Current status of the initiative
Last updated 8 August 2026
Botanical gardens maintain an extraordinary diversity of living plants. We use mass spectrometry to profile their chemistry and integrate all data into an open, searchable atlas of plant chemodiversity.
From living collections to reusable knowledge
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Collect
We use high-throughput workflows to sample botanical garden collections at scale and ensure each sampling record is accompanied by key specimen information and photographic records.
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Analyse
Liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry acts as a digital scanner for plant chemistry. We profile each sample and process the resulting data into “chemical fingerprints”.
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Connect
Chemical fingerprints and relevant specimen information are organised into a searchable atlas of plant chemistry for researchers, curators and the public.
The Initiative's taxonomic coverage
What DBGI has collected across the plant tree of life so far
Last updated 6 August 2026
Our top collectors
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Mazzarine Laboureau
PEMG, University of Neuchatel
2,047 samples
Edouard Brüelhart
COMMONS Lab, University of Fribourg
880 samples
Emilie Lab
Laboratory of Functional Ecology, University of Neuchatel
744 samples
Kateřina Kučerová
Pluskal Lab, IOCB Prague
722 samples
Héloïse Coen
University of Fribourg
636 samples
Federico Ivan Brigante
Pluskal Lab, IOCB Prague
299 samples
Anna Maliukova
IOCB Prague
185 samples
