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Strengthening Networks and Partnerships: The Second BGE Workshop in Thessaloniki
Α workshop was held on 5 December 2025 at the School of Biology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. The event brought together scientists, policymakers, and representatives from public authorities to discuss how DNA-based methods can enhance biodiversity monitoring and environmental management...
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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 genomic data into action to solve real-world...
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Connections #9: How Biodiversity Genomics drives conservation impact
The European Reference Genome Atlas (ERGA) and the European node of the International Barcode of Life (iBOL Europe), two international communities of scientists brought together under the Biodiversity Genomics Europe Project, are joining forces for “Connections,” a series of blog...
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Community Meeting November 2025
The last edition of our Community Meeting took place on Monday, 24 November. Niels Raes (Naturalis Biodiversity Centre) and Urmas Kõljalg (University of Tartu) presented Biodiversity Meets Data (BMD), an EU-funded project aiming to create a centralised Single Access Point (SAP) for natural...
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Genomic Connection #6 – The code of life: the world of bioinformatics
In the sixth episode of Genomic Connections, Kasia and Christian talk with Rutger Vos and Diego de Panis about their experiences in bioinformatics and the central role this discipline plays in transforming vast amounts of data into biological insights. Rutger...
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iBOL 2026 in Bangkok
The 10th International Barcode of Life Conference will be held in Bangkok, Thailand, on 2–6 November 2026. More information will come soon! "Nature walk, Flowers" by John Mukiibi Elijah on Unsplash.
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