🦋 🐛🐜 Sequencing insect genomes reveals hidden species, uncovers wild adaptations (flight, metamorphosis, chemical defenses!), and exposes how ecosystems respond to climate change.
If we want to understand life on Earth — we must understand insect genomes.

Check out this map of megadiverse countries around the world! 🌍
EBP-affiliated groups are actively sequencing in several of these biodiversity hotspots as we move toward 5,000 high-quality reference genomes.

👉 Follow other EBP-affiliated projects — we’re in this together! go.bsky.app/CRvXDF4

🙌 Thanks to all those involved in driving this effort forward
@sangerinstitute.bsky.social | @vertebrategenomes.bsky.social | @atlasea.bsky.social |@cmazzoni.bsky.social| @philmor1964.bsky.social|@erichjarvis.bsky.social |@kurakulabmsm.bsky.social | @vertebrategenomes.bsky.social go.bsky.app/CRvXDF4

Why is DNA extraction so tough?
🐜 Tiny insects provide too little material.
🌱 Plants fight back with tough walls and chemical inhibitors.
🐚 Shells, chitin, and slime — all evolved to protect DNA.
From coral skeletons to cactus spines, extraction is where fieldwork meets chemistry 🔬🌎💪

The EBP-affiliates are building a global reference genome library to benefit species worldwide. As EBP Executive Council chair Harris Lewin recently noted: “As the biodiversity crisis gathers pace, so must our sequencing.”

EBP-affiliates are scaling up genome sequencing.
👉 DeepDive: bit.ly/4plyPzG

At every turn, EBP-affiliates are pushing boundaries—on track for 10,000 genome assemblies!

@bat1kgenomes.bsky.social @kurakulabmsm.bsky.social
@atlasea.bsky.social @biogeneurope.bsky.social
@ergabiodiv.bsky.social @vertebrategenomes.bsky.social
@projectpsyche.bsky.social

🌍 Upcoming Event: Frontiers in Science Deep Dive
🧬✨ Explore the EBP Phase II Roadmap and hear directly from the lead authors about scaling up biodiversity genomics worldwide. Bring your questions and join the discussion!
🗓️ 18 September 2025
⏰ 16:00–17:30 CEST
👉 Register here: bit.ly/4plyPzG

Be sure to follow the EBP Starter Pack to stay up to date on all EBP-affiliated groups working tirelessly to genome sequence all life!
🌍🧬 Today, there are 60 EBP-affiliated projects—some of which are also on BlueSky.
go.bsky.app/CRvXDF4

Thanks to our whole EBP community for making this milestone possible.
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@kurakulabmsm.bsky.social | @atlasea.bsky.social | @biogeneurope.bsky.social | @ergabiodiv.bsky.social | @vertebrategenomes.bsky.social | @invertebrates.bsky.social | @projectpsyche.bsky.social |