Sep 16, 2019 | News, sustainability, Uncategorized
Pretoria – The two-day workshop aimed to familiarise participants with the Barcode of Life Data System (BOLD) – the only informatics platform dedicated to DNA barcoding. The workshop was structured into two main sessions: lectures in the mornings and...
Aug 21, 2019 | News, sustainability, Uncategorized
Presenter: S. Willows-Munro – Conservation Genetics Lab, School of Life Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal Pretoria – Metabarcoding is a new method of rapid biodiversity assessment that combines two technologies: DNA-based identification (DNA barcoding)...
Oct 26, 2018 | News, sustainability, Uncategorized
Cape Town – Two recent papers resulting from the Eastern Cape Forest Fauna Project have uncovered ‘hidden’ invertebrate species, highlighting higher levels of diversity in the region than originally thought. The project, which is one of the Large Integrated Projects...
Jul 19, 2018 | News, sustainability, Uncategorized
Cape Town – A key focus at this year’s FBIP Forum will be ‘DNA barcoding’ with International Barcode of Life (iBOL) project leader, Dr Evgeny Zakharov, headlining the event, while FBIP students reflect on the recent iBOL 2017 conference. See...
Jul 10, 2018 | News, sustainability, Uncategorized
Second announcement – Delegates to the 2018 Foundational Biodiversity Information Programme Forum can look forward to a solid lineup including Dr Evgeny Zakharov who heads up the International Barcode of Life (iBOL) initiative. Zakharov has been invited as guest...
