As mentioned in the meeting, thanks to funding from BGE+, at Sanger Tree of Life, we will be undertaking a large trial to identify cold-chain free sample collection approaches that result in high quality chromosomal genomes across the tree of life.
mara lawniczak
really enjoyed being a small part of bringing together this analysis of hundreds of Darwin Tree of Life fly genomes. outstanding work by @juliagries.bsky.social, sam ebdon, and @kamilsjaron.bsky.social
Please share this message with the link to the recording and the spreadsheet with any colleagues and collaborators that you feel would be interested in this work and willing to input their suggestions. Thank you!
@ebpgenome.bsky.social
If you are interested in collecting specimens for chromosomal genomes and/or generating chromosomal reference genomes from specimens that were not cold-chain preserved, please read on and share this thread.
We encourage members of the reference genome community, and especially those collecting samples in the field, to put forward suggestions of taxa, preservation solutions, and temperature conditions to be considered for this work.
This spreadsheet is open for your suggestions (please follow instructions on tab 1) until June 22nd, after which all suggestions will be considered and a final shortlist of species, preservation approaches, and temperature conditions will be decided and the project will commence.
