international online community for dna barcoding professionals

Introductions

Welcome to Connect, the DNA Barcoder community network!

We hope this network will be a place for communication and collaboration on a global scale, overcoming the rather dispersed nature of DNA barcoder researchers and enthusiasts.

As a first step, why not introduce yourself to the community via the comment box below? Including your name, institution, interest in DNA barcoding, and what you hope to get from this community would be a great way to start.

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Permalink Reply by Jane Moran on August 15, 2011 at 1:34am

Hi I'm Jane Moran and I chair Australia's sub-committee on plant health diagnostic standards (SPHDS). I am interested in bar coding from a biosecurity and quarantine perspective, especially how it relates to diagnostics and how to delineate species.

cheers

Jane

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Permalink Reply by Sami Lakkis on September 1, 2011 at 3:37am

I am professor researcher in Biological Oceanography at Lebanese University. I have been working for many years in the biodiversity and taxonomy of most marine groups in the Mediterranean Sea, particularly from Plankton community ( Phyto & Zooplankton). I have in my background big taxonomic list of hundreds of species ( some published), I wish I like to be introduced in the Barcoding techniques in order to assess the detailed taxonomy of the the identified species in using the new technology. What should I do ? how can I proceed ......Is it possible ?

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Permalink Reply by Irene Routio on September 1, 2011 at 12:10pm

Hello everybody!

My name is Irene Routio and I practically know nothing about barcoding:). I collect land snails because very few people in Finland know these species.I have collected samples and keep them freezed. I work as a volunteer at Zoological Museum, University of Turku, Finland.

keywords: land snails, zoogeography, SW-Finland

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Permalink Reply by Oscar Iván González Solís on September 2, 2011 at 2:12pm

hello to everyone, i´m Oscar González, graduate student in the Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Hidalgo, México. I usually work with the distribution, taxonomy and biogeography at amphibians and reptiles. Now I´m going to start to work with the complex of Aspidoscelis gularis, i´m going to determinate the BARCODE to the species of the complex.

I hope somebody can help me and guide me to the basic things and information to the barcode of life.

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Permalink Reply by Praveen on September 7, 2011 at 10:13am

Dear all,

Its Praveen here, working as Production Manager at Biotron Healthcare, Mumbai. I am happy to be part of this wonderful site. Its good to share my knowledge and also to learn from all people who are already there.

Those who are in India please write to me if you are facing any problem in extracting the DNA whatever the sample it is. I will be happy to help you out.

Thanks

Praveen

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Permalink Reply by Barcoding Invasives_South Africa on September 14, 2011 at 5:52am

The DNA barcoding of terrestrial and fresh water invasive species in South Africa is a collaborative project between the Early Detection and Rapid Response Programme of the The Working for Water Programme and South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI) and the African Centre for DNA Barcoding (ACDB) at the University of Johannesburg, funded by the Natural Resource Management Programme. We aim to collect invasive plant and animal samples in South Africa for barcoding and provide access to the barcode data through the BOLD system to aid in identification.

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Permalink Reply by Mercy Mathew on September 22, 2011 at 9:26am

Hellow, I am Dr. Mercy Mathew at present researcher and faculty member in Walter Sisulu University, NMD campus, Eastern Cape, South Africa.My research is mainly on Amphibians .Interested in the barcoding of amphibians of South Africa. Would like to know about oppertunities for collaborative research . Is there any facility for training programme which I can attend .

Regards

M.Mathew

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Permalink Reply by Barcoding Invasives_South Africa on September 26, 2011 at 6:42am

Hi Dr Mathew,

we would love to work with you on barcoding your Amphibians, One of us will be visiting colleagues in NMMU and Rhodes in the next few week- she could maybe schedule a meeting with you to discuss your project and possible collaborations.

Contact e-mails for future communication regarding your project:

1. mtsethusa@uj.ac.za

2. olive.maurin@gmail.com

please cc

3. mvdbank@uj.ac.za

Regards

Invasive group

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Permalink Reply by Mercy Mathew on November 30, 2011 at 1:50am

Hai,

I have responded to this reply and was waiting for an oppertunity to meet the invasive group member for further discussions .So far I didnot get a reply.Looking forward to hear from you

M.Mathew

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Permalink Reply by Mercy Mathew on September 22, 2011 at 9:32am

Hellow, I am Dr. M. Mathew , researcher and faculty member in Water Sisulu University , Eastern cape, South Africa. My research is mainly on amphibians. Interested in the barcoding of Amphibians of Southern Africa.Would like to know about oppertunities for collaborative research .Is there any facility for short term training programme which I can attend.

Regards

M.Mathew

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Permalink Reply by Vijaykumar Yogesh Muley on October 24, 2011 at 7:29am

Hello everyone,

I am Vijaykumar Muley, working as Assistant Professor in Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University, Aurangabad in collaboration with DNA barcode group working at Paul hebert centre for DNA barcoding and biodiversity studies in the same campus. I have completed my doctoral studies in bioinformatics on the aspects of sequence based genome-scale protein-protein functional linkages prediction which comes under system biology. I have also equipped with skills required for phylogenetic analysis. I would be glad to collaborate with researchers working in the field of biodiversity. I can assist in statistical and computational analysis of sequence and quantitative data.

Looking forward for positive responses