BGE’ First Scientific Publication: Water Mites!
The first scientific paper from the Biodiversity Genomics Europe project comes with a big landmark attached to it: the identification of several species
BGE at the iBOL 2024 Conference
By Ela Sari Biodiversity Genomics Europe is present at the 9th International Barcode of Life (iBOL) conference in Belém, Brazil on September
BGE’s 2nd All Hands Meeting is coming
The second All-Hands Meeting of the Biodiversity Genomics Europe (BGE) project will take place next 8-10 October in Thessaloniki (Greece). The event is
1st BGE-ERGA Genome Applications Symposium
We are excited to announce the upcoming 1st BGE-ERGA Genome Application Symposium, which will be held on September 30 and October 1, 2024.
GrBOL: Launching the Greek node of iBOL
By Alexandros Triantafydillis On the 11th of June 2024, the University of Thessaloniki, partner of the Biodiversity Genomics Europe consortium (BGE), organised the inaugural
Enhancing Biodiversity Genomics Applications across Europe
By Luísa Marins We are pleased to announce the 20 projects that have been selected as part of the recent ERGA-BGE call
Connecting people to fascinating European species: ERGA and BGE at the Long Night of Science Berlin
By Luísa Marins Dozens of scientific institutions and laboratories open their doors and invite visitors to discover their current research by interacting
The 2024 Hackathon: Enhancing BGE’s Barcode Sequencing Stream
Data generation, processing, integration, the curation of BOLD… The 2024 BGE Barcoding Hackathon, hosted from 23-25 April in Leiden, the Netherlands, and coordinated
Hamsters in Budapest!
Our colleagues from the Hungarian Natural History Museum provided insights into their ongoing BGE Hamster study with a presentation at the Small Mammal Taxon
With a Little Help from My Friends – thoughts about Citizen Science
April is global Citizen Science month, and to celebrate, we have decided to conduct a very special -and extensive!- joint interview with some
Voluntary Data Collection Day in Budapest
Last 7 April, the Herman Ottó Institute Nonprofit Ltd and the Hungarian Natural History Museum, partner of BGE, organised the Volunteer Data Collectors'
Six projects selected for BGE BIOSCAN funding
Last November, BGE opened a funding call for projects contributing to the development of DNA-barcoding reference libraries for species in Europe. Our evaluation
Identifying bees is now easier
International team unveils DNA barcodes from Iberian bees, an essential tool for monitoring In times of biodiversity crisis, it is urgent to know
Open Calls – Biodiversity Genomics Europe – ERGA
(from www.erga-biodiversity.eu) Open call - Enhancing Biodiversity Genomics Applications for Ongoing Case Studies Through exploiting genomics technologies, we can make significant progress in
BGE’s hamster case study at the Mammal Conference in Hungary
By Cserkész Tamás and Somogyi Anna (Hungarian Natural History Museum) Last 12-14 January, the Hungarian Natural History Museum, one of our BGE
BGE is looking for institutions interested in working with pollinators
Biodiversity Genomics Europe is looking for partners to engage in an exciting pan-European project on pollinators in gardens and agricultural areas. It involves
BGE’s first All Hands Meeting in Barcelona: a big success
By Ela Sari (Naturalis Biodiversity Center) Last 13-15 November, the first All Hands Meeting of the Biodiversity Genomics Europe (BGE) project took place
Open Call – Biodiversity Genomics Europe – BIOSCAN
A new call has opened through the barcoding (BIOSCAN) stream of Biodiversity Genomics Europe for the wider European research community to support the project’s
New BGE-ERGA BioGenome Analysis and Applications Seminar!
By Luisa Marins (ERGA) The third session of the ERGA BioGenome Analysis and Applications Seminar series will take place on Wednesday, November 29th,
Full programme for BGE’s 1st All Hands Meeting in Barcelona
(Note: This is an updated version of an earlier post) Barcelona will host the first All Hands Meeting of the Biodiversity Genomics Europe
BGE at the Biodiversity Genomics 2023 conference
By Ela Sari (Naturalis Biodiversity Center) Last October 2, Biodiversity Genomics Europe has its day at BG23, the most important and global event
Train the trainers – developing a training framework in Biodiversity Genomics
By Luisa Marins (European Reference Genome Atlas, ERGA) One of the main goals of BGE is to support the new generation of researchers
BGE at the researcher’s night in Thessaloniki
By Elisavet Kaitetzidou (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki) The school of Biology of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTh) successfully participated in the actions
Sampling for the full-genome stream of BGE
BGE is way more than its official partners. Meet Johannes Bergsten, for example. He is senior curator at the Department of Zoology of
BGE in the Biodiversity Genomics Conference 2023
Well, you cannot say that we have not been telling you this for quite some time!: The Biodiversity Genomics Europe project will have
Get ready for BGE’s 1st All Hands Meeting in Barcelona!
Barcelona will host the first All Hands Meeting of the Biodiversity Genomics Europe (BGE) project. Roughly one year from the project's kick-off event and
Visual story: hamster time!
Hamsters are just cute. But they are also endangered in most parts of Europe. Learn how our partners from the Hungarian Natural History
Submit your abstract for the BGE day at Biodiversity Genomics 23!
The Biodiversity Genomics Europe consortium is organising a full day of presentations at the BG23 conference on Monday 2nd October, and we would
Open Calls – Biodiversity Genomics Europe – ERGA
(from www.erga-biodiversity.eu) Three calls are currently open through the genome stream of Biodiversity Genomics Europe (ERGA) that will allow the wider European research community
First milestone for BOLD Europe
Some of our BGE colleagues from Naturalis Biodiversity Center just came back from a trip to the Centre for Biodiversity Genomics (CBG) in
Building BIOSCAN Europe: Spala workshop May 2023
A workshop dedicated to building European national capacity in the growing field of DNA barcoding biodiversity science was held in the inspirational surroundings of
For citizen scientists: Help us to detect invasive species in European coastal waters!
BGE wants to harness the power of citizen scientists and eDNA techniques to provide a powerful new perspective on marine invasive species occurrence and
Save the date: BGE will hold its first conference during BG23
BG23 has become one of the most important events on biodiversity genomics around the world. Its fourth iteration will take place online from 2-6
Biodiversity Genomics Europe
Europe's drive to reverse biodiversity loss through genomics research. European experts gather to launch an unprecedented project that will tackle the biodiversity crisis using