The #ERGA committees cover every step of the #genome generation pipeline, from sampling to communicating research results. They are #open to all members who wish to get involved:
www.erga-biodiversity.eu/community-co...
➡️ Choose your favorite, email them, and join today!
@ebpgenome.bsky.social
When you zoom out from individual genes to consider the context of whole chromosomes across animal diversity, animal evolution takes on a different look. Oleg Simakov and I published a review in @annualreviews.bsky.social on topological approaches in comparative genomics. 🧬 doi.org/10.1146/annu...
Chromosomes are often classified as either monocentric (single centromere per chr) or holocentric (centromeric activity spread across each chr).
In reality, there is a continuum in centromere organisation - and cyperids are a fascinating system to explore this in as James shows in this preprint! 🌱
A sedge. It may look unassuming but its genome has several unusual features.
Why do the chromosomes of cyperids (sedges & rushes) split and fuse so regularly on evolutionary timescales?
Is it because they have so many centromeres?
Our new preprint, the first major paper of my PhD, addresses this question. 🧵⬇️ 1/12
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Now online! In this review, we cover four major topics on butterflies and moths: their evolutionary history and diversification dynamics, genomics, global diversity patterns, and conservation 🦋🌏 (1/8) @natrevbiodiv.nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
I am hiring a Postdoc (18 months contract in Montpellier, France) to study how polyploidy affects sex chromosomes in the plant Silene latifolia, using bioinformatic analyses of RNA-seq and DNA-seq data. Deadline for applications March 24th. euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/412961
A close-up of a brown mouse with large dark eyes and whiskers looks toward the viewer, representing model organisms that serve as foundational reference genomes for research across biology. “Reference genomes are foundational infrastructure. One high-quality genome enables: comparative genomics, functional gene discovery, population and evolutionary genomics, and method and tool development. Everything starts with a reference.”
A collage of diverse life forms — including a chimpanzee, octopus, beetle, fungi, plants, and microscopic organisms — appears over an image of Earth, illustrating global biodiversity and the power of shared genomic data. “Open data and scale accelerate discovery. The Human Genome Project showed that: open data sharing multiplies impact, collaboration drives innovation, and technology improves rapidly at scale. These principles made today’s large-scale genomics possible.”
A glowing golden DNA double helix arcs across Earth from space with a sunrise on the horizon, symbolizing the global impact of genomics on understanding life. “One genome changed how we study life. Sequencing millions will transform how we understand evolution — and power breakthroughs in medicine, agriculture, and the global bioeconomy.”
🌍 We’re not just sequencing genomes.
We’re building the biological foundation for the next century of science. 🚀
Powered by an extraordinary global community 🧬
🌍 ✨Thank you to the many groups around the world driving this shared effort to sequence and understand life on Earth 👉 go.bsky.app/CRvXDF4
👍 Latest contribution to @ergabiodiv.bsky.social's #openscience collection (doi.org/10.3897/rio....) presents the Common Brassy Ringlet! 🦋
ℹ️ An ERGA Genome Report is a technical description of the methodologies employed for #sequencing & assembling #genomes + standard quality metrics & metadata.
Mark Blaxter from @sangerinstitute.bsky.social describes the ambition of the @ebpgenome.bsky.social to #Biology26 in Switzerland
ERGA-CH #Switzerland @ergabiodiv.bsky.social symposium with a great selection of presentations of diverse study systems using reference #genomes
#biodiversity #genomics
How do compartmentalization & loop extrusion organize eukaryotic genomes beyond classical model organisms?
Hi-C analysis of silkworm chromosomes by Drinnenberg, Muller, Mirny et al reveals new combination of these mechanisms, and a new, secluded “S” compartment
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Hi everyone!
The talk I had the chance to give with @fnucleosome.bsky.social last October is now out on Youtube!
If you like evolution, 3D genomics, biodiversity and/or fungi, I think you might like it! 🧬🧪🍄
The submission of this paper has never been that close!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Plez...
We hope this little guide and review of the recent literature on SVs will be useful for the community in #ecology #evolution #genomics #PopGen.
Great lead by Kat!!
Very excited to share that my first first-author pre-print is out today! Many thanks go out to all of our collaborators, especially those who helped with the fieldwork in Peru - it really wouldn't have been possible without you! 🦋
📢 Three new #bioRxiv preprints from our team on holocentric chromosomes.
Together, they connect centromere repeat evolution, karyotype dynamics, and meiotic recombination outcomes, revealing how holocentric genomes evolve and function. 🧬👇
🦋🧬 A milestone for biodiversity genomics.
Project Psyche is building chromosome-level genomes for ~11,000 European butterflies & moths — 1,000 sequenced, 3,000+ collected, across 34 countries.
🔗 Read the publication: bit.ly/ProjectPsyche
@projectpsyche.bsky.social
#BiodiversityGenomics 🧬🌍
An interesting result is that the rate of species description has accelerated, with the largest numbers of new species per year in the past ~20 years. We're currently experiencing an age of discovery for Earth's biodiversity & the role of natural history museum collections couldn't be more important
Are you excited about pangenomics? If so, join us in Edinburgh on 8-9th June to discuss the latest methods & insights from using these approaches across biodiversity! More details here:
royalsociety.org/science-even...
Organised together with @henrylnorth.bsky.social & @joanameier.bsky.social!
The first of many exciting Erebia genomes associated with ERGA-CH 🦋🧬 Stay tuned !! @ergabiodiv.bsky.social
Are you interested in biodiversity genomics? Fantastic opportunity to join us as a Group Leader at the Tree of Life Programme, @sangerinstitute.bsky.social.
👇
sanger.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com/en-GB/Wellco...
Does obligate asexuality necessarily lead to genomic decay? We found that ancient asexual lineages of oribatid mites have static genomes, frozen in time, whereas genomes of sexual lineages seem to be expanding.
please share this postdoc job alert! come join the budding Biodiversity Cell Atlas initiative as a postdoc or senior postdoc at @sangerinstitute.bsky.social working closely with @arnausebe.bsky.social and me to make progress on what we cover in this paper www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Biology26, Switzerland’s largest conference on organismal biology—held on Darwin’s birthday to celebrate the past, present, and future of biological research! biology26.ch
Deadline for registration and abstract submission - Dec. 5th
Species sequenced by Project Psyche also contribute to the aims of other projects including ERGA and EBP www.cell.com/trends/ecolo...
(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...
I feel so grateful to be involved in such an amazing, collaborative and ground breaking project! Really looking forward to what Project Psyche @projectpsyche.bsky.social will continue to achieve in the future 🦋🧬
We're hiring!
A Post-doctoral fellow in Eco-evolutionary shifts in bumblebee communities. You will be working within @beccsweden.bsky.social w/ Professor Bengt Hansson at The Department of Biology.
👉https://lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/jobID:867222/
Please apply no later than 19 December!
Do you use genomic data to study Lepidoptera in Europe? Do you want to visit a lab to learn a new skill or build a new collaboration? If so, you should apply for a short term scientific mission! These are small grants to fund research exchanges as part of our Lep10K COST action. All info below!
Happy to share Jialin's first publication. She did a great job exploring the transition to land in animals. Co-supervised by the great Jordi Paps and me and in collaboration with Davide Pisani and @phil-donoghue.bsky.social
GBE | The Genomic Kaleidoscope: On the Hidden Dimensions of Within-Species Genomic Diversity
Brasó-Vives et al. publish a new Perspective in GBE, highlighting underexplored dimensions of genomic variation that contribute to phenotypic diversity beyond the DNA sequence, contributing to our understanding of genome evolution.
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evaf204
#genome #evolution
