Global Invertebrate Genomics Alliance
@invertebrates.bsky.social
GIGA is a worldwide collaborative network of researchers working to address the challenges of genome sequencing across the wide span of invertebrate taxonomy and research disciplines. http://www.gigacos.org/
Very exciting new study!
November 13, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Very exciting new study!
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The Lariviere lab at UMiami is recruiting PhD students! Incoming students will join us in studying host-microbe interactions in the honey bee gut, using molecular and genetic approaches. Please see the attached flyer for more details.
#Symbiosis #SymbioSky #MicroSky #PhDOpportunity #AcademicJobs
#Symbiosis #SymbioSky #MicroSky #PhDOpportunity #AcademicJobs
November 13, 2025 at 3:14 PM
The Lariviere lab at UMiami is recruiting PhD students! Incoming students will join us in studying host-microbe interactions in the honey bee gut, using molecular and genetic approaches. Please see the attached flyer for more details.
#Symbiosis #SymbioSky #MicroSky #PhDOpportunity #AcademicJobs
#Symbiosis #SymbioSky #MicroSky #PhDOpportunity #AcademicJobs
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PhD position available in evolutionary genomics/bioinformatics (hoehnalab.github.io/job_adverts/...). Topic: analyzing gene expression evolution across several firefly species and linking expression changes to genomic architecture. The position is jointly supervised with @anaevolcatalan.bsky.social
hoehnalab.github.io
November 11, 2025 at 9:00 AM
PhD position available in evolutionary genomics/bioinformatics (hoehnalab.github.io/job_adverts/...). Topic: analyzing gene expression evolution across several firefly species and linking expression changes to genomic architecture. The position is jointly supervised with @anaevolcatalan.bsky.social
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Spread the word: we are providing multiple $5k awards for grad & undergrad research on invertebrate conservation !! In addition to our continuing DeWind Award (for Lepidoptera research), we now have the 1st annual BanDrosky Award (for any invert in decline). Details in thread🧵 ⤵️
November 10, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Spread the word: we are providing multiple $5k awards for grad & undergrad research on invertebrate conservation !! In addition to our continuing DeWind Award (for Lepidoptera research), we now have the 1st annual BanDrosky Award (for any invert in decline). Details in thread🧵 ⤵️
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🚨🪲 COOL JOB ALERT 🪲🚨
3-year position at the Western Australian Museum working on an awesome beetle phylogenetics project, starting at $105k dollarydoos per annum: search.jobs.wa.gov.au/page.php?pag...
3-year position at the Western Australian Museum working on an awesome beetle phylogenetics project, starting at $105k dollarydoos per annum: search.jobs.wa.gov.au/page.php?pag...
October 15, 2025 at 4:10 PM
🚨🪲 COOL JOB ALERT 🪲🚨
3-year position at the Western Australian Museum working on an awesome beetle phylogenetics project, starting at $105k dollarydoos per annum: search.jobs.wa.gov.au/page.php?pag...
3-year position at the Western Australian Museum working on an awesome beetle phylogenetics project, starting at $105k dollarydoos per annum: search.jobs.wa.gov.au/page.php?pag...
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🚨 My lab is hiring at all levels!
Interested in animal origins & evolutionary cell biology?
I'm recruiting a postdoc, PhD students & a research assistant to study the molecular evolution of cell adhesion using marine invertebrates + comparative genomics.
🔗: clarkelab.com/join/
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Interested in animal origins & evolutionary cell biology?
I'm recruiting a postdoc, PhD students & a research assistant to study the molecular evolution of cell adhesion using marine invertebrates + comparative genomics.
🔗: clarkelab.com/join/
Please repost!
October 8, 2025 at 5:49 PM
🚨 My lab is hiring at all levels!
Interested in animal origins & evolutionary cell biology?
I'm recruiting a postdoc, PhD students & a research assistant to study the molecular evolution of cell adhesion using marine invertebrates + comparative genomics.
🔗: clarkelab.com/join/
Please repost!
Interested in animal origins & evolutionary cell biology?
I'm recruiting a postdoc, PhD students & a research assistant to study the molecular evolution of cell adhesion using marine invertebrates + comparative genomics.
🔗: clarkelab.com/join/
Please repost!
It's not too late to sign up for the online/hybrid portions of the Understanding Life: Using Largescale Biodiversity Reference Genomes conference Oct 27-29. coursesandconferences.wellcomeconnectingscience.org/event/unders...
Understanding Life: Using Largescale Biodiversity Reference Genomes — 20251027
Understanding life: Using largescale biodiversity reference genomes
coursesandconferences.wellcomeconnectingscience.org
September 23, 2025 at 4:11 PM
It's not too late to sign up for the online/hybrid portions of the Understanding Life: Using Largescale Biodiversity Reference Genomes conference Oct 27-29. coursesandconferences.wellcomeconnectingscience.org/event/unders...
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Our annotated chromosome(ish)-scale assembly of the genome of the terrestrial isopod Armadillidium vulgare, the common pillbug, is available on NCBI: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/datasets/gen...
Work carried out at Ecologie et Biologie des Interactions (EBI) lab in Poitiers.
Work carried out at Ecologie et Biologie des Interactions (EBI) lab in Poitiers.
September 12, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Our annotated chromosome(ish)-scale assembly of the genome of the terrestrial isopod Armadillidium vulgare, the common pillbug, is available on NCBI: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/datasets/gen...
Work carried out at Ecologie et Biologie des Interactions (EBI) lab in Poitiers.
Work carried out at Ecologie et Biologie des Interactions (EBI) lab in Poitiers.
Here's a new sponge genome and the associated metagenomes!
lopez-lab.net/2025/08/30/c...
lopez-lab.net/2025/08/30/c...
Chromosomal Genome of the Red Sea sponge, Diacarnus erythraeanus, Kelly-Borges & Vacelet, 1995, and its Associated Microbial Metagenomes Published
A high quality whole chromosomal genome of the sponge Diacarnus erythraeanus and the metagenomes of its microbial associates have been published from the Photosymbiosis Hub, a component of the Well…
lopez-lab.net
September 3, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Here's a new sponge genome and the associated metagenomes!
lopez-lab.net/2025/08/30/c...
lopez-lab.net/2025/08/30/c...
Check out the recently published genome of the ascidian Trididemnum clinides: lopez-lab.net/2025/07/29/p...
Pacific-based ascidian, Trididemnum clinides Kott, 1977, whole genome is now published
Another Aquatic Symbiosis Genome (ASG) Project Genome Note has been published. This time on the chromosomal level whole genome sequence of the photosymbiotic ascidian, Trididemnum clinides Kott, 19…
lopez-lab.net
August 31, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Check out the recently published genome of the ascidian Trididemnum clinides: lopez-lab.net/2025/07/29/p...
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Delighted to share the peer-reviewed version of our study led by @tomlewin.bsky.social now out in Genome Biology @bmc.springernature.com! We analyzed 64 chromosome-level genomes across 15 animal phyla and found that extensive genome rearrangements are the norm in bilaterians.
doi.org/10.1186/s130...
doi.org/10.1186/s130...
Conservation of bilaterian genome structure is the exception, not the rule - Genome Biology
Species from diverse animal lineages have conserved groups of orthologous genes together on the same chromosome for over half a billion years since the last common ancestor of bilaterians. Although no...
doi.org
August 18, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Delighted to share the peer-reviewed version of our study led by @tomlewin.bsky.social now out in Genome Biology @bmc.springernature.com! We analyzed 64 chromosome-level genomes across 15 animal phyla and found that extensive genome rearrangements are the norm in bilaterians.
doi.org/10.1186/s130...
doi.org/10.1186/s130...
Exciting genomic study on Chaetognaths (aka arrow worms)! www.nature.com/articles/s41...
The genomic origin of the unique chaetognath body plan - Nature
Genomic, single-cell transcriptomic and epigenetic analyses show that chaetognaths, following extensive gene loss in the gnathiferan lineage, relied on newly evolved genes and lineage-specific tandem ...
www.nature.com
August 16, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Exciting genomic study on Chaetognaths (aka arrow worms)! www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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We are so proud of our sea star wasting work that came out today. This interactive article is very complete and includes beautiful videos.
Unmasking the Sea Star Killer www.biographic.com/unmasking-th...
Unmasking the Sea Star Killer www.biographic.com/unmasking-th...
Unmasking the Sea Star Killer
After a decade of carnage, we finally know what’s devastating sea stars along North America’s West Coast. Does that mean scientists can save them?
www.biographic.com
August 4, 2025 at 6:03 PM
We are so proud of our sea star wasting work that came out today. This interactive article is very complete and includes beautiful videos.
Unmasking the Sea Star Killer www.biographic.com/unmasking-th...
Unmasking the Sea Star Killer www.biographic.com/unmasking-th...
Check out our new community funding proposal "Adopt an Invertebrate Genome with GIGA". The focus is to help scientists get funds for sequencing invertebrate genomes through crowdsourcing.
Details here if you are interested : www.gigacos.org/index.php/20...
#genome #omics #genomics #invertebrate
Details here if you are interested : www.gigacos.org/index.php/20...
#genome #omics #genomics #invertebrate
Whole Genome Sequencing meets Community Science Funding – GIGA
www.gigacos.org
July 26, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Check out our new community funding proposal "Adopt an Invertebrate Genome with GIGA". The focus is to help scientists get funds for sequencing invertebrate genomes through crowdsourcing.
Details here if you are interested : www.gigacos.org/index.php/20...
#genome #omics #genomics #invertebrate
Details here if you are interested : www.gigacos.org/index.php/20...
#genome #omics #genomics #invertebrate
This new paper on phylogenomics of crustacean y-larvae is super interesting! #crustacea #genome #invertebrate
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Phylogenomics of enigmatic crustacean y-larvae reveals multiple origins of parasitism in barnacles
The deeper relationships of major thecostracan (barnacles sensu lato) groups remain contentious due to a lack of genome-scale data of enigmatic lineag…
www.sciencedirect.com
July 24, 2025 at 11:50 AM
This new paper on phylogenomics of crustacean y-larvae is super interesting! #crustacea #genome #invertebrate
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Here's a first look at the genome for the giant barrel sponge, Xetospongia muta: wellcomeopenresearch.org/articles/10-...
#sponge #genome #invertebrates #marinebiology
#sponge #genome #invertebrates #marinebiology
wellcomeopenresearch.org
July 17, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Here's a first look at the genome for the giant barrel sponge, Xetospongia muta: wellcomeopenresearch.org/articles/10-...
#sponge #genome #invertebrates #marinebiology
#sponge #genome #invertebrates #marinebiology
Check out this excellent blog post about sponges and 50 recently published sponge genomes! sangerinstitute.blog/2025/07/03/e...
Enter the absorbing world of sponges - Wellcome Sanger Institute Blog
Enter the absorbing world of sponges, the intricate animals that have evolved to inhabit all corners of our Earth’s waterways and oceans. Thanks to a worldwide collaboration of sponge scientists throu...
sangerinstitute.blog
July 9, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Check out this excellent blog post about sponges and 50 recently published sponge genomes! sangerinstitute.blog/2025/07/03/e...
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New pub on genome sample collection and processing: "Best-practice guidance for Earth BioGenome Project sample collection and processing: progress and challenges in biodiverse reference genome creation"
academic.oup.com/gigascience/...
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Best-practice guidance for Earth BioGenome Project sample collection and processing: progress and challenges in biodiverse reference genome creation
Abstract. The Earth BioGenome Project has the extremely ambitious goal of generating, at scale, high-quality reference genomes across the entire Tree of Li
academic.oup.com
June 3, 2025 at 3:25 PM
New pub on genome sample collection and processing: "Best-practice guidance for Earth BioGenome Project sample collection and processing: progress and challenges in biodiverse reference genome creation"
academic.oup.com/gigascience/...
academic.oup.com/gigascience/...
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We @marine-omics.bsky.social are hiring. We're looking for a postdoc in population genomics. @janstrugnell.bsky.social careers.jcu.edu.au/jobs/postdoc...
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Population Genomics - Townsville, QLD, Australia
James Cook University (JCU) is creating a brighter future for life in the Tropics and beyond, through education and research that makes a difference locally and globally.
We now have an opportunity a...
careers.jcu.edu.au
May 2, 2025 at 5:03 AM
We @marine-omics.bsky.social are hiring. We're looking for a postdoc in population genomics. @janstrugnell.bsky.social careers.jcu.edu.au/jobs/postdoc...
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Friday Harbor Labs has a new marine genomics center! NSF supported facility that is ADA accessible. Great new place to access genomes right where you get the critters.
fhl.uw.edu/facilities-r...
fhl.uw.edu/facilities-r...
April 21, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Friday Harbor Labs has a new marine genomics center! NSF supported facility that is ADA accessible. Great new place to access genomes right where you get the critters.
fhl.uw.edu/facilities-r...
fhl.uw.edu/facilities-r...
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My group is hiring a new Postdoc to work on gene regulation and chromatin in Nematostella. Please RT!
For more information see here:
gahanlab.com
tinyurl.com/34xke35d
For more information see here:
gahanlab.com
tinyurl.com/34xke35d
April 8, 2025 at 12:09 PM
My group is hiring a new Postdoc to work on gene regulation and chromatin in Nematostella. Please RT!
For more information see here:
gahanlab.com
tinyurl.com/34xke35d
For more information see here:
gahanlab.com
tinyurl.com/34xke35d
Upcoming World Sponge Conference in Portugal: worldspongecommunity.com
World Sponge Community – Word Sponge Conference 2025
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April 8, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Upcoming World Sponge Conference in Portugal: worldspongecommunity.com
Congratulations to the tardigrades! Invertebrate of the year 2025! www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
It’s heroic, hardy and less than a millimetre long: meet the 2025 invertebrate of the year | Patrick Barkham
Guardian readers around the world voted in the this year’s contest, but which creature won, asks natural history writer Patrick Barkham
www.theguardian.com
April 7, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Congratulations to the tardigrades! Invertebrate of the year 2025! www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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🥁Drumroll, please! The 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 𝗠𝗼𝗹𝗹𝘂𝘀𝗰 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗬𝗲𝗮𝗿 is… 𝘔𝘶𝘶𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘱𝘶𝘴, the 𝗗𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗼 𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗽𝘂𝘀! 🐙
Over 4,000 fans voted and though all the creature candidates were impressive, 𝘔𝘶𝘶𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘱𝘶𝘴 stole the show and our hearts! The prize: complete genome sequencing.
@sgn.one @sigwartae.bsky.social
🎥:@schmidtocean
Over 4,000 fans voted and though all the creature candidates were impressive, 𝘔𝘶𝘶𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘱𝘶𝘴 stole the show and our hearts! The prize: complete genome sequencing.
@sgn.one @sigwartae.bsky.social
🎥:@schmidtocean
April 4, 2025 at 8:16 AM
🥁Drumroll, please! The 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 𝗠𝗼𝗹𝗹𝘂𝘀𝗰 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗬𝗲𝗮𝗿 is… 𝘔𝘶𝘶𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘱𝘶𝘴, the 𝗗𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗼 𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗽𝘂𝘀! 🐙
Over 4,000 fans voted and though all the creature candidates were impressive, 𝘔𝘶𝘶𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘱𝘶𝘴 stole the show and our hearts! The prize: complete genome sequencing.
@sgn.one @sigwartae.bsky.social
🎥:@schmidtocean
Over 4,000 fans voted and though all the creature candidates were impressive, 𝘔𝘶𝘶𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘱𝘶𝘴 stole the show and our hearts! The prize: complete genome sequencing.
@sgn.one @sigwartae.bsky.social
🎥:@schmidtocean
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ECHINODERM JOB! Collection Manager at the Los Angeles County Museum! workforcenow.adp.com/mascsr/defau...
more on the LACM collection here: nhm.org/research-col...
more on the LACM collection here: nhm.org/research-col...
March 31, 2025 at 5:57 PM
ECHINODERM JOB! Collection Manager at the Los Angeles County Museum! workforcenow.adp.com/mascsr/defau...
more on the LACM collection here: nhm.org/research-col...
more on the LACM collection here: nhm.org/research-col...