In 2018, Lewin et al proposed the ambitious goal to sequence a reference genome of each eukaryotic species on Earth within 10 years called the moonshot of biology. This proposal let to the establishment of the Earth Biogenome Project (EBP) and gained a lot of traction and momentum […]

I 2018 foreslo Lewin et al det ambisiøse målet å sekvensere et referansegenom for hver eukaryotisk art på jorden innen 10 år, kalt «moonshot of biology». Dette forslaget førte til etableringen av Earth Biogenome Project (EBP), som fikk stor oppmerksomhet og fart i etterkant. Dette førte til etableringen […]

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 […]

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 […]

CEG research group members Torsten Struck and myself are coordinating the task of Community Sampling, within WP5 of the the EU-funded BioGenomics Europe project. We have now completed our task, well before the deadline of February 2025 set by BGE. Our task began with annoucing two public calls, […]

It is the time of the year, where our group opens a door at our advents calendar again. It is my turn to open the first door. Our group is involved in many research projects involving genomic data as you can see when looking at our previous posts. […]

Det er den tiden på året hvor gruppen vår åpner en dør i adventskalenderen vår igjen. Det er min tur til å åpne den første døren. Gruppen vår er involvert i mange forskningsprosjekter som involverer genomdata, som du kan se når du ser på de tidligere innleggene våre. […]

After an already strong commitment to Norwegian Biodiversity Genomics earlier this year, CEG showed an even stronger commitment to Norwegian Biosystematics at the first ever “Norsk symposium i biosystematikk” organized by Artsdatankena and the Natural History Museum last week in Oslo. With 10 out of 49 contributed talks […]

Etter et allerede sterkt engasjement for norsk biodiversitetsgenomikk tidligere i år, viste CEG et enda sterkere engasjement for norsk biosystematikk på tidenes første «Norsk symposium i biosystematikk» som ble arrangert av Artsdatankena og Naturhistorisk Museum i Oslo forrige uke. Med 10 av 49 foredrag og “flash talks” bidro […]

Last week on April 11th and 12th, the second Norwegian Biodiviersity and genomics conference organized by EBP-Nor took place at Forskningskparken in Oslo. The conference had interesting invited key lectures by Aoife McLysaght, Alexander Suh, Lene Lange and Olga Vinnere Petterson but also our group had a very […]

I forrige uke, 11. og 12. april, gikk den andre norske Biodiversitets- og genomikkonferansen i regi av EBP-Nor av stabelen i Forskningsparken i Oslo. Konferansen hadde interessante foredrag av Aoife McLysaght, Alexander Suh, Lene Lange og Olga Vinnere Petterson, men også vår gruppe var sterkt representert på konferansen. […]

As written in our last blog of the advent calendar, we had many changes already last year with a new group leader and a new group webpage, which we is still develop further this year. However, another change becoming effective this year is that we change the name […]

Som vi skrev i forrige blogg i adventskalenderen, hadde vi mange endringer allerede i fjor, med ny gruppeleder og en ny nettside, som vi skal videreutvikle i år. En annen endring som trer i kraft i år, er at vi skifter navn på gruppen vår og for første […]

The Biodiversity Genomic Europe (BGE) project has three streams dealing with the biodiversity crisis. In the blog so far, we have mostly presented about one stream, the European Reference Genome Atlas (ERGA) one concentrating on the genomic side of the project. However, another stream is concentrating on the […]

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) project. The project started about a year ago and it is time to take a first look at […]

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 you have in mind all these new fancy technologies called Next-Generation, Third-generation or High-through-put sequencing. All these amazing advances in technologies allowing […]

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 projects contributed to this pilot study allowing the first sequencing of reference genomes across Europe and setting the stage for application of the […]

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 projects contributed to this pilot study allowing the first sequencing of reference genomes across Europe and setting the stage for application of the […]

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 the genomes of each eukaryotic species. In Europe, these consortia are, for example, Darwin Tree of Life (DToL), EBP-Norway (EBP-Nor), ATLAsea or Biodiversity Genomics […]

In the summer of last year, Zoologica Scripta organized an international symposium around the topic of ‘The role of systematics for understanding ecosystem functions’ in the premises of Norwegian Academy of Sciences and Letters in Oslo. The symposium aimed at offering a forum for exploring and discussing trends […]