Luke Noble

Evolutionary genetics, environmental DNA @EnviroDNA.
Briagolong, Melbourne, NYC, Paris, Parmain, Melbourne.

[Matthew Holden 🏳️‍🌈 @matthholden.bsky.social @MattHHolden]

Our new paper describes the 1,150 species we found in our urban backyard in @brisbanecityqld over 1yr. Trees, shrubs, & weeds (instead of manicured lawn) provided lots of habitat for a shocking amount of wildlife on an urban lot https://t.co/xqpCHWYV93 in @ESAEcology

[Cory Doctorow NO LONGER ON TWIT TER @doctorow]

Amazon is a perfect #enshittification parable - platforms subsidize end users until they're locked in, then make life good for business customers at users' expense, until *they're* locked in, then claw back all the value they can, leaving just enough to keep the lock-in going.
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[abc730 @abc730]

After more than two centuries of European settlement, scientists say they've only scratched the surface when it comes to documenting our natural wonders. A recent study of one of Qld's most controversial and vulnerable rivers has unearthed some real surprises. #abc730 @P_McCutch

[Asher Cutter @asherdcutter]

@vsbuffalo One of the clearest (academic) considerations I've read on eugenics history and ethics in connection with reproductive technologies: https://t.co/lh8wZWMgQh

[Tony Zhao @tonyzzhao]

Introducing ALOHA 🏖: 𝐀 𝐋ow-cost 𝐎pen-source 𝐇𝐀rdware System for Bimanual Teleoperation

After 8 months iterating @stanford and 2 months working with beta users, we are finally ready to release it!

Here is what ALOHA is capable of:

[Luke Noble @lumanoble]

@FullCostRecover @tanya_plibersek @minderoo Yes @enviro_DNA

[Luke Noble @lumanoble]

@PetrovADmitri Agree, but key here is, of course, well-resolved time-series data.

[How Things Are Manufactured @fastworkers6]

Launching molten iron with a shovel

[Peter Forward @cardboardart1]

Before and after shots of Koroit Creek Altona (formally Koroit Drain), this area has been restored over the last 25 years by residents organised by Friends of Lower Koroit Creek (western Melb). Shows things CAN change.

[Moler @envDNA]

Novel eDNA approaches to monitor Western honey bee (Apis mellifera) microbial and arthropod communities
#eDNA #environmentalDNA
https://t.co/qozRjyxoTK

[Luke Noble @lumanoble]

@XavPochon @enviro_DNA @PeerJLife Many thanks to @PeerJLife for the extra motivation to write something up. And to @XavPochon and @AnastasijaZaiko for organising such a fantastic session and, with the unstoppable @HelsBarclay, #SeDNAs working group meeting.

[Luke Noble @lumanoble]

@ryantracey @UTAS_ @jcu @ProfGemmell @TheFatWombat We've tried! Happy to see our assay used more widely

[Peter Ralph @petrelharp]

SLiMv4 is out! This is exciting because it's got support for <drumroll> multiple, interacting species! With cute emoji! Announcement: https://t.co/jl9w6OyUyr

[Dmitri Petrov @PetrovADmitri]

What can’t bacteria do? This is just crazy beautiful and not what I would ever have guessed was possible.

[Marty Kardos @martykardos]

Chaos in the wild: https://t.co/hxaK8E8e8o

[Dmitri Petrov @PetrovADmitri]

Tell us about your most underappreciated and undercited paper and why we should all pay it more attention

[Matt Rockman @wormsrock]

Now published at Ecology & Evolution: Sol Sloat's paper showing that Caenorhabditis nematodes quickly colonize new patches of habitat in tropical forests!
In the appendix, Sol and Karin Kiontke describe and name two new species.
https://t.co/npLlMua5uB

[Alejandro Burga @arburga]

Genes—like early explorers who braved the seas—can also embark on extraordinary journeys. It is now clear that horizontal gene transfer takes place even between highly divergent animals species! 🐛🦋🪱🐟. But how exactly does it happen? Find it out in our latest preprint!

[Luke Noble @lumanoble]

@arburga Wow!!! Beautiful work Alejandro