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Rob Waterhouse

@rmwaterhouse.bsky.social
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Director, Environmental Bioinformatics Group at SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics @sib.swiss. Chair, European Reference Genome Atlas (ERGA, @ergabiodiv.bsky.social). #biodiversity #genomics www.rmwaterhouse.org

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ERGA - European Reference Genome Atlas @ergabiodiv.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
📄 The BGE+ Abridged Grant Proposal is now published! A key step for the new Horizon Europe project bringing our communities together: @ergabiodiv.bsky.social, @iboleurope.bsky.social & @eurotaxonomy.cetaf.org 🔗 Read the proposal here: riojournal.com/article/2142... #Biodiversity #Genomics
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ERGA - European Reference Genome Atlas @ergabiodiv.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
🌿Species suggested & sampled by researchers at Universidad Autónoma de Madrid 🧬 Sequenced & assembled at Genoscope @genoscopeumr.bsky.social 🔓 Open resource from @biogeneurope.bsky.social, co-funded by @scienceinnovation.ec.europa.eu, @ukri.org & Switzerland
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Laura Bertola @lauradbertola.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
📣 We have a new paper out! 📣 Multi-Taxa Genome-Environment Associations With Contemporary and Historical Climate in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... A brief explainer 🧵
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Multi‐Taxa Genome‐Environment Associations With Contemporary and Historical Climate in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest
Multi-taxa genomic data offer valuable opportunities to assess the extent to which co-distributed taxa exhibit parallel responses to shared environmental regimes and climatic history. In this study, ....
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Rob Waterhouse @rmwaterhouse.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
#biodiversity #genomics #course #training DNA Barcode & Genomic (Meta)data Publishing in Journal Articles biodiversitygenomics.eu/training/dna...
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DNA Barcode & Genomic (Meta)data Publishing in Journal Articles - BGE+
Turning DNA-based biodiversity outputs into citable, peer-reviewed, FAIR publications
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ERGA - European Reference Genome Atlas @ergabiodiv.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The ERGA-BGE reference genome of Orthotrichum diaphanum, a globally widespread #moss provides a foundational genomic resource for phylogenomic, ecological, and evolutionary studies within Orthotrichaceae and bryophytes🌿 🔗 open-research-europe.ec.europa.eu/articles/6-270 @biogeneurope.bsky.social
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Genome Biology and Evolution @genomebiolevol.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The October 2026 issue of GBE is now live - new articles, methods, and genome reports will be published throughout the month, so visit our website regularly. 🔗 academic.oup.com/gbe/issue/18... #societyjournal #genome #evolution
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Joe Hanly @hanliconius.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Honestly there was a heavy vibe-coding AI assist from ChatGPT, and the code is all open on github; I'm more than happy for anyone to follow up on this, and i'll answer any questions I can github.com/Hanliconius/...
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GitHub - Hanliconius/eukaryote-genome-watch: applet for viewing live stats about genome sequence publication
applet for viewing live stats about genome sequence publication - Hanliconius/eukaryote-genome-watch
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Jesse Zaneveld @jessezaneveld.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Doing coral genome analysis? Check out this awesome repository of consistently annotated chromosome-level genomes by a coalition of coral genomics folks under the Aquatic Symbiosis Genomics banner. zenodo.org/records/2072... Thanks to everyone involved for this awesome community resource!
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Chromosome-level genomes of scleractinian corals: gene prediction and functional annotation
Overview Scleractinia (stony corals) are a diverse taxonomic order within the phylum Cnidaria, comprising more than 1,600 species described to date. Most of these corals play a key role as reef builde...
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Rich Meisel @richmeisel.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
We generated chromosome scale assemblies of house flies with different Y chromosomes. You won't believe what happened next!
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WSL-Eawag Biodiversity Center @wslbiodiversity.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Our WSL Biodiversity Seminar Series continues with a talk by Isabella Sedivy (Plan Biodivers) on unsealing for greener, climate-resilient urban areas. 🏙️ Asphaltknackerinnen – Entsiegelung für lebenswerte und resiliente Siedlungsräume 🗓️Thu 22 Oct, 11:00–12:00 biodiversitycenter.wsl.ch/en/events/de...
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Seminar: Asphaltknackerinnen – Entsiegelung für lebenswerte und resiliente Siedlungsräume
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SPP 2349 Gevol @gevol.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
📢 Paper alert. Please check the new paper by our GEvol student @jannelrinke.bsky.social and GEvol PI @shaggyschrader.bsky.social about TEs in 🐜 macrodiversity published in Science Advances! Congratulations👏. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Transposable elements as evolutionary catalysts of ant macrodiversity
Transposable elements (TEs) are key contributors to genome evolution, yet their macroevolutionary roles in adaptive radiations remain poorly understood, as high-quality genomic resources at sufficient...
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ERGA - European Reference Genome Atlas @ergabiodiv.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
#ERGAReads | Distinct genomic architectures but the same gene underlie the convergent evolution of a plant supergene 🌸🧬 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... #genomes #plantgenomics #evolution #supergenes #comparativegenomics @gpotente.bsky.social
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Distinct genomic architectures but the same gene underlie the convergent evolution of a plant supergene
High-quality genome assemblies from multiple plant species reveal different paths of evolution in supergenes.
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ERGA - European Reference Genome Atlas @ergabiodiv.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
📺 Missed it live? The recording of our latest ERGA BioGenome Analysis & Applications Seminar on Starship transposons and fungal evolution is now available! 🍄🧬 🔗 Watch here: youtu.be/8p6UEwQoZ9Q
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Starship transposons and fungal evolution - Emile Gluck-Thaler & Aaron Vogan
Starship transposons: Drivers of adaptation across fungi - https://www.erga-biodiversity.eu/post/starship-transposons-and-a-new-framework-to-understand-fungal-evolution Starships are a recently…
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Rob Waterhouse @rmwaterhouse.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The ubiquity of insect-vertebrate interactions makes clear that widespread #insect #declines are likely to seriously affect many vertebrate populations www.nature.com/articles/s44... #biodiversity #ecology #InsectDecline
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The importance of insect biodiversity for vertebrates - Nature Reviews Biodiversity
Changes in insect diversity and abundance can affect vertebrates but understanding these consequences relies on having rich information about vertebrate–insect interactions. This Review summarizes the...
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Rob Waterhouse @rmwaterhouse.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Starting soon! Join us for the ERGA BioGenome Analysis & Applications Seminar on Starship transposons and fungal evolution
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ELIXIR Europe @elixir-europe.org · 21/09/2026
🌾 The HARVEST project, funded by ELIXIR, has made it easier to package, validate and reuse #plantresearch datasets. #FAIRification Read the news: elixir-europe.org/news/harvest denbi.bsky.social @ifb-elixir-fr.bsky.social elixiruknode.org ebi.embl.org
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ELIXIR Europe @elixir-europe.org · 23/09/2026
ELIXIR’s internal project, HARVEST, focuses on #FAIRification of 🌱 plant datasets and contributions to the #RDMkit. 🙌 Helps researchers work more effectively across datasets and domains. 🔗 Watch project update: loom.ly/sgVJ6C8
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HARVEST: Handling and alignment of plant research FAIRification
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ELIXIR Europe @elixir-europe.org · 25/09/2026
ELIXIR’s internal project, KYBELE, is developing an 🤖 #AI_assisted pipeline to extract #biodiversity knowledge from scientific literature and help researchers access and reuse information! 🔗 Watch project update: loom.ly/U2iLI2w
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Knowledge Yield from BiodivΕrsity Literature through Large Language Model Extraction
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ELIXIR Europe @elixir-europe.org · 29/09/2026
ELIXIR’s internal project, Odyssey, aims to provide tools to bring together different types of data 💾, enabling integrated exploration across datasets. 💪 Supports a more complete view of biodiversity patterns 🔗 Watch project update: loom.ly/LpiYL8w
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Odyssey: Connecting molecular and geographical biodiversity data
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ERGA - European Reference Genome Atlas @ergabiodiv.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
🧬 ERGA-BGE chromosome-level genome of the Eurasian woodcock Scolopax rusticola, a key resource for the conservation of isolated populations across the species range 🔗 open-research-europe.ec.europa.eu/articles/6-1... @biogeneurope.bsky.social @joanferrerobiol.bsky.social
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ERGA - European Reference Genome Atlas @ergabiodiv.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
🇨🇦🧬Welcome aboard! The @canadianbiogenome.bsky.social is a new ERGA Associate Partner. The project is Canada's contribution to the @ebpgenome.bsky.social, working to generate high-quality reference genomes for Canadian species, a great addition to our growing network 🔗 earthbiogenome.ca
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ERGA - European Reference Genome Atlas @ergabiodiv.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
#ERGAReads | When birds of a feather flock together: severe genomic erosion and the implications for genetic rescue in an endangered island passerine 🐦🏝️ onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #genomes #conservationgenomics #geneticrescue #birds #inbreeding
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ERGA - European Reference Genome Atlas @ergabiodiv.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
ERGA-BGE reference genome of the European #hamster Cricetus cricetus — an IUCN Critically Endangered species of the Eurasian steppe, and a vital resource to inform conservation of one of Europe's fastest-declining mammals 🐹 🔗 open-research-europe.ec.europa.eu/articles/6-196 @biogeneurope.bsky.social
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Vertebrate Genomes Project @vertebrategenomes.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
📅 Save the date! The next VGP In-Person Conference will be held Wednesday, April 7th - Friday, 9th 2027 at Rockefeller University in New York City. Registration and program details coming soon! vertebrategenomesproject.org/events
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ERGA - European Reference Genome Atlas @ergabiodiv.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
📘 Are you curious about biodiversity genomics? Check our Connections Booklet - a friendly starting point for discovering the field. Developed together with @iboleurope.bsky.social @biogeneurope.bsky.social 🔗 www.erga-biodiversity.eu/post/connect... @ebpgenome.bsky.social
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ERGA - European Reference Genome Atlas @ergabiodiv.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
ERGA BioGenome Analysis & Applications Seminar this Wednesday, 30 September at 16:00 CEST: Starship transposons and their role in fungal evolution 🍄🧬🚀 Speakers: @‌https://mycomile.bsky.social @‌https://fungage-lab.bsky.social 🔗 www.erga-biodiversity.eu/post/starshi... @biogeneurope.bsky.social
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Starship transposons and fungal evolution - Emile Gluck-Thaler & Aaron Vogan
More information, including abstract: https://www.erga-biodiversity.eu/post/starship-transposons-and-a-new-framework-to-understand-fungal-evolutionSpeaker: E...
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Rob Waterhouse @rmwaterhouse.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
If you did not receive this month's ERGA Newsletter in your inbox today, make sure you're registered: www.erga-biodiversity.eu/join-contact - don't hesitate to get in touch to confirm your membership! #biodiversity #genomics
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JOIN & CONTACT | ERGA
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Rob Waterhouse @rmwaterhouse.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
A really great opportunity to meet with colleagues at #TDWG2026 and discuss how to move forward to the standards-based systems we need for #biodiversity science @bmd-project.eu @biogeneurope.bsky.social @plazi-species.bsky.social
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Rob Waterhouse @rmwaterhouse.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I really enjoyed discussions with participants after the session, lots of interest not only in trait extraction but also in data integration for #biodiversiy research - from #literature to #observations & #genomics with @plazi-species.bsky.social @bmd-project.eu @biogeneurope.bsky.social #TDWG2026
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Pensoft @pensoft.net · 21/09/2026
✍️ Discover #ORPHO, Pensoft's new intelligent authoring workspace designed to revolutionise scholarly publishing. 🚀 This week at #TDWG2026, stop by our stand to test collaborative authoring tools that streamline manuscript development and refinement with your co-authors in real-time.
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Pensoft @pensoft.net · 25/09/2026
🌿 It's our last day at #TDWG2026 and we've loved sharing #ORPHO, our newly launched scientific writing tool, with the biodiversity community. ✨ Thank you to everyone who tested it at our booth and joined our workshop! @tdwg.org #ScientificWriting #OpenAccess
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Rob Waterhouse @rmwaterhouse.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
In #Oslo for the #TDWG conference #biodiversity #data #standards
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Rob Waterhouse @rmwaterhouse.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Now on #literature services, @pensoft.net tools, @sib.swiss SIBiLs #biodiversity PMC at #TDWG #Oslo
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Rob Waterhouse @rmwaterhouse.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Planning the #Libroscope - how to liberate #biodiversity data trapped in PDFs and how to now move toward born-digital #publications at #TDWG #Oslo @plazi-species.bsky.social @pensoft.net
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Rod Page @rdmpage.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Summary of user feedback on future interfaces for @biodivlibrary.bsky.social as part of workshop run at @tdwg.org #tdwg2026 forum.biodiversitylibrary.org/t/bhl-worksh...
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BHL Workshop at TDWG 2026 feedback
Yesterday @bhl_nicole and I ran a workshop on “future interfaces for BHL” at the TDWG 2026 in Oslo. The workshop was “hands on” with live demos of various tools that I’ve posted here, such as the BHL ...
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Biodiversity Data Journal @bdj.pensoft.net · 24/09/2026
📚 Delighted to attend this fascinating talk at #TDWG2026 on liberating biodiversity knowledge from scientific literature. 🧬 Heartfelt thanks to Donat Agosti for these insightful perspectives! ➡️ Read one of Agosti's articles in our journal here: bdj.pensoft.net/article/1530... @tdwg.org
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Pensoft @pensoft.net · 24/09/2026
📚 We were pleased to attend this fascinating talk at #TDWG2026 on liberating biodiversity knowledge from scientific literature. 🧬 Heartfelt thanks to Donat Agosti for these insightful perspectives - an esteemed author and reviewer in our open-access journals. @tdwg.org
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Rob Waterhouse @rmwaterhouse.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Heading to #Brussels today to launch @ergabiodiv.bsky.social's COST Action CONSENSA! ERGA members - if you missed the Plenary yesterday check your inboxes for the slides, sign up to CONSENSA today to be eligible for many benefits over the next 4 years! #biodiversity #genomics #standards
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Rob Waterhouse @rmwaterhouse.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Thanks @mpavlek.bsky.social - it was great to see you, looking forward to working on this great community effort together!
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Biodiversity Meets Data @bmd-project.eu · 24/09/2026
As part of the session “Planning the Libroscope: creating research ready biodiversity from scientific publications”, our BMD partner @rmwaterhouse.bsky.social (@sib.swiss) talked about species trait literature mining and how it can support integrative distribution modelling 🌱📊 #TDWG2026
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Pensoft @pensoft.net · 23/09/2026
🌍 We're at #TDWG2026 in Oslo tomorrow & Friday! Stop by our booth to explore Pensoft's biodiversity journals, ARPHA Platform, and discover #ORPHO - our revolutionary new intelligent authoring workspace for biodiversity research. Let's connect! 🤝 #BiodiversityData #ScholarlyPublishing @tdwg.org
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Biodiversity Meets Data @bmd-project.eu · 23/09/2026
Highlights from #TDWG2026 so far 🌱 After his presentation on high-throughput biodiversity monitoring, BMD coordinator @nielsraes.bsky.social stopped by our booth to check out BMD's materials. We were also visited by BMD partner Mathias Dillen, participating in both BMD and @tettrix.eu 🌟
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Pensoft @pensoft.net · 24/09/2026
🌟 Tagging manuscripts against community-approved ontologies and vocabularies? Only possible with the brand new #ORPHO intelligent authoring workspace of Pensoft! 📍 Visit our booth at #TDWG2026 either today or tomorrow to test drive the future of biodiversity publishing. @tdwg.org
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Biodiversity Meets Data @bmd-project.eu · 24/09/2026
During today’s session on “Operationalising Biodiversity Digital Twins within Data Space Ecosystems”, Mathias Dillen (@meisebotanicgarden.bsky.social) presented the BMD Cubing Engine and explained how it can harmonise biodiversity and earth observation data 📊🤝 #TDWG2026
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Biodiversity Meets Data @bmd-project.eu · 24/09/2026
#TDWG2026 continues with BMD partner Lena Perzlmaier's (@sgn.one) pre-recorded presentation on data spaces and the use of workflow engines for Natura 200 site managers 🐦🌱 👉 Learn more about data spaces from BMD partner @sharifx.bsky.social's blog post: bmd-project.eu/news/demysti...
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Biodiversity Meets Data @bmd-project.eu · 24/09/2026
BMD's @sharifx.bsky.social (@naturalis.bsky.social) hosted a presentation on the Biodiversity #DigitalTwins – a digital tool for continuous monitoring of physical phenomena, and explained how to use them as an operationalisation mechanism 🌳💻 More: bmd-project.eu/news/demysti... #TDWG2026
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Rob Waterhouse @rmwaterhouse.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Can't wait to test this platform!
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Planning the #Libroscope - how to liberate #biodiversity data trapped in PDFs and how to now move toward born-digital #publications at #TDWG #Oslo @plazi-species.bsky.social @pensoft.net
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Daria Shipilina @dariashipilina.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Congratulations on the official start of the CONSENSA!🎉 It was a pleasure to meet you all
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Daria Shipilina @dariashipilina.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Honoured to represent Austria at the launch of @ergabiodiv.bsky.social COST Action CONSENSA in Brussels. I'll be connecting with Austrian colleagues to build our participation. Interested? Get in touch! 🇦🇹 #biodiversity #genomics #standards
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