Coordination team

Dimitris Koureas
Naturalis Biodiversity Center
BGE director and scientific coordinator

Pete Hollingsworth
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
BGE deputy director
(DNA barcoding stream)

Camila Mazzoni
Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research
BGE deputy director
(Genome sequencing stream)

Mara Lawniczak
Wellcome Sanger Institute
Genome Sequencing
Sequencing Pillar leader

Robert Waterhouse
Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics
BGE joint network activities coordinator

Claudio Ciofi
University of Florence

Gabriela Dankova
Naturalis Biodiversity Center
Project manager

Jose Alonso
Naturalis Biodiversity Center
Communications
Pillar leaders

Pete Hollingsworth
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
Barcoding Node Development (iBOL Europe)

Camila Mazzoni
Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research
Genome Node Development (ERGA)

Sarah Bourlat
Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change, Museum Alexander Koenig
Barcoding Sampling pillar

Astrid Böhne
Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change, Museum Alexander Koenig
Genome Sampling pillar

Mara Lawniczak
Wellcome Sanger Institute
Barcode Sequencing pillar

Mark Blaxter
Wellcome Sanger Institute
Genome Sequencing pillar

Katharina Heil
European Molecular Biology Laboratory (ELIXIR/EBI)
Genome Data and Data Infrastructure pillar

Rutger Vos
Naturalis Biodiversity Center
Barcoding Data and Data Infrastructure Pillar

Pedro Beja
Research Centre in Biodiversity and Genetic Resources (CIBIO)
Barcoding Applications pillar

Jose Melo Ferreira
Research Centre in Biodiversity and Genetic Resources (CIBIO)
Genome Applications pillar
Work package leaders

Gabriela Dankova
Naturalis Biodiversity Center
Management and Coordination

Pete Hollingsworth
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
Barcoding Node Development
Communication and Engagement

Camila Mazzoni
Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research
Genome Node Development

Torbjørn Ekrem
Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Barcoding Sampling

Astrid Böhne
Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change, Museum Alexander Koenig
Genome Sampling

Benjamin Wills Price
Natural History Museum, London
Barcode Sequencing

Mark Blaxter
Wellcome Sanger Institute
Genome Sequencing

Olga Vinnere Pettersson
SciLifeLab
Genome Sequencing

Rutger Vos
Naturalis Biodiversity Center
Barcoding Data and Data Infrastructure

Physilia Chua
European Molecular Biology Laboratory (ELIXIR/EBI)
Genome Data and Data Infrastructure

Brent Emerson
Spanish National Research Council
Barcoding Applications

Jose Melo Ferreira
Research Centre in Biodiversity and Genetic Resources
Genome Applications

Robert Waterhouse
SWISS INSTITUTE OF BIOINFORMATICS
Joint Network Activities

Ana Casino
Consortium of European Taxonomic Facilities
Policy and Ethics
External Experts Advisory Board

Aino Hosia
University of Bergen
Associate Professor

Amber Hartman Scholz
Leibniz Institut DSMZ
Head of Science Policy and Internationalisation

Anne WT Muigai
African Biogenome Project
Chairperson

David Castle
Office of the Chief Science Advisor, Government of Canada
Researcher in Residence

Florian Leese
University of Duisburg-Essen
Professor

H. Bradley Shaffer
California Conservation Genomics Project
Director
Questions or remarks?
Contact
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