Resources

These are some helpful resources commonly used at the CCG.

Consult with CCG staff before using any resource with which you are unfamiliar. These resources are provided for convenience and reference only; ensure that you understand all calculations and workflows before implementing them into your project, and always independently verify formulas, calculations, and results.

Worksheets

• Google Drive PCR Recipes
• Google Drive Sample Pooling/nM Conversion Calculator

Helpful Papers

Introductions to the Field of Museomics

• Mining museums for historical DNA: advances and challenges in museomics (Raxworthy, Christopher J. et al., 2021) Trends in Ecology & Evolution, Volume 36, Issue 11, 1049 - 1060

Protocol Developments

• Towards Large-Scale Museomics Projects: A Cost-Effective and High-Throughput Extraction Method for Obtaining Historical DNA From Museum Insect Specimens (Holmquist et al., 2025) Molecular Ecology Resources, Volume25, Issue 8, November 2025, e14117

• Expedited assessment of terrestrial arthropod diversity by coupling Malaise traps with DNA barcoding (deWaard et al., 2018) Canadian Science Publishing, Volume 62, Number 3, March 2019