TRAINING: DNA barcoding and metabarcoding using ONTOLOGY™ biodiversitygenomics.eu/2026/07/09/d... Join us October 5-7 @nhm-london.bsky.social for a 3-day course on #ONTOLOGY a new platform for distributed #DNAbarcoding & #metabarcoding from our partners @cbg-uofg.bsky.social. @iboleurope.bsky.social

Good morning, biodiversity genomics! 🌍🧬 ERGA News #39 is live, spotlighting a new ERGA-associated manuscript on community-engaged genomics: bringing Local Ecological Knowledge, early dialogue, and shared benefits into conservation science: www.erga-biodiversity.eu/post/erga-ne...

📽️ It's showtime! A new video introduces our community of researchers and practitioners and tells about how DNA barcoding can be applied in different fields – from biodiversity monitoring to food authentication and more. youtu.be/zDSct838o8I?...

Researchers do not always involve the people who live in, work with, and care for the species and places being studied. Our colleagues at @ergabiodiv.bsky.social want to change that!: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... @horizoneu.bsky.social @iboleurope.bsky.social @ebpgenome.bsky.social

On the right of reception as you enter. We welcome all ERGA members current and future! @ergabiodiv.bsky.social @biogeneurope.bsky.social @official-smbe.bsky.social #SMBE2026

Great to see ERGA community friends at #SMBE2026 --- come visit the booth to say hi and learn about @ergabiodiv.bsky.social, about the community, funding opportunities, and much more! @astridboehne.bsky.social @biogeneurope.bsky.social @ebpgenome.bsky.social

Today at #SMBE2026 we kick off with the plenary from ERGA member @emmateeling.bsky.social lead of ERGA Associate Partner Bat1K Project @bat1kgenomes.bsky.social #biodiversity #genomics @ergabiodiv.bsky.social @biogeneurope.bsky.social @official-smbe.bsky.social

ERGA will be at SMBE @official-smbe.bsky.social in Copenhagen next week - make sure to stop by the booth to say hi, learn about our reference 🧬 #genomes community, find out about funding 💶 and other opportunities ... stickers 😀, pencils ✏️, flyers 📃 too!

World #Biodiversity Forum Davos - WORKSHOP GBF15 🧬 #Genomics is moving fast, but how do we make it useful for biodiversity monitoring, policy, and real-world conservation decisions? 🦋 meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/WBF2026/sess... June 14th 2026 @ergabiodiv.bsky.social @biogeneurope.bsky.social

New publications from our colleagues at @iboleurope.bsky.social: Strategic priorities for boosting #DNA #barcoding research and application in Europe, at the continental and national level. Two must-reads. @eurotaxonomy.cetaf.org @ergabiodiv.bsky.social @horizoneu.bsky.social

Our next community meeting will happen soon – on 01 June! This time, we will get an introduction to @biogeneurope.bsky.social, which started in May, by Dimitris Koureas, Project Director.

Our colleagues at the Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos (CIBIO) in Portugal are making it (really) big finding new species! The headline reads "Scientists discover a new species of water MITE in the north of the country". @ergabiodiv.bsky.social @iboleurope.bsky.social 💪👋

The ERGA BioGenome Seminar Series is back! We return with Jérôme Goudet and Isabela do O for a seminar on the impact of population structure in identifying local adaptation. How do we know when population differences reflect adaptation, and when they are shaped by demography and structure?

Good timing! The feature on @biogeneurope.bsky.social that #CORDIS has just published is a great way to see where our 2nd act - Biodiversity Genomics Europe Plus (starting in May) comes from: cordis.europa.eu/article/id/4... @iboleurope.bsky.social @ergabiodiv.bsky.social @eurotaxonomy.cetaf.org

BGE generated tens of thousands of DNA barcodes in the past 3,5 years 🪲 🪱 🐦‍⬛ and this proved quite difficult in some cases! Well, challenge accepted! 💪 Want to know more? Go to our website and read our interview with Olga Vinnere Pettersson 👉 biodiversitygenomics.eu/2026/03/30/c...

The BGE project aimed to understand, monitor and protect European biodiversity. But how did we get the data that will help do this? It starts with a sample! 🪱 🦠 🪲 🍄 Want to know more? 👉 biodiversitygenomics.eu/2026/03/25/f...

🆕 The @biogeneurope.bsky.social project - which now gives way to BGE+ - represented a landmark in European research collaboration, bringing together the #DNAbarcoding (@iboleurope.bsky.social) and #reference #genomes (@ergabiodiv.bsky.social) communities. 🔓 Grant Proposal: doi.org/10.3897/rio.....

Have you enjoyed the @iboleurope.bsky.social and @ergabiodiv.bsky.social Genomics Connections podcast? Each episode came with a simple language version named: 'EasyConnections' ✨ All EasyConnections have been collected in one booklet! 🥳Read them here: biodiversitygenomics.eu/2026/02/26/c...

BGE is coming to an end, but don't worry: we have amazing news!✨ BGE+, heir to BGE, has been selected for funding 🥳💥 BGE+ aims to build a #biodiversity #genomics infrastructure in #Europe. 💪 Want to know more about what that entails? 👉 biodiversitygenomics.eu/2026/02/16/b...

Bioblitz in Bulgaria!💥 More information on our website 👉 biodiversitygenomics.eu/2026/02/20/f... The Ali Botush UNESCO Biosphere Reserve is a biodiversity hotspot in Bulgaria. In this hotspot live a lot of endemic and protected species; a perfect place for a bioblitz! 🌻🪲

🇨🇾 Two citizen science events in #Cyprus brought together researchers, NGOs, students & local stakeholders to learn pollinator identification and field monitoring. 👉 www.erga-biodiversity.eu/post/wings-b... @ucy1.bsky.social @biogeneurope.bsky.social

Another new ERGA - European Reference Genome Atlas - Biodiversity Genomics Europe reference genome is available! ✨ Meet the eastern mosquito fish: Gambusia Holbrooki! 🐟 More information 👉 open-research-europe.ec.europa.eu/articles/6-48

The last BGE workshop in Portugal ✨ More information on our website 👉 biodiversitygenomics.eu/2026/02/16/b... In this workshop the participants learned more about the small animals that live in the soil and about their different characteristics. 🪱 🐜 🪳

Bioblitz in Cyprus! ✨ More information on our website 👉 biodiversitygenomics.eu/2026/02/16/w...

Another new @ergabiodiv.bsky.social - @biogeneurope.bsky.social reference genome is available! ✨ Have you ever seen this spineless thistle before? Carlina diae! 🏵️ This species of thistle is endemic to Crete, Greece. More information 👉 open-research-europe.ec.europa.eu/articles/6-3...

Another workshop in Greece! ✨ More information on our website 👉 biodiversitygenomics.eu/2026/02/09/d... During this workshop over 150 people, students, parents and educators, learned more about how genetics are used to study biodiversity.

New @ergabiodiv.bsky.social - @biogeneurope.bsky.social reference genomes have been made available! 🥳 Meet these mosquitoes: Culex laticinctus, Culex, modestus, Culex perexiguus and Culex theileri! 🦟🦟 🦟🦟 More information 👉 academic.oup.com/gbe/article/...

BGE workshop about DNA barcoding and biodiversity in Greece ✨ More information on our website 👉 biodiversitygenomics.eu/2026/02/09/b... @horizoneu.bsky.social, @iboleurope.bsky.social, @ergabiodiv.bsky.social, @biogeneurope.bsky.social #biodiversity #genomics #europe #DNA

Our experience in @biogeneurope.bsky.social suggests that we need to go beyond "project-level thinking" for biodiversity genomics in Europe, and that is exactly what we have started to do today at @naturalis.bsky.social! @horizoneu.bsky.social @ergabiodiv.bsky.social @iboleurope.bsky.social

Another new @ergabiodiv.bsky.social - @biogeneurope.bsky.social reference genome is available! 🥳 Meet this interesting milky worm endemic to the Pyrenees, Ailoscolex lacteospumosus! 🪱 ⛰️ More info👉 open-research-europe.ec.europa.eu/articles/6-26

A new @ergabiodiv.bsky.social - @biogeneurope.bsky.social reference genome is available! 🥳 Meet this little, rock dwelling land snail from Crete, Greece! Albinaria teres 🐌 Want to know more? 👉 open-research-europe.ec.europa.eu/articles/6-25 #europe #greece #DNA #Genome #biodiversity

Read the report of BGE's policy roundtable “Biodiversity innovation: Enabling technology for nature and green growth” last October 2025 in Brussels. 👉https://biodiversitygenomics.eu/2026/01/26/bgconnects-roundtable-report/

BGE is done sampling! 🥳 All over Europe scientists and citizen scientists took samples for BGE. Those samples needed to be transported to a lab for research, travelling thousands of kilometers. And that's not easy! More info on our website! 👉 biodiversitygenomics.eu/2026/01/21/b...

✨ Let's celebrate a new BGE research paper! ✨ 🥳 K. Reichel et al. wrote a paper about the challenges on generating high-quality reference genomes. More information on our website 👉 biodiversitygenomics.eu/2026/01/21/c...

A new @ergabiodiv.bsky.social - @biogeneurope.bsky.social reference genome is available! 🥳 Have you heard about this European medicinal leech? Hirudo verbana! Learn more about this medicinal leech here 👉 www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mily... @iboleurope.bsky.social @horizoneu.bsky.social

A beautiful start of the new year: there's is new BGE research paper! ✨ 🤩 In their paper Pešić et al. discuss the phylogeny of a group of water mites (Hygrobates longipalpis complex). They also highlight a water mite species new to science! 🥳 🕷️ More info 👉 biodiversitygenomics.eu/2026/01/12/m...

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