Remember, the next Polychaete Conference #IPC15 is coming to Frankfurt in 2026! Make sure you save the dates - and in the meantime check out the website for the polychaete-association.com

Refining Feulgen: low-cost and accurate genome size measurements for everyone www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.08....

#Streetart Kunst vom Feinsten: #Mural Nr. 3 des Projekts #ArtmeetsBiodiversity in der Eimsbütteler Chaussee, Hamburg:
MAGISTRA – eine Anspielung auf „Natura est artis magistra“
Bilder & Copyright: Lukas Mainka. Schaut doch mal vorbei!
News: leibniz-lib.de/de/news/0409...
@leibnizlib.bsky.social

Nice Job opportunity: Postdoc position (tenure track) at the @leibnizlib.bsky.social (Museum of Nature Hamburg). Apply until Sept 30th 25: 8101202752.karriereportal.cloud/job/2025-14-...

Frontiers | Genomic infrastructure for cetacean research and conservation: reference genomes for eight families spanning the cetacean tree of life Reference genomes from representative species across families provide the critical infrastructure for research and conservation. The Cetacean Genomes Project...

The Cetacean Genomes Project is happy to share a milestone publication, presenting the first 18 reference-quality, chromosome-resolved genomes of whales, dolphins and porpoises across the cetacean tree of life. www.frontiersin.org/journals/mar...

Morin et al.] Genomic infrastructure for cetacean research and conservation: reference genomes for eight families spanning the cetacean tree of life www.frontiersin.org/journals/marine-science/... 🐋 #Cetaceans #MarineMammals #MarineLife #MarineBiology […]

#Type specimens are key to naming life, but rarely sequenced. We need safer, smarter ways to link names to #genomes. #LIBresearch joint work with @univie.ac.at @nhmwien.bsky.social @sgn.one @mfnberlin.bsky.social @mncn-csic.bsky.social 👉 doi.org/10.1093/sysb... #Biodiversity #Taxonomy #Museum #DNA

The picture shows the precipitated DNA of a 🐬 using alcohol&salt.

🧬🧬 Happy DNA Day 🧬🧬 ! Today, the Biodiversity Genomics Lab @sgn.one is celebrating the fascinating world of #DNA and the amazing scientists #JamesWatson, #FrancisCrick, #MauriceWilkins, #RosalindFranklin who unraveled its 🧬 structure! The picture shows the precipitated DNA of a 🐬 using alcohol&salt.

#PacBio Iso-Seq method gets you full-length transcript isoforms—but for extra-long (>10 kb) transcripts, you might need a boost. See how Radboud researchers used Samplix Xdrop to capture extra-long genes linked to inherited retinal disease, including the 18.9 kb USH2A gene!

Watch: bit.ly/4iAoMlJ

#ERGAReads | Thinking of sequencing a genome in your lab? 🧬 This review offers practical guidance on how to start a #genome project for non-model species - covering DNA extraction, sequencing tech, costs, and more!

🔗 rdcu.be/eiHRG

@sgn.one @leibnizlib.bsky.social #biodiversity #genomics

📰Nova publicació a Ecology and Evolution!

Un equip del #CatBioGenome estudia com optimitzar la conservació i extracció d’ADN per a seqüenciació de lectura llarga a partir de nudibranquis 🐌🧬
@irbio-ub.bsky.social @ceabcsic.bsky.social @i2sysbio.bsky.social

👉 www.biogenoma.cat/nova-publica...

Establishing genome sequencing and assembly for non-model and emerging model organisms: a brief guide - Frontiers in Zoology Reference genome assemblies are the basis for comprehensive genomic analyses and comparisons. Due to declining sequencing costs and growing computational power, genome projects are now feasible in sma...

Reference #genome assemblies are the basis for comprehensive #genomic analyses & comparisons frontiersinzoology.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.... #biodiversity #genomics

It is a cat #PacBio #TheresHiFiForThat What do you think @lpodsiadlowski.bsky.social?

Still no reading material for the Easter break🌞🌻🐰? Then I have a suggestion: "Establishing genome sequencing and assembly for non-model and emerging model organisms: a brief guide" (lnkd.in/dsRmSBDE). It was a pleasure to work on this new publication with TilmanSchell & @lpodsiadlowski.bsky.social🙏!

Stop your doomscrolling and vote for the International Mollusk of the Year!

The winner will have its complete genome sequenced!

Mollusks are awesome, and super diverse: they include snails, slugs, clams, octopuses, and more! 🐌🐙🐚

Finalists in thread 🧵

Info & VOTE here:
moty.senckenberg.science

Vote for the 2025 International Mollusc of the Year! Choose from five amazing finalists. Your vote helps sequence the winning genome. Cast your vote by March 31: https://moty.senckenberg.science

We all need something to cheer us up ... so let's meet some molluscs!

moty.senckenberg.science
@cgreve.bsky.social @oceanspecies.bsky.social @sgn.one

Ein Kraken der Gattung Muusoctopus schwimmt am Meeresgrund

Ein Blauer Drache (Glaucus atlanticus), eine leuchtend blaue Meeresnacktschnecke, schwebt in dunklem Wasser. Seine fingerartigen Fortsätze erstrecken sich symmetrisch vom Körper. Darunter ist eine blau-weiße, kreisförmige Kolonie einer Staatsqualle zu sehen.

Eine Hawaiische Schwarzfuß-Napfschnecke (Cellana exarata) guckt mit ausgestreckten Fühlern aus ihrer Muschelschale heraus, die auf sandigem Boden nahe einer dunklen Felswand liegt.

🐙 Jetzt abstimmen: Molluske des Jahres 2025! 🐌
5 beeindruckende Weichtiere stehen im Finale. Dem Gewinner-Weichtier winkt die Entschlüsselung seines kompletten Genoms! 🧬🏆

Erfahrt mehr über die Kandidaten und stimmt bis zum 31.3. für euren Favoriten ab 👉 moty.senckenberg.science

VOTE NOW! Mollusc of the Year 2025

Arctica islandica - world’s oldest mollusc
Cellana exarata - Hawaiian limpet
Glaucus atlanticus - blue dragon
Muusoctopus sp. - Dorado Octopus
Xenophora conchyliophora - shell / collector

YOU decide - we do its genome
moty.senckenberg.science
@cgreve.bsky.social

A genome-based phylogeny for Mollusca is concordant with fossils and morphology Extreme morphological disparity within Mollusca has long confounded efforts to reconstruct a stable backbone phylogeny for the phylum. Familiar molluscan groups—gastropods, bivalves, and cephalopods—e...

𝗖𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗼𝗹𝗹𝘂𝘀𝗰 𝗖𝗼𝗱𝗲: A ground-breaking study in @science.org unravels the evolutionary history of molluscs: tinyurl.com/MolluscTree

@sgn.one @sigwartae.bsky.social @kmkocot.bsky.social @squamiferum.bsky.social @vans-gonzalez.bsky.social @cgreve.bsky.social @mkyapchiongco.bsky.social

An oval squid (Sepioteuthis lessoniana) hovers in a nighttime sea, displaying its natural iridescence. This species is among those informing new insights into molluscan evolution. The extreme diversity in the phylum Mollusca—which includes squids, chitons, snails, clams, and others—has long puzzled scientists. Sequencing previously uncharacterized genomes helps to resolve the molluscan family tree.

From octopuses to snails, the complicated molluscan family tree has now been mapped in unprecedented detail, researchers report in Science.

Learn more in this week's issue: scim.ag/4hVhrxB

Pictures of sea slugs taken by Carles Galia Camps and Carola Greve.

In the spirit of Cologne's Weiberfastnacht 🎊✨🥳🎉: Welcome to the Carnival of the Sea Slugs! I've always wondered why #CamilleSaint-Saens didn't include them in his Suite #LeCarnavaldesanimaux.

Long-read sequencing and genome assembly of natural history collection samples and challenging specimens - Genome Biology Museum collections harbor millions of samples, largely unutilized for long-read sequencing. Here, we use ethanol-preserved samples containing kilobase-sized DNA to show that amplification-free protoco...

Thrilled to share our work on unlocking challenging specimens for @pacbio.bsky.social #HiFi sequencing, now out in Genome Biology!

genomebiology.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

We show that specimens that have been stored in ethanol for decades can still be amenable for long-read sequencing:🧵

Nominate your favourite mollusc for

International Mollusc of the Year 2025
🐌🦑🐚🦪🐙🌀

A public vote decides the winner from 5 finalists and we sequence its genome!

Just fill in this nomination form by 7 January
docs.google.com/forms/d/1MRn...

@cgreve.bsky.social @oceanspecies.bsky.social @sgn.one