At this month's ERGA Plenary meeting , on Monday, November 17 at 15:00 CET , Joana Paupério and Alexey Sokolov will present about Biodiversity Reference Genomes at ENA (European Nucleotide Archive) and the ERGA Data Portal . Check more information below. Abstract Reference Genomes produced under the European Reference Genome Atlas (ERGA) are being publicly shared through the European Nucleotide Archive ( ENA ) and are accessible through the ERGA Data Portal . The ENA is the European node...

The last few days of October marked the realization of a much-anticipated event: the Genomics for Biodiversity Conference , organized by   BGE and ERGA. Hosted by the BIOPOLIS/CIBIO Association  near Porto, Portugal, the conference was streamed live to a global audience, bringing together around 70 in-person participants and a similar number of remote attendees. In-person attendees, including most of the BGE case studies representatives. The conference marked the conclusion of BGE’s “ Genome...

An aquatic warbler from the currently restored West Pomerania. Genetic monitoring will reveal whether it is offspring of translocated individuals or an unrelated immigrant. Photo: Justyna Kubacka The ERGA-BGE case study led by Dr Justyna Kubacka of Museum and Institute of Zoology, Polish Academy of Sciences, is drawing to an end. You can read about the project here . In a nutshell, the study relied upon available DNA extracts to carry out whole-genome re-sequencing of – ultimately – 60...