Leads the world in developing and applying DNA-based systems for species identification.

Sequence diversity in short, standardized gene regions (DNA barcodes) enables fast, inexpensive, and accurate species discrimination. An efficient and cost-effective approach, DNA barcoding is not only transforming humanity’s capacity to understand biodiversity, but it’s also helping us to protect it.

The CBG also coordinates the International Barcode of Life [2] consortium, supporting researchers and organizations across 40 countries, and leads BIOSCAN [3], a $180M global research program exploring species discovery, species interactions, and species distribution.