AIM - Advanced Identification Methods - Experts for DNA barcoding and metabarcoding

S tan dard one- time analysis of data
By default, samples or DNA sequences
from monitoring projects are only evaluated
or synchronized with the databases once.
The databases, however, are constantly
evolving, and the information about existing
and new species, as well as additional lists
(e.g., red list) are regularly updated. Once
generated, sequences are generally not
continuously compared with new data.
Additionally, results from old monitoring
projects are not comparable, due to, for
example, different evaluation methods or
different nomenclature. bbbbbbbbbbbbbbb
We can keep existing DNA data up-to-date, using dynamic matching, and compare
and extend those results with newly incoming information in the years to come.
Automation of routine species identification
We not only have a species extinction
crisis - we also have a taxonomic
expertise crisis! The experts,
taxonomists, with the invaluable
knowledge for species determination
and novel species identification are
dying out. bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb
So, why not relieve the few taxonomists
we have left of these routine tasks, so
that they can concentrate on identifying
new species from non-focus groups,
and use technology for monotone
species identification of thousands of
mixed samples? bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb
With our technology, we support projects that identify species en masse, giving specialists time for less
routine, and more specialized taxonomic questions, as well as the identification of new species!