Costa Rica alternate General Director National Biodiversity lnstitute (INBIO) Heredia, Costa Rica – Web – Email: claudio@ibb.unesp.br
Costa Rica alternate General Director National Biodiversity lnstitute (INBIO) Heredia, Costa Rica – Web – Email: claudio@ibb.unesp.br
Brazil representative Biosciences Institute Universidade Estadual Paulista São Paulo, Brazil Email: claudio@ibb.unesp.br
– Tracking; the Russian wheat aphid with DNA barcodes – Full story: Barcoding Insects to Control Them (PDF)
A USDA entomologist is barcoding the gut contents of insect predators to identify the Colorado potato beetle’s worst nightmare. Read more
The National Fisheries Research and Development Institute is now using DNA barcoding to promote food safety and crack down on seafood fraud. Read more
– Barcoding Insects to Control Them (PDF) – Web version
A major DNA barcode study of Madagascar reptiles has uncovered 40 new species of snakes, skinks, chameleons and geckos. Read more
- 40 new reptile species – PLoS One paper
– Philippines adopts DNA barcoding in fish species
Haarlem, NL A joint conference on plant pest DNA barcoding and diagnostic methods for plant pests will be organized by QBOL (Quarantine Organisms Barcode of Life) and the European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organization (EPPO) from May 21-25 in Haarlem, Netherlands. QBOL is a three-year project (2009-2012) funded under the 7th Framework Program of the [...]