Rudolf Meier
@rudolf-meier.bsky.social
Biodiversity science in the 21st century: Diptera, Natural History, Phylogenetics, Oxford Nanopore, genomics, metagenomics, NGS barcoding, metabarcoding.
Halloween News: Meet a new vampire fly (Hippoboscidae) 🧛♂🪰 1 of 10 species found on citizen-reported bird carcasses in Singapore: Even dead birds can have productive afterlives! See host records, annotated images, pictorial keys & DNA diagnostics here: doi.org/10.1155/jzs/...
October 31, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Halloween News: Meet a new vampire fly (Hippoboscidae) 🧛♂🪰 1 of 10 species found on citizen-reported bird carcasses in Singapore: Even dead birds can have productive afterlives! See host records, annotated images, pictorial keys & DNA diagnostics here: doi.org/10.1155/jzs/...
The top 10 flying insect clades rule the skies—but defy the rules. Weak or inverted latitudinal diversity gradients leave biogeographers puzzled. Entomologists? Mildly amused. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
May 14, 2025 at 3:52 PM
The top 10 flying insect clades rule the skies—but defy the rules. Weak or inverted latitudinal diversity gradients leave biogeographers puzzled. Entomologists? Mildly amused. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
🚫 Farewell to species descriptions with consensus barcodes.
✨ Hello to Diagnostic Molecular Combinations (DMCs) for your taxonomic research
✅ State-specific
✅ Contrastive
✅ Publication-ready
Now even easier with the latest UITOTO, our updated user-friendly software; Preprint: doi.org/10.1101/2025...
✨ Hello to Diagnostic Molecular Combinations (DMCs) for your taxonomic research
✅ State-specific
✅ Contrastive
✅ Publication-ready
Now even easier with the latest UITOTO, our updated user-friendly software; Preprint: doi.org/10.1101/2025...
May 9, 2025 at 1:40 PM
🚫 Farewell to species descriptions with consensus barcodes.
✨ Hello to Diagnostic Molecular Combinations (DMCs) for your taxonomic research
✅ State-specific
✅ Contrastive
✅ Publication-ready
Now even easier with the latest UITOTO, our updated user-friendly software; Preprint: doi.org/10.1101/2025...
✨ Hello to Diagnostic Molecular Combinations (DMCs) for your taxonomic research
✅ State-specific
✅ Contrastive
✅ Publication-ready
Now even easier with the latest UITOTO, our updated user-friendly software; Preprint: doi.org/10.1101/2025...
UITOTO for taxonomy. Get your molecular diagnoses right without coding or breaking a sweat! Use state-specific, contrastive DMCs instead of fuzzy consensus barcodes!
🪰🦋🪱🦎🦀🐌🦉
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
🪰🦋🪱🦎🦀🐌🦉
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
April 4, 2025 at 4:23 PM
UITOTO for taxonomy. Get your molecular diagnoses right without coding or breaking a sweat! Use state-specific, contrastive DMCs instead of fuzzy consensus barcodes!
🪰🦋🪱🦎🦀🐌🦉
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
🪰🦋🪱🦎🦀🐌🦉
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
🚨 EntoSieve is now published in Molecular Ecology Resources: Fast and accurate size-sorting of bulk insect samples! Perfect for boosting DNA megabarcoding & metabarcoding projects. 🧬🔬 DIY low-cost device, gentle on specimens and yet efficient 🦋🐞 here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
March 14, 2025 at 3:03 PM
🚨 EntoSieve is now published in Molecular Ecology Resources: Fast and accurate size-sorting of bulk insect samples! Perfect for boosting DNA megabarcoding & metabarcoding projects. 🧬🔬 DIY low-cost device, gentle on specimens and yet efficient 🦋🐞 here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Dark Taxonomy: From unknown to ready for biomonitoring in 5 steps. By describing 120 species, most species of fungus gnats routinely caught in Malaise traps in Singapore now have names. Bees, butterflies and birds, make room for your new friends. Read here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
February 21, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Dark Taxonomy: From unknown to ready for biomonitoring in 5 steps. By describing 120 species, most species of fungus gnats routinely caught in Malaise traps in Singapore now have names. Bees, butterflies and birds, make room for your new friends. Read here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Episode 3 (imaging): Don't just sort. Also image, from multiple perspectives! Insect levitation with ultrasound: capturing 360° views to automate measurements and create 3D models. More here: www.techrxiv.org/users/813834...
January 23, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Episode 3 (imaging): Don't just sort. Also image, from multiple perspectives! Insect levitation with ultrasound: capturing 360° views to automate measurements and create 3D models. More here: www.techrxiv.org/users/813834...