Hernán E. Morales

hernmoral.bsky.social

20 October 2026 17:00

🧬 Can we predict whether a population will go extinct or recover from its genome? In our new paper, led by Johanna Winder, we combine forward simulations and machine learning to ask how genomics could inform extinction and recovery potential doi.org/10.1111/eva.... #consgen #PopGen #evolution

Jeffrey Ross-Ibarra

jrossibarra.bsky.social

19 October 2026 18:57

With some fellow genomicists at a museum. Someone immediately suggests piecing together these pots is like genome assembly, another chimes in, pointing at the big pot, that even here centromeres are hard.

Earth BioGenome Project 🌍

ebpgenome.bsky.social

10 October 2026 00:14

🦇 Bat1K takes the cover of Nature! A landmark study brings together 103 chromosome-level reference genomes across all 21 living bat families, offering new insights into bat evolution and biogeography. 🧬 Check it out today: www.nature.com/articles/s41... #Bat1K #BiodiversityGenomics #batevolution

Thea F. Rogers

theafrogers.bsky.social

09 October 2026 09:16

🧵 Out today in Nature Communications! How did an ancient reshuffling of the genome shape 3D genome architecture and gene regulation in squid, cuttlefish & octopus? 🦑🐙 We combined Micro-C, RNA-seq & ATAC-seq across species, developmental stages & tissues. doi.org/10.1038/s41467-026-77625-7

Thea F. Rogers

theafrogers.bsky.social

09 October 2026 09:15

We also used CRISPR in Euprymna berryi to delete a conserved ~1 kb intronic sequence in a coleoid-specific loop containing neural genes. Many knockout embryos had smaller neural tissues, and genes linked to the loop several Mb away were downregulated, consistent with very long-range regulation.