ProjectSeastore

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

[ProjectSeastore @ProjectSeaStore]

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. https://t.co/vjBpkMORNU

[Sophie von der Heyden @vonderHeydenlab]

@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: https://t.co/8AmoL7UOgH

[South African Network for Coastal&Oceanic Research @SANCORcommunity]

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 https://t.co/sfJSJU3Si3

[Sophie von der Heyden @vonderHeydenlab]

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.

[Sophie von der Heyden @vonderHeydenlab]

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!

[ProjectSeastore @ProjectSeaStore]

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

https://t.co/z0ZfRRsJIL

[ProjectSeastore @ProjectSeaStore]

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_]

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

[Sophie von der Heyden @vonderHeydenlab]

Our NEW PAPER, led by @bio_za is out in Marine Genomics - #transcriptome of the #seagrass #Zostera capensis under thermal stress.
https://t.co/UpSGWzEdPj

@NRF_News thank you for funding this research!

[Dr Jackie Raw @JackieRaw_]

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

[ProjectSeastore @ProjectSeaStore]

And lots of representation for @ProjectSeaStore!

[Sophie von der Heyden @vonderHeydenlab]

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.

[Southern African Marine Science Symposium @samss2022]

#SAMSS2022 WORKSHOP: Next-generation sequencing applications in marine biology

24 June 2022 | Durban | 08h30 -12h30

https://t.co/gZLCLdViYm NextGenSequencing.pdf

[ProjectSeastore @ProjectSeaStore]

In time for #WorldOceansDay tomorrow, here a short perspective on seagrass with a focus on #SouthAfrica research: https://t.co/m1NtkkDA7k @TC_Africa @StellenboschUni @sciencelibSUN @NRF_News @ShallowWaterRes

[Sophie von der Heyden @vonderHeydenlab]

Katie - those transplants are looking GREAT! @ProjectSeaStore

[National Research Foundation of South Africa @NRF_News]

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: https://t.co/BEKe8PoXSN

[ProjectSeastore @ProjectSeaStore]

@wareslab I really miss my field work buddy. Her name was Rosie too…

[ProjectSeastore @ProjectSeaStore]

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_News]

@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

[ProjectSeastore @ProjectSeaStore]

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.

[Sophie von der Heyden @vonderHeydenlab]

And they are off! #scienceatmidnight sampling #eDNA is a South African #kelpforest. Featuring @goetzneef @Jannes_L and yes, it truly was midnight!

[Sophie von der Heyden @vonderHeydenlab]

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

[Sophie von der Heyden @vonderHeydenlab]

Divers in the mist… but luckily we collect our #eDNA underwater!