Melak Betsha

Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke)
#UEF
#Bioinformaticsresearcher #Statistics #ComputationalBiology #Genomics #PopulationGenomics
#Datascience

[𝐊𝐢𝐬𝐮𝐧 𝐏𝐨𝐤𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐥 @kisunpokharel]

Big thanks to my colleagues (Daniil Ruvinskiy @Melak_B Heli Lindeberg Rodney Okwasiimire) at @LukeFinland and all collaborators from the OPTIBOV project coordinated by Richard Crooijmans from the @WageningenUR !

[Juha Kantanen @JuhaKantanen]

New sccientific article by our international team published in Genomics.
Unmapped reads from whole-genome sequencing data reveal pathogen diver... https://t.co/NuWQ0dcaPd

[Melak Betsha @Melak_B]

#ISAG2025 kick off @JuhaKantanen @kisunpokharel

[Juha Kantanen @JuhaKantanen]

New article by our team: Pure wild forest reindeer (Rangifer tarandus fennicus) or hybrids? A whole-genome sequencing approach to solve the taxonomical status | Conservation Genetics Resources (https://t.co/kCzjLwjCa2) @Melak_B @kisunpokharel @LukeFinland @Metsahallitus

[Juha Kantanen @JuhaKantanen]

@Melak_B @kisunpokharel @LukeFinland @Metsahallitus A link to the publication: https://t.co/eoOd4YRsBz

[Juha Kantanen @JuhaKantanen]

Take a look at our article! https://t.co/Iz3ljNVer3
@Melak_B @kisunpokharel @LukeFinland @Metsahallitus

[Juha Kantanen @JuhaKantanen]

Our new article published: Adipose gene expression profiles in Northern Finncattle, Mirandesa cattle, Yakutian cattle and commercial Holstein cattle | Scientific Reports. @LukeFinland @Arctic_Centre @kisunpokharel @Melak_B @mehonkatukia @catarina_ginja

[𝐊𝐢𝐬𝐮𝐧 𝐏𝐨𝐤𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐥 @kisunpokharel]

Happy Finnhorse Day!

[Luonnonvarakeskus @LukeFinland]

Hyvää suomenhevosen juhlapäivää!

Luke on mukana ainutlaatuisen kansallishevosemme perimän tutkimuksessa.

@JuhaKantanen
#suomenhevonen #suomenhevosenpäivä

[Juha Kantanen @JuhaKantanen]

EquCab_Finn: A new reference genome assembly for the domestic horse, Finnhorse . https://t.co/Th6ozRLYfv
We sequenced and annotated the genome of a Finnhorse mare from the working horse section Tähden Piirros 2294-07T. @mmm_fi @LukeFinland @kisunpokharel @Melak_B

[Juha Kantanen @JuhaKantanen]

For the first time, Y-chromosomal variation of Rangifer tarandus studied!
Inferences about the population history of Rangifer tarandus from Y chromosome and mtDNA phylogenies - Bozlak - 2024 - Ecology and Evolution - Wiley Online Library https://t.co/j98HPUstaR @LukeFinland

[Elif Bozlak @BozlakElif]

(1/6) If you were missing Y chromosomal markers of reindeer, check out our new publication. Thank you to the great team WallnerLab, @JuhaKantanen, @kisunpokharel, @Melak_B and the great comments of reviewers. https://t.co/aD79KD3J06

[Melak Betsha @Melak_B]

Excited to share that our latest paper is now available online! https://t.co/RV27h6XwOC @JuhaKantanen @kisunpokharel @BozlakElif @LukeFinland

[Scientific Reports @SciReports]

Whole-genome sequencing provides novel insights into the evolutionary history and genetic adaptation of reindeer populations in northern Eurasia @kisunpokharel @Melak_B @mehonkatukia @JuhaKantanen
https://t.co/BU0kAqH1sA

[𝐊𝐢𝐬𝐮𝐧 𝐏𝐨𝐤𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐥 @kisunpokharel]

Ho Ho Ho! Our new study on reindeer genomics was just published earlier today. 1/8🧵

[Juha Kantanen @JuhaKantanen]

By our team, a new pre-print:
Adipose gene expression profiles and their associations with adaptations in Northern Finncattle, Mirandesa cattle, Yakutian cattle and Holstein cattle https://t.co/rRTsu4JD4C
@LukeFinlandInt @ulapland @Melak_B @kisunpokharel

[Juha Kantanen @JuhaKantanen]

New article: https://t.co/RdYIub9hER @kisunpokharel , @Melak_B, Dudeck, S. et al. 2023. Whole-genome sequencing provides novel insights into the evolutionary history and genetic adaptation of reindeer populations in northern Eurasia. Sci Rep 13, 23019. @LukeFinlandInt @ulapland

[bioRxiv Genomics @biorxiv_genomic]

Adipose gene expression profiles and their associations with adaptations in Northern Finncattle, Mirandesa cattle, Yakutian cattle ... https://t.co/qGIij9xEIj #biorxiv_genomic

[Adipose Papers @adipose_papers]

Adipose gene expression profiles and their associations with adaptations in Northern Finncattle, Mirandesa cattle, Yakutian cattle and Holstein cattle https://t.co/Dcd81bnEoJ

[Melak Betsha @Melak_B]

Our new preprint is available in bioRiv: https://t.co/81pYRLarVb @JuhaKantanen @kisunpokharel @LukeFinlandInt