The countdown is on! 🚀 Our open Bat1K meeting (aka Batellite) is kicking off in just a few minutes! Excited to connect, discuss, and collaborate - join us and be part of the conversation! .... Follow us on Bluesky for more 🤫@bat1kgenomes.bsky.social

Can we help our Bat1K regional chair and long standing Bat(1K) advocate Emma?? 🤍🦇 https://t.co/qNzjewmxJ9

📢 We are really excited to launch this new series together with the @iBOLEurope community! The first post explores a fundamental question: what is #Biodiversity #Genomics? @BioGenEurope @EBPgenome

🚨 FINALLY OUT IN @Nature. A tour de force effort. 🦇 10 new bat genomes, excess of immune gene adaptations, species specific adaptations in ISG15, and anti-SARS-CoV-2 activity of bat ISG15. @BatResearch @hillermich @CIHR_III @NSERC_CRSNG #LZCI #Bat1K https://t.co/ARCQ04TVGY

Incredibly honoured to work with a great team of collaborators on an important project related to bats and viruses with implications to the immune system response. Many of the samples are based on the @ROMtoronto frozen tissue collection

Incredible proud of my trainees and the larger fantastic international team. So much work and more remains to be done. #LoveVirology Read about the recent @Nature article here. #LZCI

🦇 This research offers valuable insights into how bats manage viral infections, enhancing our understanding of zoonotic disease resilience and immune evolution 🌍🔬. These findings could also pave the way for new medical strategies to combat viral diseases 🦠💉

🔬 This study reveals that bats have more genetic adaptations in immune-related genes than any other mammals. One key player is the ISG15 gene, which, in certain bat species, can reduce SARS-CoV-2 production by up to 90%—highlighting their exceptional antiviral defense mechanisms

Happy to report that our work on immune system adaptations in #bats is now out in @Nature 🦇🧬 https://t.co/f6cD4H2MyA @_AriadnaMorales @BatResearch @sci_questions @bat1kgenomes @Senckenberg @LOEWE_TBG Read more ...

This project started 4 years ago and would not have been possible without the contribution of many fantastic colleagues from @bat1kgenomes and beyond !! Dimitris Kontopoulos, @LeonHilgers @EmmaTeeling1 @Sonja_Vernes @Nancy_Bat @burtonlim

As part of Bat1K, the team has sequenced 10 bat genomes, including species known to carry coronaviruses and other viruses. What a major milestone for bat genomics research🔬🦇 @hillermich @_AriadnaMorales @Sonja_Vernes @EmmaTeeling1 @BatResearch @sci_questions @SJPuechmaille

🚨Bat1K Paper Alert🚨We’re excited to share "Bat genomes illuminate adaptations to viral tolerance and disease resistance", JUST published in Nature! 🦇📜Work led by Bat1K executive committee member @hillermich and @_AriadnaMorales🔥 https://t.co/uptjW3xUyB

The Kate Barlow Award is open to postgraduate students anywhere in the world conducting research which has direct relevance for bat conservation. The closing date for applications is 5pm GMT, TOMORROW on the 29th November. More info and to apply here:

The genome of Myotis mystacinus has been sequenced and published! 🦇 This bat, lovingly cared for by Hazel Ryan, a dedicated bat carer, could not be saved but now lives on through science, contributing to research and discovery. 🧬 Read more: https://t.co/k7NPs8fToc

But find out everything you need to know here: https://t.co/bvtXgplXDf and make sure to share with your students!

Demonstrate an active interest in research in the genomics field (this can be through your undergraduate course and through extra curricular activities such as seminar attendance and reading materials). 4/n

Be studying an undergraduate degree that includes a genomics element or course at the time of the first stage application. This could include (but is not limited too) any biological science degree, bioinformatics, medicine or veterinary science. 3/n

To be eligible to apply for the Sanger Prize applicants must meet all of the criteria below: Be from a low or middle income country – a full list of eligible countries is available from https://t.co/eKRTg6ds3d 2/n

📢Great opportunity for undergraduate students: The @sangerinstitute Prize Competition 2025! The winner will be offered a three-month internship with a research group at the Wellcome Sanger Institute. Travel, living and research expenses are all covered by the award. 1/n

taking place in 1 hour @ 4pm CET, 3pm GMT and 10am Eastern