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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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Marc A. Marti-Renom @mamartirenom.bsky.social · Jun 20

Diego @diegomics.bsky.social visited us years ago to learn Hi-C to produce the best possible genome assembly of the impressive Condor of the Andes (Argentina).

They managed!! 👏🏼👇🏼

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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Biodiversity Genomics Europe (BGE) @biogeneurope.bsky.social · Jun 19

The 3rd episode of #GenomicConnections, the new #sciencepodcast, is now live! 💥 This time, it’s about ‘DNA #Metadata and FAIR Play’.

Go to 🔗: biodiversitygenomics.eu/2025/06/19/g...

ergabiodiv.bsky.social iboleurope.bsky.social #sequencing #biodiversity #BGE @ebi.embl.org @enasequence.bsky.social

Genomic connections #3 - DNA Metadata and FAIR Play with Joana Pauperio - Biodiversity Genomics Europe

The European Reference Genome Atlas (ERGA) and the European node of the International Barcode of Life (iBOL Europe), two international communities of scientists brought together under the Biodiversity...

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EMBL-EBI @ebi.embl.org · Jun 19

Listen to the latest episode of #GenomicConnections featuring Joana Pauperio, Biodiversity Curator at @enasequence.bsky.social

She joins @ergabiodiv.bsky.social to discuss the power of metadata and how it supports #FAIR data in biodiversity genomics.

@biogeneurope.bsky.social

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

🎧 What is metadata and how does it help make research outputs #FAIR?
Find out in the latest #GenomicConnections episode:
DNA Metadata & FAIR Play with Joana Pauperio from @ebi.embl.org
🎙️ www.erga-biodiversity.eu/post/genomic...

@enasequence.bsky.social #SciencePodcast #Metadata #podcast

Genomic Connections #3 - DNA Metadata and FAIR Play

In the third episode of Genomic Connections, Kasia and Christian chat with Joana Pauperio, Biodiversity Project Manager at the European Nucleotide Archive, in the European Bioinformatics Institute (EM...

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iBOL Europe @iboleurope.bsky.social · Jun 19

Why is metadata so critical for biodiversity genomics research, and how does it help ensure that data are FAIR?

In the third episode of Genomic Connections, we talk about all things metadata with Joana Castro Pauperio from @ebi.embl.org @enasequence.bsky.social:
iboleurope.org/genomic-conn...

Genomic Connection #3 – DNA Metadata and FAIR Play

In the third episode of Genomic Connections, Christian and Kasia chat with Joana Pauperio, Biodiversity Project Manager at the European Nucleotide Archive, in the European Bioinformatics Institute (EM...

iboleurope.org

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

🎧 What is metadata and how does it help make research outputs #FAIR?
Find out in the latest #GenomicConnections episode:
DNA Metadata & FAIR Play with Joana Pauperio from @ebi.embl.org
🎙️ www.erga-biodiversity.eu/post/genomic...

@enasequence.bsky.social #SciencePodcast #Metadata #podcast

Genomic Connections #3 - DNA Metadata and FAIR Play

In the third episode of Genomic Connections, Kasia and Christian chat with Joana Pauperio, Biodiversity Project Manager at the European Nucleotide Archive, in the European Bioinformatics Institute (EM...

www.erga-biodiversity.eu

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ERGA - European Reference Genome Atlas @ergabiodiv.bsky.social · May 28

#ERGAReads | Scientific #data analysis should be scalable, transparent, and shareable - yet computational #workflows are often fragmented and hard to find. #WorkflowHub tackles this with a unified registry that promotes reproducibility, and #FAIRdata:

🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Galaxy Project @galaxyproject.bsky.social · May 22

Using the Galaxy infrastructure and workflows to teach de-novo genome assembly and annotation
https://galaxyproject.org/news/2025-05-19-bge-workshops/

##UseGalaxy ##GalaxyProject ##EOSC

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ERGA - European Reference Genome Atlas @ergabiodiv.bsky.social · May 23

📚 Learn how the @galaxyproject.bsky.social training infrastructure is being used as part of @biogeneurope.bsky.social to teach early-career researchers how to produce high-quality de novo #genome assemblies and annotations. ➡️ galaxyproject.org/news/2025-05...
#genomes for #biodiversity #training

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Silvia Manrique @tank-silvia.bsky.social · Apr 2

🧪📣Course alert!📣🧪

Applications are open for the new edition of the @EMBO.org course on Genome assembly and downstream analysis in Florence 🇮🇹. We can’t wait to welcome a new group of participants after the success of🇧🇪 & 🇪🇸 editions.

🗓️ Apply by May 31.

🧪🧬🖥️ #EMBOgenomeSeq #ScienceTraining

Genome sequencing, assembly, curation, and downstream analyses

Advances in long-read sequencing methods such as Pacific Biosciences (PacBio) and Oxford Nanopore Technologies (ONT) and scaffolding approaches using chromosome conformation capture have significantl…

meetings.embo.org

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ERGA - European Reference Genome Atlas @ergabiodiv.bsky.social · Apr 11

Hands-on @EMBO course in #genome sequencing, assembly, curation, and downstream analyses: 08 –12 Sep 2025 in #Florence Italy 🇮🇹☀️

DEADLINE: 31/05! meetings.embo.org/event/25-gen...

#EMBOgenomeSeq @biogeneurope.bsky.social @ebpgenome.bsky.social #assembly #bioinformatics

Genome sequencing, assembly, curation, and downstream analyses

Advances in long-read sequencing methods such as Pacific Biosciences (PacBio) and Oxford Nanopore Technologies (ONT) and scaffolding approaches using chromosome conformation capture have significantl…

meetings.embo.org

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tomdna.bsky.social @tomdna.bsky.social · Mar 31

The genomes of all sea-turtle species are now online and ready for use! Find the haplotype-resolved assemblies from our preprint below on ENA
tinyurl.com/seaturtle-ge...

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#genomes #turtles

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bioRxiv Genomics @biorxiv-genomic.bsky.social · Mar 29

Haplotype-resolved reference genomes of the sea turtle clade unveil ultra-syntenic genomes with hotspots of divergence https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.03.26.644878v1

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ERGA - European Reference Genome Atlas @ergabiodiv.bsky.social · Mar 31

🔔 New ERGA- @biogeneurope.bsky.social reference #genome of the Crete spiny mouse! This resource will help shed light on the phylogenetic relationships within the genus Acomys.

🔗Read the genome report: preprints.arphahub.com/articles.php...

#Crete #biodiversity #genomics #endemic

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Tomek Mamos @tomekmamos.bsky.social · Feb 12

Another amazing workshop within the Biodiversity Genomics Europe in PolBOL www.polbol.uni.lodz.pl/szczegoly/dn... behind us. All possible thanks to synergy of @iboleurope.bsky.social and @ergabiodiv.bsky.social

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Bat1K Genome Project @bat1kgenomes.bsky.social · Feb 4

We’re looking for photos of Triaenops persicus for our #Bat1K 21 Family Publication! 🦇 If you have any or know someone who does, let us know! 🙌 Of course, full credit will be given to the owner.

Drop us a message or tag someone who might help! 📨

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Bat1K Genome Project @bat1kgenomes.bsky.social · Jan 29

🚨Bat1K Paper Alert🚨There couldn’t be a better first post for us on this app - excited to share 10 new bat genomes and groundbreaking insights into bat immunity and viral resistance! 🌍🔬 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Bat genomes illuminate adaptations to viral tolerance and disease resistance - Nature

A systematic analysis of 115 mammalian genomes, including 10 new bat genomes, reveals prevalent positive selection in immune genes in bats and shows key adaptations in the antiviral gene ISG15 that ai...

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Karolinska Institutet @ki.se · Jan 29

Researchers have mapped the genome of the Iberian ribbed newt and revealed how the composition and organization of the DNA are linked to its ability to regenerate entire body parts.
Published in Cell Genomics by @andrassimon.bsky.social et al.
news.ki.se/mapping-of-a...

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Nature @nature.com · Jan 30

Nature research paper: Bat genomes illuminate adaptations to viral tolerance and disease resistance

https://go.nature.com/3EfZn2e

Bat genomes illuminate adaptations to viral tolerance and disease resistance - Nature

A systematic analysis of 115 mammalian genomes, including 10 new bat genomes, reveals prevalent positive selection in immune genes in bats and shows key adaptations in the antiviral gene ISG15 that aid disease resistance in bats, including to coronaviruses.

go.nature.com

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Bat1K Genome Project @bat1kgenomes.bsky.social · Jan 29

We're new here—help us spread the word! 🦇 🚀 Please like, follow, and share as we build our presence. We don’t have all the handles yet, so it is difficult tag everyone just yet!! If you are here - let us know 🙌💙

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ERGA - European Reference Genome Atlas @ergabiodiv.bsky.social · Dec 6

Read this new ERGA-BGE #GenomeReport and celebrate the first-ever reference genome for a species in the order #Solifugae! 🎉 ➡️ www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Want to learn more about the little known #Solifuges? Here is an interesting reference: academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/a...

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tomdna.bsky.social @tomdna.bsky.social · Nov 23

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bioRxiv Genomics @biorxiv-genomic.bsky.social · Nov 21

ERGA-BGE Reference Genome of the Northern chamois (Rupicapra rupicapra): Europe's most abundant mountain ungulate https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.11.20.624344v1

The reference genome of Rupicapra rupicapra (subsp. rupicapra) provides insights into the genetic ma

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ERGA - European Reference Genome Atlas @ergabiodiv.bsky.social · Nov 20

Introducing #ERGAReads 👓 📖 🧬

Every Wednesday, we share a selection of community-recommended #research articles on #biodiversity and #genomics.

Stay tuned and join the conversation! Feel free to suggest papers by leaving a comment💬

#ERGACommunity @ebpgenome.bsky.social

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ERGA - European Reference Genome Atlas @ergabiodiv.bsky.social · Nov 20

#ERGAReads | Too many genomes to analyze?!
GENESPACE is an important tool in the #comparative #genomics toolbox🔧⚙️

It integrates conserved gene order and orthology to help define the expected physical position of genes across multiple #genomes➡️https://elifesciences.org/articles/78526

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