Stories of the protagonists
The Barcode Galapagos project participants are a diverse community, made up of field assistants, lab assistants, team leaders, impact evaluators, national and international experts in genetics, administrators, farmers, allies, and many more.
Pandemic linked Galapagos residents to citizen science
In the Galapagos Islands, the COVID-19 pandemic completely halted tourism in 2020, which is the main source of income for the Islands. Without work and with severe travel restrictions, residents struggled to find alternative livelihoods. The Galapagos Barcode project...
Lab assistants, a daily challenge processing samples
My name is Kerly Rodríguez Gando and I am a resident of Galapagos and a student of Biochemistry at the Technical University of Ambato. I started at the Barcode Galapagos project as a volunteer for three months in 2021 while completing my final degree project. After...