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10kLepGenomes @10klepgenomes.bsky.social · 19h

Our Science Communications team has presented the initiatives of @projectpsyche.bsky.social and #10kLepGenomes at the XXI Iberian Congress of Entomology #CIEÁvila2025🦋
Congrats to @erebiologa.bsky.social and @entomoprofessor.bsky.social!

Mónica Doblas and Laura Torrado, members of the Science Communications team, presenting a communication on Project Psyche and 10kLepGenomes during the XXI Iberian Congress of Entomology

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Mónica Doblas-Bajo | Entomologist (she/her) | 🇵🇸 @entomoprofessor.bsky.social · 21h

Las plenarias de hoy han sido espectaculares!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Enhorabuena por las ponencias a @buzzy-bee.bsky.social y a Antonio Ricarte 🐝🪰🤩

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Buzzy bee @buzzy-bee.bsky.social · 1d

Muy bien esas investigadoras de oviedo!! @gorizaola.bsky.social @entomoprofessor.bsky.social #LauraTorrado.

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IEEE Spectrum @spectrum.ieee.org · 6d

Whole Genome Sequencing Will Transform Our Understanding of Life. The Earth BioGenome Project is using cutting-edge tech like long-read sequencing to map the DNA of 1.8 million organisms. Researchers anticipate major discoveries in evolution and medicine.

Mass-Scale Genome Sequencing Will Change Our Understanding of Life

The Earth BioGenome Project aims to sequence 1.8 million species. It's one of the most ambitious science projects ever, and it will revolutionize biology

spectrum.ieee.org

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Ayme @aymeroman.bsky.social · 5d

La Flotilla tenía varios objetivos: volver a ejercitar el músculo de la sociedad civil, poner el bloqueo ilegal de Israel en el centro del debate público internacional, sentar un precedente (el Mikeno llegó a aguas gazatíes) que inspire más acciones futuras.

Es un catalizador. Y está funcionando.

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Laura Torrado-Blanco | 🇵🇸 @erebiologa.bsky.social · 5d

Allí estaremos @entomoprofessor.bsky.social! Hablaremos de la Coleccion Zoológica, del fantástico trabajo de los alumnos de TFG que hemos tenido con nosotras este año y de nuestras aventuras con @projectpsyche.bsky.social y @10klepgenomes.bsky.social
🦋⛰️🧬👩🏽‍🔬👩🏽‍🔬

Germán Orizaola @gorizaola.bsky.social · 5d

La próxima semana @entomoprofessor.bsky.social y @erebiologa.bsky.social participarán en el XXI Congreso Ibérico de Entomología en Ávila, presentando algunos de los trabajos que se hacen desde la Colección Zoológica @universidadoviedo.bsky.social

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10kLepGenomes @10klepgenomes.bsky.social · 5d

Our social media managers, @erebiologa.bsky.social and @entomoprofessor.bsky.social, will be presenting #10kLepGenomes and @projectpsyche.bsky.social next week at the Iberian Congress of Entomology!

Germán Orizaola @gorizaola.bsky.social · 5d

... a las 16:30, @erebiologa.bsky.social presentará el proyecto Psyche @projectpsyche.bsky.social de generación de genomas de referencia para todos los lepidópteros europeos.

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Germán Orizaola @gorizaola.bsky.social · 5d

La próxima semana @entomoprofessor.bsky.social y @erebiologa.bsky.social participarán en el XXI Congreso Ibérico de Entomología en Ávila, presentando algunos de los trabajos que se hacen desde la Colección Zoológica @universidadoviedo.bsky.social

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David Díez del Molino 🇪🇸🇸🇪🏳️‍🌈 @indianadiez.bsky.social · 7d

www.youtube.com/live/uEN2bWF...

24/7 LIVESTREAM OF GLOBAL SUMUD FLOTILLA

YouTube video by Global Sumud Flotilla

www.youtube.com

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Mónica Doblas-Bajo | Entomologist (she/her) | 🇵🇸 @entomoprofessor.bsky.social · 7d

🇵🇸 ALL EYES ON GAZA 🇵🇸

El Salto @elsaltodiario.com · 7d

🔴Barcos de guerra israelíes rodean a la Flotilla.

🇵🇸La Flotilla Global Sumud avanza hacia Gaza a pesar de las intimidaciones por parte de la armada sionista, que esta noche ha enviado tres fragatas y un submarino para amedrentar a la misión.

📱Te lo contamos en directo:
elsal.to/44301

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Butterfly @butterfly-project.bsky.social · 8d

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☕️ Your morning coffee depends on pollinators more than you might think.

Every day, the world savours more than 2 billion cups of coffee. Yet this daily ritual relies on a hidden workforce: pollinators. Bees, butterflies and countless others ensure that coffee blossoms fulfil their potential.

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Prof. Jeff Ollerton @jeffollerton.bsky.social · 12d

Pollinators such as wild #bees, #butterflies, and #hoverflies are in trouble worldwide. A major new study, published in Science, shows that the oft-quoted figure of 10% semi-natural habitat in farmland landscapes is far too little to safeguard pollinators

jeffollerton.co.uk/2025/09/26/p...

Pollinators need more space and 10% habitat is not enough says a new study just published in Science

Pollinators such as wild bees, butterflies, and hoverflies are in trouble worldwide. A major new study, published in Science and led by Gabriella Bishop and other scientists at Wageningen Universit…

jeffollerton.co.uk

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Germán Orizaola @gorizaola.bsky.social · 9d

Que nadie diga que no hay conexión universidad-sociedad. La hay, y en nuestro caso con TODA la sociedad, incluidos colectivos muchas veces olvidados.

Con Anaelisa Valdés @afojanguren.bsky.social @entomoprofessor.bsky.social @erebiologa.bsky.social @robleshugo.bsky.social (que no está en la foto)

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Mónica Doblas-Bajo | Entomologist (she/her) | 🇵🇸 @entomoprofessor.bsky.social · 10d

💚🦋 Moth of the day: Southern grass emerald 🦋💚 (12/100) #MothEmbroidery
#Chlorissacloraria #Geometridae #MothsMatter #MothsofAsturias

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Germán Orizaola @gorizaola.bsky.social · 12d

Artículo sobre la actividad #CienciaSINdiferencia con la que hemos acercado la investigación de @universidadoviedo.bsky.social al alumnado de colegios de educación especial con motivo de la Noche Europea de los Investigadores.

www.lne.es/asturias/202...

La Universidad de Oviedo acerca la ciencia a los colegios de Educación Especial

80 alumnos de Oviedo, Gijón y Avilés participaron en la jornada con doce investigadores de la Universidad de Oviedo

www.lne.es

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Germán Orizaola @gorizaola.bsky.social · 12d

Ya estamos en marcha con #CienciaSINdiferencia @universidadoviedo.bsky.social @uodivulga.bsky.social enseñado la diversidad animal al alumnado de colegios de educación especial de la región.

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Germán Orizaola @gorizaola.bsky.social · 13d

... y por la tarde seguiremos hablando de diversidad animal y conservación en la Noche Europea de los Investigadores @universidadoviedo.bsky.social @uodivulga.bsky.social mostrando los trabajos que hacemos en la Colección Zoológica de la universidad.

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Germán Orizaola @gorizaola.bsky.social · 13d

Mañana @universidadoviedo.bsky.social celebramos la Noche Europea de los Investigadores, y un año más por la mañana organizamos la actividad #CienciaSINdiferencia en la que invitamos al alumnado de colegios de educación especial a disfrutar de parte de los stands en un ambiente relajado y adaptado.

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Alejandro Núñez @alexnunez23.bsky.social · 15d

Si os interesa el tema @entomoprofessor.bsky.social y yo publicamos recientemente una nota científica al respecto:
adapas.com/depredacion-...

Nota científica: depredación de Vespa velutina sobre polinizadores silvestres.

Enhorabuena a nuestrxs socixs Mónica Doblas-Bajo y Alejandro Núñez Carbajal por la publicación de su nota científica en la que documentan por primera vez la depredación de Vespa velutina sobre poliniz...

adapas.com

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Mónica Doblas-Bajo | Entomologist (she/her) | 🇵🇸 @entomoprofessor.bsky.social · 17d

Celebrating the first 1,000 sequenced genomes on @projectpsyche.bsky.social 😎🧬🦋 #ProjectPsyche #MothStitching

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Charlotte Wright @charlottewright.bsky.social · 20d

To celebrate the genomes for 1,000 (!) species of Lepidoptera in Europe, Project Psyche has released a preprint outlining our ambitions to jointly sequence & leverage genomes of all 11,000 species in Europe to propel science, conservation & society.

This was a joy to write together as a community!

Project Psyche @projectpsyche.bsky.social · 25d

(6/6)📄 In our new whitepaper (EcoEvoRxiv) we discuss our aims to coordinate this collaborative analysis of Lepidoptera genomes, turning data into impact for science, conservation and society.
Now available at 👉 ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v...

#ProjectPsyche #Genomics

Project Psyche: Generating and utilising reference genomes for all Lepidoptera in Europe

ecoevorxiv.org

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Punks Against Apartheid @punksnoapartheid.bsky.social · Jan 30

(02/11/24 IG Repost)

(Versión española disponible // نسخة عربية متوفرة//日本語版あり)

Announcing our new Points of Unity 2024! Please get in touch so we can start rebuilding the network and advancing cultural BDS at this critical stage in the global movement.

Punks Against Apartheid Points of Unity 2024/25

In whatever our capacity as artists and musicians, we pledge to respect the 2005 call for Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) against the state of Israel, and hereby endorse the following points of unity:

1. We, Punks Against Apartheid, exist to foment greater solidarity between the global punk community and the struggle for Palestinian liberation.

2. We honor the call for Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) in its entirety. We will not play concerts or speak at events in Israel or in any other country that are in violation of Palestinian civil society’s call for cultural boycott.

3. We will not perform, exhibit or otherwise participate in events which deceptively suggest symmetry or shared responsibility between “both sides” for Israel’s ongoing colonial oppression of the Palestinian people and its system of apartheid.

4. We seek, wherever possible, to use our art, music and expression to both educate the wider public and provide real, meaningful solidarity to the cause of Palestinian liberation. This includes (but is not limited to) uplifting the three main demands of the original BDS call, the thawabit, and further demands that may emerge from Palestinian civil and political consensus.

5. We do not prescribe what Palestinian liberation will look like. We nonetheless uphold the Palestinian peoples' inalienable right to self-determination and resistance as enshrined in international law.

6. We pledge to uphold the cultural boycott of the Israeli state until Palestinian liberation has been secured and the BDS movement is asked to stand down.

tinyurl.com/paa-pou-2024

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Alfredo Ojanguren @afojanguren.bsky.social · 22d

El ecologismo asturiano se une en una red común para denunciar la degradación del patrimonio natural www.eldiario.es/1_c05cef?utm...

El ecologismo asturiano se une en una red común para denunciar la degradación del patrimonio natural

www.eldiario.es

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Alena Sucháčková @alenasuchackova.bsky.social · 25d

WG1 meeting of @10klepgenomes.bsky.social, this time at Senckenberg German Entomological Institute, was again a big success! We discussed strategies to promote the use of Leps genomic data by society - and we agreed on the next steps!

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Mónica Doblas-Bajo | Entomologist (she/her) | 🇵🇸 @entomoprofessor.bsky.social · 25d

🥹🦋 1000 genomas de referencia para los Lepidoptera europeos 🦋🥹

Project Psyche @projectpsyche.bsky.social · 25d

(1/6) 🦋 We are thrilled to announce the release of the 1,000th reference genome of Lepidoptera species found in Europe!
This goal was reached with the release of Stenoptilia islandicus, also known as the mountain plume moth.
Read the story below!👇🏽

Genome sequencing progress for Lepidoptera.
Stacked bar charts represent the cumulative number of lepidopteran species with a reference genome per year. The colours represent the different levels of genome assembly quality, ranging from contig to chromosome-level. Numbers in brackets represent the range in numbers of species that have a given assembly level per year. Data derived from GoaT on 05.09.2025.

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