Earth BioGenome Project 🌍

🌍🧽 Soak up these sponge genomes! Explore how these newly decoded sequences illuminate sponge immune systems, guide conservation strategies, and trace the deep evolutionary roots of these remarkable animals. 🌊🧬 🌍🧽 The Aquatic Symbiosis Project, @UteHentschel and…

🌊 Sponge genomes are helping unlock the secrets of aquatic symbioses — and thanks to @sangerinstitute, researchers now have access to 50+ genomes. Excited to see how these new samples help advance understanding of #AquaticSymbiosis. 🧬 🔗 Learn more: brnw.ch/21wU2TF

🌍 Hear from Erich Jarvis, chair of the EBP-affiliated Vertebrate Genomes Project at the Rockefeller University, as he explains why high-quality reference genomes across the Tree of Life are essential for conservation. 🦜🐋🐒 🧬He also shares how the VGP is helping to coordinate…

🌍 🐝 Crisis for pollinators: U.S. honeybee farms have experienced the largest die-off on record, losing 62% of commercial honey bee colonies in a single year. This alarming decline has major implications for food security, biodiversity, and ecosystem health. 🌍🥀 👉 2025…

🌍 With over 4,000 genome assemblies produced across its global network, the Earth BioGenome Project is charting a new frontier in biological discovery—from the depths of the ocean to the heights of the sky. 🌍 🧬 Huge thanks to the Earth BioGenome Project’s global network of…

Excellent blog about using coral genomes to combat bleaching: sangerinstitute.blog/2024/10/02/cor…

🧬 Want to learn more about how countries are regulating the use of #genetic data under the Convention on Biological Diversity #CBD? ➡️ erga-biodiversity.eu/post/dna-rules… #SciencePolicy @UNBiodiversity @iBOLEurope @BioGenEurope @EBPgenome

🐝 #genome #evolution academic.oup.com/g3journal/adva… insights into the genetic architecture underlying shifts in niche occupancy across insects

To register, please visit: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI… @BioinfoAtUM6P @UM6P_officiel

We are the European Reference Genome Atlas #ERGA community! 🌍🧬 🔹 An open community of 1000+ members and the European node of @EBPgenome 🔹 ERGA connects people and institutions to advance #biodiversity #genomics across Europe 🔗 Learn more & join us: erga-biodiversity.eu

Call for Abstracts is NOW OPEN for Sharks International 2026! 🦈 Help shape Sharks International 2026 - the world’s largest conference on sharks, rays, and chimaeras - taking place 4–8 May 2026 in Colombo, Sri Lanka. 🔗 More info: si2026.org/participate/ca… 📸 Fabrice Dudenhofer

Today at 11:00 CEST erga-biodiversity.eu/post/faster-id…

📢 New #BGE–@erga_biodiv publication! It’s time to #harmonise practices for assessing genome-wide genetic diversity. 🧬 #Standardisation is essential to meet the needs of diverse #stakeholders in biodiversity #conservation. 🔗 Read more: biodiversitygenomics.eu – Harmonising…

🌍📢 The African BioGenome Project (AfricaBP) wants to hear from you! @DAISEA_AfricaBP is conducting a survey to better understand the landscape, practices, opportunities, and challenges around Intellectual Property (IP) protections and rights for Biodiversity Genetic Resources…

(2/2) 🔬 Looking for a recent success story? The June 2024 Nature article on decoding dogrose reproduction—powered by @darwintreelife and @sangerinstitute genomes—is a stellar example of an EBP-affiliated project driving breakthroughs in plant evolution and breeding.…