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Earth BioGenome Project 🌍 @ebpgenome.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

🐦🧬 What does it take to complete the genome of a songbird? The Vertebrate Genomes Project has produced the first complete, fully phased reference genome of the zebra finch (𝘛𝘢𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘰𝘱𝘺𝘨𝘪𝘢 𝘨𝘶𝘵𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘢). Getting there took more than simply generating more sequence. #T2T #VGP #Genomics #GenomeAssembly

A male zebra finch with a bright red-orange beak, orange cheek patch, striped chest, and spotted brown wings. Text asks, “What does it take to complete the genome of a songbird?” and explains that the Vertebrate Genomes Project produced the first truly complete, fully diploid, fully phased reference genome of the zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata).

A male zebra finch standing on rocky ground. Text explains that bird genomes are relatively small, but some of their tiniest chromosomes are difficult to sequence. The complete zebra finch genome revealed 7 macrochromosomes, 21 microchromosomes, and 11 tiny dot chromosomes.

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Cell Press @cellpress.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

A new collection from the T2T Consortium is out in @cp-cell.bsky.social and Cell Genomics — a milestone towards routine “T2T” assembly of any complete, diploid genome. Explore this exciting work: dlvr.it/TTvnWZ

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KamilSJaron.bsky.social @kamilsjaron.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

New preprint: 338 coleopteran genomes reveal exceptional rearrangement variation compared to other insect orders. Big congrats to @arf-mln.bsky.social, for getting this giant piece together. Big collaboration of @joanameier.bsky.social's and my groups. 🧵👇 doi.org/10.64898/202...

Phylogeny of 338 species with tips painted by the chromosomal ancestry of their contemporary genomes (well separated colours indicate only few changes, while blending indicates rearrangements). Colouring of the branches is by the number of rearrangements. The ring between paints and phylogeny indicates wether the chromosomal rearrangement was fusion dominated (brown) or fission dominated (teal) process.
Photo credits: Udo Schmidt, Lech Borowiec, JL Tachet, David Navrátil, Fred Chevaillot, Siga, Cosmin Manci, John Hallmén, Igor Souza-Gonçalves, Alex Hyde, H. Coiffait, David Ignace, Yves Bousquet.

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bioRxiv Genomics @biorxiv-genomic.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

HPRC2: A human pangenome reference with near-complete coverage of common genetic variation www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/20…

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Irene Cantone @cantoneirene.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

📢 #Postdoc job: I am looking for a #bioinformatician to join my lab for investigating #XchromosomeInactivation and #chromatin-mediated #epigenetic mechanisms underlying #sexbias in #MultipleSclerosis. Please RT

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GGBN @ggbnoutreach.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Do not hesitate to submit to this MBE special series if you have original research articles, reviews, or perspectives that use high-quality vertebrate genomes to draw inferences about evolutionary processes! Call will open on August 1, 2026 academic.oup.com/mbe/pages/ca...

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Call for Papers: Evolutionary Genomics of Vertebrates: Inferring Process from a New Generation of Reference Genomes

Molecular Biology and Evolution (MBE) invites submissions for a special series on the evolutionary inferences made possible by the new generation of high-qualit

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Genome Biology and Evolution @genomebiolevol.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Valencia-Cárdenas et al. assembled nuclear and mitochondrial genomes of the amphibious fish Istiblennius linneatus, obtaining 24 pseudochromosomes and a highly complete nuclear assembly. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/gbe/... 📷 David Burdick #genome #evolution

GBE | The Nuclear and Mitochondrial Genomes of the Lined Rockskipper, Istiblennius lineatus (Teleostei: Blenniidae)

The lined rockskipper (Istiblennius lineatus, family Blenniidae) is an amphibious fish distributed throughout Indo-Pacific intertidal coastal shores. Valencia-Cardenas and colleagues present its nuclear and mitochondrial genomes as a resource to better understand its ecology and evolutionary history. Pictured an individual from Guam. Photo by David Burdick.

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bioRxiv Genomics @biorxiv-genomic.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

The complete genome of a songbird www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/202…

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Melissah Rowe @melissahrowe.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

3.5-year #Postdoc position on avian microbiomes and reproduction @animalecol-nioo.bsky.social @niooknaw.bsky.social on a fully-funded ERC project focused on understanding the significance of reproductive microbiomes for host biology and fitness. Reach out for more info! nioo.knaw.nl/en/vacancies...

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Postdoctoral researcher: avian microbiomes and reproduction

We are looking for a postdoctoral researcher to join our team working on avian reproductive microbiomes at the Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW) in the group of Dr. Melissah Rowe. The postd...

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KamilSJaron.bsky.social @kamilsjaron.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

“More we study (germ line restricted chromosomes), less we know” — @fjruizruano.bsky.social quotes from #ESEB2025

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bioRxiv Genomics @biorxiv-genomic.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

Programmed DNA elimination drives rapid genomic innovation in two thirds of all bird species www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/202…

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Madlen Stange @mstange.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

Join our #MEEGene #seminar at @leibnizlib.bsky.social on zoom tomorrow, July 1, 3PM CEST (Berlin) and listen to Duilio Silva from the NIH, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, USA talking about " #Evolution of a mouse #selfishDNA" Email meegene@leibniz-lib.de for login details.

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Ricardo J Pereira @biodiversitysmns.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

🦤🧬🧑‍🔬 Junior Group Leader in Conservation Genomics Wanted! 🪲🌿🔬 Help bridge gaps between evolutionary genetics & conservation with museum and monitoring collections. 🔗 Info: tinyurl.com/biodivgen ⏰ Deadline: June 15th 📩 Contact me! 🚀 Excited to explore new horizons! Please share 🕊️

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Jobs | Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Stuttgart

Open positions

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James Galbraith @gulbruth.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

The chance of the broccoli-headed fascists reaching NIH and destroying online NCBI tools and datasets we rely on isn't 0%, so it's worth making a list of the mirrors/alts offered by EMBL-EBI, etc that many of us (including me) are unaware of. #bioinformatics #genomics #biology #evosky #molevol

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Krystyna Nadachowska-Brzyska @krynadachowska.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

I am looking for a postdoc! Pls share #postdoc #genomics #insects #inversions genomicsofoutbreaks.com/?page_id=141

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André Marques @amarques.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

If you wish to be a PI and pursue a career in the related fields of chromosome biology this is the place for you! Great environment, colleagues and boss! Join us!

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Dmitry Antipov @dantipov.bsky.social · 08/02/2024

Finally verkko 2.0 is out! github.com/marbl/verkko Waiting for your bug reports;) My dream for 46 t2t scaffolds on the de novo human genome assemblies out of the box is still a dream, but for some samples we are really close.

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André Marques @amarques.bsky.social · 09/02/2024

🔥𝑷𝒂𝒑𝒆𝒓 𝒂𝒍𝒆𝒓𝒕🔥 Thrilled 🤩to announce that our paper on 𝗺𝗲𝗶𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗯𝗶𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗱𝘆𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗰𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗰 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘀 has now been officially published in @natureplants.bsky.social DFG ERC_Research @ceplas.bsky.social @maxplanck.bsky.social 𝑳𝒊𝒏𝒌 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒖𝒃𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒉𝒆𝒅 𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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