#LepEU in Action today in Sintra, Portugal! with @pbeldade.bsky.social and Guilherme!
@10klepgenomes.bsky.social

LepEU logo, featuring a moth silhouette filled with a map of Europe, with the letters “LepEU” overlaid in brown and orange. Read more about the innitiative here: https://lepeu.github.io/

(2/4) Benchmarking studies in #genomics and #bioinformatics show that analytical choices can lead to different results, even when using the same data.

In response, the #LepEU Workshop 2026 will focus on developing best-practice recommendations for reproducible #Lepidoptera genomics 🦋🧬

A yellow historic tram travels along a narrow cobblestone street lined with bright-colored buildings in Lisbon, Portugal. The 10kLepGenomes and LepEU logos are overlaid in the bottom corner.

(1/4) 📢 Applications are open for the #LepEU Workshop 2026: a joint training + hackathon event focused on the analysis of #Lepidoptera genomic data.

🗓️ 26–29 May 2026
📍 Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisbon (Portugal)

Save the date! ⬇️

From beautiful #moth trapping locations to sampling Alpine meadows filled with butterflies 🦋 and learning about sample preparation 🧬, I had the best week on the @10klepgenomes.bsky.social field trip! Huge thanks to all the entomologists, #COST10KLepGenomes, #LepEu and @projectpsyche.bsky.social!

10KLeps - 10kLepGenomes Cost Action CA23122

(3/5) Access to powerful resources:
• #LepEU consortium field samples
• #ProjectPsyche reference genomes
• #10kLepGenomes COST Action network
• Functional validation tools like CRISPR/Cas9 available for gene editing

10klepgenomes.eu

Logo of the LepEU initiative: a noctuid moth with a wing pattern that resembles Europe accompanied by the text “LepEU” in white and orange.

(1/5) 📣Exciting 2-year postdoc opportunity!
Join @chriswheat.bsky.social group at @stockholm-uni.bsky.social to explore comparative population genomics of European butterflies within the #LepEU consortium.
More details below 👇

Recap of the Population Genomics Workshop organised by #LepEU and @10klepgenomes.bsky.social in Monpellier! 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻

That was indeed a net-working event! 😅🦋 #LepEU

LepEU 13 - 14 May

Field collection of butterflies

First #LepEU meeting in Montpellier was a great success. Thanks to all organizers #CNRS #COST10KLepGenomes for making this happen

European Lepidoptera Population Genomics Workshop 2025 - Sciencesconf.org

(3/3) Twenty-one researchers, from Portugal to Finland, and Great Britain to Turkey, meet in Montpellier to coordinate sampling priorities and build the #LepEU community: lepeu2025.sciencesconf.org
📣 Stay tuned for updates during this week!

A group of five researchers conversate around a table during the workshop in Montpellier

Two participants of the workshop share a conversation and discuss information displayed on a laptop.

(2/3) As part of #COST10KLepGenomes' WG 4, #LepEU is hosting a Population Genetics Workshop in Montpellier (May 13-16)!
Participants will process specimens for whole-genome resequencing and define standards for collection and analysis methods in #Lepidoptera population genomics 🦋🧬🔍

Logo of the LepEU initiative: a noctuid moth with a wing pattern resembling Europe, accompanied by the text “LepEU” in white and orange.

(1/3) Have you heard about #LepEU?
The European Lepidoptera Population Genomics Consortium is a group focused on unveiling patterns of differentiation and local adaptation in butterfly and moth populations across Europe 🦋🌍