10kLepGenomes and Psyche Spring Meeting poster with official logos.

Niklas Wahlberg presenting the Chromosome Evolution Working Group to meeting attendees with slides projected behind him.

Charlotte Wright and Joana Meier standing at the front of a meeting room, speaking to seated attendees beside a slide titled “Feedback from external reviewers on proposed abstracts” during the meeting.

Today kicks off the first day of the spring #10kLepGenomes and @projectpsyche.bsky.social meeting at the @liverpooluni.bsky.social 🧬🦋

Great to join colleagues to explore ideas for genomes analysis. Looking forward to the discussions ahead!

#10kLepGenomes #Lepidoptera #Genomics

#Seminar 📣
🗓️ 15 April 2026
🕙 10:00 am (GMT+2)
📍Conference room of ISEA PAS, Sławkowska 17, Kraków, and online
👩‍🏫 Dr hab. Dominika Chmolowska, ISEA PAS
Link: tiny.pl/3vpnxt-4s
(ID: 349 702 296 117 137, passcode: MH259Tf9)

@mizpas.bsky.social @mripas.bsky.social @igsopas.bsky.social

Join the Whiskered Tern Research Team! 🪶
We are seeking interns to join our fieldwork at the Zator fishponds in Poland 🇵🇱. We have been studying this Whiskered tern population for many years, and this season we will focus on breeding success🪺, avian ageing, and colony formation. More details below ⬇️

(2/2) Kolekcja Naukowa ISEZ PAN – trzecia co do wielkości w Polsce – zawiera ponad 2,5 mln okazów zwierząt współczesnych 🦋 i wymarłych 🦣. To nasz wspólny backup wiedzy dla przyszłych pokoleń naukowców 👩‍🏫.
Foto: kolekcja skoczogonków (Collembola), fot. J. Sternalski

(1/2) W Światowy Dzień Backupu 💿 przypominamy, że kolekcje naukowe są „kopią zapasową” bioróżnorodności Ziemi. W Antropocenie tempo wymierania gatunków dramatycznie rośnie 📈, dlatego archiwa przyrodnicze są dziś kluczowe.
Foto: kolekcja Hemiptera Antoniego Wagi z XIX w., fot. J. Sternalski

Participants of the workshop during Charlotte's presentation. Many screens show Hi-C maps being curated in real time.

(1/3) The 2nd Genome Curation Workshop continues!

Today, participants explored Merian elements and chromosome evolution in #Lepidoptera in a fantastic talk by @charlottewright.bsky.social

More info below 👇🦋

Participants attending a talk on day one of the 2nd Genome Curation Workshop (Cambridge, Wellcome Sanger Institute, Feb 16-17). The screen shows an image of Phalera bucephala alongside information about its genome.

Mark Blaxter giving a talk during day one of the 2nd Genome Curation Workshop (Feb 16-27, Wellcome Sanger Institute, Cambridge).

📢 Today marks the start of the 2nd Genome Curation Workshop, organised by #10kLepGenomes and @projectpsyche.bsky.social

From Feb 16–27, seventeen participants will learn how to interpret and edit Hi-C maps alongside senior curators at the @sangerinstitute.bsky.social

Stay tuned for updates! 🦋🧬

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Come do science with us! 👩‍🔬🧑‍🔬
Interested in researching the diversity of the animal world? If your work involves taxonomy, systematics, phylogenetics, paleontology, zooarcheology, or zoogeography, do not miss the Top200 NAWA programme by @nawapoland.bsky.social!

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/

Global sampling decline erodes science potential of natural history collections - Nature Communications Natural history collections hold over two billion specimens representing Earth’s biodiversity, but their scientific value depends on continued specimen collection and digitisation. This study demonstr...

“Overall, these findings suggest that the value of natural history collections as global research infrastructure is eroding due to decreased collecting of specimen data across species, locations, and time.“ doi.org/10.1038/s414... Interesting analysis based on @gbif.org data.

We are happy to announce that the prestigious "HR Excellence in Research" award has been granted to our 🦏 Institute for another three years 🥳. We received the logo in 2016, as the first scientific unit in Krakow. Its maintenance proves our commitment to creating a top-tier working environment 🤝.

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It was great to be there and collect Lepidoptera in the Italian Alps for @projectpsyche.bsky.social @10klepgenomes.bsky.social, and it's amazing to see it once again through the stunning photos by Luigi Avantaggio in Glenn Zorpette's article in @spectrum.ieee.org 👇

Hidden in museum drawers for 100+ years, Africa’s mysterious Eurynotina beetles finally tell their story - uncovered by our researchers, Marcin Kamiński and Ryan Lumen, using DNA from century-old specimens. 🧬🪲
🔗 doi.org/10.1111/syen...
#taxonomy #beetles #ancientDNA

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Our speakers will deliver two talks:
🔹“Overview of the Research Activities of Central Mindanao University”
🔹"Preserving Nature's Treasures: Biodiversity Conservation, Species Discoveries, and World Heritage Nomination in Mindanao“
See you then!
@mizpas.bsky.social @mripas.bsky.social

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#Seminar 📣
📅 17 October 2025
🕐 10:00 am (GMT+2)
📍ISEA PAS conference room, Sławkowska 17, Cracow, and online
🧑‍🎓👩‍🎓 Dr Alan Dargantes & Dr Alma Mohagan, Central Mindanao University, Philippines
Link: tiny.pl/kz-ccgbk
(ID: 363 417 476 261 6, passcode: YD9Td6k9)

🦋 Another great experience in 10kLepGenomes CA23122 COST Action, a two-week hands-on bioinformatics training with @pavelmatosm.bsky.social at the Institute of Entomology BC AVČR in České Budějovice!
It was great to be there!
@projectpsyche.bsky.social @10klepgenomes.bsky.social

#cost #stsm

Researchers from our 🦏 Institute participate in an amazing project! 🦋
@projectpsyche.bsky.social
@10klepgenomes.bsky.social
@ebpgenome.bsky.social
@spectrum.ieee.org
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Waiting for submissions! 🦋
@notalepido.bsky.social

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It was an amazing experience, one of many in @projectpsyche.bsky.social! 🦋

📣 Seminar
Title: Dinosaurs and Feathers: An Evolutionary (and Personal) Journey
Speaker: Dr Yosef Kiat, Tel Aviv University
📅 5 September 2025 (Friday)
🕐 1:00 pm (GMT+2)
📍 Natural History Museum ISEA PAS, Św. Sebastiana 9, Cracow

Link: tiny.pl/dhpq3wnx
(ID: 318 594 633 602 4, passcode: t8jx6Fw3)

We are pleased to announce that dr hab. Łukasz Kajtoch from our 🦏 Institute has has been nominated professor!
Professor Kajtoch works on various aspects of evolution and ecology of invertebrates (mainly 🐞 beetles), population genetics of 🐦 birds, and nature conservation. Congratulations! 🥳

The first genetic studies of species of the bagworm moth genus Reisseronia from Poland: doi.org/10.3897/nl.4...

#Lepidoptera #moths #DNAbarcoding

First field trip of the #WG2 has come to an end! We will share some of the most relevant moments of this fantastic week! Stay tuned 🦋🧬

The monastery in Svatý Jan pod Skalou, the vanue of this year's congress.

Karlstejn castle

Will you join us for this year's SEL congress in the Czech village of Svatý Jan pod Skalou, just outside of Prague? We will have the week from 18 to 23 August together to meet up, share experiences, make new friends, and listen to exciting presentations. You can register here: sel.entu.cas.cz