#ERGAReads | MicroFinder: conserved gene-set mapping and assembly ordering for manual curation of bird dot microchromosomes 🐤🧩 academic.oup.com/gigascience/... #genomes #genomeassembly #curation #birds #bioinformatics @tom-mathers.bsky.social @sangerinstitute.bsky.social

MicroFinder: conserved gene-set mapping and assembly ordering for manual curation of bird dot microchromosomes

AbstractBackground. Obtaining chromosomally complete genome assemblies across the tree of life is an important goal of biodiversity genomics. However, some

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🔊 Open call for papers from Molecular Biology and Evolution @molbioevol.bsky.social, relevant for the #ERGA community working on reference genomes for #biodiversity ➡️ academic.oup.com/mbe/pages/ca... @vertebrategenomes.bsky.social @ebpgenome.bsky.social @biogeneurope.bsky.social

Call for Papers: Evolutionary Genomics of Vertebrates: Inferring Process from a New Generation of Reference Genomes

Molecular Biology and Evolution (MBE) invites submissions for a special series on the evolutionary inferences made possible by the new generation of high-qualit

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The #ERGA committees cover every step of the #genome generation pipeline, from sampling to communicating research results. They are #open to all members who wish to get involved: www.erga-biodiversity.eu/community-co... ➡️ Choose your favorite, email them, and join today! @ebpgenome.bsky.social

And it does not end there ... as we will continue our efforts through the #Biodiversity #Genomics #Europe PLUS (BGE+) project biodiversitygenomics.eu/2026/02/16/b...

BGE+ selected for funding! - Biodiversity Genomics Europe

BGE+, heir to BGE, has been selected for funding. This amazing news means that our consortium will have support for its long-term objective of a European research infrastructure for biodiversity genom...

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Rob Waterhouse@rmwaterhouse.bsky.social · 7mo ago

What was the #Biodiversity #Genomics #Europe project all about? The full details presented here: riojournal.com/article/1875... We've wrapped up the BGE project, but there will be many more outputs to come, as well as the lasting legacy of reference data, processes, standards, and much much more!

From the @ergabiodiv.bsky.social community & Sampling & Sample Processing (SSP) Committee onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... Outputs like this are great examples of the bottom-up co-creation philosophy of ERGA actions - congratulations to the whole team! #biodiversity #genomics

From Permits to Samples: Addressing Key Challenges for High‐Quality Reference Genome Generation in Europe

High-quality reference genome assemblies have become essential for deepening our understanding of biodiversity, yet obtaining them for many species remains surprisingly challenging. Drawing on experi...

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👉 Check out the ERGA Genome Report doi.org/10.3897/rio..... 🔎 Browse the living #openscience collection by @ergabiodiv.bsky.social: doi.org/10.3897/rio...., currently comprising 16 research publications!

I had the privilege to meet artist Mary Griffiths. Mary got inspired by Hi-C maps and over zooms we spoke about Hi-C maps, patterns and drawings. Mary’s Hi-C inspired art has been exhibited eg the Royal Academy. We wrote this piece about this art-science collaboration pubs.aip.org/aip/bpr/arti...

Seeing into Hi-C: How our scientific connectivity revealed the close connections in our DNA to be a work of art

Scientific data can be beautiful. An example where the data itself have a particularly striking appearance even before any scientific meaning has been ascribed

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Deutsches Wort des Tages: Sehnsucht

By mapping the meanings of the words used to communicate emotions across more than one-third of the planet’s spoken languages, a study in Science found that there is significant variation in how emotions are expressed across cultures. #ScienceMagArchives https://scim.ag/4pQGxBB

Emotion semantics show both cultural variation and universal structure

Analysis of the terms used for emotions across a sample of 2474 spoken languages reveals low similarity across cultures.

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What was the #ERGACommunity up to in 2025? The answer is: a lot! Head to our website for an overview of the main achievements and ongoing priorities across our community ➡️ www.erga-biodiversity.eu/post/erga-20... #community #2025highlights #ERGA @ebpgenome.bsky.social @biogeneurope.bsky.social

It’s almost time for the Genomics for Biodiversity Conference — happening next week! 🗓️ 29–31 October 💻 Fully online & free of charge Find all the details, including the full programme 👇 www.erga-biodiversity.eu/post/genomic... @biogeneurope.bsky.social @ebpgenome.bsky.social #genomics #biodiversity

Genomics for Biodiversity Conference - from genomes to impact

29–31 October 2025Summary🗓️ Dates:  29 - 31 October 2025 (click to add to your agenda!)🔗 Online venue: ERGA YouTube ChannelWe are excited to announce the Genomics for Biodiversity Conference organised...

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How to represent genomes in 3D? In this paper (and video), we propose Geometric Diagrams of Genomes (GDG)—a visual grammar that aims at emulating the effect ribbon diagrams (Richardson et al 1981) had in protein structural biology. Time will tell.😅 👉🏼 genomebiology.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

Deutsches Wort des Tages: Achterbahn

Later TODAY at 15:00 CEST! Efficient evidence-based genome annotation with EviAnn 🧬 👉 www.erga-biodiversity.eu/post/efficie... #genomeannotation #genomes #seminar #research #EviAnn @ebpgenome.bsky.social

Efficient evidence-based genome annotation with EviAnn

This month's ERGA BioGenome Analysis & Applications Seminar will feature a talk by speaker Aleksey V. Zimin about EviAnn (Evidence-based Annotator), a novel evidence-based eukaryotic gene annotation s...

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ERGA - European Reference Genome Atlas@ergabiodiv.bsky.social · 12mo ago

#Seminar: Evidence-based genome #annotation with EviAnn 🗓️ Tuesday, Sep 23 - 15:00 CEST 🔗 www.erga-biodiversity.eu/post/efficie... Aleksey Zimin will introduce & demonstrate the use of #EviAnn -a new system for eukaryotic gene annotation. @ebpgenome.bsky.social @biogeneurope.bsky.social

Our paper Genomic diversity of the African malaria vector Anopheles funestus was published in Science today! It features inversions, selection in action, museum specimens and putative new ecotypes. doi.org/10.1126/scie...

Genomic diversity of the African malaria vector Anopheles funestus

Anopheles funestus s.s. is a major human malaria vector across Africa. To study its evolution, especially under vector control pressure, we sequenced 656 modern specimens (collected 2014 to 2018) and ...

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marilou boddé@mariloumercedes.bsky.social · 2y ago

Preprint is out! We investigated the genomic diversity and evolutionary history of Anopheles funestus mosquitoes, one of the main species transmitting human malaria across Africa. Here’s a visual summary. Art by @petrathepostdoc.bsky.social . 1/8 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

En el orden del día, también figura la ley que declara el "estado de emergencia del sistema científico" 👇 www.eldestapeweb.com/sociedad/cie...

Buscan que el miércoles se trate un proyecto de ley que declara la emergencia del sistema científico

Exige al Poder Ejecutivo que cumpla con la norma 27.614, aprobada en 2021 por amplísima mayoría, que garantiza el incremento progresivo de la inversión

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By the end of 2024, EBP-affiliated projects had publicly released 2'000 high-quality #genome assemblies 🧬, representing more than 500 eukaryotic families. www.frontiersin.org/journals/sci... #biodiversity #genomics

Frontiers | The Earth BioGenome Project Phase II: illuminating the eukaryotic tree of life

The Earth BioGenome Project (EBP) aims to “sequence life for the future of life” by generating high-quality reference genome sequences for all recognized euk...

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I spy a Goshawk -if I’m not mistaken- (Accipiter gentilis) chillin’ in the Botanical, what a beauty. Genome nicely assembled & curated by the colleagues from @sangerinstitute.bsky.social Handy data note here: wellcomeopenresearch.org/articles/7-1...

Preprint out for myloasm, our new nanopore / HiFi metagenome assembler! Nanopore's getting accurate, but 1. Can this lead to better metagenome assemblies? 2. How, algorithmically, to leverage them? with co-author Max Marin @mgmarin.bsky.social, supervised by Heng Li @lh3lh3.bsky.social 1 / N

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High-resolution metagenome assembly for modern long reads with myloasm https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.05.674543v1

Earth BioGenome Project Frontiers Online Forum Deep Dive on September 18, 2025 (07:00 PT | 16:00 CEST), where we will discuss the article and chart next steps for the field. 📌 Register here: events.frontiersin.org/earth-biogen...

The Earth BioGenome Project Phase II: illuminating the eukaryotic tree of life

Explore phase II of the Earth BioGenome Project—one of the largest biological collaborations in history—on a mission to sequence 150,000 eukaryotic species to protect biodiversity and improve global health. Register for this #FrontiersForum webinar ➡️https://fro.ntiers.in/bVJhUnbjmWb

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Rob Waterhouse@rmwaterhouse.bsky.social · last yr.

The Earth BioGenome Project reviews the magnitude of the tasks in sourcing, sequencing, assembling, annotating, & analysing #genomes at scale, and explores the associated scientific, technical, social, legal, ethical, & funding challenges www.frontiersin.org/journals/sci...

Refining Feulgen: low-cost and accurate genome size measurements for everyone https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.08.29.673164v1

The European Reference Genome Atlas (ERGA) is a pan-European community initiative to coordinate the generation of reference genomes representing European eukaryotic biodiversity @ergabiodiv.bsky.social #eseb2025

Come find us at the @ergabiodiv.bsky.social stand #eseb2025 exhibition hall

GFFx: A Rust-based suite of utilities for ultra-fast genomic feature extraction. #Genomics #Rust #GenomeAnnotation #GFF #GenomicFeatures @biorxiv-bioinfo.bsky.social 🧬 🖥️ www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Deutsches Wort des Tages: Abstoßend

New #BGE case study! Researchers at UCD are using the #genome for Trifolium dubium to study its evolutionary history and beneficial traits, which could enhance breeding programs for agriculturally important #clover species. 🔗: biodiversitygenomics.eu/2025/03/13/a... ergabiodiv.bsky.social #DNA

Assessing the genetic diversity of the shamrock, Trifolium dubium, across Ireland - Biodiversity Genomics Europe

Case study Assessing the genetic diversity of the shamrock, Trifolium dubium, across Ireland In 2023, a high-quality reference genome for Trifolium dubium, widely recognized as the shamrock, was gener...

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🧬 Explore the latest from Bioinformatics Advances: "Genome Evaluation Pipeline (GEP): A fully-automated quality control tool for parallel evaluation of genome assemblies"  Full article available: https://doi.org/10.1093/bioadv/vbaf147  Authors include: @diegomics.bsky.social, @cmazzoni.bsky.social

📑Latest addition to the #openscience collection of the #European Reference #Genome Atlas (ERGA, @ergabiodiv.bsky.social) presents a the 1st #genome report for a sun spider (order Solifugae). 🔗 Find the report: doi.org/10.3897/arph... 🔍 Explore the collection to date: doi.org/10.3897/rio....

Schluss mit den Kürzungen! Hochschulen sind #unkürzbar!

É sobre respeito e soberania.