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

This work was made possible with financial support from a Major Science Infrastructure award (CFI) and the Government of Canada’s NFRF (CIHR, NSERC, SSHRC).

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

Padhye S, Monckton SK, Steinke D, Agda J, Porter TM (2026). BOLDNODE: Search and explore BOLD data packages efficiently. R package version 1.0.0. Our team is happy to help with any questions about accessing or using BOLD data: 📩 support@boldsystems.org #RStats #OpenSource #DNAbarcoding

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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

Our team is happy to help with any questions about accessing or using BOLD data: 📩 support@boldsystems.org #BOLDconnectR #DataAnalytics #OpenSource Stay connected on the latest developments by following us on LinkedIn and Bluesky.

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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

Connect with our team for support on anything related to BOLD 📩 support@boldsystems.org #Parquet #DNABarcoding #Biodiversity ----------------------------------- Stay connected on the latest developments by following us on LinkedIn and Bluesky.

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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 · 16/10/2025

At BOLD, we believe in keeping our community informed and engaged through transparent, timely, and effective communication. Stay connected on the FAQ's, latest developments and community initiatives by following us on LinkedIn and Bluesky.

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Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) @boldsystems.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

#IDEngine #DNABarcoding #Biodiversity Connect with our team for support on anything related to BOLD 📩 support@boldsystems.org

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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

Active BINs are updated monthly using all COI sequences on BOLD, both public and private. Data on BOLD is private by default. Project managers must update settings to make projects or datasets public. See the Handbook for instructions: bit.ly/4d3GOeZ

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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

The work was made possible with financial support from a Major Science Infrastructure award (@innovation.ca) and the Government of Canada’s New Frontiers in Research Fund #NFRF (Canadian Institutes of Health Research #CIHR_IRSC, #NSERC, @sshrc-crsh.canada.ca).

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

Citation: Padhye S, Ballesteros-Mejia L, Ratnasingham S (2025). BOLDconnectR: Retrieve, Transform and Analyze the Barcode of Life Data Systems Data. R package version 1.0.0.

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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

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

If you do not have a BOLD account, register for one or contact our support staff to contact the record owner. Connect with our team for support on anything related to BOLD 📩 support@boldsystems.org

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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

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

Connect with our team for support on anything related to BOLD 📩 support@boldsystems.org

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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

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

Connect with our team for support on anything related to BOLD 📩 support@boldsystems.org

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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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Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) @boldsystems.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

Hi Neal, are you interested in knowing the unassigned BINs in the world? While there are no reliable estimates for the total number of species on Earth, it’s likely in the tens of millions! We have DNA sequences for about 1.3 million species in BOLD. You can explore them here: portal.boldsystems.org

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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

💬 Have you recently published research using BOLD? Contact us for a chance to be featured on our social channels: 📩 media@biodiversitygenomics.net

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

Anyone can submit records to BOLD via the workbench, and continue building a comprehensive reference database to support DNA-based species identification: boldsystems.org/workbench/

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Workbench – BOLD

Manage, analyze, and publish your DNA barcode data with BOLD’s secure and powerful Workbench.

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

The study revealed 15 threatened species according to the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Additionally, four species were unexpectedly detected for the first time in this geographical area, including: Boleophthamus dussumieri, Hippocampus kelloggi, Lethrinus miniatus and Maculabatis gerrardi.

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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

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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

🧵 3/3 At BOLD, we believe in keeping our community informed and engaged through transparent, timely, and effective communication. Stay connected on the FAQ's, latest developments and community initiatives by following us on LinkedIn and Bluesky.

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

🧵 2/3 For example, the first record uploaded to project PROJ in 2025 would be assigned BOLD Process ID PROJ001-25. Process IDs are the preferred record identifiers to use when citing your data on BOLD. Connect with our team for support on anything related to BOLD 📩 support@boldsystems.org

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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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