Wise Ancestors (NGO)
@wiseancestors.bsky.social
Our mission is to advance decentralized genomic research co-developed with Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities for biodiversity conservation.
Apply to be a Collaborator and/ or help us by donating! 🧬 Earth BioGenome Affiliate
Apply to be a Collaborator and/ or help us by donating! 🧬 Earth BioGenome Affiliate
“This would equip researchers, conservationists & policymakers to conserve, study & potentially restore the native species across the archipelago, aiding the ability of Bermuda’s ecosystems to be resilient to #climatechange.”
www.royalgazette.com/environment/...
#Bermuda #biodiversity
www.royalgazette.com/environment/...
#Bermuda #biodiversity
BioQuest completes draft Bermuda cedar genome
A local organisation has completed the first part of a genetic project aimed at restoring the Bermuda cedar population.
A statement said BioQuest completed a draft reference genome on the critically e...
www.royalgazette.com
December 11, 2025 at 9:33 PM
“This would equip researchers, conservationists & policymakers to conserve, study & potentially restore the native species across the archipelago, aiding the ability of Bermuda’s ecosystems to be resilient to #climatechange.”
www.royalgazette.com/environment/...
#Bermuda #biodiversity
www.royalgazette.com/environment/...
#Bermuda #biodiversity
🚨 #Conservation #genomics update! 🧬
The first publicly available annotated reference #genome for the critically endangered #Bermuda Cedar is one step closer to being completed thanks to the incredible work of our partners BioQuest!
Learn more: www.wiseancestors.org/discover/dra...
The first publicly available annotated reference #genome for the critically endangered #Bermuda Cedar is one step closer to being completed thanks to the incredible work of our partners BioQuest!
Learn more: www.wiseancestors.org/discover/dra...
Draft Reference Genome Completed for Bermuda’s National Tree: The Critically Endangered Bermuda Cedar
This is the first step in producing a fully annotated reference genome as a part of a series of conservation initiatives in partnership with US-based NGO Wise Ancestors.
www.wiseancestors.org
December 9, 2025 at 7:28 PM
🚨 #Conservation #genomics update! 🧬
The first publicly available annotated reference #genome for the critically endangered #Bermuda Cedar is one step closer to being completed thanks to the incredible work of our partners BioQuest!
Learn more: www.wiseancestors.org/discover/dra...
The first publicly available annotated reference #genome for the critically endangered #Bermuda Cedar is one step closer to being completed thanks to the incredible work of our partners BioQuest!
Learn more: www.wiseancestors.org/discover/dra...
Do you want to see more Indigenous & Local Community-led biodiversity conservation initiatives? Take part today by donating to our new crowdfund! Every dollar makes a difference. platform.wiseancestors.org/challenges/14
#conservation #genomics #IndigenousRights #datasovereignty #Indigenous
#conservation #genomics #IndigenousRights #datasovereignty #Indigenous
December 3, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Do you want to see more Indigenous & Local Community-led biodiversity conservation initiatives? Take part today by donating to our new crowdfund! Every dollar makes a difference. platform.wiseancestors.org/challenges/14
#conservation #genomics #IndigenousRights #datasovereignty #Indigenous
#conservation #genomics #IndigenousRights #datasovereignty #Indigenous
With your support, we can establish an ethical model for conservation—one that honors Indigenous expertise and knowledge from the very beginning. Give today: platform.wiseancestors.org/challenges/14
#GivingTuesday
#GivingTuesday
December 2, 2025 at 4:43 PM
With your support, we can establish an ethical model for conservation—one that honors Indigenous expertise and knowledge from the very beginning. Give today: platform.wiseancestors.org/challenges/14
#GivingTuesday
#GivingTuesday
We're thrilled to see what @cagovernornewsom.bsky.social office is calling "the largest-ever 'land return' in the Sierra foothills" to the Tule River Indian Tribe, whose ancestors lived in the southern Sierra Nevada for thousands of years. Learn more - www.sfchronicle.com/california/a...
#NAHM
#NAHM
Major California ‘land-back’ deal with tribe preserves swath of southern Sierra
This acquisition, which will restore 17,000 acres to the Tule River Indian Tribe, is the largest-ever “land return” deal in the Sierra foothills, according to California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s...
www.sfchronicle.com
November 6, 2025 at 6:22 PM
We're thrilled to see what @cagovernornewsom.bsky.social office is calling "the largest-ever 'land return' in the Sierra foothills" to the Tule River Indian Tribe, whose ancestors lived in the southern Sierra Nevada for thousands of years. Learn more - www.sfchronicle.com/california/a...
#NAHM
#NAHM
🧬 #LivingData2025 Update from our Community Engagement Director, Katie Jones: ""Every session discussing #Indigenous #Data #Sovereignty and Governance at Living Data 2025, including the one I spoke at today, has been delivered to a packed house. Standing room only..."
October 24, 2025 at 8:56 PM
🧬 #LivingData2025 Update from our Community Engagement Director, Katie Jones: ""Every session discussing #Indigenous #Data #Sovereignty and Governance at Living Data 2025, including the one I spoke at today, has been delivered to a packed house. Standing room only..."
🌿 Field Notes from #Colombia 🇨🇴
Ahead of #LivingData2025, our Community Engagement Director Katie Jones joined the #Antioquia Biomonitores for field work with our project partners Instituto Humboldt and Neotropical Innovation.
Learn more: wiseancestors.org/discover/new...
More details coming soon!
Ahead of #LivingData2025, our Community Engagement Director Katie Jones joined the #Antioquia Biomonitores for field work with our project partners Instituto Humboldt and Neotropical Innovation.
Learn more: wiseancestors.org/discover/new...
More details coming soon!
October 20, 2025 at 10:01 PM
🌿 Field Notes from #Colombia 🇨🇴
Ahead of #LivingData2025, our Community Engagement Director Katie Jones joined the #Antioquia Biomonitores for field work with our project partners Instituto Humboldt and Neotropical Innovation.
Learn more: wiseancestors.org/discover/new...
More details coming soon!
Ahead of #LivingData2025, our Community Engagement Director Katie Jones joined the #Antioquia Biomonitores for field work with our project partners Instituto Humboldt and Neotropical Innovation.
Learn more: wiseancestors.org/discover/new...
More details coming soon!
Happy #Indigenous Peoples Day!
We absolutely love this teaching from #NinaGualinga by @atmosmag.bsky.social about the importance of language and the words we choose to use to describe our relationships to other living beings.
#nature #Indigenousrights #wisdom
We absolutely love this teaching from #NinaGualinga by @atmosmag.bsky.social about the importance of language and the words we choose to use to describe our relationships to other living beings.
#nature #Indigenousrights #wisdom
October 14, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Happy #Indigenous Peoples Day!
We absolutely love this teaching from #NinaGualinga by @atmosmag.bsky.social about the importance of language and the words we choose to use to describe our relationships to other living beings.
#nature #Indigenousrights #wisdom
We absolutely love this teaching from #NinaGualinga by @atmosmag.bsky.social about the importance of language and the words we choose to use to describe our relationships to other living beings.
#nature #Indigenousrights #wisdom
How do we power community-centered biodiversity conservation that supports #Indigenous data sovereignty? Watch this clip from our introduction video - youtu.be/65bVkOvBbaM?....
Learn more & take action at wiseancestors.org. If you’re at #IUCNcongress visit Booth 107 &- meet members of our team!
Learn more & take action at wiseancestors.org. If you’re at #IUCNcongress visit Booth 107 &- meet members of our team!
October 10, 2025 at 7:58 AM
How do we power community-centered biodiversity conservation that supports #Indigenous data sovereignty? Watch this clip from our introduction video - youtu.be/65bVkOvBbaM?....
Learn more & take action at wiseancestors.org. If you’re at #IUCNcongress visit Booth 107 &- meet members of our team!
Learn more & take action at wiseancestors.org. If you’re at #IUCNcongress visit Booth 107 &- meet members of our team!
We made it to #IUCNcongress!
Members of our team will be in booth 107 starting tomorrow - Monday! Come by and see how we're braiding #genomic science, traditional knowledge systems & an equitable, decentralized approach for #biodiversity #conservation.
Learn more & take action: wiseancestors.org
Members of our team will be in booth 107 starting tomorrow - Monday! Come by and see how we're braiding #genomic science, traditional knowledge systems & an equitable, decentralized approach for #biodiversity #conservation.
Learn more & take action: wiseancestors.org
October 8, 2025 at 9:04 PM
We made it to #IUCNcongress!
Members of our team will be in booth 107 starting tomorrow - Monday! Come by and see how we're braiding #genomic science, traditional knowledge systems & an equitable, decentralized approach for #biodiversity #conservation.
Learn more & take action: wiseancestors.org
Members of our team will be in booth 107 starting tomorrow - Monday! Come by and see how we're braiding #genomic science, traditional knowledge systems & an equitable, decentralized approach for #biodiversity #conservation.
Learn more & take action: wiseancestors.org
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Kelp forests, mangroves, seagrass meadows, and coral reefs are vital blue ecosystems that sustain our planet.
Yet, they are severely threatened by climate change, biodiversity loss, pollution, and waste.
Here's why their protection matters: www.unep.org/interactives...
Yet, they are severely threatened by climate change, biodiversity loss, pollution, and waste.
Here's why their protection matters: www.unep.org/interactives...
October 8, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Kelp forests, mangroves, seagrass meadows, and coral reefs are vital blue ecosystems that sustain our planet.
Yet, they are severely threatened by climate change, biodiversity loss, pollution, and waste.
Here's why their protection matters: www.unep.org/interactives...
Yet, they are severely threatened by climate change, biodiversity loss, pollution, and waste.
Here's why their protection matters: www.unep.org/interactives...
We're creating a world where #Indigenous & Local Communities are supported in protecting eons of evolutionary information – stored in the DNA of plants, animals, & fungi -- and where genomic research + locally led #conservation initiatives are supported within the same project.
Pt. 2 drops Thurs.
Pt. 2 drops Thurs.
October 7, 2025 at 8:11 PM
We're creating a world where #Indigenous & Local Communities are supported in protecting eons of evolutionary information – stored in the DNA of plants, animals, & fungi -- and where genomic research + locally led #conservation initiatives are supported within the same project.
Pt. 2 drops Thurs.
Pt. 2 drops Thurs.
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🧬 Why sequence plant genomes?
To reveal their hidden histories 🌿, find the genes behind resilience 💪, and protect the green blueprint of life 🌎.
To reveal their hidden histories 🌿, find the genes behind resilience 💪, and protect the green blueprint of life 🌎.
October 7, 2025 at 8:03 PM
🧬 Why sequence plant genomes?
To reveal their hidden histories 🌿, find the genes behind resilience 💪, and protect the green blueprint of life 🌎.
To reveal their hidden histories 🌿, find the genes behind resilience 💪, and protect the green blueprint of life 🌎.
You’re invited into the world of Wise Ancestors. wiseancestors.org
#collaborate #sequence #conserve
Booth 107 #IUCNcongress 2025
#collaborate #sequence #conserve
Booth 107 #IUCNcongress 2025
October 7, 2025 at 7:38 AM
You’re invited into the world of Wise Ancestors. wiseancestors.org
#collaborate #sequence #conserve
Booth 107 #IUCNcongress 2025
#collaborate #sequence #conserve
Booth 107 #IUCNcongress 2025
Exciting News! We will have a booth at the upcoming #IUCNcongress in Abu Dhabi, October 9-12th.
Meet our team attending:
🧬 Katie Jones, Community Engagement Director
🧬 Bwalya Chibwe, Community Engagement Manager
🧬 Ann Pace, Executive Director
Let us know if you'll be there too!
#climate
Meet our team attending:
🧬 Katie Jones, Community Engagement Director
🧬 Bwalya Chibwe, Community Engagement Manager
🧬 Ann Pace, Executive Director
Let us know if you'll be there too!
#climate
September 24, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Exciting News! We will have a booth at the upcoming #IUCNcongress in Abu Dhabi, October 9-12th.
Meet our team attending:
🧬 Katie Jones, Community Engagement Director
🧬 Bwalya Chibwe, Community Engagement Manager
🧬 Ann Pace, Executive Director
Let us know if you'll be there too!
#climate
Meet our team attending:
🧬 Katie Jones, Community Engagement Director
🧬 Bwalya Chibwe, Community Engagement Manager
🧬 Ann Pace, Executive Director
Let us know if you'll be there too!
#climate
We highly recommend reading this new free resource, "PROTOCOLS For Non-Indigenous People Working with #Indigenous Knowledge," made possible by Shingwauk Kinoomaage Gamig & Deakin University, especially for those in #sustainability, #biodiversity #conservation, etc.
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September 18, 2025 at 11:03 PM
We highly recommend reading this new free resource, "PROTOCOLS For Non-Indigenous People Working with #Indigenous Knowledge," made possible by Shingwauk Kinoomaage Gamig & Deakin University, especially for those in #sustainability, #biodiversity #conservation, etc.
media.licdn.com/dms/document...
media.licdn.com/dms/document...
We're looking forward to Dr. Carika Weldon's Trust Talk about our Conservation Challenges for the Critically Endangered #Bermuda Cedar in partnership with BioQuest & The Bermuda National Trust.
Explore the projects & take action!
#genetics #genomes #conservation #genomics #research #science
Explore the projects & take action!
#genetics #genomes #conservation #genomics #research #science
September 15, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Exciting news for all who care about protecting #biodiversity!
Our partner @ebpgenome.bsky.social announced plans to sequence 150,000 #genomes by 2030 & all 1.67M known eukaryotic species by 2035! Read more: www.frontiersin.org/journals/sci...
Video credit: #FrontiersInScience
#conservation
Our partner @ebpgenome.bsky.social announced plans to sequence 150,000 #genomes by 2030 & all 1.67M known eukaryotic species by 2035! Read more: www.frontiersin.org/journals/sci...
Video credit: #FrontiersInScience
#conservation
September 8, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Exciting news for all who care about protecting #biodiversity!
Our partner @ebpgenome.bsky.social announced plans to sequence 150,000 #genomes by 2030 & all 1.67M known eukaryotic species by 2035! Read more: www.frontiersin.org/journals/sci...
Video credit: #FrontiersInScience
#conservation
Our partner @ebpgenome.bsky.social announced plans to sequence 150,000 #genomes by 2030 & all 1.67M known eukaryotic species by 2035! Read more: www.frontiersin.org/journals/sci...
Video credit: #FrontiersInScience
#conservation
Do you care about taking new action to protect #biodiversity amidst the sixth mass #extinction? Then you'll want to take a moment to read our partner @ebpgenome.bsky.social latest news!
#conservation
#genomics
#sequencing
#DNA
#research
#science
#conservation
#genomics
#sequencing
#DNA
#research
#science
🚀🧬🔥 Hot off the press — 2025!
Don’t miss this must-read publication: bit.ly/4mJwFb7
This groundbreaking paper sets the stage for Earth BioGenome Project Phase II — where EBP is gearing up to scale genome sequencing 10× faster than ever before! 🌍✨
Don’t miss this must-read publication: bit.ly/4mJwFb7
This groundbreaking paper sets the stage for Earth BioGenome Project Phase II — where EBP is gearing up to scale genome sequencing 10× faster than ever before! 🌍✨
September 8, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Do you care about taking new action to protect #biodiversity amidst the sixth mass #extinction? Then you'll want to take a moment to read our partner @ebpgenome.bsky.social latest news!
#conservation
#genomics
#sequencing
#DNA
#research
#science
#conservation
#genomics
#sequencing
#DNA
#research
#science
Insects are essential to bird species worldwide with about 90% of them relying on them for food at some point in their lives. Unfortunately, insects are "disappearing at a rate of about 1% to 2% a year," according to @smithsonianmag.bsky.social.
www.smithsonianmag.com/science-natu... #biodiversity
www.smithsonianmag.com/science-natu... #biodiversity
Scientists Are Tracking Worrying Declines in Insects—and the Birds That Feast on Them. Here's What's Being Done to Save Them Both
In Vermont, researchers have investigated the types of creepy, crawly bugs that their avian predators consume and may have found the answers to keeping them both alive
www.smithsonianmag.com
July 25, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Insects are essential to bird species worldwide with about 90% of them relying on them for food at some point in their lives. Unfortunately, insects are "disappearing at a rate of about 1% to 2% a year," according to @smithsonianmag.bsky.social.
www.smithsonianmag.com/science-natu... #biodiversity
www.smithsonianmag.com/science-natu... #biodiversity
Did you know there's a global initiative happening right now that aims to sequence all animal, plant, and fungi species on Earth?
We're honored to be a part of @ebpgenome.bsky.social, and applaud our EBP-affiliate colleagues in this massive endeavor to protect Earth's genetic heritage!
We're honored to be a part of @ebpgenome.bsky.social, and applaud our EBP-affiliate colleagues in this massive endeavor to protect Earth's genetic heritage!
July 25, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Did you know there's a global initiative happening right now that aims to sequence all animal, plant, and fungi species on Earth?
We're honored to be a part of @ebpgenome.bsky.social, and applaud our EBP-affiliate colleagues in this massive endeavor to protect Earth's genetic heritage!
We're honored to be a part of @ebpgenome.bsky.social, and applaud our EBP-affiliate colleagues in this massive endeavor to protect Earth's genetic heritage!
We're very excited to share that Bwalya Chibwe & Katie Jones are now leading our Community Engagement team! Together they will help advance #Indigenous & Local Community-led #biodiversity #conservation utilizing genomic #science.
🧬 Learn more about our team members at www.wiseancestors.org/team
🧬 Learn more about our team members at www.wiseancestors.org/team
July 7, 2025 at 9:47 PM
We're very excited to share that Bwalya Chibwe & Katie Jones are now leading our Community Engagement team! Together they will help advance #Indigenous & Local Community-led #biodiversity #conservation utilizing genomic #science.
🧬 Learn more about our team members at www.wiseancestors.org/team
🧬 Learn more about our team members at www.wiseancestors.org/team
🚨Attn. JOBIM 2025 attendees🚨
Please note that our Scientific Director will be there too!
If you're a sequencer, bioinformatician and/or biobanker looking to help address a biodiversity loss, we invite you to explore the Wise Ancestors Platform! platform.wiseancestors.org
Please note that our Scientific Director will be there too!
If you're a sequencer, bioinformatician and/or biobanker looking to help address a biodiversity loss, we invite you to explore the Wise Ancestors Platform! platform.wiseancestors.org
July 4, 2025 at 1:55 AM
🚨Attn. JOBIM 2025 attendees🚨
Please note that our Scientific Director will be there too!
If you're a sequencer, bioinformatician and/or biobanker looking to help address a biodiversity loss, we invite you to explore the Wise Ancestors Platform! platform.wiseancestors.org
Please note that our Scientific Director will be there too!
If you're a sequencer, bioinformatician and/or biobanker looking to help address a biodiversity loss, we invite you to explore the Wise Ancestors Platform! platform.wiseancestors.org
Did someone say discovery of a new species? 👀
Check out this clip featuring our Executive Director, Dr. Ann Pace at #FtCSF.
Learn more about our conservation work in #Colombia on 2 endemic #birds: www.wiseancestors.org/blog/new-con...
Take action: platform.wiseanceators.org
#genomics
Check out this clip featuring our Executive Director, Dr. Ann Pace at #FtCSF.
Learn more about our conservation work in #Colombia on 2 endemic #birds: www.wiseancestors.org/blog/new-con...
Take action: platform.wiseanceators.org
#genomics
June 26, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Did someone say discovery of a new species? 👀
Check out this clip featuring our Executive Director, Dr. Ann Pace at #FtCSF.
Learn more about our conservation work in #Colombia on 2 endemic #birds: www.wiseancestors.org/blog/new-con...
Take action: platform.wiseanceators.org
#genomics
Check out this clip featuring our Executive Director, Dr. Ann Pace at #FtCSF.
Learn more about our conservation work in #Colombia on 2 endemic #birds: www.wiseancestors.org/blog/new-con...
Take action: platform.wiseanceators.org
#genomics
🚨 #LosAngeles 🚨 Join us next week for a #sustainability cocktail event hosted by our friends, The Carbonauts, at @parksprojets.bsky.social office in #CulverCity! Our very own Media Relations Director will be speaking!
Learn more & RSVP at letsgo.thecarbonauts.com/thecarbonaut...
#sustainability
Learn more & RSVP at letsgo.thecarbonauts.com/thecarbonaut...
#sustainability
June 17, 2025 at 8:22 PM
🚨 #LosAngeles 🚨 Join us next week for a #sustainability cocktail event hosted by our friends, The Carbonauts, at @parksprojets.bsky.social office in #CulverCity! Our very own Media Relations Director will be speaking!
Learn more & RSVP at letsgo.thecarbonauts.com/thecarbonaut...
#sustainability
Learn more & RSVP at letsgo.thecarbonauts.com/thecarbonaut...
#sustainability