Selected publications
Recent work
The software we develop for eDNA analysis, and a selection of the group's articles.
Software
Tools we develop
Open source packages and pipelines born from the group's work, designed to be reused by other labs.
aasv
R package for Windows that assesses whether COI metabarcoding sequence variants (ASVs) represent authentic biological sequences: downloads reference data from BOLD, aligns at the amino acid level, and produces a functionality index.
View repository →metabarpipe
Organized R pipeline for Windows that leverages vsearch and cutadapt to process environmental metabarcoding data.
View repository →biomonitoR
R package to manage taxonomic and functional information and compute biomonitoring indices for running waters, with a focus on the macroinvertebrate community.
View repository →
Articles
Scientific publications
2026
Species identification, discovery, and biomonitoring: Strategic priorities for DNA barcoding in Europe, set in a global context
Hollingsworth, P.M. · Fantoni, K. · Koureas, D. · Arakelyan, M. · Aravanopoulos, F.A. · Bacela-Spychalska, K. · Ballesteros-Mejia, L. · Beja, P. · Bonchev, G. N. · Bou Dagher Kharrat, M. · Bourlat, S.J. · Chkhartishvili, T. · Čiampor, F. · Costa, F.O. · Csabai, Z. · Dankova, G. · Ekrem, T. · Emerson, B. · Ferreira, S. · Gadawski, P. · Gkagkavouzis, K. · Hebert, P.D.N. · Ichim, M.C. · Jelić, M. · Kaitetzidou, E. · Kalamujić Stroil, B. · Kamenova, S. · Keskin, E. · Laini, A. · Lawnicza, M. · Madesis, P. · Montagna, M. · Mutanen, M. · Peters, R. S. · Price, B. · Rewicz, T. · Rougerie, R. · Rulik, B. · Szucsich, N. · Vos, R. · Goodal-Copestake, W.P. · Triantafyllidis, A. · Grabowski, M.
Bioscience
2026
Soil microbial communities and carbon and nitrogen forms across snow-driven vegetation types in alpine tundra
Benech, A. · Pintaldi, E. · Voyron, S. · Gruppuso, L. · Marengo, G. · Lombardi, G. · Girlanda, M. · Freppaz, M.
Frontiers in Microbiology
2024
DNA barcoding reference libraries of Italian Plecoptera: a gap analysis
Laini, A. · Fenoglio, S. · Bo, T.
The European Zoological Journal
2023
Dissecting biodiversity: assessing the taxonomic, functional and phylogenetic structure of an insect metacommunity in a river network using morphological and metabarcoding data
Laini, A. · Stubbington, R. · Beermann, A.J. · Burgazzi, G. · Datry, T. · Viaroli, P. · Wilkes, M. · Zizka, V.M.A. · Saccò, M. · Leese, F.
The European Zoological Journal
2023
When nets meet environmental DNA metabarcoding: integrative approach to unveil invertebrate community patterns of hypersaline lakes
Campbell, M. · Laini, A. · White, N.E. · Allentoft, M.E. · Saccò, M.
Journal of Oceanology and Limnology
2020
Exploring the potential of metabarcoding to disentangle macroinvertebrate community dynamics in intermittent streams
Laini, A. · Beermann, A.J. · Bolpagni, R. · Burgazzi, G. · Elbrecht, V. · Zizka, V.M.A. · Leese, F. · Viaroli, P.
Metabarcoding and Metagenomics