Sean Chien
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Evolutionary biologist PhD student at Texas A&M University
I’m excited to share that we’ve successfully assembled the genome of the Formosan long-armed beetle (Cheirotonus formosanus) to chromosome level with both high contiguity and completeness.
@ecol-evol.bsky.social
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Chromosome‐Level Reference Genome of an Endemic, Endangered Long‐Armed Scarab (Cheirotonus formosanus): Discovery of a Putative Y‐Linked Scaffold and Demographic History
Male and female Cheirotonus formosanus. Adults have metallic dark-brown elytra with scattered light-brown spots and golden hairs covering the ventral thorax and abdomen. Body length ranges from ~50 t...
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ece3.73483
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I’m jealous of everyone who got to be there! I met Dr. Moreau at the Evolution conference, and her SSB presidential talk was inspiring. Definitely don’t miss her talk if you get the chance!
add a skeleton here at some point
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Katharina Hoff
about 1 month ago
BRAKER4 is about to hatch. It now also covers functional annotation for protein sequences...
#genomeannotation
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Rachel Moran
12 months ago
Our lab is moving! I’m thrilled to be joining the Department of Ecology & Evolution at the University of Chicago this fall. I’ll be recruiting PhD students so please spread the word and reach out if interested!
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Evolutionary Studies at Vanderbilt
9 months ago
Museums aren’t just collections — they’re classrooms. 🦋🏛️ @corriemoreau.bsky.social's #Scopes100 talk shows how exhibits make #evolution accessible & engaging.
https://loom.ly/vFnwcRo
#Scopes100
#evolution
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Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution
10 months ago
We are excited to announce the SMBE Fellows Program! ✍️ Designed to provide networking and mentorship opportunities to early-career researchers through scientific writing in evolutionary biology for
@molbioevol.bsky.social
and
@genomebiolevol.bsky.social
📆 Aug. 31 🔗
smbe.org/smbe-fellows-program
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Jim Shaw
12 months ago
Announcing myloasm, a new long-read (ONT R10/PacBio) metagenome assembler that I've been working on during my postdoc in the Heng Li lab (
@lh3lh3.bsky.social
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myloasm-docs.github.io
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myloasm - metagenomic assembly with (noisy) long reads
https://myloasm-docs.github.io/
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Society for the Study of Evolution
over 1 year ago
Are you a grad student attending
#Evol2025
, virtually or in person? Submit your talk for the SSE Hamilton Award! Finalists will present during the virtual portion of the meeting on May 29-30. Apply during registration by April 15!
https://buff.ly/3QI1ZJj
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