The abstract deadline for GIGA VI is just a few weeks away! Submit your abstract and register to join us in Boracay, Philippines to learn all about cutting edge Invertebrate Genomic Research. gigavi.org
Submit your abstract to present your research at the GIGA VI Conference in Boracay, Philippines July 6-10, 2026. gigavi.org
Vote for Mollusc of the Year 2026. The winner will have its complete genome sequenced. There are some cool species in the running this year! www.unitasmalacologica.org/mollusc-of-t...
Don't forget to submit your abstract to present at GIGA VI in Boracay, Philippines July 6-10, 2026! gigavi.org
Reminder: Registration and abstract submission is open for GIGA VI in Boracay, Philippines July 6-10, 2026. Join us! gigavi.org
Early bird registration for the GIGA VI Conference runs until March 15. We have also updated the website with hotel information: gigavi.org
Seats are still available for this intensive conservation genetics course. Skills apply for both marine and terrestrial systems. Please pass along congenglobal.org/brazil2026/
An official invitation letter to the GIGA IV Conference in the Philippines July 6-10, 2026 from GIGA President Carlos Prada is now up on our website. gigavi.org
Genome Biology and Evolution | February 2026 cover
The cover of February's issue of Genome Biology and Evolution features the work of Kosakyan et al. on the evolution of mitochondrial genomes in the Gastrotricha.
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evag001
#genome #evolution #mtDNA
Early bird registration and abstract submission are now open for the GIGA VI Conference. Join us July 6-10 in Boracay, Philippines! gigavi.org
We are raising funds to help support international students attend our next conference. If you are able to donate, any amount, is greatly appreciated. Details can be found here: www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/hziez...
A holiday card from the Global Invertebrate Genomic Alliance. It says Wishing everyone a happy holiday season and hopeful new year. There is a picture of a wreath, a slug, a starfish, and a soft coral.
We are definitely planning to incorporate an optional dive trip into the Philippines conference!
GIGA VI will be in the Philippines July 6-10, 2026. We have a pre-registration survey and a survey for interest about the Genome Assembly Workshop we will be running during the meeting. Sign up to receive updates about the conference: gigavi.org
The Lariviere lab at UMiami is recruiting PhD students! Incoming students will join us in studying host-microbe interactions in the honey bee gut, using molecular and genetic approaches. Please see the attached flyer for more details.
#Symbiosis #SymbioSky #MicroSky #PhDOpportunity #AcademicJobs
PhD position available in evolutionary genomics/bioinformatics (hoehnalab.github.io/job_adverts/...). Topic: analyzing gene expression evolution across several firefly species and linking expression changes to genomic architecture. The position is jointly supervised with @anaevolcatalan.bsky.social
“Applications are Open for Xerces’ 2026 Student Research Awards”. Up close with an ambush bug as it hides in wait on a purple flower.
Spread the word: we are providing multiple $5k awards for grad & undergrad research on invertebrate conservation !! In addition to our continuing DeWind Award (for Lepidoptera research), we now have the 1st annual BanDrosky Award (for any invert in decline). Details in thread🧵 ⤵️
🚨🪲 COOL JOB ALERT 🪲🚨
3-year position at the Western Australian Museum working on an awesome beetle phylogenetics project, starting at $105k dollarydoos per annum: search.jobs.wa.gov.au/page.php?pag...
🚨 My lab is hiring at all levels!
Interested in animal origins & evolutionary cell biology?
I'm recruiting a postdoc, PhD students & a research assistant to study the molecular evolution of cell adhesion using marine invertebrates + comparative genomics.
🔗: clarkelab.com/join/
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It's not too late to sign up for the online/hybrid portions of the Understanding Life: Using Largescale Biodiversity Reference Genomes conference Oct 27-29. coursesandconferences.wellcomeconnectingscience.org/event/unders...
Three Armadillidium vulgare individuals
Our annotated chromosome(ish)-scale assembly of the genome of the terrestrial isopod Armadillidium vulgare, the common pillbug, is available on NCBI: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/datasets/gen...
Work carried out at Ecologie et Biologie des Interactions (EBI) lab in Poitiers.
Check out the recently published genome of the ascidian Trididemnum clinides: lopez-lab.net/2025/07/29/p...
Delighted to share the peer-reviewed version of our study led by @tomlewin.bsky.social now out in Genome Biology @bmc.springernature.com! We analyzed 64 chromosome-level genomes across 15 animal phyla and found that extensive genome rearrangements are the norm in bilaterians.
doi.org/10.1186/s130...
We are so proud of our sea star wasting work that came out today. This interactive article is very complete and includes beautiful videos.
Unmasking the Sea Star Killer www.biographic.com/unmasking-th...
Check out our new community funding proposal "Adopt an Invertebrate Genome with GIGA". The focus is to help scientists get funds for sequencing invertebrate genomes through crowdsourcing.
Details here if you are interested : www.gigacos.org/index.php/20...
#genome #omics #genomics #invertebrate
This new paper on phylogenomics of crustacean y-larvae is super interesting! #crustacea #genome #invertebrate
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Here's a first look at the genome for the giant barrel sponge, Xetospongia muta: wellcomeopenresearch.org/articles/10-...
#sponge #genome #invertebrates #marinebiology
