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The Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) has joined the International Barcode of Life Consortium, making India the 33rd<\/sup> nation to indicate its commitment to advancing knowledge of global biodiversity through DNA-based analysis.<\/p>\n ” content_phone=”<\/p>\n The Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) has joined the International Barcode of Life Consortium, making India the 33rd<\/sup> nation to indicate its commitment to advancing knowledge of global biodiversity through DNA-based analysis.<\/p>\n ” content_last_edited=”on|phone” _builder_version=”4.6.6″ text_font=”||||||||” custom_padding=”0px||0px|||” hover_enabled=”0″ text_font_size_tablet=”” text_font_size_phone=”” text_font_size_last_edited=”on|phone” sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n The Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) has joined the International Barcode of Life Consortium, making India the 33rd<\/sup> nation to indicate its commitment to advancing knowledge of global biodiversity through DNA-based analysis.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”3_5,2_5″ _builder_version=”4.5.7″ custom_padding=”0|0px|20px|0px|false|false”][et_pb_column type=”3_5″ _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_padding=”|||” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text content_tablet=”<\/p>\n \u201ciBOL could never achieve its goals without strong participation by India, the second-most populous nation and a country with tremendous biodiversity\u201d said Paul Hebert, iBOL\u2019s Scientific Director. \u201cAlthough India has been active in DNA barcoding since its inception, the ZSI, with its hundreds of stations and thousands of staff, is perfectly positioned to lead India\u2019s involvement in iBOL. We thank Dr. Chandra, Director of the ZSI, for his personal involvement in securing the approvals needed for such participation.\u201d<\/p>\n Dr. Vikas Kumar, an eminent molecular taxonomist and senior scientist at the ZSI, will represent India on iBOL\u2019s Science Committee. He brings strong expertise on the insect order Thysanoptera; his research is focused on documenting the rich species diversity and evolutionary relationships of the Indian fauna. Through the use of DNA barcoding, comparative mitogenomics, and metagenomics, Dr. Kumar is exploring their phylogeny at all hierarchical levels from populations to basal relationships. he is also employing environmental DNA (eDNA) to characterize the complex arthropod communities in soil and water and will use high-throughput sequencing to clarify their ecological roles.<\/p>\n ” content_phone=”<\/p>\n \u201ciBOL could never achieve its goals without strong participation by India, the second-most populous nation and a country with tremendous biodiversity\u201d said Paul Hebert, iBOL\u2019s Scientific Director. \u201cAlthough India has been active in DNA barcoding since its inception, the ZSI, with its hundreds of stations and thousands of staff, is perfectly positioned to lead India\u2019s involvement in iBOL. We thank Dr. Chandra, Director of the ZSI, for his personal involvement in securing the approvals needed for such participation.\u201d<\/p>\n Dr. Vikas Kumar, an eminent molecular taxonomist and senior scientist at the ZSI, will represent India on iBOL\u2019s Science Committee. He brings strong expertise on the insect order Thysanoptera; his research is focused on documenting the rich species diversity and evolutionary relationships of the Indian fauna. Through the use of DNA barcoding, comparative mitogenomics, and metagenomics, Dr. Kumar is exploring their phylogeny at all hierarchical levels from populations to basal relationships. he is also employing environmental DNA (eDNA) to characterize the complex arthropod communities in soil and water and will use high-throughput sequencing to clarify their ecological roles.<\/p>\n ” content_last_edited=”on|phone” _builder_version=”4.6.6″ text_font=”||||||||” custom_padding=”0px||0px|||” hover_enabled=”0″ text_font_size_tablet=”” text_font_size_phone=”” text_font_size_last_edited=”on|phone” sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n \u201ciBOL could never achieve its goals without strong participation by India, the second-most populous nation and a country with tremendous biodiversity\u201d said Paul Hebert, iBOL\u2019s Scientific Director. \u201cAlthough India has been active in DNA barcoding since its inception, the ZSI, with its hundreds of stations and thousands of staff, is perfectly positioned to lead India\u2019s involvement in iBOL. We thank Dr. Chandra, Director of the ZSI, for his personal involvement in securing the approvals needed for such participation.\u201d<\/p>\n Dr. Vikas Kumar, an eminent molecular taxonomist and senior scientist at the ZSI, will represent India on iBOL\u2019s Science Committee. He brings strong expertise on the insect order Thysanoptera; his research is focused on documenting the rich species diversity and evolutionary relationships of the Indian fauna. Through the use of DNA barcoding, comparative mitogenomics, and metagenomics, Dr. Kumar is exploring their phylogeny at all hierarchical levels from populations to basal relationships. he is also employing environmental DNA (eDNA) to characterize the complex arthropod communities in soil and water and will use high-throughput sequencing to clarify their ecological roles.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”2_5″ _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_padding=”|||” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/ibol.org\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/VikasKumar-scaled.jpg” alt=”Sujeevan Ratnasingham, chief architect of BOLD Systems” title_text=”VikasKumar” _builder_version=”4.5.7″ custom_margin=”||15px|||”][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.5.7″]<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.5.7″ custom_padding=”0|0px|20px|0px|false|false”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_padding=”|||” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text content_tablet=”<\/p>\n Dr. Hebert thanked Dr. Kumar for his willingness to serve on iBOL\u2019s Science Committee, noting that his participation will greatly reinforce iBOL\u2019s capacity to advance its BIOSCAN research program.<\/p>\n ” content_phone=”<\/p>\n Dr. Hebert thanked Dr. Kumar for his willingness to serve on iBOL\u2019s Science Committee, noting that his participation will greatly reinforce iBOL\u2019s capacity to advance its BIOSCAN research program.<\/p>\n ” content_last_edited=”on|phone” _builder_version=”4.6.6″ text_font=”||||||||” custom_padding=”0px||0px|||” hover_enabled=”0″ text_font_size_tablet=”” text_font_size_phone=”” text_font_size_last_edited=”on|phone” sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n Dr. Hebert thanked Dr. Kumar for his willingness to serve on iBOL\u2019s Science Committee, noting that his participation will greatly reinforce iBOL\u2019s capacity to advance its BIOSCAN research program.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”3.25.2″][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.25″ background_color=”#a8d367″ custom_padding=”67px|0px|0|0px|false|false” border_style_top=”double”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_padding=”|||” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.27.4″ text_font=”||||||||” text_orientation=”center” custom_padding=”||14px|||” text_font_size_tablet=”” text_font_size_phone=”16px” text_font_size_last_edited=”on|desktop”]<\/p>\n Media Contacts: <\/strong><\/p>\n International Barcode of Life Consortium<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row custom_padding_last_edited=”on|phone” _builder_version=”3.25″ background_color=”#a8d367″ custom_padding=”0px||” custom_padding_tablet=”8px|||0px” custom_padding_phone=”0px|||0px”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_padding=”|||” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.27.4″ text_font=”Abel||||||||” link_font=”||||||||” link_text_color=”#646564″ header_font=”||||||||” text_orientation=”center” module_alignment=”right” custom_padding_tablet=”” custom_padding_phone=”20px||” custom_padding_last_edited=”on|phone”]<\/p>\n Hannah James<\/strong> [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.25″ background_color=”#a8d367″ module_alignment=”center” custom_padding=”0|50px|67px|50px|false|false”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_padding=”|||” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.27.4″ text_font=”||||||||” text_orientation=”center” text_font_size_tablet=”” text_font_size_phone=”15px” text_font_size_last_edited=”on|desktop”]<\/p>\n The International Barcode of Life (iBOL) Consortium is a research alliance with a mission to develop and apply a globally accessible, DNA-based system for the discovery and identification of all multicellular life. 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