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

2️⃣ Watch the second session of our BGE connects event on youtube now! 👉 www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2Fh... @iboleurope.bsky.social, @ergabiodiv.bsky.social @horizoneu.bsky.social @ebpgenome.bsky.social @biogeneurope.bsky.social #DNA #Genomics #europe #science #eDNA

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

♨️Live @ #BGEconnects: 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. #BGE

♨️Live @ #BGEconnects in Brussels: 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.”

♨️Live @ #BGEconnects in Brussels: 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”. ▶️ Watch live (free): lnkd.in/eQmVztQq Stay tuned!

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

♨️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: 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. 👉Join us and don’t hesitate to ask questions: lnkd.in/eQmVztQq #symposium

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

♨️Live from #BGEconnects in Brussels Kristian Meissner from @syke.fi informed us about the “Implementation and standardization of molecular monitoring methods”. “We must focus on joint transcoding”, he concludes. @horizoneu.bsky.social @ergabiodiv.bsky.social @iboleurope.bsky.social #symposium #BGE

♨️Live from #BGEconnects in Brussels: Good morning and welcome to day 2 of #BGE’s symposium "Unlocking the power of #genomic science for nature and the #bioeconomy in Europe"! ▶️ Watch live (free): lnkd.in/eQmVztQq Stay tuned! @horizoneu.bsky.social @ergabiodiv.bsky.social @iboleurope.bsky.social

♨️Live from #BGEconnects in Brussels 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! @horizoneu.bsky.social

♨️Live from #BGEconnects: @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! @horizoneu.bsky.social @ergabiodiv.bsky.social @iboleurope.bsky.social #symposium #BGE #eDNA

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

♨️Live from #BGEconnects in Brussels: Kristine Westergaard from NTNU tells us more about “Monitoring unintentional #alien introductions through #DNA-based methods”. Don't miss out, it's free! 👉 Programme and more info: biodiversitygenomics.eu/2025/08/27/b... ▶️ Watch live: lnkd.in/eQmVztQq

♨️Live from #BGEconnects in Brussels: 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! ▶️ Watch live (free): lnkd.in/eQmVztQq #BGE

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.