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For the third year we have been successfully using the next generation Oxford Nanopore MinION sequencer to sequence DNA from our samples. This enables us to produce thousands of new DNA barcodes per year, improving our understanding of our biodiversity.

The AquaBOL.SK team published a beautiful DNA barcoding study on mayflies in Molecular Ecology Resources – 1153 mayfly sequences, 76 morphological species with DNA barcode, 97 BINs of which 11 are new for international databases. A unique contribution from small but...

After the successful participation of the AquaBOL.SK team in JDS4, we will take part in the fifth Joint Danube Survey (JDS5) in 2025. However, DNA sample analysis will now be a full part of the JDS5 and the AquaBOL.SK team will be there! We have become a national...

Although the priority interest of the AquaBOL.SK team is DNA (meta)barcoding of the aquatic fauna of Slovakia, our research activities are also expanding to land. Since September 2022, we have been working on an APVV project, which we have been awarded as the...

In collaboration with colleagues from Hungary, we have published a pan-European study detailing the current status of species diversity and distribution of two important groups of aquatic insects (Coleoptera, Heteroptera). Subsequently, we defined very precisely the...