iESTF Working Groups

The International eDNA Standardization Task Force is working to develop and formalize specific eDNA standards. Working groups were established to make progress on the standardization of the following topics:

SAMPLING, CAPTURE AND PRESERVATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL DNA FROM WATER (ISO EN 17805:2023)

Lead: Kristian Meissner
Contributor: Roy Prabir

PRESERVATION AND EXTRACTION OF MACROINVERTEBRATE BULK SAMPLES

Lead: Florian Leese
Co-lead: Filipa Martins
Co-lead: Tiina Laamanen
Contributor: Roy Prabir

SAMPLING, PRESERVATION AND EXTRACTION OF BENTHIC PERIPHYTIC DIATOMS

Lead: John Darling
Co-lead: Alison Watts
Co-lead: Tiina Laamanen
Contributor: Suzie Theroux

eDNA EXTRACTION FROM FILTERED WATER

Lead: Cathryn Abbott
Co-lead: Ntanga Mapholi
Co-lead: Kristy Deiner
Contributor: Hiroki Yamanaka
Contributor: Florian Leese

GLOSSARY

Lead: John Simaika
Co-lead: Cathryn Abbott

TARGET SPECIES DETECTION (from extracted environmental DNA)

Lead: Katy Klymus
Co-lead: Louie Lopez
Co-lead: Cathryn Abbott
Contributor: Hitoshi Araki
Contributor: John Darling
Contributor: Toshifumi Minamoto

METABARCODING TO SURVEY BIOLOGICAL COMMUNITIES (from extracted environmental DNA)

Lead: Kirsty Deiner
Lead: Donald Baird
Lead: Mehrdad Hajibabaei
Co-lead: Gernot Segelbacher
Co-lead: Filipa Martins
Contributor: Tiina Laamanen
Contributor: Ntanga Mapholi
Contributor: Florian Leese
Contributor: Hitoshi Araki
Contributor: Alison Watts
Contributor: Suzie Theroux
Contributor: Jessica Rieder

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