrane-based airfilters are prone to fail. Now, SamplifyLab scientists have helped to overcome this problem.

Together with an international team, we have developed a new method of liquid-based DNA precipitation from air. Not only did we show the versatility of the new method for simplified, and cost-efficient air sampling, but we were able to monitor biodiversity across the tree-of-life in a remote biodiversity hotspot in the Ecuadorian and Colombian Andes. A major step forward for airborne environmental DNA. Now, our study Simplified, Portable and Cost-Efficient Airborne eDNA Metabarcoding to Expand Tropical Biodiversity Assessments was published open access in Environmental DNA.

Interested in detecting biodiversity from air? Contact a Samplifylab scientist today to learn more about custom research, field-lab equipment and the already available metabarcoding services.