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ERGA - European Reference Genome Atlas

@ergabiodiv.bsky.social

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

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Rob Waterhouse@rmwaterhouse.bsky.social · 6d ago

Produced a #genome of a European species? Publishing a Genome Report for the assembly? Benefitted from ERGA @ergabiodiv.bsky.social resources or networking? If so, consider listing the Genome Report in the ERGA Collecion riojournal.com/topical_coll... Learn more: www.youtube.com/watch?v=pO6d...

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 g...

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ERGA - European Reference Genome Atlas@ergabiodiv.bsky.social · 7d ago

#ERGAReads | Chromosome-level genome assembly of the common tenrec, Tenrec ecaudatus, a new model for early placental mammal evolution 🐾🧬 link.springer.com/article/10.1... #genomes #referencegenome #mammals #evolution #comparativegenomics

Chromosome-level genome assembly of the common tenrec, Tenrec ecaudatus (Schreber, 1778), a new model for early placental mammal evolution - BMC Genomics

Background Our understanding of many biological aspects of early placental mammals is still very limited. Due to the paucity of the fossil record, attention is often turned to those extant organisms…

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Rob Waterhouse@rmwaterhouse.bsky.social · 2w ago

E-PAN training materials can be found on the @ergabiodiv.bsky.social Knowledge Hub knowledge.erga-biodiversity.eu?search=e-pan

ERGA Knowledge Hub - Training materials for Biodiversity Genomics

A Biodiversity Genomics training repository.

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ELIXIR Europe@elixir-europe.org · 2w ago

✨ Learn more about E-PAN 🧬, an ELIXIR-funded project developing approaches to support consistent data handling 💾 and 💫 making #plant genomic data more accessible and reusable 🔬. 🔗 Watch project update: https://loom.ly/yH-q9Jg

ERGA - European Reference Genome Atlas@ergabiodiv.bsky.social · 2w ago

#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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ERGA - European Reference Genome Atlas@ergabiodiv.bsky.social · 3w ago

"Turning today’s genomes into analysis-ready resources requires species-dense sampling anchored in natural history collections" www.nature.com/articles/s41... 💥 Congratulations to ERGA members involved in developing this thoughtful review! #biodiversity #genomics

Species-dense genomics through natural history collections - Nature Reviews Genetics

Large-scale genome initiatives are transforming biodiversity genomics, but genomes remain taxonomically sparse and difficult to compare across species. Kapli and colleagues argue that natural history ...

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ERGA - European Reference Genome Atlas@ergabiodiv.bsky.social · 3w ago

🔊 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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Guilherme Dias@guibodias.bsky.social · 3w ago

I met one of these chubmarines in March 2024, sleeping in an empty beach the island of Agistri, GR. Just a few months later our friends at @scilifelab-ngi.bsky.social Slacked us that a seal sample would arrive from @biogeneurope.bsky.social. Grateful to have been part of this effort! 🦭🧬🇬🇷 @nbis.se

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ERGA - European Reference Genome Atlas@ergabiodiv.bsky.social · 3w ago

Feeling the Monday grumpies? 🦭 The #ERGA Genome Report for the Mediterranean monk seal might just cheer you up! 🧬➡️ open-research-europe.ec.europa.eu/articles/6-195 @biogeneurope.bsky.social @ebpgenome.bsky.social #conservation #genomes for #biodiversity #seal 📷 by James Eaton

Biodiversity Genomics Europe plus (BGE+)@biogeneurope.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Learn how @biogeneurope.bsky.social and @ergabiodiv.bsky.social plan to support the reference #genome research community through #datastandards, shared expertise, and resources for policy uptake: biodiversitygenomics.eu/connecting-t... @iboleurope.bsky.social @eurotaxonomy.cetaf.org #DNA #genomics

Connecting Europe Through Reference Genomes and Genomic Data - BGE+

Supporting the whole-genome research community through ERGA Producing a reference genome, a detailed map of a species’ DNA, can take years of fieldwork, laboratory experiments, and computer analysis. ...

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Rob Waterhouse@rmwaterhouse.bsky.social · 3w ago

If you did not receive this month's newsletter from the 🄴🅄🅁🄾🄿🄴🄰🄽 🅁🄴🄵🄴🅁🄴🄽🄲🄴 🄶🄴🄽🄾🄼🄴 🄰🅃🄻🄰🅂 community @ergabiodiv.bsky.social then your member registration may have lapsed, register again or reach out to the ERGA secretariat for help www.erga-biodiversity.eu/post/erga-ne... #biodiversity #genomics

ERGA News #40 - August 2026

NewsEnd of Term: Thank You to Our Chair and Vice Chairs!As we approach the end of the current 3-year term, we want to thank our Chair Rob Waterhouse and Vice Chairs, Ann Mc Cartney and Olga Vinnere Pe...

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Rob Waterhouse@rmwaterhouse.bsky.social · 4w ago

Thanks @dts.bsky.social for highlighting the "long-tail" of reference genome producers - at ERGA @ergabiodiv.bsky.social we strive to build capacity to support smaller-scale efforts & share knowledge across researchers & projects in Europe www.erga-biodiversity.eu

A genome atlas of european biodiversity

The European Reference Genome Atlas (ERGA) initiative is a pan-European scientific response to current threats to biodiversity. Reference genomes provide the most complete insight into the genetic bas...

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Darrin T. Schultz@dts.bsky.social · last mo.

I would like to note that 39% of the genomes were from labs or institutions that submitted 20 or fewer! Individual contributions are still critical, even in the age with large sequencing consortia. Contact me if you'd like me to connect you to resources to start your own genome assembly project!

The full list of genomes used in this study, as well as the percent of genomes contributed by submitter, is in table S1. We recognize the substantial investments made by genome sequencing consortia and individual laboratories in producing the chromosome-­ scale ge- nomes analyzed in this study. Below, we briefly note the contributors of 0.75% or more of the total genomes to our dataset based on NCBI “Assembly Submitter”: The Wellcome Sanger Institute (previously known as “The Sanger Centre” and “Wellcome Trust Sanger Insti- tute”; 2655 genomes or 45.62% of genomes in the dataset), Geno- scope CEA (117, 2.0%), the Vertebrate Genomes Project (108, 1.86%), Northwest A&F University (83 genomes, 1.43%), the DNA Zoo (52 genomes, 0.89%), and the US Department of Agriculture (45, 0.77%). Additional institutions contributing more than 20 genomes include Zhejiang University; China Agricultural University; Centro Nacio- nal de Análisis Genómico; Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Acade- my of Sciences; Institut de Biologia Evolutiva Consell Superior d’Investigacions Científiques-­ Universitat Pompeu Fabra (CSIC-­ UPF); University of Cambridge; Nanjing Agricultural University; European Molecular Biology Laboratory’s European Bioinformatics Insti- tute (EMBL-­ EBI), Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Cambridge; Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences; The Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics; Bat1K Project; Southwest University; GenoFish; Ocean University of China; Princeton Uni- versity; Rothamsted Research; and Huazhong Agricultural University. The remaining 39.23% of genomes in the dataset were submitted to NCBI by contributors with 20 or fewer chromosome-­ scale genome uploads after filtering.