New #genome 🚨! Chromosomal reference for the 🐢 #leech #Placobdella costata ("C4" sp.). A small 👣 towards understanding this species complex, its #evolution, biol, & 🦠 symbionts!

🔗 doi.org/10.12688/ope...

@biogeneurope.bsky.social @fwf-at.bsky.social @cemess.bsky.social @sangerinstitute.bsky.social

🗓️ One week to go! The next ERGA Plenary meeting takes place next Monday.
All ERGA members are welcome to join. Not a member yet? Sign up here: www.erga-biodiversity.eu/join-contact
🔗 More info: www.erga-biodiversity.eu/post/erga-pl...

World Octopus Day 2026 🐙
26 #genome assemblies - 5 chromosomal
#biodiversity #genomics
@ergabiodiv.bsky.social @ebpgenome.bsky.social @biogeneurope.bsky.social
See here: goat.genomehubs.org/record?recor...

These findings identify a compact set of genes, expression patterns, and brain regions associated with blood feeding, offering an evolutionary entry point for functional dissection of how this complex and dangerous trait is built and dismantled www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

JRC traineeships - recent university graduates who have completed at least a standard 3-year higher education degree (Bachelor’s degree) recruitment.jrc.ec.europa.eu/graduate-tra...

Did you know ERGA has a YouTube channel? Subscribe and catch up on past seminars, conferences & community talks! 🧬🌍
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A reminder to all ERGA @ergabiodiv.bsky.social Members - the ERGA Keybase #Jobs-Positions channel is an excellent place to find or share job advertisements keybase.io/team/erga.li... #biodiversity #genomics

#ERGAReads | Hitchhiking of deleterious mutations within chromosomal inversions 🧬🔀 www.cell.com/trends/ecolo... #genomes #populationgenomics #evolution #geneticload #structuralvariation
@andrewfoote.bsky.social

@biogeneurope.bsky.social @mfri.bsky.social @leibnizlib.bsky.social @sib.swiss @ebpgenome.bsky.social #Salmonids #BiodiversityGenomics #Genomics #Fieldwork #OpenScience #SOPs #WorkflowHub

A salmon. Some permits. Many tubes. A marker that absolutely must work. 🐟

Our new ERGA salmonid genomics SOP goes from planning + field-kit checklist all the way to sampling, preservation, metadata and final data deposition.

Now on WorkflowHub: doi.org/10.48546/wor...

🚀 New genomics #biodiversity project!
CNAG will generate chromosome-level genomes for Catalan reptile species, using our state-of-the-art genomic technologies & following @ebpgenome.bsky.social standards

➡️ With the support of @iec.cat under @catbiogenoma.bsky.social

🔗 www.cnag.eu/projects/sca...

🚀 Last week, we participated in the launch of #ERGA ’s COST Action CONSENSA in #Brussels! CONSENSA aims to promote the use of genomic data in biodiversity #conservation, supporting genetic #diversity preservation and healthier #ecosystems.🧬
www.cost.eu/actions/CA25...
@ergabiodiv.bsky.social

🐋🧬 Welcome to the new ERGA Associate Partner: the Cetacean Genomes Project! They coordinate the generation of high-quality reference genomes for all cetacean species (whales, dolphins, and porpoises) supporting research & conservation worldwide!🌊
www.cetaceangenomesproject.org
@ebpgenome.bsky.social

🌿Species suggested & sampled by researchers at Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
🧬 Sequenced & assembled at Genoscope @genoscopeumr.bsky.social
🔓 Open resource from @biogeneurope.bsky.social, co-funded by @scienceinnovation.ec.europa.eu, @ukri.org & Switzerland

The ERGA-BGE reference genome of Orthotrichum diaphanum, a globally widespread #moss provides a foundational genomic resource for phylogenomic, ecological, and evolutionary studies within Orthotrichaceae and bryophytes🌿
🔗 open-research-europe.ec.europa.eu/articles/6-270 @biogeneurope.bsky.social

📺 Missed it live? The recording of our latest ERGA BioGenome Analysis & Applications Seminar on Starship transposons and fungal evolution is now available! 🍄🧬
🔗 Watch here: youtu.be/8p6UEwQoZ9Q

🔴 Live today! Join us at 16:00 CEST for the ERGA BioGenome Analysis & Applications Seminar on Starship transposons and fungal evolution 🍄🧬
Speakers: @‌mycomile.bsky.social & @‌fungage-lab.bsky.social
📺 Watch live: www.youtube.com/live/6eC7dvl...

#transposons #evolution #biodiversitygenomics #TEs

#ERGAReads | Distinct genomic architectures but the same gene underlie the convergent evolution of a plant supergene 🌸🧬
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
#genomes #plantgenomics #evolution #supergenes #comparativegenomics

@gpotente.bsky.social

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