Do you want DNA-based biomonitoring of arthropods at your UK site(s) over the coming years? We are looking for partners to join our BIOSCAN Project. Please find more information here sanger.ac.uk/collaboration/… where you can also register your interest. PLEASE RT!

We are still searching for BIOSCAN partners in the North of England, Wales, and Scotland. Please share this with any organisations or researchers who you think would be interested in joining the project. More information below. Thank you.

we are leading BIOSCAN in the UK to study arthropod diversity across space (UK) and time (monthly samples for 5 years). so far, we have 60k (of our 1 million ambition) single specimens on Wellcome Sanger Institute campus with DNA barcodes. the project also has great promise to contribute to..

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Gardd Cymru 🌿 Garden of Wales is still the only BIOSCAN in the UK partner in Wales. If you are interested in DNA-based biomonitoring of arthropods at your site then register your interest here sanger.ac.uk/collaboration/…

Out now: Real-time DNA barcoding with MinION! DNA barcoding isn't only for fancy labs - you can now discover global biodiversity in your kitchen while frying an egg (almost)! Reminds us of Dorothy Parker´s "Creativity is a wild mind and a disciplined eye" tinyurl.com/2fx5pzak

Related to this -- there is a funding call now open for up to 50K Euros to anyone who is able to provide expertly identified specimens to species level for species found in Europe lacking barcode reference data -- see biodiversitygenomics.eu/2023/11/27/ope… Please RT

Express DNA barcoding published! We combine DNA leaching, NextGenPCR, and MinION to go from specimens to barcodes in hours without breaking the bank. Say hello to fast pest identification, food authentication and species sorting in the field. doi.org/10.1111/1755-0… Oxford Nanopore

we need BIOSCAN in the UK partners in Scotland, Wales, East of England, and along UK coasts. if you are interested in your local insect diversity for your research and could run a 24hr Malaise trap each month for 2+ years, get in touch and please RT! (1/2) sanger.ac.uk/collaboration/…

I discovered a way to identify the millions of species on Earth after a lightbulb moment in the supermarket theguardian.com/environment/20…

Amazon homecoming: connecting people, barcodes, and #biodiversity! In Belem, Brazil. Launching #iBOL2024 call for abstracts on #IWD2024, encouraging women to attend. Deadline: 14 April 2024. #DNAtech #ForNature #InnovateForImpact sites.grenadine.co/sites/ibol/en/…

I got the BIOSCAN in the UK Malaise trap up between showers without getting wet! Within minutes had a fly going up towards the collecting pot. This mild winter/early spring has meant plenty of invertebrates active. I'm looking forward to contributing some data to this project.

Very exciting that the first live run of the MinION Mk1D device at #nanoporeconf has a huge and biodiverse amplicon pool, as this technology will facilitate much easier global access to high throughput biodiversity discovery and monitoring with DNA barcodes.

17 MILLION insects migrate through a 30m Pyrenean mountain pass every autumn! They fly through the mountains on their remarkable journeys from northern Europe (including the UK) into Spain and beyond for the winter! Our new paper is out right now: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/epdf/10.10… 🧵

Lots of tiny Ichneumonid wasps in the Malaise trap today for BIOSCAN in the UK I've not kept count, but many different sizes, so presumably different species. Out of the few hundred insects, dozens of wasps probably. Is it peak time for wasps like this @BroadGavin

First day of monitoring flying insects in Peterhouse Cambridge gardens for BIOSCAN in the UK. I'll be running this once a month for the next 5 years. This will provide useful data on diversity in college and how populations are changing.

Three malaise traps erected for BIOSCAN in the UK - 3 habitats at @KneppWilding - 1 next to scrape, 1 next to old pond (fav of the pigs), & 1 in with the beavers! - Operation Wallacea’s very own @miss_lenoir is leading the sampling The British ‘summer’ is going to be a challenge for the insects

From malaise to pot to plate - @miss_lenoir & I have processed the first 3 BIOSCAN in the UK samples from this Operation Wallacea field season at @KneppWilding It’s nice knowing that the Sciaridae/Cecidomyiidae are going to be barcoded

Protector to the malaise trap! We are into our second year of setting up a monthly malaise trap for BIOSCAN in the UK . Looking forward to seeing how this year’s results compare to last year’s. Wild Oxfordshire #yellowwagtailproject.

NEW Sample Collection and Processing GUIDANCE, LIVE on our website now. Check out mara lawniczak's thread --

Last few days to apply to our PhD Programme 🔽