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Unified system for the DNA based species hypotheses linked to classification.
Tartu, Estonia
Joined February 2016
Kristjan Adojaan is presenting PlutoF for managing ornithological data at the #LivingData2025 Conference in Bogotá, Colombia.
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UNITE is present at the #LivingData2025 conference in Bogotá, Colombia, with UNITE digital services presented by Kessy Abarenkov.
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Should we rely on journal impact factors in #systematics and #taxonomy? 🤔 Mycologist Henrik Nilsson explores this question in a @Pensoft guest blog post: 🔗 https://t.co/MNaHCpQWYj
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20 years of bibliometric data illustrates a lack of concordance between journal impact factor and fungal species discovery in systematic mycology
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Congratulations to Maarja!
We are delighted to announce that Professor Maarja Öpik will be New Phytologist's next Editor-in-Chief. Maarja will take up the position from January 2025 for an initial term of five years. https://t.co/rsH1j1U5zs
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Meet our team! 👋 Our #Biodiversity #Genomics #Europe All Hands Meeting in Thessaloniki (Greece) was a great success! We look forward to the next steps. Special thanks to our host @Aristoteleio! 🇬🇷 Thank you all and until next time! 🧬 @REA_research
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EUKARYOME 1.9. - a new release available. Special release for long-reads targeting AM fungi (Glomeromycota + Mucoromycotina) and dark taxa (undescribed fungal lineages) with alphanumerical codes: https://t.co/2HRvWznjOA
#IMC12 #AMF #fungi
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BLAST is a great tool. One of its uses is to double check newly generated sequence data prior to INSDC submission.
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UNITE v10 reference datasets now available for download! NB! Critical bug fix introduced to the "full UNITE+INSD" dataset from 04.04.2024. Please download the latest version (21.04.2024).
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PhD positions open in my team in Tartu: https://t.co/RGWL4UpgFT 1. Databasing species-level fungal ecological/genomic traits 2. Fungal diversity in European coastlines 3. Niche differentiation in closely related fungal species 4. AI in fungal bioinformatics leho.tedersoo@ut.ee
ut.ee
On this page, we announce open positions for doctoral studies.
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We have written a blog about the new development of DNAbarcoder, a tool for eDNA identification. Hopefully, it can be expanded for use with other species as well. @_Westerdijk_ @GerardVerkley @AriseBiodivers1
arise-biodiversity.nl
In this blog, the Westerdijk people of ARISE talk about a tool that helps you recognize fungal (for now) sequences in eDNA samples. It's integrated with existing databases and now comes with a web...
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UNITE presentation at the 6th annual meeting of the eDNA Society held in Fukuoka, Japan. Thank you so much to Yuta Hasebe and Natsuko Kondoh for organizing the session!
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Connecting the multiple dimensions of global soil fungal diversity: a comprehensive 6-dataset analysis of drivers of alpha, beta, gamma and phylogenetic diversity of fungi globally by Vladimir Mikryukov and co-workers. https://t.co/zM2BVkHWB2
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The final version of our new review on fungal diversity, distribution, and conservation, is now out. We made a revised prediction of 2-3 million species globally… 1/2 @KewMycology @KewScience
#fungi #diversity
annualreviews.org
Fungi comprise approximately 20% of all eukaryotic species and are connected to virtually all life forms on Earth. Yet, their diversity remains contentious, their distribution elusive, and their...
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🚨Open call of the barcoding stream of @BioGenEurope for the wider European research community aimed at researchers interested in contributing to the construction of #DNAbarcode #reference #libraries for species in Europe.🧬 See more info: https://t.co/4pdAYeI1Pp
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GlobalFungi Release 5 is online! Our team and collaborators added 27788 samples (blue points on map) from 331 new papers. Especially the coverage of Africa increased greatly (+200%). Search for fungal genera, species or UNITE 9 species hypotheses at https://t.co/obkrtxKtSf
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The UNITE database update article is now available online! Discover what's new in 2023 - https://t.co/tuuuNZPxzF
@Bicikl_H2020 @BioGenEurope @plutof_platform #fungi
academic.oup.com
Abstract. UNITE (https://unite.ut.ee) is a web-based database and sequence management environment for molecular identification of eukaryotes. It targets th
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Exiting Update! Seven years ago, we launched a free sequencing service for rare fungal species collected by #CitizenScience. Today, we're thrilled to share the impact of this initiative. Your contributions matter! Check out our new blog post at https://t.co/bBp7p33oR9
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