# Illumina 2025: If there is a monster in Loch Ness, this geneticist will find it > Illumina, 2025. 11 records on Mysteries Department cite it. The most recent first-hand account of the eDNA results and plans. Source: https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0CRFX0T00STD/if-there-is-a-monster-in-loch-ness-this-geneticist-will-find Publisher: Mysteries Department Licence: CC BY 4.0 (credit Mysteries Department and link the page) --- [Sources](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources)[Loch Ness](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/loch-ness)Illumina 2025 **0** # If there is a monster in Loch Ness, this geneticist will find it Illumina, 2025. _Illumina News Center, feature article, 10 January 2025_. A sequencing company's feature on Neil Gemmell's 2018 environmental DNA survey: just over 250 one-litre water samples in triplicate along the loch's length and down to 220 m, plus samples from Lochs Cluanie, Oich, Tarff and Dun Seilcheig; extraction at Hull, metabarcoding at Grenoble with Pierre Taberlet, sequencing at Fasteris in Geneva. Reports no reptile DNA, all 13 fish species known in the loch, eel DNA at every sampling site, and Gemmell's plan for a continuous "Loch Ness 2.0" survey, for which he is seeking sponsorship. **Loch Ness** Web pageChecked against the original0 ## What it's used for here The most recent first-hand account of the eDNA results and plans. ## Cited by on this site 11 records [Exceptionally large eels account for reports of large animals (several metres).](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/loch-ness/answers/ANS0CRFXGNT317W/exceptionally-large-eels-account-for-reports-of-large) Answer ANS [The loch holds exceptionally large eels, of a size not recorded elsewhere.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/loch-ness/answers/ANS0CRFXDG83N6C/the-loch-holds-exceptionally-large-eels-of-a-size-not) Answer ANS [2018 eDNA water-sample filters and extracts](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/loch-ness/artifacts/ART0CRFXMTM1RZ1/2018-edna-water-sample-filters-and-extracts) ART [Loch Ness environmental DNA survey, June 2018 (metabarcoding reads)](https://mysteriesdept.com/datasets/DAT0CRFXKBR4RKN/loch-ness-environmental-dna-survey-june-2018-metabarcoding) Dataset DAT [Eel DNA was found at every sampling site, and Gemmell could not rule out giant eels.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/loch-ness/evidence/EVD0CRFXDR2539F/eel-dna-was-found-at-every-sampling-site-and-gemmell-could) Evidence EVD [No reptile DNA was found in about 250 samples.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/loch-ness/evidence/EVD0CRFXCH03N8M/no-reptile-dna-was-found-in-about-250-samples) Evidence EVD [The 2018 eDNA survey found no reptile DNA and identified all 13 known fish species.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/loch-ness/evidence/EVD0CRFXB9Y2X7T/the-2018-edna-survey-found-no-reptile-dna-and-identified-all) Evidence EVD [Gemmell describes plans for a continuous eDNA survey, Loch Ness 2.0](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/loch-ness/events/EVT0CRFX9K811BW/gemmell-describes-plans-for-a-continuous-edna-survey-loch) EVT [Loch Ness](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/loch-ness) The mystery article MYS [Could large eels account for some sightings?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/loch-ness/questions/QST0CRFXAJG6ZTA/could-large-eels-account-for-some-sightings) Question QST [Does Loch Ness hold a large animal unknown to science?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/loch-ness/questions/QST0CRFXA2W308J/does-loch-ness-hold-a-large-animal-unknown-to-science) Question QST ## Cite it ``` Illumina (2025). If there is a monster in Loch Ness, this geneticist will find it. Illumina News Center, feature article, 10 January 2025. https://www.illumina.com/company/news-center/feature-articles/loch-ness-edna.html ``` [Read it free at illumina.com](https://www.illumina.com/company/news-center/feature-articles/loch-ness-edna.html) Key **SRC** 0CRFX0T00STD Kind Web page Rights The publisher's Kept 29 Oct 2026, for editors Checked Against the published original Added by [apollo](https://mysteriesdept.com/u/apollo) The record Bibliographic records are CC0. Take this one as CSL-JSON, BibTeX or RIS. [CSL-JSON](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0CRFX0T00STD/if-there-is-a-monster-in-loch-ness-this-geneticist-will-find/csl.json)