@biogeneurope.bsky.social

A recent paper by Huang Wu et al. describes results from a large-scale analysis that addressed this challenge, uncovering new insights into genomic differences among plant species that can be used to improve current DNA-based methods for plant species identification:
www.nature.com/articles/s42...

The genomes and life histories of plants are often complex, and this can make telling plant species apart using standard DNA barcodes challenging 🌱🧬

You don't want to miss the upcoming webinar series hosted by @bgbol.org kicking off on 23 April ⬇️ 💡

Accelerating the inventory of life on Earth through genomics Genomic technologies are transforming understanding of biodiversity, unlocking hidden species diversity, and laying new foundations for...

Good timing! The feature on @biogeneurope.bsky.social that #CORDIS has just published is a great way to see where our 2nd act - Biodiversity Genomics Europe Plus (starting in May) comes from: cordis.europa.eu/article/id/4... @iboleurope.bsky.social @ergabiodiv.bsky.social @eurotaxonomy.cetaf.org

Community Meeting March 2026 The next community meeting will take place on 30 March at 15:30 CEST. We will start the meeting with Christian de Guttry (Swiss Bioinformatics Institute), who will talk to us about BioDiv-FC, a proje...

Our next community meeting will happen on 30 March, with talks on:
🤖FAIR assessment tools' biodiversity-specific requirements
⛰️high-mountain grasslands transformation in the 🇺🇦 Carpathians
🎨 initiatives exploring the interface between science & art

Will you join us?
iboleurope.org/community-me...

🆕 The @biogeneurope.bsky.social project - which now gives way to BGE+ - represented a landmark in European research collaboration, bringing together the #DNAbarcoding (@iboleurope.bsky.social) and #reference #genomes (@ergabiodiv.bsky.social) communities.

🔓 Grant Proposal: doi.org/10.3897/rio.....

0th International Barcode of Life Conference in Bangkok, 2-6 November 2026

Registration and abstract submission is open for the 10th International Barcode of Life Conference in Bangkok, 2-6 November 2026 dnabarcodingconference.com #dnabarcoding @boldsystems.bsky.social @iboleurope.bsky.social

What is biodiversity? What is genomics? How do they work together to support species monitoring & conservation? 🌍🧬

The #Connections series explores these questions: biodiversitygenomics.eu/category/con...

@unbiodiversity.bsky.social @biogeneurope.bsky.social @iboleurope.bsky.social

As the #Biodiversity #Genomics #Europe @biogeneurope.bsky.social project concludes today it is fantastic to see zenodo.org/records/1878... the 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐥𝐞𝐭 out! A joint effort of the @ergabiodiv.bsky.social and @iboleurope.bsky.social Communities!

It was a great opportunity for us to discuss ways of developing the respective communities, aligning intents and objectives, while the EDNAEurope core group also discussed governance & strategy.
The Workshop was made possible by @biogeneurope.bsky.social.

Workshop: Developing a European eDNA Society On 5-6 February 2026, a workshop gathering representatives from iBOL Europe and the nascent European eDNA Society – eDNAEurope – took place at Naturalis Biodiversity Center in Leiden (NL). eDNAEurope...

In early February, we had a joint workshop with representatives of the core group of EDNAEurope, which took place at @naturalis.bsky.social.

eDNAEurope is a nascent initiative exploring the feasibility of establishing a European society focused on eDNA. iboleurope.org/workshop-dev...

How not to love a workshop that has among its goals "to reduce fear and disgust from bugs"?

Kudos to the organisers of "Biodiversity under our feet" – we need to know the diversity of life populating the soil!

BGE workshop about DNA barcoding and biodiversity in Greece ✨
More information on our website 👉 biodiversitygenomics.eu/2026/02/09/b...

@horizoneu.bsky.social, @iboleurope.bsky.social, @ergabiodiv.bsky.social, @biogeneurope.bsky.social

#biodiversity #genomics #europe #DNA

Our experience in @biogeneurope.bsky.social suggests that we need to go beyond "project-level thinking" for biodiversity genomics in Europe, and that is exactly what we have started to do today at @naturalis.bsky.social! @horizoneu.bsky.social @ergabiodiv.bsky.social @iboleurope.bsky.social

Read the report of BGE's policy roundtable “Biodiversity innovation: Enabling technology for nature and green growth” last October 2025 in Brussels. 👉biodiversitygenomics.eu/2026/01/26/bgconnects-ro...

BGE is done sampling! 🥳
All over Europe scientists and citizen scientists took samples for BGE. Those samples needed to be transported to a lab for research, travelling thousands of kilometers. And that's not easy!

More info on our website! 👉 biodiversitygenomics.eu/2026/01/21/b...

Looking forward to presenting @bopco-be.bsky.social to the iBOL Europe community!

More info 👇

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📢 Registrations for #BioMonWeek2026 are opening in early February!

📍 Montpellier, France
📅 4–8 May 2026

Join the first edition of the European conference on biodiversity monitoring!

www.biomonweek.eu

@biodiversa.eu, GBIF, MARCO-BOLO project, @bioagora.eu #AllianceforNature

The Community Meetings are free to join for all iBOL Europe members. You can join our community here – that’s also free! www.cognitoforms.com/stichtingnat...

The final presentation will be on the BGE paper “Empowering national capacity for DNA-based approach to species identification and biodiversity monitoring,” by Elizavet Kaitetzidou (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki) and Michał Grabowski (University of Łódź).

Also, Samuel Vanden Abele (Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences) will present @bopco-be.bsky.social, a species identification unit jointly run by the Institute of Natural Sciences and the Africa Museum.

Community Meeting January 2026 The first community meeting of the year is coming soon, on 26 January, from 15:30 to 17:00 CET! We will start the meeting with Amber Hartman Scholz (Leibniz-Institut DSMZ). With her, we will discuss ...

The first community meeting of the year will happen on 26 January!

We'll be joined by Amber Hartman Scholz (Leibniz-Institut DSMZ), who will discuss the BBNJ Treaty, including Marine Genetic Resources & the requirements for fair & equitable sharing of benefits.
iboleurope.org/community-me...

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📣 Last days to have your say in the official @tdwg.org Darwin Core public review!

⚡ Get involved! All community members are encouraged to participate.

Deadline: 16 January 2026

🔗www.tdwg.org/news/20...

Another BGE workshop in Portugal! ✨
BIOPOLIS-CIBIO and Município de Lousada organised a workshop about scientific bird ringing. 🐦‍⬛ 🦅 🦆 🦢 🪿

More information on our website 👉 biodiversitygenomics.eu/2026/01/05/s...

"Genomic Connections" is a podcast that we produce w/
@ergabiodiv.bsky.social within @biogeneurope.bsky.social.

RSS Feed: t.co/XeJpdbjdXB
Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/01aF7AU...
PocketCast: pca.st/uq0791r2

Genomic Connection #7 – Bringing data to life: Biodiversity genomics applications In the seventh – and last! – episode of Genomic Connections, Kasia and Christian talk with Brent Emerson and José Melo-Ferreira  about the many applications of genomic data and how their work brings g...

In the 7th – and last! – episode of Genomic Connections, we talk with Brent Emerson and José Melo-Ferreira about the many applications of genomic data and how their work brings genomic data into action to solve real-world problems.
iboleurope.org/genomic-conn...

Good news! There is a new episode of the #Genomics Connection #Podcast by @ergabiodiv.bsky.social and @iboleurope.bsky.social. 🤩
👉 More information on our website: biodiversitygenomics.eu/2025/12/12/g...
🔔Listen here: open.spotify.com/episode/06SG...

The workshop was organised within @biogeneurope.bsky.social