Developments

Jul 221 min read

Experts: join us Barcoding NL

We're building a DNA barcode reference library for all species in the Netherlands. That's why we're holding another Barcoding NL event on...

May 21 min read

Getting started in the Leenderbos

ARISE and Staatsbosbeheer are working together to collect DNA and biodiversity information.

Apr 21 min read

Arise Day 2024: great having you!

Arise is getting somewhere - thanks to people like you. We organize our Arise Days to connect to people and inspire them (and ourselves,...

Mar 282 min read

New marine animal species discovered in Zeeland

The ARISE project dove into the DNA of around 172 different species of marine animals and discovered several new species. These Marine...

Feb 264 min read

Dnabarcoder: a tool for eDNA identification

In this blog, the Westerdijk people of ARISE talk about a tool that helps you recognize fungal (for now) sequences in eDNA samples. It's...

Jan 291 min read

The Arise website is bilingual now

(Sorry it took so long) From now on, all pages on the Arise website have a little flag in the top right corner, allowing you to switch...

Dec 5, 20232 min read

Happy world soil day!

If we realized how important soils are, World Soil Day would be a worldwide holiday

Nov 27, 20232 min read

The computer and the cricket

Capgemini experts, together with Amazon Web Services and Arise, have developed AI models that recognize insect sounds. This is important...

Oct 11, 20232 min read

Barcoding NL: thanks everyone!

Samples, mushrooms, good vibrations Last Saturday, October 7th, we had about fifty people over at Naturalis. Not just any people, but...

Sep 1, 20234 min read

June townhall

Summer time with no Summer break Oops… Zoom didn’t record the Townhall of June. We could say, ‘be there or be square!’ but of course we...

Aug 21, 20231 min read

A summer day out sampling

Together with the JNM. Collecting for ARISE if easy and fun! The Netherlands have several organizations that aim to get young people...

Aug 16, 20232 min read

Guelph: we came, we saw, we learned

Lessons learned from Canada A small university town near Toronto hosts one of the biggest efforts around saving the planet’s...

Jul 25, 20232 min read

Calling all collectors

We Gotta Catch 'em All. Can you help? (Lees dit verhaal in het Nederlands op NatureToday) We at Arise want to build an infrastructure...

Jul 4, 20232 min read

Fantastic Beasts and How We Find Them

Our research in the Amsterdamse Waterleidingduinen One of our research sites is the Amsterdamse Waterleidingduinen (AWD) in North...

Apr 24, 20231 min read

Looking back at the Arise Days

Save the date for 2024! We had great lectures, movies, workshops, we talked with each other and visitors of the museum, reconnecting with...

Mar 29, 20234 min read

An API for AI species recognition

A common language to talk to our algorithms In Arise we are creating and hosting many different AI algorithms for recognising species...

Feb 13, 20231 min read

Arise Days: preliminary program

And there's still room for you - if you're quick.

Dec 19, 20221 min read

The Arise Days are coming!

And they'll be even better if you join us. March 29 & 30, 2023. This year's Arise Day was a great success. Some 200 visitors, an...

Nov 30, 20223 min read

Building a DNA database prototype

With a little help from our friends: the eScience - ARISE Hackathon Once Arise is running, it will be easy to ask it things like “Show me...

Nov 4, 20223 min read

Piloting an Automatic Moth Trap

Just in time for the end of insect season, the Monitoring Demonstrating Sites (MDS) team of ARISE deployed an Automatic Moth Trap (AMT)...