William S. Pearman

Targeted Airborne eDNA Detection of Pest Wallabies: Effects of Sampler Type and Distance

This study evaluates airborne eDNA detection of Bennetts wallabies using active and passive samplers, finding active samplers and coarse filters improve detection, especially at short distances.

Joint consideration of selection and microbial generation count provides unique insights into evolutionary and ecological dynamics of holobionts

The paper introduces an agent-based model to study holobiont dynamics, showing that multiple microbial generations per host generation can buffer environmental changes and reduce fitness trade-offs between hosts and microbes.

Recovering historical fish eDNA from museum-preserved Antarctic filter feeders via non-destructive metabarcoding.

This study evaluates non-destructive eDNA extraction from ethanol preservatives in Antarctic filter-feeding museum specimens, finding that ethanol filtration performs as well as tissue biopsies for metabarcoding fish eDNA.

A Cry For Kelp: Evidence for Polyphenolic Inhibition of Oxford Nanopore Sequencing of Brown Algae

The paper shows that polyphenols in dried macroalgal DNA inhibit Oxford Nanopore sequencing, reducing yield and pore availability.

Long read sequencing reveals atypical mitochondrial genome structure in a New Zealand marine isopod

The paper reports an atypical mitochondrial genome structure in the marine isopod Isocladus armatus using long-read sequencing, revealing two mitochondrial chromosomes with unique configurations.

The advantages and disadvantages of short- and long-read metagenomics to infer bacterial and eukaryotic community composition

This study compares short- and long-read metagenomics for bacterial and eukaryotic community classification, finding that long reads improve accuracy, especially for non-microbial communities.