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through new DNA technologies and data<\/p>\n

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Illuminate biodiversity\u00a0<\/strong><\/h1>\n

by developing globally accessible, DNA-based systems for the discovery and identification of all multicellular life<\/h2>\n

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Our Vision<\/h2>\n

We share this planet with millions of species. This biodiversity has tremendous intrinsic,\u00a0societal, and economic benefits but it is under threat. While morphological<\/g> study has delivered a basic understanding of biodiversity, it cannot discover and identify species on a planetary scale. Our vision is to illuminate biodiversity \u2014 every multicellular species \u2014\u00a0 for the benefit of all life.<\/p>\n

We are addressing this challenge by using sequence variation in short gene regions \u2014 DNA barcodes \u2014 to discover and distinguish species.<\/p>\n

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Our research mission and programs<\/h2>\n

Established in 2008, iBOL is a research alliance involving nations with the desire to transform biodiversity science by building the\u00a0DNA barcode reference libraries, the sequencing facilities, the informatics platforms, the analytical protocols, and the international collaboration required to inventory and assess biodiversity.<\/p>\n

iBOL has overseen the completion of one major program, BARCODE 500K, and a second program, BIOSCAN, is now underway. The first program barcoded 500,000 species reflecting the investment of $150 million by research organizations in 25 nations. Building on this success, BIOSCAN will extend barcode coverage to 2.5 million species by 2026. This program will stimulate activation of the Planetary Biodiversity Mission (PBM) – iBOL’s final project. PBM is a research initiative that will deliver a comprehensive understanding of multicellular life by 2045.<\/p>\n

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Learn more about our programs:<\/p>\n

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Our History<\/h1>\n

We have been grounded in science and collaboration from the very beginning.\u00a0From the first DNA barcoding paper to the launch of BIOSCAN, we are tackling the challenges of species discovery and identification on a planetary scale.<\/p>\n

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\u2018Biological identifications through DNA barcodes\u2019 published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B by Paul Hebert and colleagues introduced the concept of DNA barcoding.<\/p>\n

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The first exploratory workshop was held at the Cold Spring Harbor’s Banbury Conference Center. It focused on the potential applications of DNA barcoding for taxonomy and the potential benefits to society.<\/p>\n

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A second workshop at the Banbury Center developed a blueprint for an International Barcode of Life Project. It evolved quickly into a grant proposal to the Sloan Foundation that established the Consortium of Life.<\/p>\n

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The Secretariat for the Consortium for the Barcode of Life (CBOL) at the Smithsonian Institution was formed as an international initiative devoted to developing DNA barcoding as a global standard for the identification of biological species. After seven years of supporting the DNA barcoding community, CBOL ended in 2011.<\/p>\n

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The First International Barcode Conference was held at the Natural History Museum in London,\u00a0the United Kingdom in February with\u00a046 nations in attendance.<\/p>\n

Learn more about our conference series<\/a><\/p>\n

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Launch of the first two global campaigns to barcode all members of key taxonomic groups (FishBOL, All Birds Barcoding Initiative)<\/p>\n

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Biodiversity scientists from 25 countries traveled to the University of Guelph to discuss the feasibility\u00a0of a DNA barcode reference library for all multicellular life. Efforts began to establish a committee in each country to oversee the participation of its researchers and to lead the quest for funding. The International Barcode of Life (iBOL) was established the following year.<\/p>\n

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After securing funding and finalizing research plans, the International Barcode of Life (iBOL) activated Barcode 500K in September 2010. To mark the launch, the DNA barcode of the Canadian beaver was flashed on the CN Tower.<\/p>\n

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In five years, the first iBOL program has barcoded 500,000 species, reflecting the investment of $150 million by research organization in 25 nations.<\/p>\n

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The Science Committee met in October 2018 to discuss plans relating to the impending launch of BIOSCAN, iBOL’s second program. It will analyze hundreds of million specimens from thousands of sites – a first<\/g> step towards planetary bioscanning<\/g>.<\/p>\n

Read more<\/a><\/p>\n

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The Science Committee met on June 16, 2019 to celebrate the launch of BIOSCAN and discuss plans for its successful implementation.\u00a0Estimated to cost $180 million, BIOSCAN will revolutionize our understanding of biodiversity and our capacity to manage it.<\/span><\/p>\n

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through new DNA technologies and dataIlluminate biodiversity\u00a0 by developing globally accessible, DNA-based systems for the discovery and identification of all multicellular life Our Vision We share this planet with millions of species. This biodiversity has tremendous intrinsic,\u00a0societal, and economic benefits but it is under threat. While morphological study has delivered a basic understanding of biodiversity, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":13,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"The International Barcode of Life (iBOL) is a research alliance involving nations that have committed both human resources and funding to enable the development and expansion of the global DNA barcode reference library, the informatics platforms, and the analytical protocols needed to use the reference library to inventory and assess biodiversity.\r\n

Foundation of iBOL<\/h2>\r\n\"\"\r\n

The classification system for life formalized<\/h3>\r\nIn the 265 years since Linnaeus first started classifying organisms, taxonomists have formally described fewer than two million species. Current approaches to the study of biological diversity are seriously hampered by the limited ability of humans to recognize and recall morphological variation.\r\n\r\nFew taxonomists can reliably diagnose even 1,000 species and that means that we will need up to 100,000 taxonomists simply to sustain the ability to recognize Earth's estimated 10 million species, once they have all been described.\r\n

Species identification using DNA barcoding<\/h3>\r\nDNA barcoding is proposed as a new system of species identification. It uses a short genetic sequence from a standard part of the genome - the DNA barcode - analogous to the way a supermarket scanner distinguishes products using the black stripes of the Universal Product Code.\r\n\r\nTraditionally, taxonomists identify biological specimens using morphological features or \"keys\". But if a specimen is damaged or in an immature stage of development - the larva of a wasp, for example - even an experienced taxonomist may be unable to make an identification. Barcoding would eliminate these difficulties.\r\n\r\nThus in addition to being a simple yet innovative tool for non-experts needing to make a quick identification, DNA barcoding helps taxonomists with hard-to-identify specimens.\r\n

A global collaboration for biodiversity<\/h3>\r\nThe promise of accurate, rapid and inexpensive species identification captured the attention of taxonomists, geneticists and evolutionary biologists around the world. After two exploratory workshops in 2004 and an international barcoding conference in London the following year, delegates from 25 countries traveled to Guelph in June 2007\u00a0to discuss a proposed \"United Nations of barcoding\" - a global collaboration of biodiversity scientists that would create a DNA barcode reference library for all multicellular life.\r\n\r\nThe response was positive and efforts began to establish a committee in each country to oversee the participation of its researchers and to lead the quest for funding.\r\n

The launch of the International Barcode of Life (iBOL)<\/h3>\r\nRapid progress was made and in July 2009, work began on establishing the administrative structures and finalizing the research plans of the International Barcode of Life (iBOL) project. This ramp-up phase would set the stage for the formal activation of the iBOL in October 2010.\r\n\r\nThe main mission of this first phase of the iBOL is to extend the geographic and taxonomic coverage of the barcode reference library -- Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) -- storing the resulting barcode records, providing community access to the knowledge they represent and creating new devices to ensure global access to this information.\r\n

500,000 species barcoded<\/h3>\r\nIn five years, the first phase of the iBOL has barcoded 500,000 species, reflecting the investment of $150 million by research organization in 25 nations.\r\n \r\n

The launch of iBOL Phase II<\/h3>\r\nThe iBOL consortium is now in Phase II with a mission to barcode 1.5 million species by 2025 in preparation for the activation of the Planetary Biodiversity Mission in 2026 that aims to barcoded all multicellular life by 2045.","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2408","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ibol.org\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2408","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ibol.org\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ibol.org\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ibol.org\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ibol.org\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2408"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/ibol.org\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2408\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":68239,"href":"https:\/\/ibol.org\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2408\/revisions\/68239"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ibol.org\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ibol.org\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2408"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}