Door 1: Sequencing genomes suggested by the community
It is the time of the year again and we are running our advent calendar again. The first door opened and reveals an update on the Biodiversity Genomics Europe (BGE)... Read more.
The hidden invasion along the Norwegian coast
Last week Line Willersrud, a Master student in our group, successfully defended her Master thesis “Assessing genetic biodiversity in Caprellidae”. She... Read more.
Doing genomic research with a masonry trowel
When you think about genomic research and sequencing genomes like it is the goal of the Earth Biogenome Project (EBP), Biodiversity Genomics Europe (BGE) or InvertOmics... Read more.
ERGA pilot project – what can we learn for future genome projects
As a proof of principle the European Reference Genome Atlas (ERGA) consortium initiated at the beginning a pilot study. Several sequences centers and different research... Read more.
The importance of the small stuff for science
Yesterday, we published an preprint on the meiofauna and why it is important to study them and which scientific questions should be addressed next. The publication... Read more.
Teaching about sea squirts, worms and skeleton shrimps in Drøbak
As part of the ArtsDatabanken project “Assessing biodiversity in the marine algae belt“, we taught a class of eager students and consultants about the... Read more.
The story about the Norwegian banker and the Hawaiian spiders ends – it was a great collaboration
Last week a long journey finally came to a result. If you remember, we were lucky to secure a Peder Sather grant to secure a collaboration between Rosemarie Gillespie’s... Read more.
ERGA pilot project – the selected species
As a proof of principle the European Reference Genome Atlas (ERGA) consortium initiated at the beginning a pilot study. Several sequences centers and different research... Read more.
The chosen ones or how to select species to genome sequence
The last years have seen an increasing number of sequencing consortia being established in support of the Earth Biogenome Project’s (EBP) goal of sequencing... Read more.
The mitochondrial gene order of Annelida – extremely old, but still working
Mitochondria are the energy plant of our cells. Originally, they were bacteria, but then they were captured by the ancestors of eukaryotes (among others all animals,... Read more.