Last chance — we will keep the Dead Wood Course registration link open for a while to accommodate last moment applications. We will then be sending confirmation letters so participants have sufficient time for travel arrrangements.
Taking data from the Aussie microbiome to macro scales! 🚀🌏
🤯 A staggering 93 million records from >14,000 samples, across eight datasets have been mobilized via the Australian Microbiome (AM), using the GBIF Metabarcoding Data Toolkit.
🔗 gbif.link/australian...
Dmitry Schigel
🌿 New paper: "FAIR Digital Twins for biodiversity"
Combining #DigitalTwins with #FAIR principles (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable) addresses data fragmentation & model integration using #RO-Crate.
Thanks to co-authors & BioDT team! @horizoneu.bsky.social
📄 doi.org/10.1038/s441...
🚀 Submit an abstract for a talk, poster or booth under one of the nine conference themes. See details and descriptions of the full programme!
⭐ Deadline: 18 March 2026 🔗 2026.biomonweek.eu/p...
@biodiversa.eu+, #AllianceforNature, @bioagora.eu GBIF and MARCO-BOLO project
Global Soil Mycobiome Consortium dataset now extended to soil protists and animals (GloSED), including 4000 samples. Pre-publication data available at: zenodo.org/records/1782...
#fungi #soil #ecology #database
🆕 The @mambo-project.eu consortium used their project's #openscience collection in our journal to share a project report (=same PDF they submitted to @ec.europa.eu!) + a #conference #abstract from #LivingData2025!
🔎 Explore (so far) 51 project outputs by @mambo-project.eu: doi.org/10.3897/rio....
Registration for the Dead Wood Course 2026 will be closed in a couple of days, on 15 February - do not miss the deadline if you plan to come!
Registration for the Dead Wood Course 2026 - forma iberica - will close on 15 February. Two weeks before the deadline - and half of the places are gone, thanks to the interest from Spain, Italy, Norway, Poland, and Finland. Remining all planning to join to register on time!
Great news that our friends @biodivlibrary.bsky.social get such a great host for the data infrastructure! Respect to the Field museum 📚
GBIF
All BHL staff have been secured! 🧪 As we enter our next chapter, the team who steward BHL’s collections & infrastructure remain in place, led by Colleen Funkhouser in her new role of Managing Director. Meet the team guiding BHL forward:
blog.biodiversitylibrary.org/2026/02/celebrating-bhl-team.html
Global Standardised Soil Eukaryome Dataset (GloSED) Dataset description The GloSED dataset is a metabarcoding-based dataset encompassing the entire spectrum of soil eukaryotes collected and analysed u...
The Dead Wood Course 2026 will take place in Northern Spain, in the forested mountains of Asturias near Oviedo on 18-22 May 2026. Only 18 places open for registration. Webpage: wp.me/PasgGV-xX
Registration: forms.gle/QvPwGEX4iANL... is open until 15 February 2026
The Dead Wood Course 2026 will take place in Northern Spain, in the forested mountains of Asturias near Oviedo on 18-22 May 2026. Only 18 places open for registration. Webpage: wp.me/PasgGV-xX
Registration: forms.gle/QvPwGEX4iANL... is open until 15 February 2026
The Dead Wood Course 2026 will take place in Northern Spain, in the forested mountains of Asturias near Oviedo on 18-22 May 2026. Only 18 places open for registration. Webpage: wp.me/PasgGV-xX
Registration: forms.gle/QvPwGEX4iANL... is open until 15 February 2026
🎉 Huge news for BHL: The Field Museum is taking over the hosting of BHL’s website, servers & infrastructure, ensuring long-term stability and access for its 63+ million pages of open biodiversity literature. Learn more:
blog.biodiversitylibrary.org/2026/02/tran...
#BHLTransition #ILoveBHL 🌍 📚 🧪
Dmitry Schigel
Dmitry Schigel
Dmitry Schigel
Biodiversity Heritage Library
The Dead Wood Course will be organized for the sixth time. This forma iberica version of the course will take place in Northern Spain, in the forested mountains of Asturias near Oviedo on 18-22 May…
The Dead Wood Course will be organized for the sixth time. This forma iberica version of the course will take place in Northern Spain, in the forested mountains of Asturias near Oviedo on 18-22 May…
The Dead Wood Course will be organized for the sixth time. This forma iberica version of the course will take place in Northern Spain, in the forested mountains of Asturias near Oviedo on 18-22 May…