The final "Early Career Researchers in Speciation"-themed seminar is coming up on the 5th of May!
This session features talks by Aryeh Miller on Anolis lizards 🦎 and @rishidekayne.bsky.social on speciation research in industry 📊
+ we'll hear from Dr Mariana Braga about her career in the Q&A ✋
Flyer of the course on "Introduction to Biodiversity Genomics". All information are also here: https://biodiversitygenomicslatam.weebly.com/
In July, we will teach the 3rd biodiversity genomics course in Latin America, this time in Bogotá, following the COLEVOL meeting. We invite applications from students, postdocs and PIs from Latin America interested in learning how to analyse genomic data. biodiversitygenomicslatam.weebly.com
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! 🌱
Looking back to a wonderful week of teaching biodiversity genomics in Mendoza, Argentina. The participants from 8 South and Central American countries learned the basics of biodiversity genomics from assessing data quality to performing population and comparative genomics analysis.
Interested in doing a PhD in how extinction processes can inform conservation? Do you see yourself working at the intersection of genomics, museums, conservation and butterfly biology. If so consider applying for the ILESLA PhD programme at Oxford Brookes: www.brookes.ac.uk/courses/rese...
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!👇🏽
Want to spend time in the French Alps and talk about Machine Learning for Evolutionary Genomics Data? Join us for the 2nd Legend conference - abstract submission deadline is on September 22 legend2025.sciencesconf.org
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🧪Vacancy!
Do you want to contribute to the @ipbes.net work on scenarios and models? 🌍
The TSU, hosted by IGES, is looking for a new Programme Management Officer.
Apply before 31 August!
www.iges.or.jp/en/about/emp...
Image shows Amjad Khalaf sitting on a bench outside, working on his laptop.
Meet Amjad Khalaf – who has spent his PhD panning for parasite DNA, allowing him to create a goldmine of information for the research community🔎
Amjad shares what first brought him to the Sanger Institute, his research and what he is dreaming about next:
sangerinstitute.blog/2025/07/29/s...
a thin butterfly with black and orange patterns on its long, lobed wings is at rest on the shiny surface of a leaf next to what might be small eggs
A new study tracks the recent and rapid diversification of glasswing butterflies, which evolved within the last two million years in the tropics of South America.
Story:
www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/science/geno...
Study:
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Many thanks to great collaborators, including researchers from @sangerinstitute.bsky.social, @camzoology.bsky.social, Ikiam, Ecuador, Uni Campinas, Br, UNMSM, Peru, @floridamuseum.bsky.social, @cnrs.fr
Some media releases:
www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/science/geno...
www.sanger.ac.uk/news_item/re...
Huge thanks and congrats to @siluwang.bsky.social and Anne Yoder for organising this amazing special issue. It has been fun contributing and interacting with Silu, Anne and the authors of the other manuscripts, including in a Zoom "tea break" where we presented our projects to each other.
Happy to share that the second edition of our course Introduction to Biodiversity Genomics will take place in Mendoza, Argentina, in November 24-28th 2025. Application deadline: September 1st, 2025.
Programmed DNA elimination drives rapid genomic innovation in two thirds of all bird species www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.07....
(1/4) 🌍 EBP-affiliates are sequencing global biodiversity 🌍 Global biodiversity is under threat, but EBP-affiliates around the world are working as quickly as possible to #genome sequence global #diversity before we lose it.
#BiodiversityDay #biodiversity #Conservation #Science
In today's episode of the Night Science Podcast we talk with Martin Schwartz from Yale about the importance of stupidity in science: while learning science makes you feel smart, true scientific discovery often involves feeling stupid, because it means venturing into the unknown.
I had a great time visiting @sangerinstitute.bsky.social - refreshing discussions with colleagues from the Tree of Life Programme 🪱🐢🦎🦋🪳🪰
Thanks @joanameier.bsky.social @k-nasvall.bsky.social & Kamil Jaron for the invitation!
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(1/3) Our collaborators
@anguisvaleris.bsky.social and Loukia presented the #ProjectPsyche and the COST Action #10kLepGenomes at the @ibe-barcelona.bsky.social (IBE-CSIC-UPF)! 🧬🦋
Grateful for the chance to share our vision and spark new connections!
(1/4)🦋 Introducing Project Psyche! A groundbreaking initiative to sequence the genomes of all 11,000 species of butterflies and moths in Europe. The goal is to analyse this data to understand global climate insecurity and threats to biodiversity on a genomic level🧬 #ProjectPsyche #Genomics
Collage of Lepidoptera-inspired tattoos featuring Actias isabellae, Erebia palarica, Acherontia atropos, Heliconius hermathena vereatta, Urbanus esmeraldus, Erebia euryale, Danaus plexippus and other Lepidoptera-related designs.
#Moths and #butterflies hold a special place in the hearts of #ProjectPsyche members, and some have chosen to carry them on their skin forever! 🦋
Check out this collage of Lepidoptera-inspired tattoos from our community, featuring real species and artistic interpretations alike 🎨
Over two weeks, 12 early-career researchers learnt how to curate genomes as part of Project Psyche! This workshop was funded through the Lep10K COST Action (CA23122) & organised by Working Group 3 which focuses on the generation & utilisation of Psyche genomes. (1/8)
@costprogramme.bsky.social
Join us for the 1st Holocentric Chromosomes conference! If you work on holocentric plants🌱, arthropods🦋or worms🪱, cell biology or macroevolution🧬, this conference is for you!
Amazing keynotes! @joanameier.bsky.social @amarques.bsky.social, Marcial Escudero and Ines Drinnenberg
@UniNeuchatel
We have a project on Bayesian phylogenetics: www.trees-dla.ac.uk/projects/int... with @zihengyang.bsky.social
📍Pinned Post: Welcome to the Nextflow feed!
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Anyone can post to this feed if you mention Nextflow in the post.
See also: blog.stephenturner.us
last couple days to apply (for free! from anywhere in the world!) to the Sanger 2025 PhD Programme — Deadline: 28th November 2024 (09:00 GMT)
For more info, visit www.sanger.ac.uk/about/study/...
📜 Why should early-career scientists publish in society journals
🧑🔬 Stephen K. Dolan, Lori D. Banks, Wenqi Yu
📔 mBio
🔗 journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
#️⃣ (Feeds) #ScientificPublishing #PublishingModels #SocietyJournals #AcademicChatter
Sometimes you just have to persevere through negative reviews. Reviewers, please be kind :) #methodsmatter bit.ly/gs2-scholar
Evolution of brown algae! Among other discoveries (the viral insertion is quite neat) yet another evidence that HGT are frequent in eukaryotres!
www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
