Great news that our friends @biodivlibrary.bsky.social get such a great host for the data infrastructure! Respect to the Field museum 📚

the Australian Microbiome project graphic

Taking data from the Aussie microbiome to macro scales! 🚀🌏

🤯 A staggering 93 million records from >14,000 samples, across eight datasets have been mobilized via the Australian Microbiome (AM), using the GBIF Metabarcoding Data Toolkit.

🔗 gbif.link/australian...

An historic illustration of bees and other insects flying around a flowering bush.

All BHL staff have been secured! 🧪 As we enter our next chapter, the team who steward BHL’s collections & infrastructure remain in place, led by Colleen Funkhouser in her new role of Managing Director. Meet the team guiding BHL forward:
blog.biodiversitylibrary.org/2026/02/celebrating-bhl-team.html

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🚀 Submit an abstract for a talk, poster or booth under one of the nine conference themes. See details and descriptions of the full programme!

⭐ Deadline: 18 March 2026 🔗 2026.biomonweek.eu/p...

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

Last chance — we will keep the Dead Wood Course registration link open for a while to accommodate last moment applications. We will then be sending confirmation letters so participants have sufficient time for travel arrrangements.

🆕 The @mambo-project.eu consortium used their project's #openscience collection in our journal to share a project report (=same PDF they submitted to @ec.europa.eu!) + a #conference #abstract from #LivingData2025!

🔎 Explore (so far) 51 project outputs by @mambo-project.eu: doi.org/10.3897/rio....

Global Soil Mycobiome Consortium dataset now extended to soil protists and animals (GloSED), including 4000 samples. Pre-publication data available at: zenodo.org/records/1782...
#fungi #soil #ecology #database

Registration for the Dead Wood Course 2026 will be closed in a couple of days, on 15 February - do not miss the deadline if you plan to come!

FAIR digital twins for biodiversity: enabling data, model, and workflow integration - npj Biodiversity npj Biodiversity - FAIR digital twins for biodiversity: enabling data, model, and workflow integration

🌿 New paper: "FAIR Digital Twins for biodiversity"
Combining #DigitalTwins with #FAIR principles (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable) addresses data fragmentation & model integration using #RO-Crate.
Thanks to co-authors & BioDT team! @horizoneu.bsky.social
📄 doi.org/10.1038/s441...

Registration for the Dead Wood Course 2026 - forma iberica - will close on 15 February. Two weeks before the deadline - and half of the places are gone, thanks to the interest from Spain, Italy, Norway, Poland, and Finland. Remining all planning to join to register on time!

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Registrations and abstract submissions for #BioMonWeek2026 open on 4 February 2026!

Explore the 9️⃣ conference themes and list of contributed sessions!

🗓️ 4-8 May 2026
🌐 www.biomonweek.eu

Co-organized by @biodiversa.eu #AllianceforNature @bioagora.eu @gbif.org & @marco-bolo.bsky.social

All videos from our #LivingData2025 conference with @geobon.org, @gbif.org, and @obis.org are now public! It was an amazing conference in Bogota, Colombia, thanks to our hosts at Instituto Humboldt. www.youtube.com/@LivingData2...

TDWG 2026, Oslo, Call for Sessions, Deadline: 26 Feb 2026, 09:59 UTC

📣 Call for sessions for TDWG 2026
You're invited to submit a proposal for an organized session at TDWG 2026 in #Oslo, Norway.
Conference theme: 🤖 Research & robot-ready biodiversity data standards
⭐Deadline 26 Feb 2026, 10:59 GMT +1
Learn more: 🔗 tdwg.link/call-for-ses...

Cream coloured background with an illustration of a tarsier and in red text overlaid reads 2026 Graduate Researchers Award with the GBIF logo displayed at the bottom

🎓 The 2026 GBIF Graduate Researchers Award is now open for nominations! This award celebrates innovative Master’s and PhD research powered by GBIF-mediated data, with opportunity to win 2x €5,000 prizes!

Learn more:🔗 gbif.link/GRA_2026

#ApplyNow #EarlyCareerResearch #FundingOpportunity

Dead Wood Course 2026 – forma iberica The Dead Wood Course will be organized for the sixth time. This forma iberica version of the course will take place in Northern Spain, in the forested mountains of Asturias near Oviedo on 18-22 May…

The Dead Wood Course 2026 will take place in Northern Spain, in the forested mountains of Asturias near Oviedo on 18-22 May 2026. Only 18 places open for registration. Webpage: wp.me/PasgGV-xX
Registration: forms.gle/QvPwGEX4iANL... is open until 15 February 2026

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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

STSM Experiences - Dmitry Schigel YouTube video by Cost InsectAI

Happy to share the backstage & interview video about my #timelapse based fieldwork on #insect 🪲🦟 visitation of #fungi 🍄 in Finland, supported by @insectai.bsky.social #InsectAICOSTAction and hosted by the Finnish Museum of Natural History. Cinematography🎥: Peter Schigel youtu.be/aloSfcnzCYs?...

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Photo of a walrus on ice

We currently have TWO open positions within the GBIF Secretariat!

🐙 Senior software data enginee within the Engineering team 🔗gbif.link/senior-dat...
📍Applications close 9 Jan 2026

🦭 Data administrator within the Data Products team
🔗 gbif.link/data-admin...
📍Applications close 13 Jan 2026

Pink flowers

Documenting the roots 🌺 of Arctic biogeography

The Vascular Plants from Eirik Raude's Land dataset is now available on GBIF, documenting >5,000 plant observations in Greenland from the 1930s.

Data was published through the #DanBIF IPT💚

🔗 gbif.link/plants-of-...

Announcing Dead Wood Course 2026 – forma iberica
The course will take place in Asturias in Northern Spain on (17) 18–22 May 2026, and only up to 18 participant places will be available this time. Link to expression of interest forms.gle/zhfvJFoxouLq...

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News splash! 💦 🐟 GBIF data use surges globally, powering more than 12,000 studies across 180 countries! 🤯

The systematic review led by Dirk Steinke published in @pnas.org examined scopes, methods and complementary data sources in literature citing GBIF.

Read more: 🔗 gbif.link/systematic...

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Searching for a spectacular writer! 🔎🪲

GBIF are seeking a contractor to support the Secretariat in producing an overview paper documenting GBIF's 25 years of operations.

Deadline for proposal submissions: 📍 3 December 2025.

⚡Explore the details here:🔗 gbif.link/25-year-co...

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That's a wrap 🧬 on the eDNA workshop this week!

Thank you to all participants for engaging in productive discussions!

This workshop was made possible by @minderoo.bsky.social 💚

@obis.org @hifmb.de #JonahVentures @dtobioflow.bsky.social @myco-microbio.bsky.social
@unite-sh.bsky.social

Collage of attendees at the eDNA event

Deep-diving eDNA-derived data 🧬

The Secretariat is hosting a three-day workshop in #Copenhagen this week along with invited experts and stakeholders to review the future GBIF eDNA roadmap.🚀

@minderoo.bsky.social

Probably the easiest index to measure civilization progress is VAT on books

Many thanks for inviting me to represent GBIF @gbif.org, excellent discussion and top level of hosting and of organization. Let's link some data and some services! 🍎🍏🍇🍊🥭🍄🪰🪲🐛🐞

👀 Are you a strategic operator with strong interpersonal leadership?
✨ #ELIXIR is looking for a Head of Operations to lead the ELIXIR Operations team and coordinate implementation of our scientific programme.
Apply by 15 November 👉 https://loom.ly/uHj611E

Impressed by the @efsa.europa.eu building, meeting facilities, thought about architectural detail (incl. placing outdoor work stations where building’s midday shadow is). Happy people in good ergonomic setup work better! EU🇪🇺funds well spent on supporting efficiency (x sun, food, and coffee via 🇮🇹)

🌱 EFSA 23rd Plant Health Risk Assessment Network meeting: the Agenda has been published, presenting the variety of topics that will be discussed at EFSA from the 4th to the 6th November! Experts from 27 countries are coming together to strengthen plant health. bit.ly/4hgoZeM

Happy, with Marie Grosjean, to present @gbif.org to 23rd meeting of the @efsa.europa.eu Scientific Network for Risk Assessment in Plant Health; excellent discussions and perspectives! www.efsa.europa.eu/en/events/23rd-meeting-efsa-scientific-network-risk-assessment-plant-health-plh-risk-assessment