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From concern to action: The Silicon Valley Barcode of Life
A new project empowers local citizens to catalog biodiversity to understand and protect nature in Silicon Valley.
Arctic BIOSCAN: Tracking biodiversity in Canada’s Middle Arctic using DNA
Researcher Danielle Nowosad explains how Indigenous knowledge-sharing apps and barcode data could transform Arctic research
Biodiversity baselines: Tracking insects in Kruger National Park with DNA barcodes
A video abstract for the Kruger Malaise Program publication
Using DNA barcodes in the fight against Malaria
Researchers in Ghana along with Target Malaria, the University of Oxford and the Centre for Biodiversity Genomics work to uncover the role of the Anopheles gambiae mosquito.
30 million reasons you will be missed
Pioneer field biologist, entomologist, and mentor, Terry Erwin passes away at age 79
Reflections on conducting fieldwork in Nunavut, Canada
The opportunities and challenges of working in the Arctic as part of the Arctic BIOSCAN project
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HOW BIOSCAN IS INSPIRING THE NEXT GENERATION OF RESEARCHERS
by Michelle Lynn D'Souza
“They were enlightened by the idea of discovering new species and by the possibility of doing so using DNA barcoding tools.”
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