In addition to all of the other good news today (🩵🦋💙), I am THRILLED to share that our paper presenting the results of the California Insect Barcode Initiative is out today in @ecography.bsky.social!
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November 4, 2026 at 9:54 PM
In addition to all of the other good news today (🩵🦋💙), I am THRILLED to share that our paper presenting the results of the California Insect Barcode Initiative is out today in @ecography.bsky.social!
nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
the insect specimens in this study were ~DESTROYED FOR DNA BARCODING ~ 😱😱😱
October 31, 2026 at 11:10 PM
the insect specimens in this study were ~DESTROYED FOR DNA BARCODING ~ 😱😱😱
*clears throat*
Equal to or greater than 95% identical at the barcoding gene (i.e. ITS1 through the D1/D2 variable domains of the rDNA LSU) and show very high (>97%) Bayesian posterior probability and/or bootstrap values in a phylogenetic tree.
Equal to or greater than 95% identical at the barcoding gene (i.e. ITS1 through the D1/D2 variable domains of the rDNA LSU) and show very high (>97%) Bayesian posterior probability and/or bootstrap values in a phylogenetic tree.
November 2, 2026 at 8:55 PM
*clears throat*
Equal to or greater than 95% identical at the barcoding gene (i.e. ITS1 through the D1/D2 variable domains of the rDNA LSU) and show very high (>97%) Bayesian posterior probability and/or bootstrap values in a phylogenetic tree.
Equal to or greater than 95% identical at the barcoding gene (i.e. ITS1 through the D1/D2 variable domains of the rDNA LSU) and show very high (>97%) Bayesian posterior probability and/or bootstrap values in a phylogenetic tree.
From #IBOL2026. Today we covered scale: high-throughput #museomics to open up undescribed species; #bioinformatics for integrating #genomics & #biodiversity data at scale; and strategic priorities for #DNA #barcoding in #Europe @iboleurope.bsky.social @ergabiodiv.bsky.social @eurotaxonomy.cetaf.org
November 5, 2026 at 12:09 PM
From #IBOL2026. Today we covered scale: high-throughput #museomics to open up undescribed species; #bioinformatics for integrating #genomics & #biodiversity data at scale; and strategic priorities for #DNA #barcoding in #Europe @iboleurope.bsky.social @ergabiodiv.bsky.social @eurotaxonomy.cetaf.org
Quantum Barcoding Bridges High-Dimensional Immune Phenotyping with Signaling Responses across Species https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.10.31.763237v1
November 3, 2026 at 8:02 AM
Quantum Barcoding Bridges High-Dimensional Immune Phenotyping with Signaling Responses across Species https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.10.31.763237v1
The #IBOL2026 conference goes at full speed. Today, @biogeneurope.bsky.social menu included #DarkTaxa, capacity building at national level, and #BGE+ benefits for the #DNA #barcoding and #metabarcoding community. Tomorrow more! @iboleurope.bsky.social @ergabiodiv.bsky.social @eurotaxonomy.cetaf.org
November 4, 2026 at 3:29 PM
The #IBOL2026 conference goes at full speed. Today, @biogeneurope.bsky.social menu included #DarkTaxa, capacity building at national level, and #BGE+ benefits for the #DNA #barcoding and #metabarcoding community. Tomorrow more! @iboleurope.bsky.social @ergabiodiv.bsky.social @eurotaxonomy.cetaf.org
🦟 Would you believe scientists at NHM and across the state DNA-barcoded over a million insect specimens?
They discovered that there are more than 60,000 different species, with one-third of those yet to be described by science—leaving 20,000 insects just waiting to be found. go.nhm.org/more-bugs
They discovered that there are more than 60,000 different species, with one-third of those yet to be described by science—leaving 20,000 insects just waiting to be found. go.nhm.org/more-bugs
NHM Scientists Discover There Are Way More Bugs in California Than You Thought
DNA barcoding more than a million insect specimens as part of the California Insect Barcode Initiative helps scientists grow the number of insect species in California to more than 60,000
go.nhm.org
November 4, 2026 at 9:47 PM
🦟 Would you believe scientists at NHM and across the state DNA-barcoded over a million insect specimens?
They discovered that there are more than 60,000 different species, with one-third of those yet to be described by science—leaving 20,000 insects just waiting to be found. go.nhm.org/more-bugs
They discovered that there are more than 60,000 different species, with one-third of those yet to be described by science—leaving 20,000 insects just waiting to be found. go.nhm.org/more-bugs
Nice plug of the Biodiversity Genomics Europe project in Pete Hollingsworth's plenary talk on DNA Barcoding in Europe. Using it as an example of bringing different communities (genomics + barcoding) together for a common purpose #iBOL2026
November 3, 2026 at 4:56 AM
Nice plug of the Biodiversity Genomics Europe project in Pete Hollingsworth's plenary talk on DNA Barcoding in Europe. Using it as an example of bringing different communities (genomics + barcoding) together for a common purpose #iBOL2026
#DNA barcoding of more than one million #insect specimens indicates that at least one third if #California’s #insect #biodiversity remains undiscovered:
Ecography - Wiley Online Library nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Ecography - Wiley Online Library nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
DNA barcoding of more than one million insect specimens indicates that at least one third of California's insect biodiversity remains undiscovered
Insects are the most diverse terrestrial organisms, yet they are underrepresented in large-scale conservation assessments. To address this gap, the California Insect Barcoding Initiative is developin...
nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 4, 2026 at 10:08 PM
#DNA barcoding of more than one million #insect specimens indicates that at least one third if #California’s #insect #biodiversity remains undiscovered:
Ecography - Wiley Online Library nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Ecography - Wiley Online Library nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Rutger Vos up next and talking about FAIR barcoding pipelines Bioinformatic Frameworks for Integrating Genomic and Biodiversity Data at Scale #iBOL2026
November 5, 2026 at 7:21 AM
Rutger Vos up next and talking about FAIR barcoding pipelines Bioinformatic Frameworks for Integrating Genomic and Biodiversity Data at Scale #iBOL2026
Quantum Barcoding Bridges High-Dimensional Immune Phenotyping with Signaling Responses across Species https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.10.31.763237v1
November 3, 2026 at 8:02 AM
Quantum Barcoding Bridges High-Dimensional Immune Phenotyping with Signaling Responses across Species https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.10.31.763237v1
Morpho-anatomical characterization, DNA barcoding, and phylogenetic analysis of Solanum argentinum Bitter & Lillo: an addition to the alien Flora of Egypt https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42977893/
November 5, 2026 at 8:06 AM
Morpho-anatomical characterization, DNA barcoding, and phylogenetic analysis of Solanum argentinum Bitter & Lillo: an addition to the alien Flora of Egypt https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42977893/
Morpho-anatomical characterization, DNA barcoding, and phylogenetic analysis of Solanum argentinum Bitter & Lillo: an addition to the alien Flora of Egypt https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42977893/
November 5, 2026 at 4:59 PM
Morpho-anatomical characterization, DNA barcoding, and phylogenetic analysis of Solanum argentinum Bitter & Lillo: an addition to the alien Flora of Egypt https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42977893/
Emily Hartop plugging of the @biogeneurope.bsky.social survey and also input on the DNA barcoding field guide they are working on in her #iBOL2026 plenary talk
November 4, 2026 at 3:20 AM
Emily Hartop plugging of the @biogeneurope.bsky.social survey and also input on the DNA barcoding field guide they are working on in her #iBOL2026 plenary talk
In the Data Integration track of #iBOL2026 Teresita Porter is talking about the upgraded BOLD5 database and how it is dealing with the doubling of barcoding data every 5 years
November 5, 2026 at 7:05 AM
In the Data Integration track of #iBOL2026 Teresita Porter is talking about the upgraded BOLD5 database and how it is dealing with the doubling of barcoding data every 5 years
First Korean record of Agrilus mallotiellus Kurosawa, 1985 (Coleoptera, Buprestidae): #DNA barcoding and host-plant association with Mallotus japonicus
doi.org/10.3897/arph...
doi.org/10.3897/arph...
First Korean record of Agrilus mallotiellus Kurosawa, 1985 (Coleoptera, Buprestidae): DNA barcoding and host-plant association with Mallotus japonicus
Agrilus mallotiellus Kurosawa, 1985 (Coleoptera, Buprestidae), which is known to use Mallotus japonicus (Thunb.) Müll.Arg. (Euphorbiaceae) as its host plant, has previously been recorded from Japan an...
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November 4, 2026 at 10:29 AM
First Korean record of Agrilus mallotiellus Kurosawa, 1985 (Coleoptera, Buprestidae): #DNA barcoding and host-plant association with Mallotus japonicus
doi.org/10.3897/arph...
doi.org/10.3897/arph...
Mark stressing commonalities with the barcoding community. The BIOSCAN UK project doing malaise-trapped DNA barcoded specimen collection and making it accessible for genome sequencing. Sequence first and can then ask detailed taxonomic questions later #iBOL2026
November 5, 2026 at 3:01 AM
Mark stressing commonalities with the barcoding community. The BIOSCAN UK project doing malaise-trapped DNA barcoded specimen collection and making it accessible for genome sequencing. Sequence first and can then ask detailed taxonomic questions later #iBOL2026
#DNA barcoding of the blind Carpathian #millipede Typhloiulus polypodus reveals two genetically distinct, possibly cryptic lineages across neighbouring karst areas (Slovak/Aggtelek Karst vs. Bükk Mountains).
Read more: doi.org/10.3897/subt...
#cavebiology #millipedes #DNAbarcoding #biospeleology
Read more: doi.org/10.3897/subt...
#cavebiology #millipedes #DNAbarcoding #biospeleology
November 4, 2026 at 10:34 AM
#DNA barcoding of the blind Carpathian #millipede Typhloiulus polypodus reveals two genetically distinct, possibly cryptic lineages across neighbouring karst areas (Slovak/Aggtelek Karst vs. Bükk Mountains).
Read more: doi.org/10.3897/subt...
#cavebiology #millipedes #DNAbarcoding #biospeleology
Read more: doi.org/10.3897/subt...
#cavebiology #millipedes #DNAbarcoding #biospeleology
New in BMC Plant Biology: 33 Pulsatilla patens plastomes hold 2,127 mutations, yet only one fixed diagnostic nucleotide. P. vernalis nests within P. patens, and one plant carries a captured chloroplast. Dense sampling erodes plastid super-barcoding.
doi.org/10.1186/s128...
#UWM #Superbarcoding
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#UWM #Superbarcoding
Plastid super-barcoding in the pan-plastomic era: dense sampling of Pulsatilla patens plastomes exposes the limits of species delimitation in reticulate complexes - BMC Plant Biology
Background Whole-plastome “super-barcoding” is widely applied to resolve taxonomic uncertainties in complex plant groups. but most studies validate diagnostic power on one or two individuals per speci...
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October 30, 2026 at 8:15 AM
New in BMC Plant Biology: 33 Pulsatilla patens plastomes hold 2,127 mutations, yet only one fixed diagnostic nucleotide. P. vernalis nests within P. patens, and one plant carries a captured chloroplast. Dense sampling erodes plastid super-barcoding.
doi.org/10.1186/s128...
#UWM #Superbarcoding
doi.org/10.1186/s128...
#UWM #Superbarcoding
Opening plenary at #iBOL2026 in Bangkok showcasing the potential of #CitizenScience to scale up biodiversity sampling. Paul Hebert talking about the BUGQUEST project. School by school sampling of insects species for DNA barcoding. So far 25K students have sampled 466 traps
November 3, 2026 at 3:07 AM
Opening plenary at #iBOL2026 in Bangkok showcasing the potential of #CitizenScience to scale up biodiversity sampling. Paul Hebert talking about the BUGQUEST project. School by school sampling of insects species for DNA barcoding. So far 25K students have sampled 466 traps
Paul Hebert announcing a new project launching next year: the Million Species Project. This is planning to discover 1M new insect species. Increased urgency to collect this info but need to keep doubling the pace of barcoding to do this #iBOL2026
November 3, 2026 at 3:33 AM
Paul Hebert announcing a new project launching next year: the Million Species Project. This is planning to discover 1M new insect species. Increased urgency to collect this info but need to keep doubling the pace of barcoding to do this #iBOL2026
Yinicoelotes jiafu Zhang, Zhu & Wang, 2017 as a junior synonym of Yinicoelotes galeiformis Wang, Yin, Peng & Xie, 1990 (Araneae, Agelendiae): evidence from #DNA barcoding and sex association
doi.org/10.3897/arph...
doi.org/10.3897/arph...
Yinicoelotes jiafu Zhang, Zhu & Wang, 2017 as a junior synonym of Yinicoelotes galeiformis Wang, Yin, Peng & Xie, 1990 (Araneae, Agelendiae): evidence from DNA barcoding and sex association
The male of Coelotes galeiformis Wang, Yin, Peng & Xie, 1990 was recently described for the first time. This species was subsequently transferred to the newly established genus Yinicoelotes Wang, ...
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November 2, 2026 at 9:54 AM
Yinicoelotes jiafu Zhang, Zhu & Wang, 2017 as a junior synonym of Yinicoelotes galeiformis Wang, Yin, Peng & Xie, 1990 (Araneae, Agelendiae): evidence from #DNA barcoding and sex association
doi.org/10.3897/arph...
doi.org/10.3897/arph...
Depleting ribosomal RNA in cells before partitioning and barcoding can preserve other RNA species for single-cell analysis. #10xGenomics patent application #US20260337662 describes a workflow aimed at high-throughput full-length RNA measurement. #SingleCellRNA
November 4, 2026 at 7:45 AM
Depleting ribosomal RNA in cells before partitioning and barcoding can preserve other RNA species for single-cell analysis. #10xGenomics patent application #US20260337662 describes a workflow aimed at high-throughput full-length RNA measurement. #SingleCellRNA
Paul Hebert quoting a passage from "Magazine of natural..." history from 1829 (which is in @biodivlibrary.bsky.social www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2259489 ) as an early vision of what DNA barcoding aims to achieve #ibol2026
November 3, 2026 at 2:46 AM
Paul Hebert quoting a passage from "Magazine of natural..." history from 1829 (which is in @biodivlibrary.bsky.social www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2259489 ) as an early vision of what DNA barcoding aims to achieve #ibol2026