Our work

Here you can find the different species identification projects BopCo is involved in, including the type of policy concern, collaborators, related publications, and generated data. BopCo is constantly looking for partnerships with other taxonomic experts, research teams, governmental agencies, etc. If you are interested in collaborating with BopCo or just want more information on potential joint projects, please do not hesitate to contact BopCo.

Red Swamp Crayfish (Procambarus clarkii) By Andrew Cannizzaro [CC BY 2.0]

Genetic identification of invasive alien species

Policy concern: invasive alien species, public health

Aedes albopictus or Asian tiger mosquito by James Gathany / CDC via Wikimedia Commons

MEMO+: Monitoring of exotic mosquitoes in Belgium

Policy concern: public health, invasive alien species

Sampling of meat ceased during BaCon action at Brussels Airport

INTERCEPT: Identification of species ceased at Brussels Airport

Policy concern: public health, protected species

Identification of species protected under CITES

Policy concern: public health, protected species

Detection of invasive crayfish species using eDNA

Policy concern: invasive alien species

Morphological analysis of a bird involved in collision with an aircraft

Bird strike species identification using DNA barcoding

Policy concern: forensics, economic impact

Invasive African clawed frog or Xenopus laevis, By David J Stang [CC BY SA 4.0]

**Detecting the invasive African clawed frog (Xenopus laevis) using environmental DNA (eDNA) from aquatic samples**

Policy concern: invasive alien species

Bipalium_kewense_By Jean-Lou Justine, Leigh Winsor, Delphine Gey, Pierre Gros, and Jessica Thévenot - (2018). "Giant worms chez moi! Hammerhead flatworms (Platyhelminthes, Geoplanidae, Bipalium spp., Diversibipalium spp.) in metropolitan France and overseas French territories". PeerJ 6: e4672. DOI:10.7717/peerj.4672. ISSN 2167-8359., CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=69500946

Identifying invasive land planarians by DNA-barcoding using currently available sequence data

Policy concern: invasive alien species

Forensically important rove beetle (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) in Belgium

Barcoding forensically important rove beetles (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) in Belgium

Policy concern: forensics

Foreign deployment sites of the Belgian armed forces

Investigating mosquito (Diptera: Culicidae) diversity from foreign deployment sites of the Belgian armed forces

Policy concern: public health

Gastropod from Greece, Eobania vermiculata by Ferran Turmo Gort [CC BY NC SA 2.0]

Identifying gastropods of parasitological concern for pets in Greece

Policy concern: public health, disease vector, parasites

Wild meat at a local market, by Erik Verheyen (RBINS°

Exploring the wild meat market in Brussels

Policy concern: public health, endangered species, food security and traceability

Mediterranean fruit fly By Antoine Franck, CIRAD [CC BY 3.0]

DNA barcoding of (African) fruit flies of agricultural importance

Policy concern: pest species

Exotic mosquito Aedes japonicus by AV (c) RBINS

MEMO: Monitoring of exotic mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) in Belgium

Policy concern: public health, invasive alien species

Seafood (molluscs) to be identified using DNA barcoding (c) RBINS

Authenticating fish and seafood products for sale on the Belgian market

Policy concern: food traceability, public health, biodiversity conservation

Arion vulgaris By Malin Lange / Institute of Parasitology

DNA barcoding and identification of intermediate slug hosts in the framework of an epidemiological survey in Germany

Policy concern: public health, disease vector, parasites

Exotic mosquito Aedes japonicus, by James Gathany, CDC

**Population genetics of Aedes japonicus (Diptera: Culicidae) in Belgium**

Policy concern: public health, invasive alien species

Forensically important fly from La Réunion, Fannia canicularis by Marcello Consolo CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 DEED

A first DNA barcode library of the forensically important flies of La Réunion (France)

Policy concern: forensics

Mosquito species from the Culex pipiens complex, Søborg, Denmark, 22 September 2018

**Real-time PCR as discriminating tool between Culex pipiens s.l. and Culex torrentium (Diptera: Culicidae) species**

Policy concern: public health, invasive alien species