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Project Psyche

@projectpsyche.bsky.social

Sequencing the genomes of all 11,000 species of butterflies and moths across Europe. Find out more at projectpsyche.org

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Charlotte Wright @charlottewright.bsky.social · last mo.

The @smbe-idea.bsky.social symposium at #SMBE2026 was packed with inspiring talks and thought-provoking discussion. Thank you for the opportunity to share how @projectpsyche.bsky.social & @10klepgenomes.bsky.social is making biodiversity genomics more inclusive!

Project Psyche@projectpsyche.bsky.social · last mo.

(2/3) Great talk by @charlottewright.bsky.social from @sangerinstitute.bsky.social, one of our coordinators, on widening participation in genome generation! @10klepgenomes.bsky.social is scaling Lepidoptera genome curation across Europe: 30 trained curators, 14 countries, 120+ genomes curated 🦋👀

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

Great to see the latest results - @projectpsyche.bsky.social is an ERGA @ergabiodiv.bsky.social Affiliate Initiative www.erga-biodiversity.eu/community-co...

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Project Psyche@projectpsyche.bsky.social · last mo.

(1/3) At #SMBE2026 in Copenhagen! 🧬🦋 Part of our team @10klepgenomes.bsky.social #LepEU is here for a few days of great talks on molecular evolution and population genomics! #Lepidoptera #Genomics #ProjectPsyche

Project Psyche @projectpsyche.bsky.social · last mo.

Joana Meier @joanameier.bsky.social · last mo.

Enjoying an excellent Entomology Congress #ECE2026 in Tours, France. Jean-Michel Drezen and I hosted a genomics symposium. Lots of @projectpsyche.bsky.social members here. @pedrogribeiro.bsky.social gave an excellent talk on the @10klepgenomes.bsky.social COST Action.

Marcin Wiorek @marcinwiorek.bsky.social · last mo.

After Monday's teaser in the session dedicated to COST Actions, @pedrogribeiro.bsky.social just presented an inspiring update on the outputs and progress of @10klepgenomes.bsky.social and @projectpsyche.bsky.social in the Genomics and evolutionary novelties 3 session at @ece2026tours.bsky.social! 🦋

Pedro Ribeiro @pedrogribeiro.bsky.social · last mo.

Here at the @ece2026tours.bsky.social to talk about the amazing @10klepgenomes.bsky.social COST Action and how we are collaborating with @projectpsyche.bsky.social and #LepEU to obtain reference genomes of all European moths and butterflies!

10kLepGenomes @10klepgenomes.bsky.social · last mo.

@pedrogribeiro.bsky.social gave a wonderful talk about our initiative with @projectpsyche.bsky.social and #LepEU at @ece2026tours.bsky.social panel dedicated to COST Actions. Our goal is to sequence reference genomes from all European Lepidoptera. #10kLepGenomes #Lepidoptera #ECE2026Tours

10kLepGenomes @10klepgenomes.bsky.social · last mo.

🦋🚀 @marcinwiorek.bsky.social from the @iseapas.bsky.social, gave a successful talk on @projectpsyche.bsky.social and @10klepgenomes.bsky.social at the 48th Symposium of the Lepidoptera Section, Polish Entomological Society held in Góra Świętej Anny, Poland, June 19–21. #10kLepGenomes #Lepidoptera

Institute of Systematics and Evolution of Animals PAS @iseapas.bsky.social · last mo.

#iseapasatconference Researchers from our 🦏 Institute participate in exciting projects on 🦋 Lepidoptera 🧬 genomics ⬇️ @projectpsyche.bsky.social @10klepgenomes.bsky.social

10kLepGenomes@10klepgenomes.bsky.social · last mo.

Marcin Wiorek @marcinwiorek.bsky.social · last mo.

🦋 The 48th Symposium of the Lepidoptera section of the Polish Entomological Society was a great opportunity to share my own research, but also to spread the news about the progress of @projectpsyche.bsky.social and @10klepgenomes.bsky.social with the local community of lepidopterists. Exciting!

10kLepGenomes@10klepgenomes.bsky.social · last mo.

Camille Cornet @camillecornet.bsky.social · 2mo ago

To tackle this, we assembled high-quality genomes for 11 Erebia species and combined them with 25 additional assemblies from @projectpsyche.bsky.social, the Darwin Tree of Life project and @ergabiodiv.bsky.social Huge thanks to these initiatives for enabling exciting science!

Stefaniya Kamenova @stefaniyak2.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Busy days, we keep collecting, identifying & dissecting #butterflies and #moths for #referencegenome sequencing. No 🦋 is safe during the @10klepgenomes.bsky.social field workshop in Vlahi 🇧🇬 @projectpsyche.bsky.social @charlottewright.bsky.social @alenasuchackova.bsky.social @lepphylo.bsky.social

10kLepGenomes @10klepgenomes.bsky.social · 2mo ago

🎉 Big news! Our WG4's first meeting report is now published in Evolutionary Applications! A milestone for our working group, check it out 👇 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #LepEU #10KLepGenomes #Genomics #Lepidoptera

LepEU: A Consortium to Study the Population Genomics of Butterflies and Moths Across Europe

LepEU, the European Lepidopteran Population Genomics Consortium, was launched in 2023 to coordinate continental-scale collections and generate population-level genomic data for butterflies and moths ...

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Earth BioGenome Project 🌍@ebpgenome.bsky.social · 2mo ago

🦋 With more than 160,000 described species, butterflies and moths represent one of the largest branches of life on Earth. That diversity is why EBP-affiliated initiatives such as Project Psyche are dedicated to sequencing Lepidoptera genomes. @projectpsyche.bsky.social #Butterflies #Moths #genomes

Close-up photograph of a white moth with large dark eyes and prominent feather-like antennae resting on a green leaf against a black background.

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"They are foundational to terrestrial ecosystems — serving as pollinators, herbivores, and prey that help sustain food webs worldwide."

Macro photograph of a moth showing highly detailed feather-like antennae, dark eyes, and fuzzy body features against a softly blurred background.

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"Because many species respond rapidly to climate change, habitat loss, and pollution, their genomes also provide powerful tools for monitoring ecosystem health and environmental change."

Close-up photograph of a white moth marked with orange, red, and black spots perched on a dandelion seed head against a green background.

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"At the same time, many Lepidoptera species are in decline. High-quality genomes can support conservation planning, population monitoring, and species recovery efforts."

10kLepGenomes @10klepgenomes.bsky.social · 2mo ago

📣What an incredible second day! Participants split into two tracks and dove straight into the command line running population genomics statistics hands-on. The terminals were flying! 💻 #10kLepGenomes #Lepidoptera #Genomics #LepEU

10kLepGenomes @10klepgenomes.bsky.social · 2mo ago

📣 Today kicks off the 2nd LepEU workshop in Lisbon, coordinated under the COST Action @10klepgenomes.bsky.social Find more information here ⬇️ 10klepgenomes.eu/event/popula... #Genomics #Lepidoptera #Populationgenomics

Population Genomic Analyses with Hundreds of Samples (LepEU) - 10kLepGenomes

LepEU Workshop 2026 DescriptionThe LepEU Workshop 2026 is a joint training and hackathon event focused on the analysis of Lepidoptera genomic data (butterflies and moths). The […]

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10kLepGenomes @10klepgenomes.bsky.social · 3mo ago

(1/4)🚀New successful #STSM! Jose Vicente Pérez Santa-Rita @polillafurtiva.bsky.social (Cavanilles Institute of Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology, Universitat de València,Spain) visited Marko Mutanen (Ecology and Genetics Research Unit,University of Oulu,Finland) from 01/04/2026 to 01/05/2026!

Jose surrounded by a snowy landscape in Finland.

Picture of the University of Oulu, Finland.

10kLepGenomes @10klepgenomes.bsky.social · 3mo ago

(4/4) They visited Hailuoto Island (Oulu, Finland) to collect larvae of 𝘈𝘳𝘨𝘺𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘦 𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘢 and 𝘈𝘳𝘨𝘺𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘢 for @projectpsyche.bsky.social 🦋🌎 Their collaboration was a great success and laid the groundwork for future joint research! #10kLepGenomes #Lepidoptera #Tortricidae

The picture shows the larva of 𝘈𝘳𝘨𝘺𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘦 𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘢 on a leaf.

The picture shows 𝘈𝘳𝘨𝘺𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘢 on a leaf.

Evolutionary Genetics Laboratory @eglankara.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Our director Prof. Dr. Emre Keskin attended the 10kLepGenomes / Project Psyche spring meeting at the University of Liverpool, where working group sessions focused on the next steps for Lepidoptera genome data analysis. 🧬🦋 @10klepgenomes.bsky.social @projectpsyche.bsky.social

Charlotte Wright @charlottewright.bsky.social · 3mo ago

That's a wrap! Thank you to everyone that came and exchanged ideas and experience and for @petermulhair.bsky.social for superbly hosting this meeting. Great things happen when >50 researchers come together to plan and do analysis for a week! Exciting times for @projectpsyche.bsky.social 🦋🦋🦋

10kLepGenomes@10klepgenomes.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Today we close the @projectpsyche.bsky.social spring meeting at @liverpooluni.bsky.social. Final discussions and the summary session helped define our strategy for the coming months of data analysis 🧬🦋! #10kLepGenomes #Lepidoptera #Genomics

10kLepGenomes @10klepgenomes.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Day 3 of the @projectpsyche.bsky.social spring meeting at @liverpooluni.bsky.social. Summary sessions brought together the ideas we’ve developed so far, followed by a visit to the entomological collection 🧬🦋 #10kLepGenomes #Lepidoptera #Genomics

Group photo of participants at the Project Psyche and 10kLepGenomes meeting in Liverpool gathered together after workshop sessions.

Researchers examining drawers of Lepidoptera specimens in the University of Liverpool entomological collection, closely observing pinned butterflies and moths during a visit to the collection.

Workshop participants gathered around specimen drawers at the entomological collection.

10kLepGenomes @10klepgenomes.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Day 2 of the spring meeting at @liverpooluni.bsky.social focused on breakout sessions across the different @projectpsyche.bsky.social working groups 🧬🦋 Great discussions today—exciting to dig deeper into challenges in Lepidoptera genome analysis! #10kLepGenomes #Lepidoptera #Genomics

Attendees from the phylogenomics working group gathered around a table during a breakout session at the meeting, discussing Lepidoptera genome analysis strategies.

10kLepGenomes @10klepgenomes.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Today kicks off the first day of the spring #10kLepGenomes and @projectpsyche.bsky.social meeting at the @liverpooluni.bsky.social 🧬🦋 Great to join colleagues to explore ideas for genomes analysis. Looking forward to the discussions ahead! #10kLepGenomes #Lepidoptera #Genomics

10kLepGenomes and Psyche Spring Meeting poster with official logos.

Niklas Wahlberg presenting the Chromosome Evolution Working Group to meeting attendees with slides projected behind him.

Charlotte Wright and Joana Meier standing at the front of a meeting room, speaking to seated attendees beside a slide titled “Feedback from external reviewers on proposed abstracts” during the meeting.

Project Psyche @projectpsyche.bsky.social · 4mo ago

What if we could read the DNA of every butterfly and moth species in Europe? 🦋 That’s our goal: Sequencing ~11,000 Lepidoptera genomes to understand how they evolved, how they adapt, and how we can protect them🌎. Interview led by our hub @ibe-barcelona.bsky.social 🧬: www.lasexta.com/tecnologia-t...

El proyecto Psyche sitúa las mariposas a la vanguardia de la genómica de la biodiversidad

Esta investigación secuenciará a escala cromosómica las 11.000 especies descritas de lepidópteros (mariposas y polillas) en Europa, revolucionando así la genómica de la biodiversidad. Ya se han secuen...

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Project Psyche @projectpsyche.bsky.social · 4mo ago

(1/5) We are building the largest genomic map ever created for Lepidoptera together with @10klepgenomes.bsky.social — and the University of Murcia (UMU) is part of our international team working to sequence 10,000 species 🦋🧬 More information ⬇️⬇️⬇️ www.laopiniondemurcia.es/comunidad/20...

10kLepGenomes @10klepgenomes.bsky.social · 5mo ago

(2/2) During this workshop, participants will take part in: 🦋 Lepidoptera collecting (Psyche & LepEU) 🧪 Hands-on training in genomic sample processing 🏔️ Fieldwork in the Pirin Mountains Interested in taxonomy, genomics, or cross-disciplinary collab? ✅ Apply here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Close-up of a blue-lit moth trap at night, with numerous moths of different sizes and shapes resting on the mesh surface and roof of the trap. The insects are attracted to the ultraviolet light, illustrating nighttime Lepidoptera sampling in the field.
Photo credit: Alena Suchackova.

10kLepGenomes @10klepgenomes.bsky.social · 5mo ago

(1/2) Applications are open for the second field workshop of WG 2: Specimen collection for genomic work 📍 Vlahi, Pirin Mountains (Bulgaria) 📅 15–19 June 2026 We’re bringing together Lepidoptera taxonomists, enthusiasts, bioinformaticians, and students for real hands-on learning and exchange. ⬇️ ⬇️

A group of researchers and participants gather at night in a mountain landscape around a glowing blue light trap used for collecting moths. The scene is illuminated by the bright light, with trees and dark mountain silhouettes in the background. The group is examining specimens and taking notes during fieldwork.
Photo credit: Alena Suchackova.