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Marcin Wiorek @marcinwiorek.bsky.social · 2d

🦋 Another great experience in 10kLepGenomes CA23122 COST Action, a two-week hands-on bioinformatics training with @pavelmatosm.bsky.social at the Institute of Entomology BC AVČR in České Budějovice!
It was great to be there!
@projectpsyche.bsky.social @10klepgenomes.bsky.social

#cost #stsm

10kLepGenomes @10klepgenomes.bsky.social · 4d

(1/2)🚀 New successful STSM of CA23122 – 10kLepGenomes!
@marcinwiorek.bsky.social (Institute of Systematics and Evolution of Animals Polish Academy of Sciences) joined @pavelmatosm.bsky.social for a 2-week collaboration at the Institute of Entomology - Biology Centre CAS (České Budějovice) 👇🏼

Pável Matos-Maraví (STSM supervisor) and Marcin Wiorek (STSM researcher).

Marcin Wiorek inspecting the collection of Lepidoptera at the Biology Centre CAS (České Budějovice).

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Institute of Systematics and Evolution of Animals PAS @iseapas.bsky.social · 5d

Researchers from our 🦏 Institute participate in an amazing project! 🦋
@projectpsyche.bsky.social
@10klepgenomes.bsky.social
@ebpgenome.bsky.social
@spectrum.ieee.org
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Project Psyche @projectpsyche.bsky.social · 5d

Project Psyche is featured in a new article out now on @spectrum.ieee.org! Check it out to get an insight into the efforts of @ebpgenome.bsky.social and the milestones achieved during the fieldtrip of #ProjectPsyche and @10klepgenomes.bsky.social to the Italian Alps 🦋

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.

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Marcin Wiorek @marcinwiorek.bsky.social · 7d

Waiting for submissions! 🦋
@notalepido.bsky.social

Nota Lepidopterologica @notalepido.bsky.social · 8d

Eight years after joining Nota Lepidopterologica's editorial team, David Lees @microlepidoptera.bsky.social is stepping down from his role as our co-Editor-in-Chief. Taking his place is Marcin Wiorek @marcinwiorek.bsky.social , whom we warmly welcome!

blog.pensoft.net/2025/09/30/n...

Nota Lepidopterologica welcomes new Editor-in-Chief Marcin Wiorek | Blog

Wiorek has strong skills in lepidopteran morphology and molecular knowledge, and will join co-Editor-in-Chief Théo Léger to continue the development of the journal.

blog.pensoft.net

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Marcin Wiorek @marcinwiorek.bsky.social · 29d

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Institute of Systematics and Evolution of Animals PAS @iseapas.bsky.social · 29d

A couple of days ago a genetic study on the history of Slavs was published in Nature, co-authored by dr hab. Jarosław Wilczyński from our 🦏 Institute! ⬇️

Nature @nature.com · Sep 4

Nature research paper: Ancient DNA connects large-scale migration with the spread of Slavs

go.nature.com/3I5LjKN

Marcin Wiorek @marcinwiorek.bsky.social · Sep 3

It was an amazing experience, one of many in @projectpsyche.bsky.social! 🦋

Institute of Systematics and Evolution of Animals PAS @iseapas.bsky.social · Sep 3

Our 🦏 Institute is happy to participate in this amazing initiative of sequencing the complete genomes of all European 🦋 Lepidoptera species! Recently Dr hab. Łukasz Przybyłowicz and Dr Marcin Wiorek participated in the field workshop in the Alps 👇👇👇

10kLepGenomes @10klepgenomes.bsky.social · Sep 2

(1/7)🦋 A brief recap from Mals (Malles Venosta, Italy): In mid-July, over 50 experts from 19 European countries gathered for the first field workshop funded by the CA10KLepGenomes, aiming to sequence the genomes of all European Lepidoptera within @projectpsyche.bsky.social.

#10KLepGenomes

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Institute of Systematics and Evolution of Animals PAS @iseapas.bsky.social · Sep 1

📣 Seminar
Title: Dinosaurs and Feathers: An Evolutionary (and Personal) Journey
Speaker: Dr Yosef Kiat, Tel Aviv University
📅 5 September 2025 (Friday)
🕐 1:00 pm (GMT+2)
📍 Natural History Museum ISEA PAS, Św. Sebastiana 9, Cracow

Link: tiny.pl/dhpq3wnx
(ID: 318 594 633 602 4, passcode: t8jx6Fw3)

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Institute of Systematics and Evolution of Animals PAS @iseapas.bsky.social · Aug 29

We are pleased to announce that dr hab. Łukasz Kajtoch from our 🦏 Institute has has been nominated professor!
Professor Kajtoch works on various aspects of evolution and ecology of invertebrates (mainly 🐞 beetles), population genetics of 🐦 birds, and nature conservation. Congratulations! 🥳

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Nota Lepidopterologica @notalepido.bsky.social · Aug 22

The first genetic studies of species of the bagworm moth genus Reisseronia from Poland: doi.org/10.3897/nl.4...

#Lepidoptera #moths #DNAbarcoding

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10kLepGenomes @10klepgenomes.bsky.social · Jul 18

First field trip of the #WG2 has come to an end! We will share some of the most relevant moments of this fantastic week! Stay tuned 🦋🧬

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Society for European Lepidopterology @soceurlep.bsky.social · May 3

Will you join us for this year's SEL congress in the Czech village of Svatý Jan pod Skalou, just outside of Prague? We will have the week from 18 to 23 August together to meet up, share experiences, make new friends, and listen to exciting presentations. You can register here: sel.entu.cas.cz

The monastery in Svatý Jan pod Skalou, the vanue of this year's congress.

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