ABOL-Meeting 2015, Save the Date
This years ABOL-Meeting will take place from the 5. to the 6. of November 2015, in the Schloßmuseum in Linz.
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6th International Barcode of Life Conference in Guelph, Canada
The 6th International Barcode of Life Conference takes place at the University of Guelph, Canada, from August 18-21, 2015. The theme of the 6th Conference, Barcodes to Biomes, addresses ecological applications of DNA barcoding. Other topics encompass bioinformatics, taxonomy, and conservation. Registration is open at http://dnabarcodes2015.org/registration/. The Deadline for contibutions is set to April 15, 2015.
Happy New Year
Dear Biodiversity Community,
The ABOL Team wishes a successful and diverse 2015
ABOL-KickOff-Gallery: diversity of diversity researchers
Dear Biodiversity Community, now that our ABOL KickOff-Meeting is over, we want to thank all of you which have participated and thus helped to make the meeting fruitful and successful. Special thanks to all speakers, which gave us a nice overview, both on the status of biodiversity research in Austria, and on the possibilities of […]
ABOL-Symposium on November 13. and 14., 2014
Dear Biodiversity Community.
We cordially invite all people interested in Austrian biodiversity to the Kick-off meeting of ABOL, the Austrian Barcode of Life Initiative. The Meeting will take place on the 13.th and 14.th of November 2014 at the Museum of Natural History in Vienna. General presentations, and presentations on the Pilot Phase of ABOL will take place on Thursday, the 13.th of November. The Friday will be dedicated to initial preparations for the overall project, with formations of taxon-specific clusters.
Welcome to ABOL – The Austrian Barcode of Life
We are pleased to announce the launch of the ABOL Homepage! Daniela Lutz, webmaster and the ABOL Team
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Metabarcoding-Symposium 202624. September, 2026 - 10:33Launch of an Austrian eDNA Community The Metabarcoding Symposium, held on 17 and 18 September 2026 at the Natural History Museum Vienna, was not only a platform for professional exchange, but also marked the beginning of an Austrian eDNA community (provisionally: OeDNA). The symposium was organised by the ABOL coordination team together with Bettina Thalinger […]
A decade of ABOL – new paper!24. September, 2026 - 09:36Looking Back on a Decade of ABOL: Coordinating a National Biodiversity Initiative How can a country’s biological diversity be systematically documented – and what does it take to turn a research initiative into a sustainable, long-term network? Since 2014, the Austrian Barcode of Life (ABOL) Initiative has been dedicated to systematically documenting Austria’s animal, plant, […]
ABOL-BioBlitzes 2026 – from the river plain to the summit27. July, 2026 - 15:44A look back at a successful ABOL field season 2026! Since 2019, the ABOL coordination team has been actively involved in the various Days of Biodiversity, conducting ABOL BioBlitz surveys. These surveys generate DNA barcodes and familiarize experts with this methodological approach. This year’s Days of Biodiversity were once again very popular. Thanks to the […]