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Tom Mathers @tom-mathers.bsky.social · 4d

Second cut of the year for the rosemary hedge. The most fragrant job in the garden!

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Marcela Uliano-Silva @marcelauliano.bsky.social · Jul 18

Now out! Paper led by @philmor1964.bsky.social and the The Cetacean Genomes Project. An effort by many, we present 13 new, high-quality reference genomes for cetaceans 🐬🐋 following @vertebrategenomes.bsky.social and @ebpgenome.bsky.social standards for a group that is very hard to sample from.

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Genome Biology and Evolution @genomebiolevol.bsky.social · Jul 10

Albuquerque characterized the satellitome of the pea aphid, with results suggesting that satDNAs contribute to genome evolution, biotype divergence, and the “fast-X” effect.

🔗 doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evaf104

#genome #satellitome

Exploring the Satellitome of the Pest Aphid Acyrthosiphon pisum (Hemiptera, Aphididae): Insights Into Genome Organization and Intraspecies Evolution

Abstract. Satellite DNAs (satDNAs), ubiquitous sequences in eukaryotic genomes, play a crucial role in genome organization, function, and evolution. The pe

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Tom Mathers @tom-mathers.bsky.social · Jul 1

😱 Simultaneously curating all 8 haplotypes of octaploid Carpinus betulus (European hornbeam).

One set of chromosomes down, many more to go...

@sangerinstitute.bsky.social Darwin Tree of Life.

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Tom Mathers @tom-mathers.bsky.social · Jun 30

Great to see this out. Hopefully very useful assemblies for the community.

These were very challenging to assemble due to high heterozygosity and lots of recent repeat activity. Tom Heaven put in a huge effort with manual #HiC #curation to get them in good shape.

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Genome Biology and Evolution @genomebiolevol.bsky.social · Jun 30

Heaven @saskiahogenhout.bsky.social et al. generated chromosome-level genomes for three psyllid species that are plant disease vectors, revealing detoxification gene expansions and genetic substructure across Europe.

🔗 doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evaf116

#genome #entomology

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Tom Mathers @tom-mathers.bsky.social · Jun 28

Helenium Moerheim Beauty doing well in the dry conditions.

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Joana Meier @joanameier.bsky.social · Jun 27

Join us on the Wellcome Genome Campus of the Sanger Institute and EBI for a symposium on biodiversity genomics from 27th-29th October! Abstract deadline on 14 July. There is also an option to join via Zoom, but in-person is much nicer if you can make it.

Wellcome Connecting Science Learning and Training @eventswcs.bsky.social · Jun 17

Present your insights from studies into #eukaryotic genomes at our #Biodiversity25 conference! 📈

🗓️ 27-29 October 2025
Submit by 14 July 📩

We encourage submissions showcasing best practices for applying new methods and resources to analyse #biodiversity genomes at scale 🌳🧬

📎 bit.ly/4j3vAZ9

Wellcome Connecting Science hybrid conference
Understanding Life: Using Large-scale Biodiversity Reference Genomes

Conference dates: 27-29 October 2025
Location: Hinxton Hall Conference Centre, Wellcome Genome Campus, UK and online

Bursary and abstract deadline: 14 July
Registration deadlines
In person: 29 September
Virtual: 20 October

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Tom Mathers @tom-mathers.bsky.social · Jun 15

Veg plot poppies.

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Tom Mathers @tom-mathers.bsky.social · Jun 15

First group three clematis flowers. Early this year due to the hot spring.

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Robert Kofler @rokofler.bsky.social · Jun 11

super-happy, three TE invasions in Dmel during the last 30 years; the crazy thing - Transib1 spread in just 2-3years in global populations academic.oup.com/mbe/advance-... great work everyone @rpianezza.bsky.social @almoroscarpa.bsky.social @signor-molevol.bsky.social Anna Haider

Spatio-temporal tracking of three novel transposable element invasions in Drosophila melanogaster over the last 30 years

Abstract. Transposable elements (TEs) are repetitive sequences capable of mobilizing within genomes, exerting a sigfinificant influence on evolution throug

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Tom Mathers @tom-mathers.bsky.social · Jun 7

Shropshire lad, grown from a cutting.

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Mark McMullan @mcmullan0.bsky.social · Apr 30

Thanks for posting @reviewcommons.org

If you're interested you can also find the reviewed version here:
doi.org/10.7554/eLif...

Really keen to get people's perspectives on the population genetics of reservoirs, and what they tell us about variation associated with emergent crop pathogens.

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Rowena Hill @rowenahill.bsky.social · May 14

Our recent paper is out where we propose kmer-based phylogenetics for fungal Starship TEs (which are unalignable as highly variable). We think it could help with spotting bonafide HGT events (and suggest direction of transfer?)
doi.org/10.1093/g3jo...
@mcmullan0.bsky.social @norwichmicro.bsky.social

Starship giant transposable elements cluster by host taxonomy using k-mer-based phylogenetics

Abstract. Starships are a recently established superfamily of giant cargo-mobilizing transposable elements in the fungal subphylum Pezizomyotina (phylum As

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Rowena Hill @rowenahill.bsky.social · Jun 4

Our paper on phylogenetics of fungal Starship TEs is now on the cover of the June issue of Genetics @genetics-gsa.bsky.social 🙂
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@mcmullan0.bsky.social @earlhaminst.bsky.social @rothamsted.bsky.social

Cover for the June issue of the journal Genetics, with an abstract illustration in the background showing starships flying through space trailing DNA sequences that meet in the bottom right corner to form a circular phylogenetic tree

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Kevin Kocot @kmkocot.bsky.social · Jun 3

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/...

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

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Javier Santoyo @jsantoyo.bsky.social · Jun 2

Starship giant transposable elements cluster by host taxonomy using k-mer-based phylogenetics. #TransposableElements #TEs #Kmer #Phylogenetics #Genomics #Bioinformatics #G3 🧬 🖥️
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Nancy Moran @nancy-moran.bsky.social · Jun 2

An update on open postdoc positions, in my group and the adjacent group of Howard Ochman, here at UT-Austin. #SymbioSky

Mine: insect-bacterial symbiosis with emphasis on intracellular endosymbionts and molecular mechanisms.
web.biosci.utexas.edu/moran/contac...

Nancy Moran Contact

web.biosci.utexas.edu

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Dongwook Kim @dongwookkim.bsky.social · Jun 3

Unicore is now published on GBE 🚀
Unicore rapidly identifies structural single-copy core genes from input species proteomes for phylogenetic analysis. Powered by Foldseek and ProstT5, Unicore enables linear-scale structure-based phylogeny of any given set of taxa. 🧵1/n
📃 doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evaf109

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Niklas Wahlberg @lepphylo.bsky.social · Jun 3

Oh wow, a new lepidopteran fossil dated to 236 My! Along with a reanalysis of molecular data using the new calibration. Are Lepidoptera really older than 300 My?

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Back to the poop: the oldest hexapod scales discovered within a Triassic coprolite from Argentina

Life on Earth nearly came to an end during the end-Permian mass extinction (EPME; c. 252 Ma). In its aftermath, the Triassic witnessed the adaptation …

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mara lawniczak @marakat.bsky.social · Feb 24

if you have an interest in improving the genomic resources available for mosquitoes, please fill in our google form at tinyurl.com/MosquitoReferenceGenomes. please share this with colleagues who might be interested. thank you! [3/3]

Register your interest in participating in the Global Culicidae Reference Genomes Project

We are seeking mosquito biologists around the world who would be interested in collecting and contributing specimens of any vector species that currently lacks a reference genome. Aim: We are aiming ...

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Tom Mathers @tom-mathers.bsky.social · Jun 2

Roses

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Tom Mathers @tom-mathers.bsky.social · May 24

Rosa Charles de Mills with Geum Totally Tangerine.

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Tom Mathers @tom-mathers.bsky.social · May 21

Thanks!

The gene set in the current version is tailored for birds but no reason why this approach couldn’t help with other species using a custom gene set. We started with birds as there had been a long-standing problem finding all the micros.

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KamilSJaron.bsky.social @kamilsjaron.bsky.social · May 13

Interested to read a perspective by >160 reproductive biologists? The new Tree of Sex white paper is out! Led by
@danjeffries.bsky.social 👏

Aurora Ruiz-Herrera @aruizherrera.bsky.social · May 12

🔖The Tree of Sex consortium: A global initiative for studying the evolution of reproduction in eukaryotes

Advanced article version👇
academic.oup.com/jeb/advance-...

📖 Read more: treeofsex.sanger.ac.uk
Follow us here 👉 @treeofsex.bsky.social

#TreeOfSex #Evolution #Genomics #Biodiversity

The Tree of Sex consortium: A global initiative for studying the evolution of reproduction in eukaryotes

Abstract. Reproduction is a fundamental aspect of life that affects all levels of biology, from genomes and development to population dynamics and diversif

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