Barcode community documents progress, discoveries The International Barcode of Life project (iBOL) and the Consortium for the Barcode of Life (CBOL) are pleased to announce the release of Barcoding Life – Highlights 2011. The report describes a year of outstanding achievement for the global barcoding enterprise and includes sections on: – Barcode-based Discoveries – Helping [...]
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PLoS One launches Mexico City collection
Proceedings of 3rd International Barcode of Life Conference The third International Barcode of Life Conference, held in Mexico City in 2009, witnessed an explosion of new applications of DNA barcoding across a rapidly expanding range of fields. The new PLoS ONE collection, Proceedings of the Third International Barcode of Life Conference, Mexico City, includes a [...]
NSF award to engage students in iBOL
California-based Coastal Marine Biolabs (CMB) has received an Education Innovation Award from the National Science Foundation to engage high school students in the International Barcode of Life Project (iBOL). The award is to launch the Barcoding Life’s Matrix, a three-year project that will enlist high school students in building a reference DNA barcode library [...]
Registration opens for Adelaide 2011
Submission deadline for abstracts extended to June 15 Registration is now open for the Fourth International Barcode of Life Conference in Adelaide. You can use the online form to register for the conference, book accommodation and reserve your place on one of the three tours arranged for the afternoon of Thursday, December 1. Delegates who [...]
GBIF welcomes iBOL as Participant
Strategic plan to access genomic data The International Barcode of Life Project (iBOL) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to become an Associate Participant of the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF). The MOU was signed by iBOL Executive Director, Peter Freeman, at the GBIF Secretariat in Copenhagen on April 12. The photo shows Dr. [...]
Wales to barcode all flowering plants
Barcode Wales project targets 1,143 native species Wales is aiming to be the first country to produce a DNA barcode for every one of its native flowering plants. BBC Earth News reported that the Barcode Wales project aims to use DNA barcodes catalogue all 1,143 species of native flowering plant “for biodiversity conservation and to [...]
Rare lobster named after iBOL director
A member of the iBOL Board of Directors, Jesse Ausubel, has been immortalized in the scientific name of a newly discovered, rare new genus of deep water lobster, ScienceDaily.com reports. Ausubel, who is the Director of the Program for the Human Environment at Rockefeller University, was given this honor to recognize his contributions to the [...]
Barcoders welcome new rules
for shipping specimens
‘Dangerous goods’ classification removed The DNA barcoding community is welcoming the news that natural history specimens shipped via commercial air will no longer be classified as “dangerous goods.” In a press release, the Natural Science Collections Alliance said that the new policy, issued by the International Air Transport Association (IATA), also removes a requirement for [...]
iBOL, CBD pledge to work together towards common goals
Memorandum signed at COP10 in Nagoya A new agreement between iBOL and the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) Secretariat commits the two organizations to identify and exploit opportunities for collaboration in areas of mutual interest. At a ceremony held during the 10th Conference of Parties to the CBD in Nagoya (CBD COP10), iBOL Board Chair [...]
India announces $10M barcoding initiative
Focus on plants, insects and fishes Plants, insects and fishes will take priority in a new $US10 million DNA barcoding initiative announced by the Director General of the Indian Council on Agricultural Research (ICAR), Dr. S. Ayyappan (pictured), during an international consultation on DNA barcoding held November 6-7 in New Delhi. By year’s end, ICAR [...]
