Great Gobi Expedition 2022

The Expedition will take a group of Italian biologists to the Great Gobi desert of Mongolia, to explore the biodiversity and microbiome of small mammals

[Great Gobi Expedition 2022 @GGE2022]

In May 2022, an Italian expedition will venture into the most remote parts of the Great Gobi desert of Mongolia to explore mammalian biodiversity, and analyze microbiomes in situ using portable genomics
@UNI_FIRENZE @UniVerona @izsler @ISPRA_Press @num_edu @nanopore

[Lara Urban @LaraUrban42]

Awesome to see our first #kākāpō genomic analyses published; congrats to the entire team!
https://t.co/j34gy50w4G Most fun was discussing the analyses w the amazing recovery team @takapodigs @deidre_vercoe Daryl Eason et al. More to follow v soon @helmholtz_ai @HelmholtzMunich

[Lara Urban @LaraUrban42]

Starting our @nanopore workshop in the German Alps - where else than on the highest mountain, the Zugspitze. Some wonderful hiking, now hopefully some wonderful green pores. Thanks heaps to @DanielGygax11 for amazing support.

[Gabor Kemenesi @GaborKemenesi]

Next chapter of #lloviu virus hunt is out now in @SciReports We isolated the virus from 🇮🇹🦇🩸and characterized this new isolate. We think that #llov may be more common in Schreibers’s bats than previously thought ➡️ https://t.co/UyqqeqTICr

[Dilrini De Silva, PhD @DilriniDeSilva]

A deep dive into all things marine science with the stellar team onboard state-of-the-art #research vessel @oceanx before they set sail on a new mission to explore the unknown. Keen to see new discoveries using @nanopore technologies to sequence #eDNA and monitor #biodiversity!

[Nolwenn Jouvenet Lab @lab_jouvenet]

Enjoying the annual meeting of the Italian Society for Virology (not all virologists are at #ASV2023 😉) in the beautiful Brescia – last talk of first session took us in the Gobi desert for virus discovery @GGE2022

[Great Gobi Expedition 2022 @GGE2022]

@lab_jouvenet Good to see that Marco put my images to good use !

[Lara Urban @LaraUrban42]

I am v excited to finish this week with the @MolSystBiol @EMBOPress publication of our 1st group paper @HelmholtzMunich @helmholtz_ai @PioneerCampus @TU_Muenchen, a review of the promise of Real-time Genomics @nanopore for understanding One Health: https://t.co/7tNSwVZIzF

[Oxford Nanopore @nanopore]

Galapagos Genetic Barcode is a scientific project to train locals in molecular techniques to assess the biodiversity of the Galapagos. At #nanoporeconf, @chavecito76 will show how the project is improving conservation efforts & employment opportunities: https://t.co/hCQB0EwDnu

[Lara Urban @LaraUrban42]

My 3rd London Calling @NanoporeConf, and 3rd plenary talk – this time about applications of @nanopore for One Health & my own @helmholtz_ai @PioneerCampus @HelmholtzMunich @TU_Muenchen group's research on this subject:
https://t.co/wpGvETHWPR

[AcinasLab @AcinasL]

What a dream!! We have 26 metagenomes from the #Arctic #Qikiqtarjuaq using @nanopore to explore the microbes from brines,sea ice cores and sea water. Working together with an amazing team @el_pableras @ICMCSIC @PolarCSIC and Marcel Babin and team @LavalUniversity. Stay tuned!❄️

[Oxford Nanopore @nanopore]

Using the MinION device for disease surveillance out in the middle of ocean! Find out more below 👇. #AnythingAnyoneAnywhere

[Lara Urban @LaraUrban42]

It is an honor to meet the conservationists who try to restore Mauritian wildlife @mwfWildlife @Eforestofficial @University_MU & Government reps. Thanks for hosting & showing me around! I look forward to many collabs @helmholtz_ai @PioneerCampus @HelmholtzMunich @TU_Muenchen

[Oxford Nanopore @nanopore]

👏 We love seeing how the wool that our products are shipped in gets reused by the creative Nanopore Community

[Lara Urban @LaraUrban42]

Check out our @eLife Reviewed Preprint on using soil eDNA and @nanopore long-read sequencing for #kākāpō conservation: https://t.co/c4MaHwSmmX Very fun collaboration with the Kākāpō Recovery Team led by @takapodigs & @deidre_vercoe 🥰

[Great Gobi Expedition 2022 @GGE2022]

Yes and what an epic adventure it was !

[Oxford Nanopore @nanopore]

"The future is already here"
Last year, @mdelledon & his team set up a portable sequencing lab in the Gobi desert. Their goal was to study the microbiome of small mammals living in this unique environment. Full video: https://t.co/30U57FqHng #AnythingAnyoneAnywhere @RivieraMacro

[Asuncion @asundelosrios]

#RockEaters. First great success here!!! We have just extracted the DNA from antarctic lavas and not only this… using Minion-@nanopore and SqueezeMeta, we have sequenced and analyzed their metagenomes. #SomosAntártida @PolarCSIC

[Oxford Nanopore @nanopore]

Discover how in situ #nanopore sequencing can improve #conservation genomics of endangered species at our seminar at #PAG30. Register to hear how the PromethION 2 Solo is impacting Mrinalini Watsa's research. Register here: https://t.co/euXfnUokZx #anythinganyoneanywhere

[Rudolf Meier @rudolf-meier.bsky.soci @RudolfMeier15]

Biodiversity Discovery Robot: Our DiversityScanner as featured in "Der Tagesspiegel". This discovery robot finds, images, and transfers small insects for species discovery. The images are used to train convolutional neural networks.
https://t.co/mF16nLKyM3
https://t.co/CYkG2YoEF6

[Rudolf Meier @rudolf-meier.bsky.soci @RudolfMeier15]

Now out in Molecular Ecology: Metabarcoding of dissolved feces from flies baited with fish detects endangered mammal and bird species. Roadside sampling and sequencing with #MinION or #Illumina is sufficient. Network analysis reveals species interactions. https://t.co/3Zk6ELyX4c

[Warren Bach @bach_warren]

Decentralisation with @nanopore is now changing the sequencing landscape. Portable, accurate, high output, low cost of ownership, complete biology. Expensive box sellers will not be happy.