Rudolf Meier

Beyond DNA barcodes: an open-source workflow for recovering and organizing barcoded vouchers for ecological and evolutionary research

The paper presents an open-source workflow to recover and organize barcoded vouchers for ecological and evolutionary research, enabling efficient linking of specimens to molecular data and metadata.

Accuracy of occurrence and abundance estimates from insect metabarcoding

This study evaluates how lysis methods, spike-ins, and sample processing affect the accuracy of insect metabarcoding for species occurrence and abundance.

InsectMorphoAI: A Deep Learning-Based Software for Automated Estimation of Insect Length, Volume, and Biomass

InsectMorphoAI automates insect length, volume, and biomass estimation from 2D images using two methods, achieving high accuracy and enabling efficient ecological research.

Balancing Barcoding and Genomics: gDNA Quality in Insect Vouchers after HotSHOT DNA extraction

The paper evaluates gDNA quality after HotSHOT extraction in insect vouchers under different storage conditions and finds that HotSHOT preserves sufficient gDNA for genomic sequencing, though field storage impacts DNA integrity.

Entomoscope 2.0 and ENIMAS 2.0: An Open-Source, AI-Integrated Platform for Rapid and Affordable Insect Digitization

Entomoscope 2.0 and ENIMAS 2.0 provide an open-source, AI-integrated platform for rapid, affordable insect digitization, achieving faster processing than commercial systems.

Automated Specimen Triage for Dark Taxa: Deep Learning Enables Orientation, Sex Identification, and Anatomical Segmentation from Robotic Imaging

This paper uses deep learning to automate specimen triage by identifying sex, orientation, and anatomical regions from robotic imaging of Phoridae specimens.

Integrative Taxonomy: From FASTA Pain to Species Gain with the interactive ''IntegraTax''

IntegraTax is a tool that integrates DNA data with other evidence to determine species boundaries through clustering, visualization, and annotation.

UITOTO: a software for generating molecular diagnoses for species descriptions

UITOTO generates and validates molecular diagnoses for species descriptions by identifying and testing Diagnostic Molecular Combinations (DMCs) across multiple datasets.

Weak and inverse latitudinal diversity gradients in the globally dominant flying insect clades

The paper analyzes DNA barcode data from 1.35 million flying insect specimens to show that dominant insect families exhibit weak or inverse latitudinal diversity gradients, challenging traditional ecological expectations.

RESOLVING BIOLOGY'S DARK MATTER: SPECIES RICHNESS, SPATIOTEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION, AND COMMUNITY COMPOSITION OF A DARK TAXON

The paper uses DNA barcoding to study scuttle flies in Sweden, revealing high diversity and showing that climate factors strongly influence their distribution.

Implementing high-throughput insect barcoding in microbiome studies: impact of non-destructive DNA extraction on microbiome reconstruction

This study evaluates the impact of non-destructive DNA extraction using HotSHOT on microbiome reconstruction in insect specimens, finding it suitable for community composition but less reliable for abundance estimates.

Megabarcoding reveals a tale of two very different dark taxa along the same elevational gradient

The paper uses megabarcoding to show that two Diptera taxa have distinct spatio-temporal distributions along an elevational gradient in a temperate forest.

MinION sequencing of seafood in Singapore reveals creatively labelled flatfishes, confused roe, pig DNA in squid balls, and phantom crustaceans

The paper uses MinION sequencing to analyze seafood samples in Singapore, revealing mislabelling issues and highlighting the need for better labelling guidelines.

A MinION-based pipeline for fast and cost-effective DNA barcoding

The paper develops a MinION-based pipeline for DNA barcoding that generates accurate barcodes for up to 1000 specimens per flowcell at a low cost.