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Sarah (Sally) Adamowicz

Biodiversity Institute of Ontario & Department of Integrative Biology,

University of Guelph

Field site in Churchill, Manitoba

International Barcode of Life (iBOL)

A Digital Identification System for Life

BIO Phase I — 2007

BIO Phase II — 2012

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BIO Sequencing Unit — CCDB

New Instruments for Indexing Biodiversity

The Rise of Automated DNA Sequencers

New Instruments for Indexing Biodiversity

The Rise of Automated DNA Sequencers

BOLD4 - Workbench

1000+ Institutions from 94 countries sharing data on BOLD

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BOLD User Network - 2015

BIO Collections Unit — BIC

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Three Years to Sample Canada’s National Parks

Studying biodiversity through collaboration with Parks Canada

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Exploring Connectivity using DNA Barcodes

Full national parks reports are available through the “Reports” tab at www.biobus.ca.

C Philanthropy