The goal of the Canadian BioGenome Project is to produce high-quality reference genomes 🧬 for all Canadian species 🌎
Sequencing Canada's Biodiversity 🌿🦋🐍🧬🐢🦌🐸🌳🐿🐙🦈🦦
Learn more: https://linktr.ee/canadianbiogenome
Canadian BioGenome Project 🇨🇦
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Over 41% of amphibian species are threatened with extinction. The challenges they face are huge—but so are the successes. I'm honored to contribute to this new paper offering a rare optimistic look at amphibian conservation.
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“The importance of biodiversity is that it gives us a way to understand the world that we live in.”
We are excited to unveil the first of the GSC’s three new mandate videos: this one is on Biodiversity, Environment, & Agriculture which showcases our collaborations and impact in these sectors.
🌍 The challenge is not whether we can sequence diatoms — it is whether we can build the workflows, infrastructure, standards, and international collaborations needed to do it reliably at scale.
Working on diatom genomics? Connect with researchers helping build the future of biodiversity genomics. 🤝🧬
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🌊🧬Happy World Ocean Day!
From whales and sea turtles to corals, kelp, plankton, and deep-sea species, the ocean holds extraordinary biodiversity shaped by billions of years of evolution.
EBP-affiliates are generating marine biodiversity genomes to better understand life in our oceans.
#WorldOceanDay
🦋🌿High-quality genomes begin with quality biological material.
🐝 Before sequencing, each species is identified, documented, collected, and preserved to ensure integrity. For insects, this requires field expertise, taxonomy, and preservation workflows.
Biodiversity genomics starts with the specimen🐞
🔬 Many diatoms are hard to sequence because of silica cell walls, low DNA input, repetitive DNA, hybridization, microbial contamination, and genome structures that complicate assembly.
One genome is possible.
Thousands across diatom diversity is a different challenge. 🧬⚙️🌊
#MicrobialEukaryotes
PS early explorations on cold chain free approaches for insects are now published here academic.oup.com/gigascience/...
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Dr Tiffany Kosch 👩🔬 🤿🐸🧬
🌍🧬 Looking for more biodiversity genomes being generated around the world?
Explore our Bluesky Starter Packs to discover and follow EBP-affiliates, sequencing initiatives, and researchers helping build a genomic library of life.
Follow the genomes. Follow the science. Follow the global effort. 🌊🌿🦋🍄
🧬 Diatoms are an extraordinarily diverse group of photosynthetic organisms, with tens of thousands of described species.
Yet technical challenges still limit large-scale diatom genome production.
EBP projects and biodiversity genomics R&D teams are working to solve them. 🌊🔬
#Diatoms #Biodiversity
AbstractBackground. The Earth BioGenome Project (EBP) is a global endeavour to produce reference genomes for all described eukaryotic species. The majority
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🌍🧬 Interested in biodiversity genome updates?
Check out the EBP custom feed on Bluesky and help keep the conversation growing. Add your posts to the feed by referencing biodiversity genomics. 🌱🌎🧬
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