Alena Sucháčková

A yellow historic tram travels along a narrow cobblestone street lined with bright-colored buildings in Lisbon, Portugal. The 10kLepGenomes and LepEU logos are overlaid in the bottom corner.

(1/4) 📢 Applications are open for the #LepEU Workshop 2026: a joint training + hackathon event focused on the analysis of #Lepidoptera genomic data.

🗓️ 26–29 May 2026
📍 Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisbon (Portugal)

Save the date! ⬇️

A group of researchers and participants gather at night in a mountain landscape around a glowing blue light trap used for collecting moths. The scene is illuminated by the bright light, with trees and dark mountain silhouettes in the background. The group is examining specimens and taking notes during fieldwork. Photo credit: Alena Suchackova.

(1/2) Applications are open for the second field workshop of WG 2: Specimen collection for genomic work
📍 Vlahi, Pirin Mountains (Bulgaria)
📅 15–19 June 2026
We’re bringing together Lepidoptera taxonomists, enthusiasts, bioinformaticians, and students for real hands-on learning and exchange.
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10kLepGenomes | COST Action CA23122 The 10kLepGenomes COST Action aims to take advantage of the massive amount of data being produced by genome initiatives, in order to understand pressing issues of biodiversity loss, pest control, and ...

📣 The 2nd #STSM call of #10kLepGenomes is complete!
Eight researchers have been awarded funding for short scientific missions to boost collaboration, training, and knowledge exchange across the network.

Congrats to the selected candidates and thanks to everyone who applied! 🦋
www.10klepgenomes.eu

Aethes deaurana (Alexanders Straw)

Gymnancyla canella (Shore Knot-horn)

Elegia similella (White-barred Knot-horn)

Caloptilia falconipennella (Dark Alder Stilt)

🏆My Moth Oscars 2025 - Best Micro Shortlist (continued) = Aethes deaurana (Alexanders Straw), Gymnancyla canella (Shore Knot-horn), Elegia similella (White-barred Knot-horn) & Caloptilia falconipennella (Dark Alder Stilt)…2/2 #teammoth

Výsledky po statistickém zpracování můžou přispět k určování směru, jakým se vydá evropská ochrana motýlů 😱 Díky @vojtechkolar1.bsky.social 💙🦋

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Díky moc za čtení předchozího vlákna!A když už jste tak informací chtiví(nebo se o svátcích nudíte) neměli byste chvilku na vyplnění dotazníku kolegům motýlářům? Zjišťují zda jsou chráněné druhy🦋 skutečně ohrožené a nebo se chrání jen proto, že jsou hezké. www.unveiling.eu/en_US/?fbcli...

Please share 🦋💙

Christmas reminder! Fill up the butterfly beauty quiz, the webpage closes with the end of the year ‼️🙌

Merry Christmas to all insect and moth lovers 🎄 @projectpsyche.bsky.social @10klepgenomes.bsky.social

We are hiring! One postdoc and two PhD positions to study (i) species invasions along environmental gradients and (ii) zooplankton-cyanobacteria interactions. See bit.ly/4pcWMIV for details. Application deadlines: 31 Jan 2026 for postdoc, 15 Jan 2026 for both PhD positions. Please repost.

Meet one of our wonderful coordinators, @charlottewright.bsky.social, and discover why generating reference genomes for moths and butterflies is so important!

Kamarádi v Dubném získali do správy rybník. Sloužil pro sportovní rybolov = narvaný rybama, plný živin, bez litorálu, s pár zvířatama. Loni se ho po výlovu nepodařilo napustit a začal hezky zarůstat a vrací se tam postupně život. Jestli chcete přispět na péči tak můžete níže:

PhD Position in Plant Metabolomics and Evolution We are seeking a highly motivated PhD candidate with a background in bioinformatics to join our research team investigating the global drivers of phytochemical diversity . This project aims to...

The Volf lab team is searching for a PhD student in plant metabolomics and evolution in Salicaceae! Please see details in the link: www.volflab.com/news/phd-pos...

The student needs to have a strong background in bioinformatics. Would appreciate it to spread the word! Happy to answer questions.

The survey is anonymous and you can find more information about the research and the scientists behind it following the same link 🦋🦋

The survey is also anonymous! On the webpage, you can find all the information about the scientists behind it and rationale for the study😊 Don’t worry to explore it more!

Dear Stewart, all these influence people’s perception! The information won’t be forwarded to any third party (as it is stated in the form). Instead, it will be used to explore how different people perveive butterfly beauty. For example, younger generation might have different preferences 👋

Look how pretty the moths are if you take a closer look!

The study was launched by University of Florence and it is supported by @projectpsyche.bsky.social and @10klepgenomes.bsky.social as their common goal is to sequence genomes of all butterflies and moths, regardless of their presumed beauty!

Some butterflies may seem more beautiful than others. And believe it or not, this is influencing their conservation and researchers' interest! - Take this 10-min test to contribute to a research into our perception of butterfly beauty:
www.unveiling.eu/en_US/introd...

Join us Opportunities Below are the positions currently open in our lab. Fully-funded PhD position The project aims to understand rapid evolution and adaptation in white butterflies flying at high elevatio…

New PhD position: Butterfly Evolution at High Elevations 🦋⛰️
The project aims to understand the rapid evolution and adaptation of white butterflies at high elevations.
DEADLINE: January 11, 2025
More info: pavelmatos.wordpress.com/join-us/

The hand of a researcher holding one of the grids containing samples for barcoding. Photo credits: Alena Sucháčková.

View of the stunning landscape in Mals (Italy), where the first field campaign of CA 10kLepGenomes was conducted this summer. Photo credits: Alena Sucháčková.

Moths resting over one of the UV-light traps set during the samplings conducted in Mals for the first field campaign of CA 10kLepGenomes (July 2025). Photo credits: Alena Sucháčková.

🎉 #Barcoding results from specimens collected in the Mals field-workshop are in — thank you Marko Mutanen!
🧬We confirmed IDs of tricky specimens (mostly microleps), adding 43 new species to @projectpsyche.bsky.social and identifying 14 that need recollection.

Thanks to all who took part!

Project Psyche: reference genomes for all Lepidoptera in Europe Project Psyche is a transnational initiative to generate and study chromosome-level reference genomes of all ~11 000 species of Lepidoptera (butterflies and moths) found in Europe. Here, we describe t...

(1/5)Thrilled to announce our paper on #ProjectPsyche is out! 🦋We describe how we’ve generated 1000+ high-quality genomes for European Lepidoptera, providing an unprecedented resource for biodiversity, conservation, and evolutionary research.
#Genomics #Biodiversity
www.cell.com/trends/ecolo...

(1/4) 📣 Exciting news! 📣
The #10KLepGenomes COST Action has opened the second call for Short Term Scientific Missions #STSMs
Keep reading for all the details 👇

👇Check out this article about our work in the Italian Alps and Barcelona, where we’re studying moth and butterfly genomes as part of @projectpsyche.bsky.social ’s goal to sequence every species in Europe 🦋🧬

#10kLepGenomes #Genomics #Lepidoptera

FireCE v Děčíně byla velmi povedená akce, kdy odborníci i praktici hodnotili přírodní požáry z mnoha různých pohledů - prevence, ochrany, příčin i důsledků, vlivu na ekosystémy a možnosti ochranářského managementu 🔥

During our expedition to the Italian Alps with @10klepgenomes.bsky.social this summer, we had @spectrum.ieee.org representatives with us - and the first part of the article is out 🥳 Read more about the efforts of @projectpsyche.bsky.social ⬇️⬇️

WG1 meeting of @10klepgenomes.bsky.social, this time at Senckenberg German Entomological Institute, was again a big success! We discussed strategies to promote the use of Leps genomic data by society - and we agreed on the next steps!

Genome sequencing progress for Lepidoptera. Stacked bar charts represent the cumulative number of lepidopteran species with a reference genome per year. The colours represent the different levels of genome assembly quality, ranging from contig to chromosome-level. Numbers in brackets represent the range in numbers of species that have a given assembly level per year. Data derived from GoaT on 05.09.2025.

(1/6) 🦋 We are thrilled to announce the release of the 1,000th reference genome of Lepidoptera species found in Europe!
This goal was reached with the release of Stenoptilia islandicus, also known as the mountain plume moth.
Read the story below!👇🏽

Picture of the 19 attendees of the WG1 in front of the Senckenberg German Entomological Institute in Müncheberg, Germany.

Today kicks off the first meeting organised by WG1 at the Senckenberg German Entomological Institute in Müncheberg, Germany 🦋

From Sept. 10th-12th, 19 participants will discuss how to connect with key stakeholders who may benefit from Lepidoptera genomes

Stay tuned for updates!

#COST10KLepGenomes

Group picture of the WG2 in the scientific collection.

After a productive day of work, the WG1 visited the archive and scientific collection of the Senckenberg Institute 👀🦋 All eyes on Maria Sibylla Merian 🥹 #10KLepGenomes