📢 New DSMZ-led study for UN Biodiversity on access and benefit-sharing indicators released! Suggestions how to measure outcomes from benefit-sharing agreements 👉 tinyurl.com/4h8nemty @melbiologist Amber Hartman Scholz #accessandbenefitsharing #ABS #NagoyaProtocol #biodiversity

New INSDC members coming soon??....

Application begins for the AfricaBP Open Institute East and Central Africa Regional Workshops. Practical locations are available in DR Congo, Cameroon, Kenya, Ethiopia and Uganda: tinyurl.com/cent-east-afri…

Now that is a LOT of #openDSI!!

The Centro Nacional de Análisis Genómico CNAG is one of our many partner institutions helping us create the #European Reference #Genome Atlas 🧬 #genomes for #biodiversity

There's a new WIPO Treaty in town. Patent applicants will now be required to disclose where the biodiversity and aTK they used came from. youtube.com/watch?v=gOFslN…

🌍 Learn about the Nagoya Protocol and its impact on microbial data and specimen licensing. Join experts Amber Hartman Scholz from Leibniz-Institut DSMZ & Matt Ryan CABI_Microbiology on June 11 for an in-depth session. Don’t miss this crucial discussion—register today! 👉…ccn-workshop-june-2024.eventbrite.com

The front page of The New York Times for Friday, May 31, 2024. nyti.ms/3x4dCDS

Sometimes one word is enough

Now available: the second of our factsheets on the #BBNJ Agreement, focusing on marine genetic resources, including the fair and equitable sharing of benefits. Factsheet here: un.org/bbnjagreement/… For the first and upcoming factsheets, visit: un.org/bbnjagreement/…

Supporting open, free and fair access to scientific data! As #COP16 approaches, we urge negotiators to ensure that Digital Sequence Information (#DSI) remains open and accessible. 🧬 #OpenScience #Biodiversity Full declaration: leibniz-biodiversitaet.de ⬅️ 🧵1/6

Great job #opportunity with IUCN IUCN ESARO in Nairobi, Kenya: Senior Programme Officer, Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction (#BBNJ)  hrms.iucn.org/vacancy/6884 #Job #JobOpportunity #HighSeasTreaty

Our GCBR of the Week is European Nucleotide Archive (ENA), providing a comprehensive record of the world’s nucleotide sequencing information. EMBL CZI Science European Commission Moore Foundation UK Research and Innovation Wellcome #globalbiodata #openscience Click the link to find out more bit.ly/3y4huVW

As part of the White House Africa Cancer Forum, the #BidenCancerMoonshot announced more than $100 million in new actions to expand access to cancer prevention, detection, and treatment, bringing innovation to communities across Africa. whitehouse.gov/ostp/news-upda…

How can #DSI #DataGovernance enhance #BenefitSharing AND support scientific discoveries? Check out our new policy brief 🔎 tinyurl.com/bdf2n8pz, made in collaboration between the FAR-DSI project and the DSI Scientific Network #CBD #COP16 #OpenScience UN Biodiversity

📅 We are joining the #WGDSI2 meeting in Montreal and look forward to meeting all the attendees! Leibniz-Institut DSMZ

Today we present our MICROBE team from DSMZ in Germany. We are glad to have Joerg Overmann, Davide Faggionato, Amber Scholz and Lars Möller on board. DSMZ is workpackage leader on legal/ethical frameworks for microbiome biobanking. Leibniz-Institut DSMZ Microbes&Plants@AIT European Research Executive Agency

Please help us complete this survey and share widely within your networks across Africa: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

Great work! A beautiful example of international collaboration and solving food security challenges at the intersection of viruses, plants, and climate!

Fully suport the DSI recommendations! IUCN Position Paper for CBD COP16 on support mechanisms iucn.org/resources/posi…