@hillermich.bsky.social
Prof. of Comparative Genomics @ Senckenberg Frankfurt; Genomics, Evolution, Comp Bio & the Phenotype-Genotype Question.
https://hillerlab.com
@mpi-cbg.deReposted by @hillermich.bsky.socialStudy finds that bats most likely originated in Europe around 65 million years ago, before spreading across the world. 30 bat 🦇 genomes 🧬 were sequenced at @mpi-cbg.de & @dcgenomecenter.bsky.social. MPI-CBG Alumni @hillermich.bsky.social & Eugene Myers were involved. www.mpi-cbg.de/news-outreac...
@makenziemabryphd.bsky.socialReposted by @hillermich.bsky.social📢 Call for abstracts! PAG 34 is coming to San Diego JAN 8–12 2027! 🧬🌱
We’re organizing five interconnected sessions:
• Domestication Genomics
• Ancient DNA
• Comparative Genomics – Animals
• One Health Hologenomics
• Wildlife Genomics
Submit your abstract by *October 9*: forms.gle/EgwFCVyxaf7R...
@hillermich.bsky.socialHappy to share results of the @bat1kgenomes.bsky.social phase 1, providing reference genomes covering 21 bat families. New insights into bat phylogeny, ancestral genome reconstruction, European origin & ancestral echolocation. Great work by a team of 100+ colleagues www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@bat1kgenomes.bsky.socialReposted by @hillermich.bsky.socialWhere did bats come from?🦇🌍
After decades of debate, the biggest bat genome + fossil study ever done has an answer - and it’s not where anyone expected!
🤩OUR PHASE 1 FLAGSHIP is out today in nature! doi.org/10.1038/s415...
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@sonjavernes.bsky.socialReposted by @hillermich.bsky.social🦇 Bat1K's biggest paper yet is out. Largest bat genome + fossil study ever: 103 genomes, 44 fossils, 137 researchers. We rewrote the bat family tree! Bats likely originated in Europe ~65 million years ago, not Asia, Africa or Americas. @bat1kgenomes.bsky.social
