Blogs of the CEG research group – In CEG, we are interested in all aspects of biodiversity, evolutionary and comparative research using genome-scale approaches, with an emphasis on invertebrate animals

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Group of the month

Every month we will present a cool animal group in a blog with lots of fun facts. If you are interested in learning more look at “Group of the month”.

Miscellaneous

Besides our different larger project we also have smaller projects or papers going on, which we will discuss in this category.

InvertOmics

Here, we will keep you informed about our projects relying on strongly on genomics.

Museomics

In our group, we are doing different research projects on how the samples in our collections can be used for molecular work. Take a look into our blog “Museomics” to get a glimpse of our activities there.

Cryptic species

In our group, we are doing different research projects concerning cryptic species using different approaches and addressing different research questions. Take a look into our blog “Cryptic species” to get a glimpse of our activities there.

ArtsDatabanken

The goal of the Norwegian ArtsDatanken is to describe the occurrence of species all over Norway. We are also contributing to this with different projects and lots of field work. Many posts and pictures about field work are to come here. Take a look at our blog once in awhile.

Advent calendar

If you want to get an overview of our activities in the different years since 2020, please take a look at the blogs in the tab “Advents calendar”.

Group of the month, May: The Krill

Featured photo: Euphausia superba, the Antarctic krill. Photo by Professor Dr. habil. Uwe Kils, uploaded to en.wikipedia.org. This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ Tiny but mighty, krill are among the most abundant animals on Earth and their collective role is […]

Group of the Month April: Family Rhytidocystidae

Cover image: Rhytidocystis polygordiae from the intestines of a polychaete Polygordius sp. (Scale bar = 15 μm) from Leander & Ramey, 2006. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1550-7408.2006.00109.x For this month’s group, I’m introducing another group of enigmatic protists, the family Rhytidocystidae. They belong to the phylum Apicomplexa, which is known for many […]

Månedens Gruppe Mars: Laboulbeniales

La meg presentere månedens gruppe for mars: En sopp! Nå tenker du sikkert for deg selv: «Vent, det der er ikke en sopp. Det er helt klart bare en bille…» Og det er i og for seg riktig! La oss zoome litt lengre inn: Tankerekken fortsetter: «Hmm… Det […]

Group of the Month March: Laboulbeniales

Let me introduce you to the Group of the Month for March: A fungus! At this point you are probably thinking to yourself: “Wait a minute, that’s not a fungus. That’s clearly just a beetle…” And for the most part, you’d be right! Let’s zoom in a bit […]

Hva er det neste som skjer med smådyrene?

I forrige uke publiserte vi en artikkel om meiofauna og hvorfor det er viktig å studere dem, og hvilke vitenskapelige spørsmål som bør tas opp i neste omgang. Artikkelen «Fundamental questions in meiofauna research highlight how small but ubiquitous animals can improve our understanding of Nature» ble publisert […]

What’s up next for the small animals?

Last week, we published an paper on meiofauna and why it is important to study them and which scientific questions should be addressed next. The paper “Fundamental questions in meiofauna research highlight how small but ubiquitous animals can improve our understanding of Nature” was published in Communications Biology. […]

Vellykket betjening av det europeiske samfunnet for genomisk biodiversitet

Biodiversity Genomics Europe (BGE) er et fellesskapsdrevet prosjekt finansiert av EU for å etablere et rammeverk for koordinering av DNA-strekkoding og genomsekvensering i hele Europa. Som en del av genomstrømmen i BGE sekvenseres referansegenomer fra arter fra kritisk europeisk biologisk mangfold. En viktig oppgave i dette arbeidet var […]

Successfully served the European biodiversity genomic community

The Biodiversity Genomics Europe (BGE) Project is a community-driven effort funded by the EU to establish a framework for coordinating DNA barcoding and genome sequencing across Europe. As part of the genome stream of BGE, reference genomes from species from critical European biodiversity are sequenced. An important task […]

Group of the month: Cycliophora – the ringbearers and the “Norwegian” phylum

This month I will present to you a very small phylum of animals – both in size and in number of species. The phylum Cycliophora, which means the ring-bearer, comprises exactly one genus and two described species. These species are about 350 µm in body length, which is […]

Månedens gruppe: Cycliophora – ringbærerne og den «norske» fylumet

Denne måneden vil jeg presentere en svært liten dyregruppe – både i størrelse og i antall arter. Cycliophora, som betyr ringbærer, består av nøyaktig én slekt og to beskrevne arter. Disse artene er ca. 350 µm i kroppslengde, noe som er mindre enn en halv millimeter og omtrent […]