Arise Biodiversity
@arisenl.bsky.social
Dutch research infrastructure that wants to recognize all (eukaryotic) species. More info on wwww.arise-biodiversity.nl
Of course, all of this wouldn't have been possible without the help of hundreds of people painstakingly collecting mushrooms, putting tiny sea snails in sampling tubes while diving in a current, recording sounds for @xeno-canto.bsky.social that we used for the AI, etc. Thank you all!
November 12, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Of course, all of this wouldn't have been possible without the help of hundreds of people painstakingly collecting mushrooms, putting tiny sea snails in sampling tubes while diving in a current, recording sounds for @xeno-canto.bsky.social that we used for the AI, etc. Thank you all!
The scientific collection of @naturalis.bsky.social is available to all researchers that want to work with it. This week, that included some environmental toxicologists interested in the amount of PFASs in whale skin. Interestingly, most of their whale skin is in the barnacle collection. 1/3
July 16, 2025 at 8:27 AM
The scientific collection of @naturalis.bsky.social is available to all researchers that want to work with it. This week, that included some environmental toxicologists interested in the amount of PFASs in whale skin. Interestingly, most of their whale skin is in the barnacle collection. 1/3
The Arise folk at the Westerdijk Institute keep going strong. In their most recent publication, they described nine new species from the Netherlands, including this beauty from Zeist, that lives together with poppy flowers.
February 17, 2025 at 4:03 PM
The Arise folk at the Westerdijk Institute keep going strong. In their most recent publication, they described nine new species from the Netherlands, including this beauty from Zeist, that lives together with poppy flowers.
We are extremely sad to hear about the demise of malacologist Anthonie van Peursen. He was many things, including an avid member of our team of collectors contributing specimens for our DNA barcode library. We will miss his energy, knowledge and kind spirit. Our condolences to all who knew him.
December 30, 2024 at 12:53 PM
We are extremely sad to hear about the demise of malacologist Anthonie van Peursen. He was many things, including an avid member of our team of collectors contributing specimens for our DNA barcode library. We will miss his energy, knowledge and kind spirit. Our condolences to all who knew him.
Our Sampling Tool ADA has been updated. It's better at scanning QR codes (it should work even if you already put your code in a tube) and now also allows for the sampling of plants!
April 22, 2024 at 7:37 AM
Our Sampling Tool ADA has been updated. It's better at scanning QR codes (it should work even if you already put your code in a tube) and now also allows for the sampling of plants!
The 2024 Arise Day was wonderful. A big thanks to everyone who joined us!
March 28, 2024 at 8:22 AM
The 2024 Arise Day was wonderful. A big thanks to everyone who joined us!
And we have liftoff for the 2024 Arise Day! Welcoming words by our project manager Elaine van Ommen Kloeke, and then a Keynote Speech by the wonderful Toke Høye. We hope everone will have a great day.
March 27, 2024 at 9:35 AM
And we have liftoff for the 2024 Arise Day! Welcoming words by our project manager Elaine van Ommen Kloeke, and then a Keynote Speech by the wonderful Toke Høye. We hope everone will have a great day.
PSA: Arise Day 2024 is fully booked. We're looking forward to having a great day with all of you!
If you signed up but discovered that you can't make it after all, please let us know so we can give your seat to someone else.
If you signed up but discovered that you can't make it after all, please let us know so we can give your seat to someone else.
March 13, 2024 at 10:49 AM
PSA: Arise Day 2024 is fully booked. We're looking forward to having a great day with all of you!
If you signed up but discovered that you can't make it after all, please let us know so we can give your seat to someone else.
If you signed up but discovered that you can't make it after all, please let us know so we can give your seat to someone else.
As of today, the Arise website is available in Dutch, too. The automatic translations are not always 100% spot on 🙈, but we are aware of this and working to fix it.
January 15, 2024 at 2:54 PM
As of today, the Arise website is available in Dutch, too. The automatic translations are not always 100% spot on 🙈, but we are aware of this and working to fix it.
Just look at them!
November 13, 2023 at 6:32 PM
Just look at them!
A milestone for our barcoding project: we've captured our first 1000 images using the cutting-edge Keyence microscope, a recent addition to our sampling workflow. It moves across a plate and takes photos of each well’s contents.
November 13, 2023 at 9:41 AM
A milestone for our barcoding project: we've captured our first 1000 images using the cutting-edge Keyence microscope, a recent addition to our sampling workflow. It moves across a plate and takes photos of each well’s contents.
This week we had some journalists over to discuss our work in the Amsterdamse Waterleidingduinen. One of our cameras there detected a warm blooded animal and took a picture:
October 13, 2023 at 9:55 AM
This week we had some journalists over to discuss our work in the Amsterdamse Waterleidingduinen. One of our cameras there detected a warm blooded animal and took a picture: