Aleksandra (Sasha) Bliznina

Aleksandra Bliznina follows at #biodiversity25 with a presentation about the #evolution of the chromosomes in dark-winged fungus gnats. Autosome and GRCs chromosomes vary across different species. 3 genomes wasn’t enough to elucidate de origins of these chromosomes, so they went for 20!

27.10.2025 13:53 — 👍 1    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

What a great time we had at the kmer workshop this week!

06.06.2025 15:08 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 2

Forty New Genomes Shed Light on Sexual Reproduction and the Origin of Tetraploidy in Microsporidia Microsporidia are single-celled, obligately intracellular parasites with growing public health, agricultural, and economic importance. Despite this, Microsporidia remain relatively enigmatic, with man...

New preprint! We generate 40 new high-quality microsporidian genomes from infected arthropod hosts that were sequenced to create reference genomes by the Darwin Tree of Life project. 8 of our genomes are chromosome-level, and we’re able to generate Hi-C data for 7! 🧬
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

16.05.2025 10:58 — 👍 21    🔁 9    💬 1    📌 1

Struggling to find the tiny microchromosomes in draft bird genome assemblies?

Our new #preprint introducing MicroFinder can help: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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16.05.2025 10:07 — 👍 40    🔁 22    💬 3    📌 1

5 days left to register for the #k-mer workshop! 🧬 I would strongly recommend for anyone doing large scale biodiversity genomics. tinyurl.com/register-for...

06.03.2025 23:51 — 👍 1    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 2

An old photo of a larval Phronia species of fungus gnat. I love it- it looks so like a koala, cute fly larvae are the way forwards… #cute #diptera #mycetophilidae

09.02.2025 19:50 — 👍 42    🔁 3    💬 2    📌 1