#DNA links modern pueblo dwellers to Chaco Canyon people

#genomics #anthropology #firstnations

https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/04/dna-links-modern-pueblo-dwellers-to-chaco-canyon-people/

Genomic Erosion Is Threatening The Genetic Health Of Endangered Species | University of Copenhagen, published by Proceeding of Royal Society B #Biological #Sciences

by @GrrlScientist

#ornithology #genetics #genomics #Endangered #SciComm https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2025/04/28/genomic-erosion-is-threatening-the-genetic-health-of-endangered-species/

Giant viruses integrate into the genomes of money protists. Our latest study adds the model protist Euglena to the list

"Giant endogenous viral elements in the genome of the model protist Euglena gracilis reveal past interactions with giant viruses"

https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.04.23.650285v1

https://www.europesays.com/uk/53123/ Scientists uncover the genetic landscape of the apple genus #Agriculture #Apple #breeding #Disease #Genetics #Genomics #Research #Science #UK #UnitedKingdom

https://www.europesays.com/uk/52123/ Advances in single-cell DNA sequencing enable insights into human somatic mosaicism #Agriculture #AnimalGeneticsAndGenomics #Biomedicine #CancerResearch #DNASequencing #GeneFunction #general #GeneticVariation #Genetics #Genomics #HumanGenetics #Mutation #Science #UK #UnitedKingdom

Clownfish color evolution decoded! Sea anemone hosts drive stunning genetic transformations across species. Nature's design is wild! #Genomics #EvolutionaryBiology #MarineBiology https://emmecola.github.io/genomics-daily

https://www.europesays.com/uk/25773/ Mapping genetic diversity with the GenomeIndia project – Nature #Agriculture #AnimalGeneticsAndGenomics #Biomedicine #CancerResearch #GeneFunction #general #Genetics #Genomics #HumanGenetics #Science #UK #UnitedKingdom

"The Evolutionary Flexibility of the Drosophila Circadian Clock: Network Constraints or Adaptive Freedom?"
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.04.02.646778v1?rss=1
#Evolution
#Circadian
#Drosophila #Genomics

More on #genomics, this is obviously crazy since the #world's #genetic #diversity is contained within #Africa. Yet African DNA is underrepresented! Oh dear, it should not be only African scientists noticing this.

'African scientists say the world is missing vital medical insights by ignoring the continent’s vast genetic diversity. Less than 2 percent of human genome sequencing worldwide comes from African populations.'

https://www.rfi.fr/en/africa/20250404-scientists-warn-african-dna-is-missing-from-the-global-genome-map

#Genetic data site #openSNP to close and delete data over #privacy concerns
openSNP, a platform for sharing genetic and phenotypic data, will shut down, and delete all user submissions over privacy concerns and risk of misuse by authoritarian governments.
Announced earlier this week by co-founder Bastian Greshake Tzovaras, who expressed concerns about how personal #genomics data is subject to abuse today and how fundamentally landscape has changed over the last 14 years.
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/genetic-data-site-opensnp-to-close-and-delete-data-over-privacy-concerns/

The European Reference Genome Atlas (ERGA) is a community initiative coordinating the production of a reference #genome for all eukaryotic species in Europe. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Reference_Genome_Atlas #Biodiversity #Genomics

Bleeping Computer: Genetic data site openSNP to close and delete data over privacy concerns. “The openSNP project, a platform for sharing genetic and phenotypic data, will shut down on April 30, 2025, and delete all user submissions over privacy concerns and the risk of misuse by authoritarian governments.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/03/bleeping-computer-genetic-data-site-opensnp-to-close-and-delete-data-over-privacy-concerns/

#Genetics #Genomics #Cancer #Academia #AcademicChatter

Interested in cancer genetics? Don't want to fly somewhere to here about it? Next week the American Society of Human Genetics is having an online-only digital symposium on cancer genetics.

https://www.ashg.org/product/2025-spring-symposium-emerging-frontiers-in-cancer-genetics/

I think it's also worth up to 6 #CME credits if you do continuing medical education.

We have a 4-year PhD position available in the Slotte lab at Stockholm University, to investigate genomic signatures of selection associated with pollination mode shifts.
Full ad: https://su.varbi.com/en/what:job/jobID:805144/where:4/
Apply by April 22, 2025 via the University application portal. Please repost! #stockholm #evolgen #evolution #genomics #phdPosition

Another ‘scandal - but the wrong one! The real one is that Irish public money founded the acquisition of genetic information and then its transfer to the US - where as has become obvious, a group of pirates who could not give a shit about people are ‘managing’ privacy and the judiciary.

http://archive.today/2025.03.30-012359/https://www.thetimes.com/world/ireland-world/article/prostitution-scandal-hits-taxpayer-backed-irish-genome-venture-m5glhjjss

Correction - added link to news archive

#Genomics
#Bioinformatics
#Academia

Beware US academic coders. If you have collaborators contributing code from a sanctioned region, your repos may be locked.

See https://mastodon.social/@organicmaps/114155428924741370

The kicker is that the US is leaning authoritarian and all in on censorship. If Canada or Mexico become sanction targets and you have code pushes from there, Microsoft will lock you out of your GitHub accounts.

Alexandros Stamatakis' annual EMBO satellite #bioinformatics workshop in Crete is open again for registration (free-of-charge, first-come-first-serve)

This year: #biodiversity #genomics tools

https://forms.gle/GRvPxCp2TnYdo8Po8

As Alexi is keen to point out: "... a good excuse to visit Crete?"

Recommendations for textbooks on #genomics and #evolution?

I have been using Molecular and Genome Evolution (Graur) or the Origins of Genome Architecture (Lynch). Both very good, but I'm curious what others use.