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TAXONOMYthon Spała 2025 and Conference of the Dipterological Section
On 24-27 April 2025, the University of Łódź hosted "TAXONOMYthon Spała – 1st Fly Determination Marathon," and the "17th Conference of the Dipterological Section of the PES ‘Biology and systematics of flies’," held within he XLII Congress of the Dipterological...
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Connection #3: What brings us together?
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 (BGE), are joining forces for “Connections,” a series of...
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Connection #2: Meet iBOL Europe and ERGA
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 (BGE), are joining forces for “Connections,” a series of...
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Delimiting Species – Prospects and Challenges for DNA Barcoding
The acceptance of species delimitation and description based on barcode sequence clustering thresholds is growing, yet not without controversy. In a recent paper, Brent Emerson (Spanish National Research Council/CSIC) focuses on the topic while addressing prospects and challenges for DNA...
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Connection #1: On the origin of ‘Biodiversity Genomics’
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 (BGE), are joining forces for "Connections," a series of...
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Highlights of January Community Meeting
The first Community Meeting of the year took place on 27 January 2025. This time, the meeting was chaired by Michał Grabowski (University of Łódź). Kasia Fantoni (Naturalis Biodiversity Center, NL) shared updates about iBOL Europe's Working Groups and the...
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