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Earth BioGenome Project 🌍 @ebpgenome.bsky.social · 2d

Through his work, we’re learning how species dive deeper, migrate farther, and adapt to life entirely in the ocean — all through the language of their DNA.

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Earth BioGenome Project 🌍 @ebpgenome.bsky.social · 2d

From studying endangered primates in Gombe with Jane Goodall to decoding the DNA of whales and dolphins at NOAA, Phil’s career has been a story of discovery, collaboration, and creativity — one that bridges the field and the lab, science and art.

📖 Read the full feature: bit.ly/EBP_LIFE

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Earth BioGenome Project 🌍 @ebpgenome.bsky.social · 2d

🌊 From chimp nests to whale genomes — meet Dr. Phil Morin, a scientist who’s turned curiosity into conservation.
Some people carve their path through persistence. Others stumble into opportunity.
Phil Morin did both. 🧬
📖 Read the full feature: bit.ly/EBP_LIFE

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Earth BioGenome Project 🌍 @ebpgenome.bsky.social · 2d

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Earth BioGenome Project 🌍 @ebpgenome.bsky.social · 2d

🐋 From mega-genomes of blue whales and Antarctic krill
🐬 To genomes saving species like the vaquita and sea turtles
🧫 To R&D breakthroughs unlocking coral, sponge & jellyfish DNA — this issue reveals how scientists are decoding the blueprint of ocean life and transforming conservation. 🌍💙

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Earth BioGenome Project 🌍 @ebpgenome.bsky.social · 2d

🌊 Ready to dive deep?
EBP Life Issue 4 takes you beneath the waves — where genome science meets the mysteries of the sea. 🧬✨
Thousands of new genomes. Infinite discoveries ahead.
🚀 Dive into the ocean’s genomic frontier → bit.ly/EBP_LIFE

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

🏙️ Last week, #ERGA joined the @vertebrategenomes.bsky.social #VGP Conference in NYC, a great chance to connect with @ebpgenome.bsky.social projects and share progress on #FAIR genome assemblies & reporting under @biogeneurope.bsky.social
www.erga-biodiversity.eu/post/erga-me... #genomes #conference

ERGA meets VGP in New York City

Last week, ERGA was present at the Vertebrate Genomes Project 2025 Conference, held at The Rockefeller University in New York City from September 30 and October 1. ERGA and VGP share a long-standing c...

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Earth BioGenome Project 🌍 @ebpgenome.bsky.social · 5d

🌿 Lots of EBP-affiliates are sequencing plant genomes, want to stay informed on all plant genome insights and discoveries as they crop up? 🌾 Make sure to follow our curated EBP-affiliate list to find new plant-focused initiatives around the world!

💚➡️ Follow other EBP-affiliates: go.bsky.app/CRvXDF4

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Earth BioGenome Project 🌍 @ebpgenome.bsky.social · 5d

Every plant holds a story written in DNA 🌿 By decoding these green blueprints, scientists reveal how plants evolved, uncover traits for climate resilience and crop performance, and help protect the biodiversity that sustains life on Earth. 🌎💚

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Earth BioGenome Project 🌍 @ebpgenome.bsky.social · 5d

🧬 Why sequence plant genomes?
To reveal their hidden histories 🌿, find the genes behind resilience 💪, and protect the green blueprint of life 🌎.

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BCM Human Genome Sequencing Center @bcmhgsc.bsky.social · 5d

🎥 Missed the recent #FrontiersForum webinar on phase II of the Earth BioGenome Project? Watch the recording now ➡️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUbI...

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Harris Lewin & colleagues | The Earth BioGenome Project Phase II: illuminating the eukaryotic tree

YouTube video by Frontiers

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Earth BioGenome Project 🌍 @ebpgenome.bsky.social · 11d

Today we remember Jane Goodall, who inspired a generation to protect wildlife and wild places, turning careful observation into lasting conservation.

“A 'tireless advocate' for the protection of our natural world'”- Jane Goodall Institute

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Biodiversity Genomics Europe (BGE) @biogeneurope.bsky.social · 12d

We’re almost live! 💥

Today and tomorrow, #BGE’s symposium "Unlocking the power of #genomic science for nature and the #bioeconomy in Europe" (30Sept-1Oct) will be streamed live from @naturalsciences-be.bsky.social, Brussels! 🧬

🎥 Start: 30-09-25 at 13:30 CEST
▶️ Watch live (free): lnkd.in/eQmVztQq

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Biodiversity Genomics Europe (BGE) @biogeneurope.bsky.social · 12d

♨️Live from #BGEconnects:

We just finished “iBOL – How genomics is transforming understanding of biodiversity through DNA-barcoding” by Paul Herbert, director of @cbg-uofg.bsky.social and iBOL.
"It’s changing our view on the understanding of life on our planet."

@iboleurope.bsky.social #DNA

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Biodiversity Genomics Europe (BGE) @biogeneurope.bsky.social · 12d

♨️Live @ #BGEconnects:

Finished “EBP – How genomics is transforming understanding of biodiversity through reference genome production” by Harris Lewin, chair of @ebpgenome.bsky.social.

“Reference-quality genomes can now be produced at scale”, he says. “We need to work together to scale up.”

#BGE

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Rob Waterhouse @rmwaterhouse.bsky.social · 20d

Annotating the Corema album Genome: A Step Toward Coastal Ecosystem Conservation biodiversitygenomics.eu/2024/10/14/a...
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Annotating the Corema album Genome: A Step Toward Coastal Ecosystem Conservation - Biodiversity Genomics Europe

Case study Annotating the Corema album Genome: A Step Toward Coastal Ecosystem Conservation Researchers launched a groundbreaking project to improve the genomic annotation of the white crowberry (Core...

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Pure Science @purescience.news · Apr 30

Scientists hope sequencing genome of tiny ‘functionally extinct’ frog could help save it #Science #Biology #Genetics #FrogConservation #Genomics #Biodiversity

Scientists hope sequencing genome of tiny ‘functionally extinct’ frog could help save it

Corroboree frog belongs to 100m-year-old family of amphibians but is now found only in the puddles and peat bogs of Kosciuszko national park Scientists have sequenced the genome of the critically endangered...

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Tal Idan @talidan.bsky.social · Jun 27

The #ATLSea project: a #France2030 mission to sequence marine life from every coastline. Collecting invertebrates off the coast of Marseille - from sponges to sea slugs. ATLASea is building an incredible database one genome at a time. 🐚🦐 #OceanGenome #Biodiversity

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Rob Waterhouse @rmwaterhouse.bsky.social · 20d

A new reference genome for the conservation of coastal spider species in the face of anthropogenic change biodiversitygenomics.eu/2024/08/26/a...
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A new reference genome for the conservation of coastal spider species in the face of anthropogenic change - Biodiversity Genomics Europe

Case study New Genome for a Spider Endemic to Tenerife The genome of a unique beach-dwelling spider species, endemic to Tenerife, will be a crucial resource for studying the impact of human-induced ch...

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NL Institute of Ecology NIOO-KNAW @niooknaw.bsky.social · Dec 2

New publication: The European Reference #Genome Atlas: piloting a decentralised approach to equitable #biodiversity genomics, by @KvanOers and others. #genomics #eukaryote #sequencing

https://doi.org/10.1038/s44185-024-00054-6

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Cell Bio News @cellbionews.bsky.social · 29d

New pathway engineered into plants lets them suck up more CO₂
arstechnica.com/science/2025...

New pathway engineered into plants lets them suck up more CO₂

Engineered pathway lets carbon be plugged directly into key metabolic pathways.

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ERGA - European Reference Genome Atlas @ergabiodiv.bsky.social · 19d

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

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Guigó Lab @guigolab.bsky.social · 20d

🌍✨ Master’s project in our Lab @crg.eu
🌱🧬 Help build the Biodiversity Long-Read Transcriptomic Catalogue @ebpgenome.bsky.social with @pacbio.bsky.social & @nanoporetech.com

💻 Python/R, Linux, seq data
💶 600€/mo + travel
📩 [email protected] / [email protected]
ℹ️ www.crg.eu/en/content/t...

Centre for Genomic Regulation Website

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Earth Species Project (ESP) @earthspecies.bsky.social · 26d

💡 How can we build #AI models that generalize across species + tasks? 🐦🐋🐒

This is a fundamental question for our work at ESP and it’s the topic of our most recent paper and blog post: www.earthspecies.org/blog/what-ma...

🧵Read below for more👇

What Matters for Bioacoustic Encoding: A Practical Training Recipe for Building Generalizable Models - Earth Species Project

To better understand what matters for building a generalizable bioacoustic encoder, we tested 19 models across 26 datasets and a new evaluation benchmark. Our main finding is that a two-stage training...

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ERGA - European Reference Genome Atlas @ergabiodiv.bsky.social · 24d

#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.

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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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