Misa Winters's guest appearances

Misa Winters

K9 Conservationists

Conservation Tribe

Tara Wilson

James Davis

Nate Marshall

Jessica Hekman

Sarah Stremming

Susan Friedman

Ken Ramirez

Kate Graham

Michael Shikashio

Kathy Sdao

Chris Pachel

Erin Jones

Sarah Owings

Simon Gadbois

Merlin Tuttle

OwlTail

In this episode of K9 Conservationists, Kayla speaks with Misa Winters and Tara Wilson about laboratory analysis of scat after field collection.Science Highlight: Duration of urination does not change with body sizeWhat can we learn from our scat samples? Genetic analysis (what species, what individual, what did it eat, sex typing) Morphological diet analysis (fur, bones, teeth, plants, insects) Microbiome (bacteria and immune system interaction) Parasites, pathogen analysis (bacteria and viral disease) Hormonal analysis (stress, pregnancy, nutrition, relative age) Age (isotope data) Hormones in particular are great from scat because it is more representative of an animal over time, versus a blood sample which is a smaller snapshot in time and could be skewed by the stress of capturing or darting an animal.What questions from samples are harder/easier to answer?Easier: Species ID from mitochondrial DNA (if you have good reference data) Prey analysis (if you have a targeted strategy - e.g. it’s hard to use a single genetic marker to analyze ALL prey but it depends on if you’re looking for mammals, birds, fish, etc.) Pregnancy (but actually need three assays estrogen, testosterone, and progesterone which can also point to a juvenile or adult).  Stress - is it nutritional or environmental (T3 or cortisol)Harder:  Individual capture-mark-recapture since it uses nuclear DNA and relies on a good resampling scheme.  How many animals are on the landscape? Especially when using prey data, you have to make a lot of assumptions about how many predators can eat from the same prey species. We also know that DNA from prey is not equally represented after digestion, it will depend on the tissue ingested too.Where to find Misa Winters:  Website | Instagram | Lab InstagramWhere to find Tara Wilson: InstagramYou can support the K9 Conservationists Podcast by joining our Patreon at patreon.com/k9conservationists.K9 Conservationists Website | Merch | Support Our Work | Facebook | Instagram | TikTok

In this episode of K9 Conservationists, Kayla speaks with Misa Winters and Tara Wilson about laboratory analysis of scat after field collection. Science Highlight: Duration of urination does not change with body size What can we learn from our scat samples? Genetic analysis (what species, what individual, what did it eat, sex typing) Morphological diet analysis (fur, bones, teeth, plants, insects) Microbiome (bacteria and immune system interaction) Parasites, pathogen analysis (bacteria and viral disease) Hormonal analysis (stress, pregnancy, nutrition, relative age) Age (isotope data) Hormones in particular are great from scat because it is more representative of an animal over time, versus a blood sample which is a smaller snapshot in time and could be skewed by the stress of capturing or darting an animal. What questions from samples are harder/easier to answer? Easier: Species ID from mitochondrial DNA (if you have good reference data) Prey analysis (if you have a targeted strategy - e.g. it’s hard to use a single genetic marker to analyze ALL prey but it depends on if you’re looking for mammals, birds, fish, etc.) Pregnancy (but actually need three assays estrogen, testosterone, and progesterone which can also point to a juvenile or adult). Stress - is it nutritional or environmental (T3 or cortisol) Harder: Individual capture-mark-recapture since it uses nuclear DNA and relies on a good resampling scheme. How many animals are on the landscape? Especially when using prey data, you have to make a lot of assumptions about how many predators can eat from the same prey species. We also know that DNA from prey is not equally represented after digestion, it will depend on the tissue ingested too. Where to find Misa Winters:  Website | Instagram | Lab Instagram Where to find Tara Wilson: Instagram You can support the K9 Conservationists Podcast by joining our Patreon at <a href="http://patreon.com/k9conservationists" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">patreon.com/k9conservationists</a>. K9 Conservationists Website | Merch | Support Our Work | Facebook | Instagram | TikTok

Poop is Brown Gold with Misa Winters & Tara Wilson

In this conservation podcast Misa Winters and I explore a range of topics including: What is the illegal ivory trade and why is it a problem? What are the underlying drivers of the illegal ivory trade? What is it important to conserve elephants? Where are the major elephant poaching hotspots? How can we use DNA to combat the illegal ivory trade? Why is optimism important for conservation? Plus more! You can connect with us here:Misa Winters:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/conservationist_misa/linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/misa-winters-0b971b7b/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/conservationxlabs/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ConservationXLabs/Twitter: https://twitter.com/conservationxLinkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/conservationxlabs/Website: https://conservationxlabs.com/Host - Blane Edwards from Earth Offline:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/earth.offline/Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/blane-edwards-93a976181/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EarthOffline/Are you a wildlife conservationist, environmentalist or eco activist? Then this podcast might be for you! Click SUBSCRIBE to join our TRIBE! :)

In this conservation podcast Misa Winters and I explore a range of topics including:<ul> <li>What is the illegal ivory trade and why is it a problem?</li> <li>What are the underlying drivers of the illegal ivory trade?</li> <li>What is it important to conserve elephants?</li> <li>Where are the major elephant poaching hotspots?</li> <li>How can we use DNA to combat the illegal ivory trade?</li> <li>Why is optimism important for conservation?</li> <li>Plus more!</li> </ul> You can connect with us here:Misa Winters: Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/conservationist_misa/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/conservationist_misa/</a> linkedin: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/misa-winters-0b971b7b/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/in/misa-winters-0b971b7b/</a> Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/conservationxlabs/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/conservationxlabs/</a> Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ConservationXLabs/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/ConservationXLabs/</a> Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/conservationx" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/conservationx</a> Linkedin: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/conservationxlabs/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/company/conservationxlabs/</a> Website: <a href="https://conservationxlabs.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://conservationxlabs.com/</a>Host - Blane Edwards from Earth Offline: Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/earth.offline/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/earth.offline/</a> Linkedin: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/blane-edwards-93a976181/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/in/blane-edwards-93a976181/</a> Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/EarthOffline/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/EarthOffline/</a>Are you a wildlife conservationist, environmentalist or eco activist? Then this podcast might be for you! Click SUBSCRIBE to join our TRIBE! :)

Using Elephant DNA to Reveal Ivory Poaching Hot Spots | with Misa Winters - DNA scientist at Conservation X Labs