@ProjectSeaStore

Collaborative project investigating #genomic #physiological response to #climate #change on #SouthAfrica #seagrass. Funded by @nrf_news, based @vonderheydenlab

 Stellenbosch, South Africa
vonderheydenlab.com
Joined January 2019
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Frederick (and all of us) is super excited to publish his first research paper on restoration trials of #Zostera #capensis in South Africa. An important contribution to help us in our efforts to better understand #seagrass #restoration in #SouthAfrica. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
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@ProjectSeaStore works on basic ecology, physiology, genomics of #seagrass inc #eDNA, #bluecarbon, #microbiomes. Here a video of #fieldwork fun in #SouthAfrica mangroves and seagrass meadows. Thank you Aidan Bossert! Full version: bitly.ws/BPNB
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SeaMap is offering support to students to attend the 🪱14th International #Polychaete #Conference & 🔬Pre-Conference Identification #Workshop 🗓️28 Jun-7 Jul 2023 | Stellenbosch Apply by 31 Mar 2023. Funding by @Saeonews @NRF_News @SANBI_FBIP @SANBI_ZA sancor.nrf.ac.za/Documents/3…
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And seahorses do occur in seagrass. Here is a Knysna seahorse from South Africa that was inadvertently sampled during some seagrass monitoring... happily went back into the water. Thank you @KatieMWatson_ for the video.
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Frederick, Bianca and Katie were in Knysna to collect seagrass and sediment samples for their transcriptome and microplastic studies for @ProjectSeaStore . Great to see some healthy looking seagrass beds and happy students!
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Super excited about our new paper on #herbicide impact on #seagrass in #SouthAfrica. Even low doses of #glyphosate affect seagrass fitness. With @ShallowWaterRes & funded by @NRF_News @thePeerJ thank you waiving OA fees peerj.com/articles/14295/

Conservation implications of herbicides on seagrasses: sublethal glyphosate exposure decreases...

Worldwide seagrass populations are in decline, calling for urgent measures in their conservation. Glyphosate is the most widely used herbicide globally, leading to increasing concern about its...

peerj.com
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In preparation to have the genome of #Zostera #capensis sequenced @KatieMWatson_ has been doing sterling work extracting DNA. Easier said than done, so well done Katie for your perseverance with this!
Katie Watson@KatieMWatson_18 Oct 2022
Extremely grateful to @CenGenZA and @diplomics_sa to be able to learn from their team - @ShannonDerman is a lab wiz! Extracting high molecular weight DNA from plants is a journey… @ProjectSeaStore
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Our NEW PAPER, led by @bio_za is out in Marine Genomics - #transcriptome of the #seagrass #Zostera capensis under thermal stress. sciencedirect.com/science/ar… @NRF_News thank you for funding this research!
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Dr Jackie Raw@JackieRaw_23 Jun 2022
Session: 2022 vision, strategies for adaptive management. Katie Watson shares her research on 1st #seagrass #restoration in South Africa at Langebaan Lagoon. Transplant success after 4 months, shoots are the most promising option, but with challenges for larger scale #SAMSS2022
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And lots of representation for @ProjectSeaStore!
Sophie von der Heyden@vonderHeydenlab23 Jun 2022
And it's a wrap... three days of solid marine science at #samss2022. So proud of my lab for their involvement, talks, posters and of course the gala dinner dancing and happy of our first in-person conference since 2019! Thank you to the organisers for a super conference.
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#SAMSS2022 WORKSHOP: Next-generation sequencing applications in marine biology 24 June 2022 | Durban | 08h30 -12h30 sancor.nrf.ac.za/Documents/S… NextGenSequencing.pdf
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In time for #WorldOceansDay tomorrow, here a short perspective on seagrass with a focus on #SouthAfrica research: theconversation.com/seagrass… @TC_Africa @StellenboschUni @sciencelibSUN @NRF_News @ShallowWaterRes

Seagrass meadows: getting to know these unsung heroes of southern Africa’s oceans

Much of the world’s seagrass is highly threatened through human actions such as coastal degradation, as well as impacts of climate change.

theconversation.com
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Katie - those transplants are looking GREAT! @ProjectSeaStore
Katie Watson@KatieMWatson_29 May 2022
Getting drenched in the field checking up on my #seagrass #restoration project, but then…🌈 @ProjectSeaStore @ISeagrass #generationrestoration #inmyelement #researchinafrica #teamseagrass
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Every year during #YouthMonth, we feature profiles of young researchers who have an affiliation with the NRF. If you are interested in participating, please follow this link to our website to download our questionnaire for a possible feature: bit.ly/3wosOsq
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Fabulous initiative! I hope you get lots of tweets - will definitely encourage my students and collaborators to take part....
National Research Foundation of South Africa@NRF_News11 May 2022
Replying to @ProjectSeaStore @SasolSA
Wonderful! We just launched our #ResearcherInAfrica campaign a few seconds ago, and it looks like Aidan is indeed "in his element". Please feel free to participate in our campaign! #InMyElement
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Honours student, Aidan Bossert sharing some of his fieldwork on the Berg River in #SouthAfrica collecting samples to quantify #blue #carbon in #seagrass meadows. Funded through @SasolSA @NRF_News and hoping to obtain better estimates and sources of blue carbon in South Africa.
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And they are off! #scienceatmidnight sampling #eDNA is a South African #kelpforest. Featuring @goetzneef @Jannes_L and yes, it truly was midnight!
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What do scientists do when there is #loadshedding in #SouthAfrica? They continue with their work of course!Honours student Emma Rossouw processing the last of the #eDNA samples collected at midnight. #scienceatmidnight
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Divers in the mist… but luckily we collect our #eDNA underwater!
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Getting ready to sample #eDNA at night, the first of three night dives. @goetzneef and @Jannes_L doing the honours. Thanks guys!!!
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