Biodiversity Genomics Europe

Team

The BGE’s family comprises a large community of talented genomic science practitioners across Europe. You can see a small representation of them below.

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

Biodiversity Genomics Europe

Naturalis Biodiversity Center
Darwinweg 2
2333 CR – Leiden
(The Netherlands)
info@biodiversitygenomics.eu

For media inquiries, please contact:
jose.alonso@naturalis.nl