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Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) @boldsystems.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

🎉 BOLDNODE is a new R package from BOLD Systems now available on CRAN! Built around the Parquet format, BOLDNODE makes it easier to work with BOLD data packages in R-based workflows. Learn more: cran.r-project.org/web/packages...

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Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) @boldsystems.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

🗓️ BOLD Workbench, ID Engine, Portal, CAOS, and Data API may experience intermittent service disruptions on May 28, 2026, from 6:00 AM to 8:00 AM EDT due to scheduled maintenance by the University of Guelph. For support, please contact support@boldsystems.org #UniversityOfGuelph #MaintenanceNotice

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Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) @boldsystems.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

✅ Scheduled Maintenance Complete The scheduled electrical maintenance by the University of Guelph has been successfully completed. All BOLD systems are now fully operational as of Sat Apr 25 2026 (5:30 PM EDT). Thank you for your patience! #ScheduledMaintenance #ServiceUpdate

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Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) @boldsystems.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

⚠️ Scheduled Maintenance Notice Due to electrical maintenance by the University of Guelph, BOLD ID Engine, Portal, and CAOS will be unavailable Fri Apr 24, 2026 (3:00 PM) – Mon Apr 27, 2026 (12:00 PM) EDT. Thank you for your patience. #ScheduledMaintenance

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Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) @boldsystems.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

🎉 Exciting news! 🎉 Thanks to YOU, we’re celebrating over 2,000 downloads! 🚀 BOLDconnectR streamlines access to BOLD data by retrieving, summarizing, and transforming records, making it easy to integrate public data with your private records in a single, efficient analytic workflow.

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Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) @boldsystems.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

🚨 New feature alert! You can now download BOLD data packages in Parquet format, making it easier to work with large datasets in R and for better interoperability with downstream analytics. Visit boldsystems.org/data/data-packages to get started.

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Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) @boldsystems.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

The BOLD Team is excited to announce BOLDconnectR is now on CRAN at cran.r-project.org/web/packages... Below, one of the BOLDConnectR creators, Sameer Padhye, provides a demonstration for exploring and working with BOLD data in R. #BOLDconnectR #CRAN #RStats #OpenSource 🎥 Watch the video here:

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BOLDv5 workshop recording: BOLDConnectR

An edited recording from an online workshop covering the R package, BOLDConnectR. First, BOLD's co-founder Sujeevan Ratnasingham will introduce the package and then the BOLDConnectR creator, Sameer…

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Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) @boldsystems.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

📈 Monthly growth of Barcode Index Numbers (BINs) on BOLD Every month, as new species and sequences are added to the BOLD database, BINs are updated to reflect the latest operational taxonomic units. The total number of active BINs in the BOLD database after the September update is now 1,339,498!

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Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) @boldsystems.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

Do you use R and the Barcode of Life Data (BOLD) Systems? 🎉 BOLDconnectR is now on CRAN! BOLDconnectR makes it easy to retrieve, transform, and analyze BOLD data—all in the Barcode Core Data Model (BCDM) format. #RStats #OpenSource #DNAbarcoding #ResearchInnovation

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Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) @boldsystems.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

💬 BOLD FAQ's Did you know? You don’t always have to start at boldsystems.org. Go straight to your favourite BOLD5 tools using these links: ID Engine → id.boldsystems.org Public Data Portal → portal.boldsystems.org Bookmark them today for quicker access! #DNAbarcoding #Biodiversity

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Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) @boldsystems.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

💬 BOLD FAQ's Did you know? Verbatim fields store data exactly as entered by the user. On BOLD, key fields with controlled vocabularies also have verbatim versions. These fields help expedite record activation, so you can move forward with your submission—adding images and sequences sooner.

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Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) @boldsystems.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

We're excited to share the recording of our Data Submission Workshop by Dr. Terri Porter, BOLD's Director of Informatics – Internal Operations. In this session, we introduce the updated BOLDv5 data submission process, which improves turnaround times and data validation. 🎥

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BOLDv5 workshop recording: Data submission

An edited recording from an online workshop covering details of the BOLDv5 data submission process led by BOLD's Director, Informatics – Internal Operations, Dr. Terri Porter. BOLDv5 includes a new…

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Centre for Biodiversity Genomics @cbg-uofg.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

Our DNA library is made possible thanks to the support of our funding partners. Today’s featured specimen is a damselfly from the Coenagrionidae family, collected in Free State, South Africa. This record was made possible through funding from the New Frontiers in Research Foundation.

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Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) @boldsystems.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

💬 BOLD FAQ's Did you know? BIN assignments are based on sequence divergence and updated monthly. New BINs are only created from COI-5P sequences with at least 500 valid residues in the barcode region and fewer than 1% ambiguous bases.

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Biodiversity Genomics Europe plus (BGE+) @biogeneurope.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

ERGA at #ESEB2025🧬 @ergabiodiv.bsky.social participated in the Congress of the European Society for Evolutionary Biology. This conference was a great opportunity for ERGA members to gather in person, exchange ideas, and connect! 🔗 biodiversitygenomics.eu/2025/09/08/e... @horizoneu.bsky.social

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ERGA - European Reference Genome Atlas (@ergabiodiv.bsky.social)

We are a biodiversity genomics community to generate reference quality genomes for all European species. #Genomes for #Biodiversity https://www.erga-biodiversity.eu/ | https://linktr.ee/erga_biodivers...

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Centre for Biodiversity Genomics @cbg-uofg.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

Our DNA library is made possible thanks to the support of our funding partners. Today’s featured specimen is a moth from the Geometridae family, collected in Pahang, Malaysia. This record was made possible through the Canada Foundation for Innovation.

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Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) @boldsystems.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

A study by Muhala et al. (2024) utilized DNA barcoding to identify the composition of the fish fauna from the coast of Mozambique. Photo: 📸 Hippocampus kelloggi: BOLD:AAF0667 (copyright Sara A. Lourie) Access the full article: 🔗 journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...

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Centre for Biodiversity Genomics @cbg-uofg.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

📚 Back-to-school season is here! While students and teachers are stocking up on school supplies, we’re also taking stock—of our collections! Here are some of our latest Collection Metrics that show just how much biodiversity inventory we’ve been accumulating! 🐞🌿

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Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) @boldsystems.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

So far in 2025, we’ve seen steady growth in BIN records, reflecting the continuous expansion of the global species inventory. August’s update highlights international collaboration in DNA-based biodiversity research, with the largest number of new BINs this month contributed from Costa Rica.

A bar graph showing steady growth of BINs added by month from September 2024 to August 25.

A bar graph showing new BINs by Country captured for the month of August 2025. It shows the top 9 countries where new BINs came from, with Costa Rica being the highest.

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Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) @boldsystems.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

📈Monthly growth of Barcode Index Numbers (BINs) on BOLD Every month, as new species and sequences are added to the BOLD database, BINs are updated to reflect the latest operational taxonomic units. The total number of active BINs in the BOLD database after the August update is now 1,326,560!

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Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) @boldsystems.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

💬 BOLD FAQ's 🧵 1/3 Did you know? BOLD Process IDs are unique record identifiers that are automatically generated by the system when new specimen records are uploaded to a project and follow a standard format.

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Centre for Biodiversity Genomics @cbg-uofg.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

🔊 Share this message far and wide 🌍 We can use your help! We are looking for partners in these unsampled ecoregions to get involved in the BIOSCAN program. WE supply materials and can cover many costs, YOU collect insects and data. Interested? Check out buff.ly/4hSuD69 for more details.

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Centre for Biodiversity Genomics @cbg-uofg.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

🌎✈️ CBG team members Dr. Ken Thompson and Dr. Spencer Monckton visited the University of Ghana last week to lead a barcoding training course for 35 researchers from Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, and Guinea.

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Centre for Biodiversity Genomics @cbg-uofg.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

Our DNA library is made possible thanks to the support of our funding partners. Today’s featured specimen is a beetle from the Dendrometrinae subfamily, collected in Cuzco, Peru. This record was made possible through the New Frontiers in Research Fund.

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Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) @boldsystems.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

💬 BOLD FAQ's Did you know? BOLD accepts sequences from many genetic markers, including: COI-5P, ITS, rbcL, matK, and 18S, as well as dozens of others. Connect with our team for support on anything related to BOLD 📩 support@boldsystems.org

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Centre for Biodiversity Genomics @cbg-uofg.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

The University of Guelph invites applications for a Canada Excellence Research Chair (CERC) in Biodiversity Genomics. For full position description and how to apply, please visit: careers.uoguelph.ca/job/Guelph-C...

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Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) @boldsystems.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

The Centre for Biodiversity Genomics is hiring 10 positions! This is a great opportunity for recent graduates.

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iBOL Europe @iboleurope.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

To help address the challenge posed by the growth of data on @boldsystems.bsky.social, partners of @biogeneurope.bsky.social developed an automated pipeline and a manual curation tool to facilitate the curation of an European reference library. iboleurope.org/bge-referenc...

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BGE Reference Library Pipeline and Curation Tool

The exponential growth of data on BOLD can make it challenging for experts and end-users to curate reference libraries. To address this challenge, partners of the Biodiversity Genomic Europe (BGE) pro...

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Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) @boldsystems.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

🔊 Announcement The legacy v4 ID Engine will be retired on August 1, 2025. To ensure you are using the most accurate and up-to-date reference libraries, please switch to the v5 ID Engine today. Questions? Please contact 📩 support@boldsystems.org

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Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) @boldsystems.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

🎉 Over 300 participants from 56 countries joined our BOLDv5 2025 Q2 event series. Thank you to everyone who joined and helped make our community learning sessions a success! Follow BOLD on LinkedIn and Bluesky for updates on future community sessions. #DNABarcoding #Community #Events #BOLD

Infographic of Q2 community learning sessions which displays metrics about BOLD hosting five webinars with 325 participants joining during months April - June 2025.

Infographic of a world map displaying markers of participant countries joining the Q2 community learning sessions. A total of 56 countries participated.

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Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) @boldsystems.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

📈Monthly growth of Barcode Index Numbers (BINs) on BOLD Every month, as new species and sequences are added to the BOLD database, BINs are updated to reflect the latest operational taxonomic units. The total number of active BINs in the BOLD database after the June update is now: 1,316,038.

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Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) @boldsystems.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

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Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) @boldsystems.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

The GEANS project (Genetic Tools for Ecosystem Health Assessment in the North Sea Region) added 4,005 high‑quality barcode sequences from 715 species, representing over 29% of North Sea macrobenthos species.

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Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) @boldsystems.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

Due to a scheduled maintenance by our internet provider, BOLD Systems may experience intermittent connection disruptions between July 18, 2025 8pm and July 19, 2025 1am EDT.

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Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) @boldsystems.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

Are you an R user? BOLDConnectR is a package that facilitates the retrieval, transformation, and analysis of both public and private data in BOLD. It was created because of the widespread use of R software by BOLD users, and enables the customization and repetition of workflows.

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Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) @boldsystems.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

📈Monthly growth of Barcode Index Numbers (BINs) on BOLD Every month, as new species and sequences are added to the BOLD database, BINs are updated to reflect the latest operational taxonomic units. The total number of active BINs in the BOLD database after the June update is now: 1,312,535

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Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) @boldsystems.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

Researchers added 171 high‑quality barcode sequences covering 50 of Uruguay's vascular plant species with voucher images to BOLD's public data portal. Read more about Uruguay's national DNA barcoding efforts as part of the Uruguayan Barcode of Life Initiative.

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Centre for Biodiversity Genomics @cbg-uofg.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

Our DNA library is made possible thanks to the support of our funding partners. Today’s featured specimen is a parasitoid wasp from the family Figitidae, collected in Alberta, Canada. This record was generated with support from the New Frontiers in Research Fund.

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Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) @boldsystems.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

Researchers found that 10.5% of shark and swordfish products from species listed as Near Threatened, Vulnerable, or Endangered (IUCN) in New England seafood markets were mislabeled. #DNABarcoding #Biodiversity #Conservation #Seafood

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Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) @boldsystems.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

🧵1/5 May 22 is #BiodiversityDay! Today, we spotlight a newly published report from the Chief Science Advisor’s office titled "Towards a National Digital Platform for Biodiversity Conservation: Data Repository and Artificial Intelligence Enabled Analytics". 📘Read the full report: bit.ly/4mH24vw

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Towards a National Digital Platform for Biodiversity Conservation: Data Repository and Artificial Intelligence Enabled Analytics

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Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) @boldsystems.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

South Africa is one of the world's 17 megadiverse countries, yet only approximately 16% of known land plants have been barcoded. Read more in our research highlight on 14 years of plant DNA barcoding efforts in South Africa.

Photo of an herbarium specimen (Process ID: KNPB335-10) from the Poaceae family collected in 2000 from South Africa. Record deposited by South African National Biodiversity Institute in BOLD.

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Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) @boldsystems.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

Join our colleagues at Transforming European Taxonomy through Training, Research and Innovations next week to celebrate Taxonomy Recognition Day. Taxonomy is more than just naming species, it is a science that identifies and protects the species on Earth.

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Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) @boldsystems.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

🧵1/2 💦 This new study presents 584 COI DNA barcodes representing 23 unique Barcode Index Numbers of aquatic mites from the Madeira archipelago, Portugal.

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Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) @boldsystems.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

🧵1/4 📈Monthly growth of Barcode Index Numbers (BINs) on BOLD Every month, as new species and sequences are added to the BOLD database, BINs are updated to reflect the most up-to-date operational taxonomic units. The total number of active BINs in the BOLD database is now: 1,272,589.

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Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) @boldsystems.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

Biggest congratulations to our host institution on this monumental milestone!

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Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) @boldsystems.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

🧵1/6 🚀 We're thrilled to announce that recordings from our BOLDv5 introductory webinars are now available as a video series! Our 11-part series is now live on YouTube: buff.ly/xi4nyiq

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Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) @boldsystems.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

🧵1/2 🎉 Over 300 participants joined BOLDv5 introductory webinars this year! High-usage BOLD users received early access, and all webinars were open to the public via registration links shared here and on LinkedIn: buff.ly/AMSDt2p #DNABarcoding #Events #Community #Impact #BOLD #Biodiversity

A series of graphics and texts sharing the impact of the 2025 Q1 community learning sessions hosted by BOLD.

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Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) @boldsystems.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

A great new resource from our European colleagues

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Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) @boldsystems.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

🧵1/6 Earth Day is here! You can’t protect what you don’t know — and you can’t know what you can’t identify. Identifying species from DNA and environmental DNA (eDNA) has become a core method for tracking ecosystem change, detecting invasive or threatened species, and documenting biodiversity.

Example of 3 databases that can be used in BOLD's identification engine

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