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...

We want to thank our BGE community for all their efforts in 2025! We have done a lot thanks to you! We are looking forward to an amazing #biodiversity #genomics year in #europe in 2026 Happy Holidays to you all!

We are grateful for our citizen scientists! ✨ Unilodz held a two-day event to celebrate the collaboration with their entomological citizen scientists. 🪲 🦗 🐞 More information on our website 👉 biodiversitygenomics.eu/2025/12/18/p...

New BGE Bioblitz at two #biodiversity #hotspots in Georgia! 💥 More information on our website 👉 biodiversitygenomics.eu/2025/12/16/f...

Another BGE workshop in Thessaloniki! ✨ How can DNA-based methods enhance #biodiversity monitoring and environmental management? During this workshop scientists and policymakers discussed the possibilities. More info on our website 👉 biodiversitygenomics.eu/2025/12/16/s... Vertaling weergeven

A new study shows that over 90% of insect biomass declines are driven by shrinking species numbers, posing a risk to ecosystem function. www.idiv.de/majority-of-... #biodiversity

Celebrating World Soil Day with a BGE workshop ✨ BIOPOLIS-CIBIO and Centro Social e Cultural de S. Pedro de Bairro organised a workshop about #soil and the different animals that live there. 🪳 🪱 🐌 More information on our website 👉 biodiversitygenomics.eu/2025/12/15/c...

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...

Another exciting BGE workshop in Norway! 💥 Researchers from the NTNU University Museum visited a primary school to talk about #insects and their role in terrestial and aquatic #ecosystems. 🐛 🐞 🪲 🐝 🐜 🦗 🪳 Want to know more? Go to our website 👉 biodiversitygenomics.eu/2025/12/11/i...

Remember this beautiful yellow gorgonian? @didier-aurelle.bsky.social wrote a blog post about why this species is important when studying genomic evolution. Read more on our website 👉 biodiversitygenomics.eu/2025/12/09/u... @biogeneurope.bsky.social, @horizoneu.bsky.social, @ergabiodiv.bsky.social

There is another new @ergabiodiv.bsky.social - @biogeneurope.bsky.social reference genome available! 🥳 Please meet this moss species: Lewinskya acuminata 🌿 Want to know more? Take a look at the genome report 👉 open-research-europe.ec.europa.eu/articles/5-357 @horizoneu.bsky.social #genomics

🕷️ 🕸️ New @ergabiodiv.bsky.social - @biogeneurope.bsky.social reference genome available! 🥳 Please welcome the Common Orb-Weaving Spider! Want to know more? Go to the genome report 👉 open-research-europe.ec.europa.eu/articles/5-365 @horizoneu.bsky.social @cnag-eu.bsky.social #Spider #genomics

We are proud to count the Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics among our partners, and thankful for their efforts in connecting the expertise from the DNA barcoding and genomics communities within BGE. Read more 👉 www.swisscore.org/connecting-s... @sib.swiss

There is a new @biogeneurope.bsky.social - @ergabiodiv.bsky.social reference genomes report! 🥳 Please welcome the plant: Xanthium orientale subsp. italicum!🧬 Want to know more? Go to the genome report👉 open-research-europe.ec.europa.eu/articles/5-367 @horizoneu.bsky.social @iboleurope.bsky.social

We are thrilled to announce a new BGE research paper! 🥳 Marius Hannes Eisele et al. wrote a paper evaluating the performance of denoising tools for metabarcoding and discusses how they can be improved. More information on our website! 👉 biodiversitygenomics.eu/2025/12/02/n...

Take a look at the 9th "ERGA iBOL Europe Connections" blog! Go to our BGE website 👉https://biodiversitygenomics.eu/2025/11/26/erga-ibol-europe-connections-9-how-biodiversity-genomics-drives-conservation-impact/ @ergabiodiv.bsky.social @iboleurope.bsky.social @horizoneu.bsky.social

4️⃣ Watch the fourth session of our BGE connects event on youtube now! 👉 www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynpm... Go to our website for more information on our event and the other sessions 🧬👉https://biodiversitygenomics.eu/2025/11/18/biodiversity-genomics-connects-recordings/

3️⃣ Watch the third session of our BGE connects event on youtube now! 👉 www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZkq... Go to our website for more information on our event and the other sessions 🧬👉 biodiversitygenomics.eu/2025/11/18/b... @iboleurope.bsky.social, @ergabiodiv.bsky.social, @horizoneu.bsky.social

During our recent BGE connects event several interesting sessions were held focused on the use of DNA methods and genomics science.🧬 Did you miss our event? Don't worry! You can now watch the first session of the symposium here 👉 www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXnM...

We are thrilled to announce a new @biogeneurope.bsky.social - @ergabiodiv.bsky.social reference genomes report! 🥳 Please welcome this Lusitanian limpet!🧬 Want to know more? Go the genome report👉 open-research-europe.ec.europa.eu/articles/5-3... @ruimmfaria.bsky.social, @iboleurope.bsky.social

New Citizen Science event!🐿️ 🦔 🦇 More info on our website👉 biodiversitygenomics.eu/2025/11/11/w... This September the University of Primorska, Faculty of Mathematics, Natural Sciences and Information Technologies organised two citizen science events at Campus Livade, Slovenia. Vertaling weergeven

The Genomics for Biodiversity Conference held at the end of October was a great succes! 🥳 👉 More information on our website: biodiversitygenomics.eu/2025/11/10/f... The conference was organized by @biogeneurope.bsky.social and @ergabiodiv.bsky.social, and hosted by the BIOPOLIS-CIBIO near Porto.

We are thrilled to announce a new @biogeneurope.bsky.social - @ergabiodiv.bsky.social reference genomes report! Please welcome this marine ribbon worm! 🪱 🧬 Want to know more? Go the genome report👉 open-research-europe.ec.europa.eu/articles/5-317 @iboleurope.bsky.social @horizoneu.bsky.social

There's a new Biodiversity Genomics Europe case study! 🥳 Learn more about the threatened aquatic warbler. 👉 More info on our website: biodiversitygenomics.eu/2025/11/05/b... @justynakubacka.bsky.social @mizpas.bsky.social @gdosgovpl.bsky.social

We are thrilled to announce a new @biogeneurope.bsky.social - @ergabiodiv.bsky.social genomes report! Please welcome this yellow gargonian, Eunicella cavolini! 🧬 open-research-europe.ec.europa.eu/articles/5-323 @horizoneu.bsky.social #genomes #DNA

Another new BGE paper! 🥳 Vladimir Pešić et al. wrote about "A new species of Torrenticola ungeri complex (Acari, Hydrachndia, Torrenticolidae), and new water mite records for Portugal" 👉 Read more! biodiversitygenomics.eu/2025/11/04/n... @iboleurope.bsky.social @ergabiodiv.bsky.social

BGE papers published! 🥳 Want to know more? Take a look at BGE's news and events. biodiversitygenomics.eu/communicatio... @ergabiodiv.bsky.social @iboleurope.bsky.social @horizoneu.bsky.social @biogeneurope.bsky.social

Day 3 of Genomics for Biodiversity Conference! It starts at 12.30 CET. Find the zoom links for today's sessions in the programme. 👉 www.erga-biodiversity.eu/post/genomic... @ergabiodiv.bsky.social @horizoneu.bsky.social

🌍 We are back for the 2nd case study session of the day! Genomics for #Biodiversity conference - from genomes to impact. A really biodiverse set of @biogeneurope.bsky.social case studies are presenting today 🔽 www.youtube.com/watch?v=FR7I... www.erga-biodiversity.eu/post/genomic... #conference

Today is the second day of the Genomics for Biodiversity Conference. It starts at 10:00 CET. Watch it live👉 www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iq17... Check out the programme: www.erga-biodiversity.eu/post/genomic... @ergabiodiv.bsky.social @biogeneurope.bsky.social @horizoneu.bsky.social

Listen to the 6th episode of the Genomics Connection #podcast by @ergabiodiv.bsky.social en @iboleurope.bsky.social 🔔Listen here! open.spotify.com/episode/4w4D... 👉 More information on our website biodiversitygenomics.eu/2025/10/29/g...

We have been busy! 😄 Last summer @biogeneurope.bsky.social organised a lot of workshops with a lot of different topics. Want to know more? Take a look at our citizen science platform 🧐 biodiversitygenomics.eu/citizen-scie...

This October @biogeneurope.bsky.social reached a #milestone: over one hundred #genomes have been sequenced and publicly released as part of the project.🥳 Want to know more? 👉 biodiversitygenomics.eu/2025/10/27/c... @iboleurope.bsky.social @ergabiodiv.bsky.social @horizoneu.bsky.social

All @biogeneurope.bsky.social outputs to date, in one place. You just have to browse and choose. That is BGE's Knowledge Platform. Go take a look 👉https://biodiversitygenomics.eu/knowledge-platform/ #genomics #barcoding #genomes @ebpgenome.bsky.social @iboleurope.bsky.social @ergabiodiv.bsky.social

Materials from my presentation "Implementing FAIR Digital Objects for Molecular and Traditional Taxonomy Integration" part of "Integrating DNA Reference Databases and Molecular Taxon Concepts in Biodiversity Databases" #LivingData2025 🧪🌏🧬 @biogeneurope.bsky.social github.com/bge-barcodin...

🌿Madeira’s laurel forests are a UNESCO world heritage & shelter 500+ endemic invertebrates, but habitat loss, invasives & climate change put many at risk. How can genomics help protect them? 👉https://biodiversitygenomics.eu/2025/10/23/madeiran-insect-bioblitz/ #Biodiversity #Genomics #CitizenScience

Yesterday Joana Pauperio presented at the Living Data conference and talked about BGE's perspectives on FAIR data. More info 👉https://www.livingdata2025.com/ #FAIRdata @iboleurope.bsky.social @biogeneurope.bsky.social @ergabiodiv.bsky.social @horizoneu.bsky.social

Now in Colombia! Our colleagues from @ergabiodiv.bsky.social are representing #BGE today at the Living Data conference in Bogota. They will talk more about ERGA and how BGE is advancing #FAIRdata across #biodiversity #genomics in #Europe. 👉More info: www.livingdata2025.com

The #BGE #symposium was a big succes! Did you miss it? No worries! You can watch the recordings now online on the BGE youtube channel. ▶️https://www.youtube.com/@biodiversitygenomicseurope6700 @iboleurope.bsky.social @ergabiodiv.bsky.social @horizoneu.bsky.social

Really looking forward to #LivingData2025, starting tomorrow! Below is a summary of the @biogeneurope.bsky.social sessions. For those in Europe: the conference takes place is Colombia, so mind the times! @ebpgenome.bsky.social @ergabiodiv.bsky.social @iboleurope.bsky.social #barcoding #Genomics

New @ergabiodiv.bsky.social - @iboleurope.bsky.social Connections blog post. The title: #Bioinformatics: reassembling the book of life. Dont miss it! 👉 biodiversitygenomics.eu/2025/10/09/e... @horizoneu.bsky.social #genomics #DNA #barcoding

Thrilled to announce new @biogeneurope.bsky.social @ergabiodiv.bsky.social genomes reports! The irresistible Hanak's bat (Pipistrellus hanaki) open-research-europe.ec.europa.eu/articles/5-298 & the lovely sea cucumber Holothuria (Platyperona) sanctori open-research-europe.ec.europa.eu/articles/5-297

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!

♨️Live from #BGEconnects in Brussels: Huge thanks to all our fantastic speakers! We continue with our concluding remarks and synthesis. ▶️ Watch live (free): lnkd.in/eQmVztQq @horizoneu.bsky.social @ergabiodiv.bsky.social @iboleurope.bsky.social #symposium #BGE #Biodiversity #Genomics #Europe

@biogeneurope.bsky.social panel discussion on biodiversity genomics research infrastructure in Europe. So relevant for the future of #dnabarcoding and #genomics.

♨️Live @ #BGEconnects: Many topics are being discussed during our #paneldiscussion: from #collaboration and #harmonization to #longterm #sustainability and #funding. ▶️ Watch live (free) and please don’t hesitate to ask questions: lnkd.in/eQmVztQq @horizoneu.bsky.social #symposium #BGE

♨️Live from #BGEconnects in Brussels: 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... @horizoneu.bsky.social @ergabiodiv.bsky.social @iboleurope.bsky.social

♨️Live @ #BGEconnects: 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. @horizoneu.bsky.social