THE BULGARIAN BARCODE OF LIFE

The Bulgarian Barcode of Life project is a national network that aims to develop a targeted, systematic and large-scale inventory of the diversity of major groups of organisms through the application of DNA methods in Bulgaria.

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Our projects

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Distributed Research Infrastructure “Bulgarian Network for Long-Term Ecosystem Research”

Project duration: 2020 - 2027

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Molecular tool for identification of parasitic worms of birds from natural ecosystems - development and validation

Project duration: 2023 - 2026

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Return or Invasion? Study of the distribution and ecology of the beaver (Castor fiber) in Bulgaria after more than 150 years of absence

Project duration: 2022 - 2025

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Caves as a reservoir for novel and reoccurring zoonoses - ecological monitoring and metagenomic analysis in real time

Project duration: 2021 - 2025

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Our latest news

The first practical training course on nanopore barcoding and genome analysis wrapped up

14.07.2025

The Practical Training Course on Nanopore Barcoding and Genome Analysis, held from July 7–9, 2025, at the Institute of P...

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Practical course on DNA barcoding and sequencing

18.06.2025

BgBOL, in partnership with the Biodiversity Genomics Europe project and iBOL Europe, is organising its first practical c...

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Bulgaria joins the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

09.06.2025

Bulgaria officially joins the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF). This major event for Bulgarian science wa...

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