Blaxter Lab

Blaxter lab @SangerToL @darwintreelife @sangerinstitute

Wellcome Sanger Institute (formerly Univ of Edinburgh)

[Charlotte Wright @CharJWright]

It was a pleasure to talk to Robin McKie @ObserverUK about Project Psyche which is striving to sequence all 11,000 species of European butterflies and moths. A huge community effort! 🦋 @Psychegenome https://t.co/Hxf8WB5RaU

[Wellcome Sanger Institute @sangerinstitute]

📰Startling genome discovery in butterfly project reveals impact of climate change in Europe

✍️Robin McKie @ObserverUK

@CharJWright @blaxterlab
https://t.co/BBkv5SVf90

[Dr Claudia C. Weber @cc7740]

Have long-read data and want to know what you've really sequenced, and how much of it? Reliable taxonomic labels are often scarce if the target is from a less well-explored group. VAE embeddings can tease apart different organisms in read sets:
https://t.co/fBu136uBuH

[Wellcome Sanger Institute @sangerinstitute]

𝘊. 𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘯𝘴 paved the way for genetic research, and was the first animal to have its entire #DNA sequenced.

Now, researchers are sequencing the genomes of hundreds more nematode species to study evolution and genetic diversity.

Find out more ⤵️

https://t.co/xAXpKlJ8DX

[Amjad Khalaf @KhalafAmjad1]

Our review "Genome evolution in intracellular parasites: Microsporidia and Apicomplexa" is now out in @JEukMicro! This could not have been possible without @orefrancis and @blaxterlab <3 - art by me and the talented @petrathepostdoc

[Andi Wilson, PhD | Bluesky: drandiwilson @DrAndiWilson]

In addition to the basic steps of genome assembly, we also added a "check for contamination" step using #BlobToolKit.

Here you can see how we used #BTK to clean up a genome contaminated by contigs of bacterial origin.

Thanks to @rjchallis & @blaxterlab for this resource!

[gavin woodruff @weird_worms]

The talk abstract deadline for EvoWorm 2024 is today! Don't forget to submit an abstract!!

https://t.co/4VeWodhCSG

#evoworm24

[Alejandro Burga @arburga]

[Please RT] 🚨Deadline Alert: The 10th edition of the “Evolutionary Biology of Caenorhabditis and other Nematodes” meeting 🪱#EvoWorm24 will take place in Vienna, Austria (June 17-20). Travel and childcare grants are available. More info about the meeting
https://t.co/XmTvFLTqnW

[Max Brown 🌱 @Euphrasiologist]

We're advertising for a PhD on somatic evolution in plants!

Come and work with me @ARU_Biology and @ATJCagan @GeneticsCam. It's a fully funded 3 year PhD position starting in September.

Advert here:
https://t.co/BHESdtMnox

Please share widely!

[NatureEcoEvo @NatureEcoEvo]

Comparative genomics reveals the dynamics of chromosome evolution in Lepidoptera https://t.co/wKsD0fTAkj

[Wellcome Sanger Institute @sangerinstitute]

📰 Butterfly genomes have barely changed for 250m years, study reveals

✍️ @pgreenfielduk @guardian

https://t.co/0wOXeR3dbz

[Charlotte Wright @CharJWright]

A wonderful writeup on our study also out today in @guardian @guardianeco, it was great to talk to @pgreenfielduk about butterfly genomics and why sequencing their genomes is so vital!

[Charlotte Wright @CharJWright]

Delighted that our work on chromosome evolution in Lepidoptera is published today! ✨🦋

[Wellcome Sanger Institute @sangerinstitute]

Butterflies and moths make up 10% of all named species on planet Earth 🌍

They are vital pollinators, herbivores, and indicators of ecosystem health 🌳

Project Psyche will sequence the genomes of all 11,000 European species, aiding #conservation 🧬

https://t.co/RAAvWCJayL

[Wellcome Sanger Institute @sangerinstitute]

🆕 Butterfly and moth genomes have remained remarkably intact over 250 million years of #evolution, despite huge diversification we see today 🦋

Some rare species have defied these rules, offering clues into their distinct biology and evolution 🧬

https://t.co/Snk4aBMKCs

[Wellcome Sanger Institute @sangerinstitute]

📰 Read ‘Comparative genomics reveals the dynamics of chromosome evolution in Lepidoptera’ with @sangerinstitute @SangerToL @darwintreelife @blaxterlab @CharJWright @marakat @phylewgenetics @EdinburghUni @thymelicus in @NatureEcoEvo ⤵️

https://t.co/97PDWjKZdO

[Amjad Khalaf @KhalafAmjad1]

@KamilSJaron @BGAcademy23 Super grateful for @KamilSJaron @blaxterlab @marakat for all their help, and my colleagues at @darwintreelife

[Amjad Khalaf @KhalafAmjad1]

First preprint of my PhD is out! We survey all publicly available microsporidian datasets on the SRA and show that polyploidy is widespread in Microsporidia! https://t.co/Biy9HTqTaW

[Peter Mulhair @PeterMulhair]

How do moths and butterflies see?🦋👀

Our new preprint looks at the evolution of #opsin genes across #Lepidoptera. We uncover fascinating patterns of opsin duplication, translocation, and expression by analysing 219 genomes (most from @darwintreelife)

🔗https://t.co/GgR0qTZeyl

[Biology of Butterflies - Prague 2023 @ConfButterfly]

📢#BoB2023 STUDENT AWARDS📢

The scientific committee and chairwomen/chairmen selected 3 best student talks (sponsored by @pensoft) and 3 best student posters (sponsored by Bushman)!

The list of awardees below 👇🧵