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
Rob Waterhouse
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📖 Published📖
SOUPE: An R package to test and optimise the phylogenetic and ecological representativeness of a taxonomic sample 🧪 🌍 🖥️
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Methods in Ecology and Evolution
Margres et al. investigated snake venom expression divergence in island-mainland rattlesnakes, showing that rapid adaptation in the island population occurred through the co-option and truncation of the ontogenetic venom shift.
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evag131
📷 Michael P. Hogan
#genome #evolution
ERGA Plenary coming up! 🌍 This month we’ll spotlight two new ERGA projects starting this year: BGE+ with Robert Waterhouse, and the COST Action CONSENSA with Chiara Bortoluzzi & Fabrizio Ghiselli. Join us to hear what’s next for the ERGA community!
#ERGA #Genomics
Genome Biology and Evolution
#ERGAReads | Annotation of 200 Insect Genomes with #BRAKER for Consistent Comparisons across Species 🦋 🐛 🐜 🐝 🪲 🐞 🦗 🦟
rdcu.be/e4Sub
@katharinahoff.bsky.social @gevol.bsky.social @unigreifswald.bsky.social
#genomes #insects #annotation #genomeannotation
#BFSP workshop in Lyon @elixir-europe.org
Presenting #BioDiv-FAIR-Checker at @elixir-europe.org #Biodiversity Food Security & Pathogens workshop - a really full room, had to steal extra chairs from next door!
ERGA - European Reference Genome Atlas
🔑 For the keynote speech, @gbif.org Director Joe Miller, shared GBIF’s achievements and impact in biodiversity research and policy in the past 25 years. He highlighted that the future for research infrastructures lies in #collaboration.
#ELIXIR26
The annotation of genomes progresses slower than their sequencing and assembly. Also, species that were previously annotated can benefit from reannotation using more recent RNA-Seq and protein data, as...
High quality genomes for sloths and anteaters and great mammalian biology findings alert! 🦥🧬 @sangerinstitute.bsky.social @ebpgenome.bsky.social @vertebrategenomes.bsky.social
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
ERGA - European Reference Genome Atlas
Jialin Wei: very nice results on convergence of genome evolution with terrestrialisation in animal evolution #EED2026
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-09722-4
Rob Waterhouse
Rob Waterhouse
ELIXIR Europe
Marcela Uliano-Silva
Presenting #BioDiv-FAIR-Checker at @elixir-europe.org #Biodiversity Food Security & Pathogens workshop - a really full room, had to steal extra chairs from next door!
Comparisons of 154 genomes from 21 animal phyla and outgroups have been used to reconstruct ancestral adaptation to life on land across 11 distinct terrestrialization events, revealing strong evidence for convergent genomic evolution across the animal kingdom and recurring periods of terrestrial colonization.
Background Xenarthrans, comprising sloths, anteaters, and armadillos, represent one of the most morphologically and physiologically specialized mammalian clades, yet the genomic basis of their adaptat...
