Europe’s only native Crossosomatales now has a reference genome: the European bladdernut, Staphylea pinnata 🌿 A new chromosome-level resource from ERGA-BGE 🔗 open-research-europe.ec.europa.eu/articles/6-396 @biogeneurope.bsky.social
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We are an open biodiversity genomics community to generate reference quality genomes for all European species. #Genomes for #Biodiversity https://www.erga-biodiversity.eu/ | https://linktr.ee/erga_biodiversity
🗂️ Did you know ERGA has several active committees: from Data Analysis to Annotation to Training & Knowledge Transfer? Curious which one fits your interests? Head to our website and learn more: www.erga-biodiversity.eu/community-co...
#ERGAReads | Experiences from national biodiversity data infrastructures in Europe: advancing data integration and community engagement academic.oup.com/bioscience/a... #genomes #FAIRdata #dataintegration #biodiversity #datainfrastructure
Experiences from national biodiversity data infrastructures in Europe: advancing data integration and community engagement
Abstract. The urgent need for comprehensive biodiversity data is driven by rapid biodiversity loss due to human activity. Drawing on insights from establis
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🆕 ERGA-BGE reference genome of Placobdella costata: an ectoparasitic glossiphoniid leech of freshwater turtles with a Palearctic distribution 🔗 open-research-europe.ec.europa.eu/articles/6-3... @biogeneurope.bsky.social @amanzanom.bsky.social @dome-vienna.bsky.social
📄 Looking for a home for your genome report? Consider the ERGA Community Genome Reports Collection! An open, community-driven platform for publishing 🧬🌍 🔗 Submit here: riojournal.com/topical_coll... 🔗 Learn more: www.erga-biodiversity.eu/post/the-erg... @riojournal.com @biogeneurope.bsky.social
The European Reference Genome Atlas (ERGA) Community Genome Reports
The European Reference Genome Atlas (ERGA) is a pan-European initiative that aims to facilitate the generation of high-quality reference genomes for the continent’s biodiversity as part of the global…
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#ERGAReads | A chromosome-level genome assembly of the European green toad (Bufotes viridis) 🐸 academic.oup.com/g3journal/ar... #genomes #referencegenome #amphibians #ERGA #conservationgenomics @animecol-uu.bsky.social
A chromosome-level genome assembly of the European green toad (Bufotes viridis)
Abstract. The European green toad (Bufotes viridis) is geographically widely distributed. While the species global conservation status is labeled as of lea
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Day 3 at #COP17Armenia. To the question "How can #digitalsequenceinformation help address the #KMGBF targets" there are several answers and approaches. The graph below shows ours: biodiversitygenomics.eu/bgeplus-mou-... @iboleurope.bsky.social @ergabiodiv.bsky.social @eurotaxonomy.cetaf.org
From #COP17Armenia. #DSI's potential for the #KMGBF targets needs further progress in some areas. Access to technology (cost-effective laboratory protocols, data analysis pipelines) is one: drive.google.com/file/d/10_FV... @iboleurope.bsky.social @ergabiodiv.bsky.social @eurotaxonomy.cetaf.org
#BioGenomeApp Seminar today ---- from @ergabiodiv.bsky.social ERGA European Reference Genome Atlas & @biogeneurope.bsky.social Biodiversity Genomics Europe plus www.erga-biodiversity.eu/post/using-m...
Using museum specimens to understand recent population history in the moss carder bee
This month's ERGA BioGenome Analysis & Applications Seminar will feature two talks that showcase how museum specimens are revealing a roughly 25% decline in the genetic diversity of the moss carder bu...
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⏰ Today at 12:00 CET! Join our ERGA BioGenome Analysis & Applications Seminar on museum genomics of the moss carder bumblebee 🐝 📺 youtube.com/live/zEfbvzS... @biogeneurope.bsky.social #museomics #pollinators
Using museum specimens to understand recent population history in the moss carder bee
More information, including abstract: https://www.erga-biodiversity.eu/post/using-museum-specimens-to-understand-recent-population-history-in-the-moss-carder...
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🍄🧬 In case you missed it: our seminar on Starship transposons and fungal evolution is available to watch anytime! Great talks from @mycomile.bsky.social & @fungage-lab.bsky.social 🔗 youtu.be/8p6UEwQoZ9Q
Starship transposons and fungal evolution - Emile Gluck-Thaler & Aaron Vogan
Starship transposons: Drivers of adaptation across fungi - https://www.erga-biodiversity.eu/post/starship-transposons-and-a-new-framework-to-understand-fungal-evolution Starships are a recently…
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🐸 An amphibian. A field biologist. A perfectly labelled sample tube. Introducing the new ERGA SOP for amphibians! From permits and animal welfare to field sampling, DNA and RNA preservation, and biobanking. All meticulously organised! 🔗 doi.org/10.48546/wor...
#ERGAReads | Revisiting evolutionary rescue in the wild 🌍🧬 www.cell.com/trends/ecolo... #genomes #evolution #conservationgenomics #adaptation #wildpopulations
Revisiting evolutionary rescue in the wild
Environmental change is rapidly occurring. Theoretical and experimental work predicts that evolution can facilitate population persistence in novel and changing environments [evolutionary rescue…
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Day 1 of #COP17 @biogeneurope.bsky.social will sign the memorandum of understanding that brings together the @iboleurope.bsky.social @ergabiodiv.bsky.social and @eurotaxonomy.cetaf.org for a future research infrastructure for #biodiversitygenomics in Europe 👉 biodiversitygenomics.eu/bgeplus-mou-...
📣 Next Monday: tracking genetic decline in UK pollinators - Poll-A-Gen pairs museum specimens with modern samples 🐝 📅 26 Oct, 12:00 CET 🔗 www.erga-biodiversity.eu/post/using-m... @biogeneurope.bsky.social @nhm-london.bsky.social
Using museum specimens to understand recent population history in the moss carder bee
This month's ERGA BioGenome Analysis & Applications Seminar will feature two talks that showcase how museum specimens are revealing a roughly 25% decline in the genetic diversity of the moss carder…
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🐆 Today at 15:00 CEST at the #ERGAPlenary: Stefan Prost presents “From Genomes to Conservation Policy”, showing how cheetah genetic data can inform conservation decisions 🧬 🔗 www.erga-biodiversity.eu/post/from-ge...
From Genomes to Conservation Policy - Plenary talk
At this month’s ERGA Plenary meeting, Stefan Prost will present a talk titled “From Genomes to Conservation Policy.”Focusing on endangered cheetahs in Asia and Africa, he will share concrete examples…
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🧬 New ERGA-BGE genome of the white crowberry Corema album, a key resource for the conservation of Iberian coastal dune ecosystems 🔗 open-research-europe.ec.europa.eu/articles/6-366 @biogeneurope.bsky.social
🐆 This Monday at the #ERGAPlenary: Stefan Prost presents “From Genomes to Conservation Policy”, using endangered cheetahs to show how genetic data can inform conservation decisions 🧬 🔗 www.erga-biodiversity.eu/post/from-ge... @oulu.fi
From Genomes to Conservation Policy - Plenary talk
At this month’s ERGA Plenary meeting, Stefan Prost will present a talk titled “From Genomes to Conservation Policy.”Focusing on endangered cheetahs in Asia and Africa, he will share concrete examples…
erga-biodiversity.eu
🐝 Museum specimens show the moss carder bumblebee had a 25% decline of genetic diversity in a century! 📅 Mon 26 Oct, 12:00 CET – ERGA BioGenome Analysis & Applications Seminar 🔗 www.erga-biodiversity.eu/post/using-m... @nhm-london.bsky.social @biogeneurope.bsky.social
Using museum specimens to understand recent population history in the moss carder bee
This month's ERGA BioGenome Analysis & Applications Seminar will feature two talks that showcase how museum specimens are revealing a roughly 25% decline in the genetic diversity of the moss carder…
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#ERGAReads | OrthoFinder: improved phylogenetic orthology inference with enhanced accuracy and scalability 🌳🧬 www.nature.com/articles/s41... #genomes #orthology #comparativegenomics #bioinformatics #phylogenomics @natmethods.nature.com
OrthoFinder: improved phylogenetic orthology inference with enhanced accuracy and scalability - Nature Methods
The updated OrthoFinder v3 software boosts accuracy and scalability in phylogenetic orthology inference with massive and diverse datasets.
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New #genome 🚨! Chromosomal reference for the 🐢 #leech #Placobdella costata ("C4" sp.). A small 👣 towards understanding this species complex, its #evolution, biol, & 🦠 symbionts! 🔗 doi.org/10.12688/ope... @biogeneurope.bsky.social @fwf-at.bsky.social @cemess.bsky.social @sangerinstitute.bsky.social
🗓️ One week to go! The next ERGA Plenary meeting takes place next Monday. All ERGA members are welcome to join. Not a member yet? Sign up here: www.erga-biodiversity.eu/join-contact 🔗 More info: www.erga-biodiversity.eu/post/erga-pl...
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World Octopus Day 2026 🐙 26 #genome assemblies - 5 chromosomal #biodiversity #genomics @ergabiodiv.bsky.social @ebpgenome.bsky.social @biogeneurope.bsky.social See here: goat.genomehubs.org/record?recor...
These findings identify a compact set of genes, expression patterns, and brain regions associated with blood feeding, offering an evolutionary entry point for functional dissection of how this complex and dangerous trait is built and dismantled www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Convergent evolutionary loss of chemosensory and blood-feeding pathways in non-blood-feeding mosquitoes
Complex traits that span multiple tissues and systems often integrate large numbers of genes across development, physiology, and behavior, making it challenging to identify their essential components....
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JRC traineeships - recent university graduates who have completed at least a standard 3-year higher education degree (Bachelor’s degree) recruitment.jrc.ec.europa.eu/graduate-tra...
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The #Datarium exhibition in #Geneva features #biodiversity #genomics @biogeneurope.bsky.social and monitoring @bmd-project.eu thanks to @sib.swiss for the great public show!
Did you know ERGA has a YouTube channel? Subscribe and catch up on past seminars, conferences & community talks! 🧬🌍 🔗 Subscribe: www.youtube.com/@erga-biodiv...
ERGA - European Reference Genome Atlas
The European Reference Genome Atlas (ERGA) is a Biodiversity Genomics Community to generate reference quality genomes for all European species.
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A reminder to all ERGA @ergabiodiv.bsky.social Members - the ERGA Keybase #Jobs-Positions channel is an excellent place to find or share job advertisements keybase.io/team/erga.li... #biodiversity #genomics
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The European Reference Genome Atlas (ERGA) is a pan-European scientific community with the goals of sequencing reference-quality genomes for all European species.
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#ERGAReads | Hitchhiking of deleterious mutations within chromosomal inversions 🧬🔀 www.cell.com/trends/ecolo... #genomes #populationgenomics #evolution #geneticload #structuralvariation @andrewfoote.bsky.social
Hitchhiking of deleterious mutations within chromosomal inversions
The suppression of recombination can have the benefit of associating multiple adaptive alleles but at the cost of increasing linkage between beneficial and deleterious alleles. Chromosomal inversions…
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A salmon. Some permits. Many tubes. A marker that absolutely must work. 🐟 Our new ERGA salmonid genomics SOP goes from planning + field-kit checklist all the way to sampling, preservation, metadata and final data deposition. Now on WorkflowHub: doi.org/10.48546/wor...
