Fabrizio Ghiselli 🧬 🐜🦪

My book review on Plasticity in the Life Sciences (Nicoglou 2024), which analyzes the concept of plasticity historically and philosophically, was published in Acta Biotheoretica link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Eight common errors I see in PhD applications and interviews, and how to avoid them Convince a supervisor that you’re a great fit for their laboratory by preparing questions, honing your personal statement and showcasing strong team-player instincts.

Excellent advice for PhD student applicants... www.nature.com/articles/d41...

#biodiversity #bioinformatics Summer School ... 21-26 June in Siegen, Germany co-organised by @sib.swiss & @denbi.bsky.social
www.sib.swiss/training/cou...
🟢 eDNA & ecosystems
🟣 pangenome diversity
🔵 population genetics
🟡 comparative genomics
Register to apply, selections will start from March 16th

Ten Common Misconceptions About Galaxy (And Why They're Wrong!) We are thrilled to announce that 'Ten Common Misconceptions About Galaxy (And Why They Are Wrong!)' has just been published in PLOS Computational Biology! This paper is the result of passionate discus

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“Ten Common Misconceptions About Galaxy (And Why They Are Wrong!)” is now published in PLOS Computational Biology!
The paper takes on 10 persistent myths about Galaxy and responds with evidence and real-world examples from the community.

galaxyproject.org/news/2026-02...

Annotating genomes at increased scale and resolution - Nature Reviews Genetics In this Review, Ji et al. overview how rapidly advancing experimental and computational methods are enabling improved and automated annotation of gene structure and function, providing researchers wit...

The growing number of sequenced #genomes provides a positive feedback loop, in which database searches become more effective and shared sequence patterns emerge more clearly www.nature.com/articles/s41... #biodiversity #genomics

Conferences 2026 - Let's connect! 2026 will be a year full of exciting events and conferences for the Biodiversity Genomics community in Europe! These offer great opportunities to meet and network with fellow ERGA members. Below is a…

2️⃣ 0️⃣ 2️⃣ 6️⃣ will be full of exciting scientific events for the #BiodiversityGenomics community in Europe!
Are you attending or organizing one? Let us know!! We can help advertise your session, talk, or event!
👉️ www.erga-biodiversity.eu/post/confere...
#science #events #conferences #genomics

Repeated evolution of supergenes on an ancient social chromosome Lajmi et al. describe a novel supergene associated with social structure in desert ants. Surprisingly, this supergene evolved on an ancient chromosome that also evolved an analogous supergene in fire ...

📄 Repeated evolution of supergenes on an ancient social chromosome 🐜🧬

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www.cell.com/current-biol...

What is biodiversity? What is genomics? How do they work together to support species monitoring & conservation? 🌍🧬

The #Connections series explores these questions: biodiversitygenomics.eu/category/con...

@unbiodiversity.bsky.social @biogeneurope.bsky.social @iboleurope.bsky.social

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A parasitic, parthenogenetic ant with only queens and without workers or males Hamaguchi, Kinomura and colleagues describe an ant species that lacks workers and males and consists exclusively of queens.

Queen-only parasitic parthogenetic ant. Cool combination!

www.cell.com/current-biol...

#biodiversity #bioinformatics Summer School ... 21-26 June in Siegen, Germany co-organised by @sib.swiss & @denbi.bsky.social
www.sib.swiss/training/cou...
🟢 eDNA & ecosystems
🟣 pangenome diversity
🔵 population genetics
🟡 comparative genomics
Register to apply, selections will start from March 16th

From Permits to Samples: Addressing Key Challenges for High‐Quality Reference Genome Generation in Europe High-quality reference genome assemblies have become essential for deepening our understanding of biodiversity, yet obtaining them for many species remains surprisingly challenging. Drawing on experi...

From the @ergabiodiv.bsky.social community & Sampling & Sample Processing (SSP) Committee onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Outputs like this are great examples of the bottom-up co-creation philosophy of ERGA actions - congratulations to the whole team! #biodiversity #genomics

No evidence that haplodiploidy favors the evolution of eusociality | PNAS The potential role of haplodiploid sex determination in promoting the evolution of altruism and eusociality has been the subject of intense debate ...

📄 No evidence that haplodiploidy favors the evolution of eusociality 🐝🐜

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www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1...

Addressing ERGA Community Feedback: Actions and Plans for Genomes on a Tree (GoaT) Join us for this month’s ERGA Plenary meeting! On Monday, February 16, at 15:00 CET, Cibele Sotero-Caio, curator of the Genomes on a Tree (GoaT) database, will present an update on this important repo...

Join us for the ERGA @ergabiodiv.bsky.social Plenary today at 15:00 CET ...
🟢 highlights from the ERGA Committees
🔵 keynote: Cibele Sotero-Caio presents Genomes on a Tree
www.erga-biodiversity.eu/post/address...

Reminder! Join us next Monday for the #ERGAPlenary — this month featuring a talk by @scaioc.bsky.social about Genomes on a Tree #GoaT 🐐

@sangerinstitute.bsky.social @ebpgenome.bsky.social #genomes #database #science #community

Reminder: as well as sharing or finding #training materials, you can also find or post information about upcoming #courses, #workshops, and training events related to the production and/or use of reference #genomes at the ERGA KnowledgeHub knowledge.erga-biodiversity.eu?category=eve...

CONGRATS SARAH!!!!🍾🎉

Very excited for the upcoming seminars of the of the Internal Conflicts and Organismal Adaptation STN @eseb.bsky.social!

Featuring @manishamuna.bsky.social, @mobilepurin.bsky.social, @joealcock.bsky.social, @asherleeks.bsky.social

Join the email list here:
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ERGA Social Justice Positioning Statement A positioning statement from the ERGA Social Justice Committee regarding current events and recent political developments.In November 2024, after an ERGA Council vote, the Social Justice Subcommittee…

🗒️ The ERGA #SocialJustice Committee recently published a positioning statement on current events and recent political developments.
➡️ Read the statement: www.erga-biodiversity.eu/post/erga-so...

Highlight of our review paper on long-read sequencing for biodiversity analysis by the EBP @ebpgenome.bsky.social

#BiodiversityGenomics #eDNA #Biodiversity
#PacBio #ONT

Read @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social doi.org/10.1111/2041...

5 Questions to Fabrizio Ghiselli and James Fleming, chairs of the Social Justice Committee Read the full interview with Fabrizio Ghiselli and James Fleming below:Interview with the Social Justice Committee Chairs - James Fleming & Fabrizio GhiselliCan you introduce yourselves and share how…

💬 Check out this interview to learn more about our #SocialJustice committee and their plans for promoting positive #change inside our community and beyond: www.erga-biodiversity.eu/post/5-quest... @jamesfvfleming.bsky.social @fghiselli.bsky.social

BMC Biology is currently welcoming submissions of original research to the “Genome organization and evolution” Collection, which I am supporting as a Guest Editor.

If interested check out the link: www.biomedcentral.com/collections/...

Deadline: 26 March

#GenomeEvolution
@bmc.springernature.com

Addressing ERGA Community Feedback: Actions and Plans for Genomes on a Tree (GoaT) Join us for this month’s ERGA Plenary meeting! On Monday, February 16, at 15:00 CET, Cibele Sotero-Caio, curator of the Genomes on a Tree (GoaT) database, will present an update on this important…

🐐 Join this month’s #ERGAPlenary for an update on the Genomes on a Tree (#GoaT) datastore, with recent developments and community feedback highlights, presented by @scaioc.bsky.social
📅 16/02 at 15:00 CET
🔗 www.erga-biodiversity.eu/post/address...

#Data #genomes @sangerinstitute.bsky.social

Thanks to the fantastic #biodiversity #genomics @ergabiodiv.bsky.social & @ebpgenome.bsky.social #community!

From Permits to Samples: Addressing Key Challenges for High‐Quality Reference Genome Generation in Europe High-quality reference genome assemblies have become essential for deepening our understanding of biodiversity, yet obtaining them for many species remains surprisingly challenging. Drawing on experi...

From the @ergabiodiv.bsky.social Sampling & Sample Processing Committee: recommendations to support both small-scale #biogenome projects & large initiatives onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... #European Reference #Genome Atlas (ERGA)

The recent Review on the applications of 'omics tools to the evolutionary ecology of bees is the focus of January's GBE Highlight.

From Genomes to Hives: ‘Omics Perspectives on Eusocial Evolution and the Ecology of Bees

🔗 doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evaf249

📸 Amro Zayed

#genome #evolution #bees

JFC.

And if you want a list of the reasons that have been given for keeping Musk as FRS, there's this piece deevybee.blogspot.com/2025/02/seve...

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