Afternoon session kicked off by #GeraldWilkinson: Comparative studies of bat aging using DNA methylation

Followed by Theme 2 chalk talks: DREAM & repair #ArturoBujarrabal-Dueso, #NajaEckert & #XuanjingLi

#SonjaVernes gave a keynote on Understanding bat adaptations by studying a captive bat colony

Six reference-quality genomes reveal evolution of bat adaptations - Nature Reference-quality genomes for six bat species shed light on the phylogenetic position of Chiroptera, and provide insight into the genetic underpinnings of the unique adaptations of this clade.

But proving a (-) needs high quality (HQ) genome 🧬assemblies. In the first HQ 🦇🦇🦇assemblies, @bat1kgenomes.bsky.social found few #immune adaptation, more #pro-inflammatory gene losses #OA 4/7 🙌🏽 @emmateeling.bsky.social @hillermich.bsky.social #DavidRay #SonjaVernes