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Really happy of our new paper:
Proficiency testing and cross-laboratory method comparison to support standardisation of diatom DNA metabarcoding for freshwater biomonitoring
By Valentin Vasselon, Sinzi Rivera and Benoît Paix et al.
#metabarcoding #eDNA #diatom #mbmg #science #nature #omics #calibration
https://mbmg.pensoft.net/article/133264/

Feel free to contact myself or @leeselab if you have any further questions. Contact info is in the attached post.

#biomonitoring #biodiversity #standardization #metabarcoding #metagenomics #GEOBON #pensoft #MBMG

I'm happy to be a guest editor for the open access online journal **Metabarcoding and Metagenomics.** We're inviting contributions for the special issue "**Towards standardized molecular biodiversity monitoring".**

✅ 15% discount on article processing charges
✅ The first two Early Career Researcher manuscripts received and accepted will be published for free

Deadline March 15, 2024

#biodiversity #metabarcoding #metagenomics #standardization #GEOBON #pensoft #MBMG

Invitation text says: "Genetic tools are well-established for both targeted and taxonomically broad biodiversity characterization; however, they are not yet widely applied beyond proof-of-concepts or pilot studies. To support biodiversity monitoring from small to global scale in environmental stewardship programs, especially as we face a climate emergency and biodiversity decline, we need standardized and robust workflows from field sampling to detection/sequencing to metrics to characterize biodiversity. Genetic methods including environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding and metagenomics have proven particularly powerful in this context. Following the GEO BON 2023 Global Conference "Monitoring Biodiversity for Action", this topical issue invites contributions that focus on the establishment of standards and best practices enabling upscaling of genetic methods to geographically extensive, long-term monitoring efforts. Submissions will be considered that explore standards at any stage in the monitoring workflow, from sampling strategy to bioinformatic analysis and interpretation/communication of genetic data. We particularly welcome contributions that consider issues of accessibility and inclusivity and investigate technology transfer to non-traditional end-users. Through a series of papers published, this topical issue will demonstrate how molecular methods can be standardized, automated and upscaled to be used for monitoring biodiversity in varied environmental settings."

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