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Blaxter lab @SangerToL @darwintreelife @sangerinstitute Wellcome Sanger Institute (formerly Univ of Edinburgh)
Cambridge, UK
Joined March 2016
It was a pleasure to talk to Robin McKie @ObserverUK about Project Psyche which is striving to sequence all 11,000 species of European butterflies and moths. A huge community effort! 🦋 @Psychegenome
theguardian.com
Project to study all 11,000 species of butterflies and moths finds ‘two species in the act of being created from one’
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📰Startling genome discovery in butterfly project reveals impact of climate change in Europe ✍️Robin McKie @ObserverUK
@CharJWright @blaxterlab
https://t.co/BBkv5SVf90
theguardian.com
Project to study all 11,000 species of butterflies and moths finds ‘two species in the act of being created from one’
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Have long-read data and want to know what you've really sequenced, and how much of it? Reliable taxonomic labels are often scarce if the target is from a less well-explored group. VAE embeddings can tease apart different organisms in read sets: https://t.co/fBu136uBuH
biorxiv.org
The recent acceleration in genome sequencing targeting previously unexplored parts of the tree of life presents computational challenges. Samples collected from the wild often contain sequences from...
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𝘊. 𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘯𝘴 paved the way for genetic research, and was the first animal to have its entire #DNA sequenced. Now, researchers are sequencing the genomes of hundreds more nematode species to study evolution and genetic diversity. Find out more ⤵️ https://t.co/xAXpKlJ8DX
sangerinstitute.blog
C. elegans, a workhorse of modern biology, was the first multicellular organism to have its DNA code sequenced in 1998. But it is just one of potentially millions of nematode species. We explore the...
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Our review "Genome evolution in intracellular parasites: Microsporidia and Apicomplexa" is now out in @JEukMicro! This could not have been possible without @orefrancis and @blaxterlab <3 - art by me and the talented @petrathepostdoc
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In addition to the basic steps of genome assembly, we also added a "check for contamination" step using #BlobToolKit. Here you can see how we used #BTK to clean up a genome contaminated by contigs of bacterial origin. Thanks to @rjchallis & @blaxterlab for this resource!
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The talk abstract deadline for EvoWorm 2024 is today! Don't forget to submit an abstract!! https://t.co/4VeWodhCSG
#evoworm24
[Please RT] 🚨Deadline Alert: The 10th edition of the “Evolutionary Biology of Caenorhabditis and other Nematodes” meeting 🪱#EvoWorm24 will take place in Vienna, Austria (June 17-20). Travel and childcare grants are available. More info about the meeting https://t.co/XmTvFLTqnW
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[Please RT] 🚨Deadline Alert: The 10th edition of the “Evolutionary Biology of Caenorhabditis and other Nematodes” meeting 🪱#EvoWorm24 will take place in Vienna, Austria (June 17-20). Travel and childcare grants are available. More info about the meeting https://t.co/XmTvFLTqnW
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We're advertising for a PhD on somatic evolution in plants! Come and work with me @ARU_Biology and @ATJCagan @GeneticsCam. It's a fully funded 3 year PhD position starting in September. Advert here: https://t.co/BHESdtMnox Please share widely!
findaphd.com
PhD Project - Somatic evolution in plants at Anglia Ruskin University ARU, listed on FindAPhD.com
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Comparative genomics reveals the dynamics of chromosome evolution in Lepidoptera
nature.com
Nature Ecology & Evolution - Analysis of 210 lepidopteran chromosome-level genomes reveals stability of the 32 ancestral chromosomes and extensive reorganization, including fusion and fission...
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📰 Butterfly genomes have barely changed for 250m years, study reveals ✍️ @pgreenfielduk @guardian
https://t.co/0wOXeR3dbz
theguardian.com
Analysis gives clues as to why butterflies and moths have been resilient through dramatic changes on Earth – and could help with future conservation
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A wonderful writeup on our study also out today in @guardian @guardianeco, it was great to talk to @pgreenfielduk about butterfly genomics and why sequencing their genomes is so vital!
Butterfly genomes have barely changed for 250m years, study reveals
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Delighted that our work on chromosome evolution in Lepidoptera is published today! ✨🦋
📰 Read ‘Comparative genomics reveals the dynamics of chromosome evolution in Lepidoptera’ with @sangerinstitute @SangerToL @darwintreelife @blaxterlab @CharJWright @marakat @phylewgenetics @EdinburghUni @thymelicus in @NatureEcoEvo ⤵️ https://t.co/97PDWjKZdO
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Butterflies and moths make up 10% of all named species on planet Earth 🌍 They are vital pollinators, herbivores, and indicators of ecosystem health 🌳 Project Psyche will sequence the genomes of all 11,000 European species, aiding #conservation 🧬 https://t.co/RAAvWCJayL
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🆕 Butterfly and moth genomes have remained remarkably intact over 250 million years of #evolution, despite huge diversification we see today 🦋 Some rare species have defied these rules, offering clues into their distinct biology and evolution 🧬 https://t.co/Snk4aBMKCs
sanger.ac.uk
Comparison of over 200 high-quality butterfly and moth genomes reveals key insights into their biology, evolution and diversification over the last 250 million years, as well as clues for conservat...
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📰 Read ‘Comparative genomics reveals the dynamics of chromosome evolution in Lepidoptera’ with @sangerinstitute @SangerToL @darwintreelife @blaxterlab @CharJWright @marakat @phylewgenetics @EdinburghUni @thymelicus in @NatureEcoEvo ⤵️ https://t.co/97PDWjKZdO
nature.com
Nature Ecology & Evolution - Analysis of 210 lepidopteran chromosome-level genomes reveals stability of the 32 ancestral chromosomes and extensive reorganization, including fusion and fission...
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@KamilSJaron @BGAcademy23 Super grateful for @KamilSJaron @blaxterlab @marakat for all their help, and my colleagues at @darwintreelife
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First preprint of my PhD is out! We survey all publicly available microsporidian datasets on the SRA and show that polyploidy is widespread in Microsporidia! https://t.co/Biy9HTqTaW
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How do moths and butterflies see?🦋👀 Our new preprint looks at the evolution of #opsin genes across #Lepidoptera. We uncover fascinating patterns of opsin duplication, translocation, and expression by analysing 219 genomes (most from @darwintreelife) 🔗 https://t.co/GgR0qTZeyl
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