We received the good news that together with our collaborator W. John Kress (Botany – Smithsonian Institution), our laboratory was awarded one of the Smithsonian Institution DNA Barcode Network Awards.
This award will support ongoing projects in collaboration with Terry L. Erwin (Entomology – Smithsonian). In these projects, we developed molecular methods to detect biotic interactions. For example, using molecular methods we can identify diets by extracting DNA from insect gut contents, match immature stages with adult insects or discover which species of mites hitchhike on each species of beetles in a tropical mountain.
