🐢💙 Big win for sea turtle conservation! Genome-informed conservation is helping keep these icons in our seas. 🌊 📄 Explore the 2025 publication: bit.ly/4ogC36B 🌊 Dive deeper into how these and other EBP-affiliated reference genomes are benefiting marine life in our latest newsletter: bit.ly/4qhJdZK

🧬 The Vertebrate Genome Lab is hiring for a Project Coordinator to join the Sample Management team at the Rockefeller University campus! Apply here: careers.rockefeller.edu/jobs/1943?la...

🌱✨This support advances the project's mission to make genetic rescue accessible to every conservationist. 📄 More here: lnkd.in/gMtdygTW Revive & Restore will develop AI tools to 🤖 automate reference genome assembly for endangered species, dramatically accelerating the path from sample to genome.

🚀🧬 Revive & Restore is pioneering a new era of conservation — using AI and genomics to protect life on Earth. 🎉👏We’re thrilled to celebrate Revive & Restore for being awarded a $2M grant from the Bezos Earth Fund’s AI for Climate & Nature Grand Challenge. 🌱✨ @bezosearthfund.org

Congratulations to Ben Novak and Revive & Restore for being selected as one of 15 award recipients of the @bezosearthfund.org's first AI for Climate and Nature Grand Challenge! reviverestore.org/revive-resto...

Use parallel-download to get data from NCBI SRA. See how here -> https://galaxyproject.org/news/2025-10-23-sra-download/

Discover one of Galaxy’s true superpowers — dataset collections! 🌟 Check out the blog (https://galaxyproject.org/news/2025-10-21-whycollections/) and video (https://youtu.be/yehY9tR_NX8?si=YH9CZ5KGWm2yVyPA) to see how they can simplify your workflows. You might just find yourself wondering, (1/2)

The T2T zebra finch genome has hatched! 🐣 🧬 @vertebrategenomes.bsky.social

🏙️ Last week, #ERGA joined the @vertebrategenomes.bsky.social #VGP Conference in NYC, a great chance to connect with @ebpgenome.bsky.social projects and share progress on #FAIR genome assemblies & reporting under @biogeneurope.bsky.social www.erga-biodiversity.eu/post/erga-me... #genomes #conference

This week, we hosted over 100 scientists at Rockefeller University in New York City for our 2025 in-person conference.

🧬 1 more week until the VGP in-person conference! Can't make it to New York City? Sign up to attend virtually: www.eventbrite.com/e/vertebrate...

At every turn, EBP-affiliates are pushing boundaries—on track for 10,000 genome assemblies! @bat1kgenomes.bsky.social @kurakulabmsm.bsky.social @atlasea.bsky.social @biogeneurope.bsky.social @ergabiodiv.bsky.social @vertebrategenomes.bsky.social @projectpsyche.bsky.social

🐭 Thanks to the RefSeq team at NCBI, we now have an annotated genome assembly for the meadow vole (Microtus pennsylvanicus), found throughout eastern North America! (1/4)

🚀🧬🔥 Hot off the press — 2025! Don’t miss this must-read publication: bit.ly/4mJwFb7 This groundbreaking paper sets the stage for Earth BioGenome Project Phase II — where EBP is gearing up to scale genome sequencing 10× faster than ever before! 🌍✨

🐸 We are thrilled to announce an annotated genome assembly for the Darwin's frog (Rhinoderma darwinii), first described by Charles Darwin during his voyage on HMS Beagle on a trip to Chile. R. darwinii is currently classified as an endangered species by the International Union for (1/4)

🚨 The VGP in-person conference is fast approaching! Early bird pricing ends August 31st, so book your tickets ASAP! www.eventbrite.com/e/vertebrate...

🪽 We are excited to announce an annotated genome assembly for the hoatzin (Opisthocomus hoazin), found in swamps, riparian forests, and mangroves of the Amazon and the Orinoco basins in South America. Special thanks to our collaborator Andrew Crawford! (1/3)

🦜✨ What can unraveling songbird genomes tell us about human speech and vocal learning in other species? Erich Jarvis, visionary and head of the Vertebrate Genomes Project, explains how genome comparisons reveal insights about vocal learners. 🗣️✨ 🧬 Tune in 👉 bit.ly/3Jv9C5f @erichjarvis.bsky.social

🎉 Galaxy has passed 21,000 citations on Google Scholar! A huge thank you to the global community of researchers who use and advance Galaxy for open, reproducible science.

🧬 NEW Chromosome-level genome assembly for the South African Nguni Sheep 🐑 The African BioGenome Project 🌍 is a groundbreaking initiative advancing African-led genomics innovation across the continent. 👉 Read the article here: bit.ly/4mlUC8n 👉 Follow for more insights linktr.ee/earthbiogenomeproject

🚨 One week left to submit an abstract for a talk or poster! Submissions are due by Friday, August 15th. Decisions will be sent out by Friday, August 22nd. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

🗞️ Check out the latest manuscript from Formenti, Koo, Sollitto et al. on Bioinformatics: Evaluation of sequencing reads at scale using rdeval. (1/3)

The Rockefeller University Vertebrate Genome Lab is hiring for a wet lab Research Support Associate! Interested in sequencing long-read DNA and RNA for high-quality reference genomes? Apply here: careers.rockefeller.edu/jobs/1834?la...

Interested in submitting an abstract for a talk or poster at the VGP conference? Complete this Google form by Friday, August 15th: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... Decisions will be sent out by Friday, August 22nd.

Now out! Paper led by @philmor1964.bsky.social and the The Cetacean Genomes Project. An effort by many, we present 13 new, high-quality reference genomes for cetaceans 🐬🐋 following @vertebrategenomes.bsky.social and @ebpgenome.bsky.social standards for a group that is very hard to sample from.

🦉 We are excited to announce an annotated genome assembly for the tawny owl (Strix aluco), commonly found in woodlands across Europe, as well as western Siberia. Special thanks to our collaborator Tom Gilbert at the University of Copenhagen! (1/3)

📅 Registration is now open for the VGP in-person conference!

🐒 We are thrilled to announce the completion of an annotated reference assembly for the Bolivian squirrel monkey, Saimiri boliviensis! The genome was sequenced and assembled at the Rockefeller University Vertebrate Genome Lab, with assembly done on Galaxy, and annotation by NCBI 🧬 (1/4)

🌍 Hear from Erich Jarvis, chair of the EBP-affiliated Vertebrate Genomes Project at Rockefeller University, as he explains why high-quality reference genomes across the Tree of Life are essential. 👉 bit.ly/401IbWl @vertebrategenomes.bsky.social @rockefelleruniv.bsky.social @erichjarvis.bsky.social

🐧 We are proud to announce a completed genome assembly for the African penguin (Spheniscus demersus), a species of penguin confined to southern African waters. Special thanks to our collaborators at the Bronx Zoo and the Wildlife Conservation Society! (1/3)

🦫 We are excited to announce the completion of an annotated reference assembly for the North American beaver, Castor canadensis! Ryan Langlois and his lab at the University of Minnesota will use the genome to study mechanisms of virus susceptibility and resistance. 🦠 (1/3)

🐢 As part of the VGP's mission to bolster conservation efforts, we are thrilled to announce the completion of a reference genome for the critically endangered elongated tortoise, Indotestudo elongata. Special thanks to our collaborators at the Bronx Zoo and the Wildlife Conservation Society! (1/3)

CoFest 2025 is coming to NYC! 🗽 Join us after GBCC2025 for two days of collaboration, community, and coding in the heart of New York City. Whether you're a developer, trainer, or Galaxy user, CoFest is your chance to contribute, connect, and create. gbcc2025.bioconductor.org/registration...

(4/4) 🌍 Thanks to EBP-affiliates everywhere for all your hard work @ergabiodiv.bsky.social, @projectpsyche.bsky.social, @bat1kgenomes.bsky.social, @catbiogenoma.bsky.social, @atlasea.bsky.social, @vertebrategenomes.bsky.social, @canadianbiogenome.bsky.social, and many more! 🧬 Great work keep it up 🧬

We are excited to announce that Revive & Restore, in collaboration with the Vertebrate Genome Lab 🧬, has been selected as a Phase I finalist 🏆 for the @bezosearthfund.org AI Grand Challenge for Climate and Nature! The grant will be used to support efforts in conservation genomics and AI 💡.

The zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata), native to Australia, is one of the most studied birds in science, for its vocal learning abilities and as a representative songbird. (1/6)

1/3Celebrating #FluffyFriday with these five #squirrel #genomes from @vertebrategenomes.bsky.social, DNAZoo, Darwin Tree of Life, Oz Mammals Genomics and @ergabiodiv.bsky.social

The Callospermophilus lateralis (golden-mantled ground squirrel), mCalLat2 genome has been assembled, curated, and released on NCBI: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/datasets/genome/GCA_048772815.1/. (1/3)

The Zonotrichia albicollis (white-throated sparrow), bZonAlb1 genome assembly has been released on NCBI: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/datasets/genome/GCA_047830755.1/. (1/3)

We have finished the curation of Aspidoscelis tigris (western whiptail), rAspTig1. This is a manually curated update of a genome originally assembled by the California Conservation Genomics Project. Files available on GenomeArk: (1/3)

We have finished the curation of 2 frog genomes this month! (1) Anomaloglossus baeobatrachus (rocket frog), aAnoBae1 Assembly: Samuel Talbot via Galaxy Curation: Kirsty McCaffrey Curation QC: Jo Collins (Sanger) (1/4)

We have finished the curation of Canis lupus baileyi (Mexican wolf) genome, mCanLup2. Assembly was done by Linelle Abueg on Galaxy. Curation was done by Erick Duarte. Files are available on GenomeArk: (1/2)

The curation of the Saimiri boliviensis (Bolivian squirrel monkey) genome, mSaiBol1 has been completed. Files are available on GenomeArk: https://genomeark.s3.amazonaws.com/index.html?prefix=species/Saimiri_boliviensis/mSaiBol1/assembly_curated/ Assembly was done by Linelle Abueg on Galaxy. (1/2)