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Sampling, Data Genome Sequencing https://biodiversitygenomics.eu/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/database.png List of samples delivered for Genome Sequencing under the Biodiversity Genomics Europe Project Genome Stream- WP5 Field to Lab Task 5.5 Astrid Böhne, Rita Monteiro Reference Genomes 2025-04-18 https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15166407
Sampling, Data Genome Sequencing https://biodiversitygenomics.eu/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/database.png List of samples delivered for Genome Sequencing under the Biodiversity Genomics Europe Project Genome Stream- WP5 Field to Lab Task 5.6 Astrid Böhne, Rita Monteiro Reference Genomes 2025-04-18 https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15166424
Sampling, Data Genome Sequencing https://biodiversitygenomics.eu/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/publications.png Contextualising samples: Supporting reference genomes of European biodiversity through sample and associated metadata collection Astrid Böhne, Rosa Fernandez, Jennifer Leonard, Ann McCartney, Seanna McTaggart, Jose Melo-Ferreira, Rita Monteiro, Rebekah Oomen, Olga V. Pettersson, Torsten Struck Reference Genomes 2025-04-18 https://doi.org/10.1038/s44185-024-00053-7
Data DNA Barcoding https://biodiversitygenomics.eu/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/publications.png Delimiting Species—Prospects and Challenges for DNA Barcoding Brent Emerson DNA Barcoding 2025-04-18 https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.17677
Node development DNA Barcoding, Genome Sequencing https://biodiversitygenomics.eu/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/publications.png Building a Portuguese coalition for biodiversity genomics Joao Marques et al. ERGA 2025-04-18 https://doi.org/10.1038/s44185-024-00061-7
Data Genome Sequencing https://biodiversitygenomics.eu/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/publications.png Ensembl 2024 Peter W. Harrison et al. Reference Genomes 2025-04-18 https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15147608
Sequencing, Application DNA Barcoding https://biodiversitygenomics.eu/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/publications.png Taxonomic Position of Tetrops Peterkai Skorepa, 2020 (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) and its Cryptic Distribution Andrew Zamoroka, Oleksandr Zinenko DNA Barcoding 2025-04-18 https://zenodo.org/records/15166422
Data Genome Sequencing https://biodiversitygenomics.eu/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/database.png List of Bioproject Accessions for sequencing data (T7.1) and genome assemblies (T9.3) submitted to the ENA by the WSI-ToL as part of the genome stream of the Biodiversity Genomics Europe Project Wiesia Johnson Reference Genomes 2025-04-18 https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15235822
Data Genome Sequencing https://biodiversitygenomics.eu/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/database.png List of Bioproject Accessions for sequencing data (T7.1) and genome assemblies (T9.3) submitted to the ENA by the Genoscope as part of the genome stream of the Biodiversity Genomics Europe Project Pedro Oliveira Reference Genomes 2025-04-18 https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15236627
Data Genome Sequencing https://biodiversitygenomics.eu/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/database.png List of Bioproject Accessions for sequencing data (T7.1) and genome assemblies (T9.3) submitted to the ENA by the SciLife as part of the genome stream of the Biodiversity Genomics Europe Project Olga V. Pettersson Reference Genomes 2025-04-18 https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15236749
Data Genome Sequencing https://biodiversitygenomics.eu/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/database.png List of Bioproject Accessions for sequencing data (T7.1) and genome assemblies (T9.3) submitted to the ENA by the UNIFI and UNIBA as part of the genome stream of the Biodiversity Genomics Europe Project Claudio Ciofi, Carmela Gissi Reference Genomes 2025-04-18 https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15237429
Data Genome Sequencing https://biodiversitygenomics.eu/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/publications.png Ensembl 2025 Paola Louisse Mirabueno et al. Reference Genomes 2025-04-17 https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkae1071
Application DNA Barcoding, Genome Sequencing https://biodiversitygenomics.eu/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/publications.png How Fish Population Genomics Can Promote Sustainable Fisheries: A Road Map Leif Andersson, Dorte Bekkevold, Florian Berg, Edward D. Farrell, Sabine Felkel, Mafalda S. Ferreira, Angela P. Fuentes-Pardo, Jake Goodall1, Mats Pettersson Threatened Species 2025-04-17 https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-animal-021122-102933
Data DNA Barcoding https://biodiversitygenomics.eu/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/publications.png The UNITE database for molecular identification and taxonomic communication of fungi and other eukaryotes: sequences, taxa and classifications reconsidered Kessy Abarenkov et al. DNA Barcoding 2025-04-17 https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkad1039
Data DNA Barcoding https://biodiversitygenomics.eu/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/samples_barcodes_genomes.png The InBIO Barcoding Initiative Database: DNA barcodes of Iberian Bees Thomas Wood, Hugo Gaspar, Romain Le Divelec, Andreia Penado, Teresa Luísa Silva, Vanessa A. Mata, Joana Veríssimo, Denis Michez, Sílvia Castro, João Loureiro, Pedro Beja, Sónia Ferreira DNA Barcoding 2025-04-17 https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15173022
Data DNA Barcoding https://biodiversitygenomics.eu/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/publications.png The InBIO Barcoding Initiative Database: contribution to the knowledge on DNA barcodes of cuckoo wasps, with the description of new species from the Iberian Peninsula (Hymenoptera, Chrysididae) Paolo Rosa,Thomas Wood, Teresa Luisa Silva, Joana Veríssimo, Vanessa Mata, Denis Michez, Pedro Beja, Sónia Ferreira New species 2025-04-17 https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15189800
Sampling DNA Barcoding https://biodiversitygenomics.eu/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/protocols_sops.png Biodiversity Genomics Europe | High Mountain Systems - Arthropod sampling with Malaise traps Laura Najera, Sonia Ferreira, Vanessa Mata, Pedro Beja Monitoring 2025-04-10 https://doi.org/10.48546/workflowhub.sop.17.3
Sampling DNA Barcoding https://biodiversitygenomics.eu/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/protocols_sops.png Biodiversity Genomics Europe | Ecological Restoration - Soil sampling Laura Najera, Albano Beja-Pereira, Pedro Beja Monitoring 2025-04-10 https://doi.org/10.48546/workflowhub.sop.19.1
Sampling DNA Barcoding https://biodiversitygenomics.eu/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/protocols_sops.png Biodiversity Genomics Europe | Pollinator Communities - Malaise trap sampling Laura Najera, Sonia Ferreira, Pedro Beja Monitoring 2025-04-10 https://doi.org/10.48546/workflowhub.sop.18.1
Data DNA Barcoding https://biodiversitygenomics.eu/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/publications.png New records of aturid water mites from Portugal, with the integrative description of one new species (Acari, Hydrachnidia, Aturidae) Vladimir Pešić, Harry Smit, Dinis Girão, Alessio Iannucci, Elisabeth Stur, Sónia Ferreira New species 2025-04-08 https://doi.org/10.37828/em.2024.80.19
Data DNA Barcoding https://biodiversitygenomics.eu/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/publications.png Molecular phylogeny reveals three new water mite species of the genus Teutonia Koenike, 1889, from Portugal (Acari, Hydrachnidia, Teutoniidae) Vladimir Pešić, Ekatarina S. Konopleva, Alessio Iannucci, Sónia Ferreira, Elisabeth Stur New species 2025-04-08 https://doi.org/10.11158/saa.30.2.14
Sequencing, Data Genome Sequencing https://biodiversitygenomics.eu/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/samples_barcodes_genomes.png ERGA-BGE genome of Loboptera subterranea Heriberto López, Pedro Oromí, Xavier Belles, Guillem Ylla, Nuria Escudero, Rosa Fernández, Astrid Böhne, Marta Gut, Laura Aguilera, Tyler Alioto, Francisco Câmara Ferreira, Jèssica Gómez-Garrido, Fernando Cruz, Rita Monteiro Reference Genomes 2025-03-10 https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.02.06.636782v1
Sequencing, Data Genome Sequencing https://biodiversitygenomics.eu/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/samples_barcodes_genomes.png ERGA-BGE genome of Rupicapra rupicapra Elena Buzan, Aja Bončina, Boštjan Pokorny, Nuria Escudero, Rosa Fernández, Astrid Böhne, Rita Monteiro, Marta Gut, Francisco Câmara Ferreira, Fernando Cruz, Jèssica Gómez-Garrido, Tyler S. Alioto, Leanne Haggerty, Fergal Martin, Diego De Panis Reference Genomes 2025-03-10 https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.11.20.624344v1
Sequencing, Data Genome Sequencing https://biodiversitygenomics.eu/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/samples_barcodes_genomes.png ERGA-BGE genome of Coenonympha oedippus Tatjana Čelik, Tjaša Lokovšek, Elena Bužan, Astrid Böhne, Rita Monteiro, Rosa Fernández, Nuria Escudero, Marta Gut, Laura Aguilera, Francisco Câmara Ferreira, Fernando Cruz, Jèssica Gómez-Garrido, Tyler S. Alioto, Chiara Bortoluzzi Reference Genomes 2025-02-28 https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.02.10.637396v1
Sequencing, Data Genome Sequencing https://biodiversitygenomics.eu/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/samples_barcodes_genomes.png ERGA-BGE genome of Androsace saussurei Sébastien Lavergne, Alexy Rosa, Chuan Peng, Rita Monteiro, Astrid Böhne, Thomas Marcussen, Torsten Struck, Rebekah A. Oomen, Genoscope Sequencing Team, Alice Moussy, Corinne Cruaud, Karine Labadie, Emilie Téodori, Lola Demirdjian, Patrick Wincker, Pedro H. Oliveira, Jean-Marc Aury, Tom Brown Reference Genomes 2025-02-28 https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.01.21.634019v1
Sequencing, Data Genome Sequencing https://biodiversitygenomics.eu/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/samples_barcodes_genomes.png ERGA BGE Annotated Genomes Ensembl Genome Annotation 2025-02-27 https://projects.ensembl.org/erga-bge/
Sequencing, Data Genome Sequencing https://biodiversitygenomics.eu/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/samples_barcodes_genomes.png BGE Genome Sequence Assemblies ENA, ERGA Community ENA database 2025-02-27 https://www.ebi.ac.uk/ena/browser/text-search?query=Biodiversity%20genomics%20europe
Sequencing, Data Genome Sequencing https://biodiversitygenomics.eu/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/samples_barcodes_genomes.png ERGA-BGE genome of Pinctada radiata Katerina Vasileiadou, Tereza Manousaki, Thanos Dailianis, Grigorios Skouradakis, Emmanouela Vernadou, Danae Karakasi, Astrid Böhne, Rita Monteiro, Rosa Fernández, Nuria Escudero, Genoscope Sequencing Team, Alice Moussy, Corinne Cruaud, Karine Labadie, Lola Demirdjian, Benjamin Istace, Arnaud Couloux, Patrick Wincker, Pedro H. Oliveira, Jean-Marc Aury, Chiara Bortoluzzi Reference Genomes 2025-02-21 https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.01.17.632165v1
Sequencing, Data Genome Sequencing https://biodiversitygenomics.eu/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/samples_barcodes_genomes.png ERGA-BGE genome of Arca noae Katerina Vasileiadou, Tereza Manousaki, Thanos Dailianis, Grigorios Skouradakis, Emmanouela Vernadou, Danae Karakasi, Astrid Böhne, Rita Monteiro, Rosa Fernández, Nuria Escudero, Genoscope Sequencing Team, Alice Moussy, Corinne Cruaud, Karine Labadie, Lola Demirdjian, Emilie Téodori, Simone Duprat, Patrick Wincker, Pedro H. Oliveira, Jean-Marc Aury, Leanne Haggerty, Fergal Martin, Chiara Bortoluzzi Reference Genomes 2025-02-21 https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.02.10.632159v1
Sequencing, Data Genome Sequencing https://biodiversitygenomics.eu/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/samples_barcodes_genomes.png ERGA-BGE genome of Stigmatoteuthis arcturi Fernando Ángel Fernández-Álvarez, Ainhoa Bernal-Bajo, Nuria Escudero, María Conejero, Ana Riesgo, Rosa Fernández, Rita Monteiro, Astrid Böhne, Laura Aguilera, Marta Gut, Tyler S. Alioto, Francisco Câmara Ferreira, Fernando Cruz, Jèssica Gómez-Garrido, Tom Brown Reference Genomes 2025-02-21 https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.01.13.632676v1
Sequencing, Data Genome Sequencing https://biodiversitygenomics.eu/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/samples_barcodes_genomes.png ERGA-BGE genome of Cheirolophus tagananensis Jaume Pellicer, Teresa Garnatje, Daniel Vitales, Oriane Hidalgo, Joan Vallès, Alfredo García-Fernández, Arnoldo Santos-Guerra, Astrid Böhne, Rita Monteiro, Rosa Fernández, Nuria Escudero, Wellcome Sanger Institute Tree of Life Management, Samples and Laboratory Team, Wellcome Sanger Institute Scientific Operations: Sequencing Operations, Wellcome Sanger Institute Tree of Life Core Informatics Team, Abitha Thomas, Benjamin Jackson, Jonathan MD Wood, Kerstin Howe, Mark Blaxter, Shane McCarthy, Chiara Bortoluzzi Reference Genomes 2025-02-21 https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.01.24.634661v1
Sequencing, Data Genome Sequencing https://biodiversitygenomics.eu/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/samples_barcodes_genomes.png ERGA-BGE genome of Graellsia isabellae Marta Vila, Neus Marí-Mena, Roger Vila, Ana Riesgo, Daniel García-Souto, Carlos Lopez-Vaamonde, Astrid Böhne, Rita Monteiro, Thomas Marcussen, Rebekah Oomen, Torsten Hugo Struck, Marta Gut, Laura Aguilera, Francisco Câmara Ferreira, Fernando Cruz Rodriguez, Jèssica Gómez-Garrido, Tyler S. Alioto, Chiara Bortoluzzi Reference Genomes 2025-02-06 https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.01.08.631683v1
Sequencing, Data Genome Sequencing https://biodiversitygenomics.eu/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/samples_barcodes_genomes.png ERGA-BGE genome of Erebia palarica Marta Vila, Laura Torrado-Blanco, Nils Ryrholm, David Romero-Pedreira, María Conejero, Astrid Böhne, Rita Monteiro, Thomas Marcussen, Rebekah Oomen, Torsten Hugo Struck, Laura Aguilera, Marta Gut, Francisco Câmara Ferreira, Fernando Cruz Rodriguez, Jèssica Gómez-Garrido, Tyler S. Alioto, Chiara Bortoluzzi Reference Genomes 2025-02-06 https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.01.08.631636v1
Data DNA Barcoding https://biodiversitygenomics.eu/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/publications.png DNA barcode library of Portuguese water mites, with the descriptions of two new species (Acari, Hydrachnidia) Vladimir Pešić, Andrzej Zawal, Sónia Ferreira, Laura Benitez-Bosco, Ana Cruz-Oliveira, Dinis Girão, Adriana Padilha, Paolo Turaccio, Samantha Rossini, Lorenzo Ballini, Giorgia Staffoni, Sara Fratini, Claudio Ciofi, Alessio Iannucci, Torbjørn Ekrem, Elisabeth Stur New species 2025-01-23 https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/131730/
Node development, Sampling, Sequencing, Data, Application DNA Barcoding, Genome Sequencing https://biodiversitygenomics.eu/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/video_2791441.png Biodiversity Genomics Europe at the BG24 conference: scaling up capacity, production and application BGE Communications ERGA 2025-01-23 https://youtu.be/mD_134uX-3g
Node development, Sampling, Sequencing, Data, Application Genome Sequencing https://biodiversitygenomics.eu/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/video_2791441.png ERGA session at the Biodiversity Genomics conference 2024 (BG24) BGE Communications ERGA 2025-01-23 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XFn11pqmvM
Node development, Sampling, Sequencing, Data, Application DNA Barcoding https://biodiversitygenomics.eu/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/video_2791441.png Ibol Europe: A regional nexus for the DNA barcoding community BGE Communications iBOL Europe 2025-01-23 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-6KWsGGvO4
Node development, Sampling, Sequencing, Data, Application DNA Barcoding, Genome Sequencing https://biodiversitygenomics.eu/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/training_workshops.png BGE Training Handbook: How to prepare and deliver a BGE joint network training workshop Various authors DNA Barcoding 2024-09-09 https://drive.google.com/file/d/17Y5lWUbfS_3ccLBESdv04hFOtZcl4FG_/view?usp=sharing
Sequencing, Data Genome Sequencing https://biodiversitygenomics.eu/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/samples_barcodes_genomes.png ERGA-BGE genome of Valencia hispanica Marc Ventura, Nati Franch, Rosa Fernández, Javier Palma-Guerrero, Astrid Böhne, Rita Monteiro, Laura Aguilera, Marta Gut, Tyler S. Alioto, Francisco Câmara Ferreira, Fernando Cruz, Jèssica Gómez-Garrido, Leanne Haggerty, Fergal Martin, Thomas Brown Reference Genomes 2024-08-13 https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.07.31.604920v1.full
Node development, Sampling, Sequencing, Data, Application DNA Barcoding, Genome Sequencing https://biodiversitygenomics.eu/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/web-domain_4683565.png Biodiversity Genomics Europe 2023 (full content) BGE Communications ERGA 2024-08-06 https://biodiversitygenomics.eu/5326-2/
Application DNA Barcoding, Genome Sequencing https://biodiversitygenomics.eu/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/video_2791441.png Maximising the impact of major biodiversity genomic projects in meeting stakeholder needs (BG23 Conference) BGE Communications Monitoring 2024-08-05 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6tIsEorHSo
Application DNA Barcoding https://biodiversitygenomics.eu/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/video_2791441.png Applications: using DNA sequencing to understand and conserve biodiversity - DNA Barcoding (BG23 Conference) BGE Communications DNA Barcoding 2024-08-05 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rCpZq3Joko
Application Genome Sequencing https://biodiversitygenomics.eu/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/video_2791441.png Applications: using DNA sequencing to understand and conserve biodiversity - Whole Genome Sequencing (BG23 Conference) BGE Communications Reference Genomes 2024-08-05 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAEO5OYshQE
Node development, Application DNA Barcoding, Genome Sequencing https://biodiversitygenomics.eu/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/video_2791441.png Introductory session of the BGE Day at the BG23 Conference BGE Communications ERGA 2024-08-05 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLcK9pjl0Ac
Data, Application DNA Barcoding, Genome Sequencing https://biodiversitygenomics.eu/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/video_2791441.png Increasing utilisation of genomics data in biodiversity characterisation and conservation (BG23 Conference) BGE Communications Monitoring 2024-08-05 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8OtEuGhNGMk
Data, Application DNA Barcoding, Genome Sequencing https://biodiversitygenomics.eu/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/scientific_presentation.png Genomics for the conservation and recovery of threatened species (BG23 Conference) Cock van Oosterhout Threatened Species 2024-08-05 https://drive.google.com/file/d/14haJJBL8fewzcY0PtxWSLsB0Ambs2ZZA/view?usp=drive_link
Sampling, Sequencing, Data, Application DNA Barcoding https://biodiversitygenomics.eu/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/scientific_presentation.png Dark-taxon barcoding (BG23 Conference) Rudolf Meyer Dark taxa 2024-08-05 https://drive.google.com/file/d/1hnXBENKuz1SKy2irNDuDpxZghcdI-wOI/view?usp=drive_link
Sampling, Sequencing, Data, Application DNA Barcoding https://biodiversitygenomics.eu/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/scientific_presentation.png Monitoring genetic diversity: a genomics-based pilot study (BG23 Conference) Martin C. Fischer Monitoring 2024-08-05 https://drive.google.com/file/d/1m7_h5SowFCjQXBpBQ8ai_GqYm6k1OfpK/view?usp=drive_link
Sampling, Sequencing, Data, Application DNA Barcoding https://biodiversitygenomics.eu/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/scientific_presentation.png Monitoring biodiversity from airborne DNA (BG23 Conference) Elizabeth Clare DNA Barcoding 2024-08-05 https://drive.google.com/file/d/12LFZoYXO0nsqm-QzZ6Qu_-1IPLoHCAGV/view?usp=sharing
Sampling, Sequencing, Data, Application DNA Barcoding https://biodiversitygenomics.eu/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/scientific_presentation.png DNA barcoding for long term pollinator biomonitoring (BG23 Conference) Claire Carvell, Mara Lawniczak Monitoring 2024-08-05 https://drive.google.com/file/d/1G3Q7rLN0WWaRym23kNOYYUJCjSMkNOpw/view?usp=sharing

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