Did you miss one of the plenary presentations, or want to go back and review a particular slide or topic? We’ve recently added the PPTs (in PDF format) for all available plenary presentations to the website, along with links to …

An impressive total of fifteen prizes (over $8000 in total!) were distributed to students and postdoctoral fellows at the 6^th International Barcode of Life Conference, celebrating excellence in research. Those who missed the final plenary session didn’t get the …

On the evening of Tuesday, August 18^th the conference delegates met on Johnston Green to take part in an unusual photo opportunity – an aerial group photo taken by a drone! The drone shot some video as well, which …

Now that the conference is over, we here at BIO have had some time to reflect on the events of that busy week. And one thing became extremely clear – we could not have done any of this without the …

It seems like it was only yesterday, but an entire week has passed since the 6th International Barcode of Life Conference came to an end.  We are all exhausted but quite happy that it went so well – but our …

Keynote sessions will be broadcasted from the conference (we will share the link closer to the starting date) but of course everyone is welcome to tweet or post. Please make sure to ask any presenter before doing live tweets especially …

Special Evening Plenary Session, River Run Centre
Wednesday, 19 August 2015
(open to the public)

Summary: Chaired by Dr. Brock Fenton, this public event features a distinguished panel of leading scientists who will discuss the diversity of species on our …

Early registration for the 6^th International Barcode of Life Conference has ended as of 11:59pm EST on June 15th. All online registrations after this date will be processed at the regular fees. Online registration will remain open until …

The deadline for early registration has been extended to June 15th, to allow more time for those awaiting the results of the abstract selection process to take advantage of the early registration fees. If you haven’t already registered for the …

If you plan to submit an  abstract for the conference today is the day. The deadline ends tonight. So, if you haven’t decided yet, there are a couple of hours left to change your mind and be part of this …

Dr. Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias
Executive Secretary
Convention on Biological Diversity

Dr. Dias has over three decades of experience in biodiversity science and policy and its implementation at national and international levels. He brings a unique combination of scientific …

The abstract submission deadline has been extended to April 30th. Note that abstracts associated with an application for a Travel Award must be submitted by the original due date (April 16th, 9:00am EDT).

Themed “Barcodes to Biomes”, conference sessions will …

Here another post by one of the conference plenary speakers:

Laurence Packer is a melittologist (one who studies wild bees) and has been at York University since 1988.  He received his PhD from the University of Toronto in 1986.  He …

In support of this international conference, the Operating Committee has been offering to pre-review abstracts for those researchers who speak English as a second language. The deadline to take advantage of this free service has now passed.

It is …