Hard to find a better finale for #BGEconnects than the fantastic roundtable about #biodiversity innovation we had yesterday, which featured the presence of EU Commissioner of Fisheries and Oceans Costas Kadis. A detailed report about it coming soon! @horizoneu.bsky.social
Our #BGEconnects symposium was a success!
We continue with a closed #roundtable: “Biodiversity #innovation: Enabling technology for nature and green growth.” A report summarising the main conclusions will be made available after the event.
👉 More info: biodiversitygenomics.eu/2025/08/27/b...
Our #BGEconnects symposium ended with words by @rmwaterhouse.bsky.social and Pete Hollingsworth. We achieved extra #connections and shared an enormous amount of expertise. Accessibility, follow-up workshops, capacity building... next steps!
A big thank you to all attendees, speakers and organizers!
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Huge thanks to all our fantastic speakers! We continue with our concluding remarks and synthesis.
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Many topics are being discussed during our #paneldiscussion: from #collaboration and #harmonization to #longterm #sustainability and #funding.
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Message to our #online audience: please feel free to ask your questions! We’re currently opening the floor for questions.
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Panel discussion on #biodiversity #genomics #infrastructure in #Europe. Panelist Gert Verreet mentioned that #researchinfrastructures are not only important for the sake of scientific excellence. They also must be enablers for Europe's #competitiveness.
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A very important presentation and discussion on the future of biodiversity genomics at #BGEconnects by Dimitris Koureas! And once again an emphasis on the critical role of research infrastructures and how they interact with each other.
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Elena Buzan talked about “National nodes - coordinate national #infrastructure, services, standardise practices, and connect countries to European research infrastructures.”
“We would like to understand better and map the #user needs and start to collaborate”, she says.
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Our director Dimitris Koureas gave a short talk about placing #BGE in the European landscape of research #infrastructure.
“Research infrastructures act as alliances, commons, federations and orchestrations”, he says. “They are not just technical structures.”
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Huge thanks to all our fantastic panelists and chair @cmazzoni.bsky.social in the first half of this morning. At 11:00 CEST, we continue with our next block: “#Biodiversity #Genomics #Infrastructure in #Europe”.
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Chair @cmazzoni.bsky.social asked the panelists the following question: “How is biodiversity monitoring going to be in 5-10 years?” @tiinalaamanen.bsky.social is optimistic, and Andy Nisbet stresses the importance of #referencelibraries.
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Message to our #online audience: please feel free to ask your questions! We’re currently opening the floor for questions.
👉 Programme and more info: biodiversitygenomics.eu/2025/08/27/b...
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Make sure to watch live (free)!🎥
We’re currently discussing interesting topics in the panel discussion, such as #standardization, #technologyreadinesslevels, thinking #globally and #capacity building.
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Amber Hartman-Scholz from @leibniz-dsmz.bsky.social finished her talk on “Building skills and #capacity in #biodiversity #genomics”. We’re currently starting the panel discussion on supporting mainstream deployment of biodiversity genomics in #Europe.
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Kristian Meissner from @syke.fi informed us about the “Implementation and standardization of molecular monitoring methods”. “We must focus on joint transcoding”, he concludes.
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Good morning and welcome to day 2 of #BGE’s symposium "Unlocking the power of #genomic science for nature and the #bioeconomy in Europe"!
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Tiina Laamanen @tiinalaamanen.bsky.social cited her MBMG paper on molecular biodiversity monitoring methods as part of her #BGEconnects session on implementing #eDNA and other molecular monitoring methods in Finland!
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After an interesting concluding #discussion on #policy and #practitioners needs, we’ve finished our first day! Many thanks to all (online) participants and speakers. Tomorrow we are back at 09:00 CEST.
Stay tuned and see you all tomorrow!
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@tiinalaamanen.bsky.social from @syke.fi showed us a #roadmap for implementing environmental DNA (eDNA) and other molecular #monitoring methods in Finland.
An example to follow!
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Alice Valentini, co-founder and Head of the Research Division at SPYGEN, finished her talk on “Environmental DNA for #Business: From Scientific Innovation to Market Practice”. “Work on environmental DNA (eDNA) still needs progress”, she says.
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Kristine Westergaard from NTNU tells us more about “Monitoring unintentional #alien introductions through #DNA-based methods”.
Don't miss out, it's free!
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Christina Hvilsom (Copenhagen ZOO) presents “From Genomes to Governance: Genetic Diversity Indicators for Biodiversity Policy and Practice”. “Genetic diversity is important”, she says.
Don’t forget to join us online!
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“Generation of high quality assemblies combined with #population studies should be of top priority for all economically important species to provide the tools for #sustainable exploitation”, says Leif Andersson from Uppsala University.
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Great opportunity to present @pomscheme.bsky.social collaborative research with @sangerinstitute.bsky.social at #BGEconnects. DNA-based transformation will only be possible with continued national-scale sampling, curated archives, data infrastructure and collaboration with taxonomists.
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@clairecarvell.bsky.social and @marakat.bsky.social talked about DNAbarcoding for large-scale #insect community biomonitoring: “DNA-based species discovery can indeed transform taxonomic uncertainty from a barrier into a structured pathway for improved biodiversity intelligence.”
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Huge thanks to all our fantastic speakers in the first half! We continue with our next block: “Biodiversity Genomics meeting #policy and #practitioners needs.”
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A BDJ paper referenced at #BGEconnects as part of a #DNAbarcoding session, showing how important sequencing collections can be!
The Bulgarian Barcode of Life, an initiative we strongly support, is presented at the #BGEconnects by Peter Hollingsworth during his talk, #DNAbarcoding - A European perspective
