Project Psyche
@projectpsyche.bsky.social
Sequencing the genomes of all 11,000 species of butterflies and moths across Europe. Find out more at projectpsyche.org
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Project Psyche
@projectpsyche.bsky.social
· Sep 13
(1/6) 🦋 We are thrilled to announce the release of the 1,000th reference genome of Lepidoptera species found in Europe!
This goal was reached with the release of Stenoptilia islandicus, also known as the mountain plume moth.
Read the story below!👇🏽
This goal was reached with the release of Stenoptilia islandicus, also known as the mountain plume moth.
Read the story below!👇🏽
Congratulations to @rindom88.bsky.social, our genome notes writer of the month!
September 19, 2026 at 2:59 PM
Congratulations to @rindom88.bsky.social, our genome notes writer of the month!
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Had a great week bringing together butterfly genome researchers, conservation practitioners and national agencies 🦋🧬🌱
We explored joint funding opportunities and how to apply research to the urgent challenge of biodiversity loss.
The event was part of the @10klepgenomes.bsky.social COST Action
We explored joint funding opportunities and how to apply research to the urgent challenge of biodiversity loss.
The event was part of the @10klepgenomes.bsky.social COST Action
September 17, 2026 at 5:03 PM
Had a great week bringing together butterfly genome researchers, conservation practitioners and national agencies 🦋🧬🌱
We explored joint funding opportunities and how to apply research to the urgent challenge of biodiversity loss.
The event was part of the @10klepgenomes.bsky.social COST Action
We explored joint funding opportunities and how to apply research to the urgent challenge of biodiversity loss.
The event was part of the @10klepgenomes.bsky.social COST Action
Congratulations to Jakub Opelka (Biology Centre CAS, Budweis, Czechia)!
#Genomics #Lepidoptera #ProjectPsyche
#Genomics #Lepidoptera #ProjectPsyche
September 18, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Congratulations to Jakub Opelka (Biology Centre CAS, Budweis, Czechia)!
#Genomics #Lepidoptera #ProjectPsyche
#Genomics #Lepidoptera #ProjectPsyche
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Lovely to see Dr @charlottewright.bsky.social 's recent collaboration published in @cellpress.bsky.social take flight!
@ebpgenome.bsky.social @projectpsyche.bsky.social @sangerinstitute.bsky.social @inaturalist.bsky.social
@ebpgenome.bsky.social @projectpsyche.bsky.social @sangerinstitute.bsky.social @inaturalist.bsky.social
Delighted this huge team effort is out! By surveying >20,000 people from >100 countries, we used to butterflies to show that aesthetic biases distort scientific research & environmental policy. Understanding this bias is a key step towards more balanced decision-making 🦋
www.doi.org/10.1016/j.cu...
www.doi.org/10.1016/j.cu...
September 9, 2026 at 11:16 AM
Lovely to see Dr @charlottewright.bsky.social 's recent collaboration published in @cellpress.bsky.social take flight!
@ebpgenome.bsky.social @projectpsyche.bsky.social @sangerinstitute.bsky.social @inaturalist.bsky.social
@ebpgenome.bsky.social @projectpsyche.bsky.social @sangerinstitute.bsky.social @inaturalist.bsky.social
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for day 5 of the holy week of #InverteFest we have the self made goddess of butterflies Psyche!
in case you were ever wondering why @projectpsyche.bsky.social who aims to sequence all butterflies and moths in Europe was called that lol
(very freestyled, no ancient Greek butterfly art...)
in case you were ever wondering why @projectpsyche.bsky.social who aims to sequence all butterflies and moths in Europe was called that lol
(very freestyled, no ancient Greek butterfly art...)
August 29, 2026 at 3:11 PM
for day 5 of the holy week of #InverteFest we have the self made goddess of butterflies Psyche!
in case you were ever wondering why @projectpsyche.bsky.social who aims to sequence all butterflies and moths in Europe was called that lol
(very freestyled, no ancient Greek butterfly art...)
in case you were ever wondering why @projectpsyche.bsky.social who aims to sequence all butterflies and moths in Europe was called that lol
(very freestyled, no ancient Greek butterfly art...)
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🦋🇧🇬 The expedition was led by the National Museum of Natural History at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, bringing together three collaborating initiatives: @projectpsyche.bsky.social, @10klepgenomes.bsky.social , and LepEU.
August 26, 2026 at 11:11 AM
🦋🇧🇬 The expedition was led by the National Museum of Natural History at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, bringing together three collaborating initiatives: @projectpsyche.bsky.social, @10klepgenomes.bsky.social , and LepEU.
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🦋 Read more: www.nmnhs.com/26062401-new... @stefaniyak2.bsky.social @ebpgenome.bsky.social @10klepgenomes.bsky.social @projectpsyche.bsky.social
National Museum of Natural History, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences | News | The National Museum of Natural History, Sofia led the largest lepidopterological field expedition in Europe
Between June 15 and 19, 2026, near the village of Vlahi, above the Kresna Gorge in Pirin, the largest field expedition in the field of lepidopterology took place, bringing together 57 experts from 17 ...
www.nmnhs.com
August 26, 2026 at 11:11 AM
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Huzzah! Today begins the Big Butterfly Count, a huge effort to collect data by @savebutterflies.bsky.social.
Need help understanding why study butterflies?
I interviewed @charlottewright.bsky.social co-lead of @projectpsyche.bsky.social and learned heaps.
sangerinstitute.blog/2025/12/11/f...
Need help understanding why study butterflies?
I interviewed @charlottewright.bsky.social co-lead of @projectpsyche.bsky.social and learned heaps.
sangerinstitute.blog/2025/12/11/f...
Five questions on butterfly and moth genomics with Charlotte Wright - Wellcome Sanger Institute Blog
Drawn to genomics like a moth to a flame, Wellcome Sanger Institute Postdoctoral Fellow, Dr Charlotte Wright, shares with us how she uses genomics to shed light on the evolutionary history of butterfl...
sangerinstitute.blog
July 17, 2026 at 12:17 PM
Huzzah! Today begins the Big Butterfly Count, a huge effort to collect data by @savebutterflies.bsky.social.
Need help understanding why study butterflies?
I interviewed @charlottewright.bsky.social co-lead of @projectpsyche.bsky.social and learned heaps.
sangerinstitute.blog/2025/12/11/f...
Need help understanding why study butterflies?
I interviewed @charlottewright.bsky.social co-lead of @projectpsyche.bsky.social and learned heaps.
sangerinstitute.blog/2025/12/11/f...
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The @smbe-idea.bsky.social symposium at #SMBE2026 was packed with inspiring talks and thought-provoking discussion. Thank you for the opportunity to share how @projectpsyche.bsky.social & @10klepgenomes.bsky.social is making biodiversity genomics more inclusive!
(2/3) Great talk by @charlottewright.bsky.social from @sangerinstitute.bsky.social, one of our coordinators, on widening participation in genome generation! @10klepgenomes.bsky.social is scaling Lepidoptera genome curation across Europe: 30 trained curators, 14 countries, 120+ genomes curated 🦋👀
July 3, 2026 at 6:30 PM
The @smbe-idea.bsky.social symposium at #SMBE2026 was packed with inspiring talks and thought-provoking discussion. Thank you for the opportunity to share how @projectpsyche.bsky.social & @10klepgenomes.bsky.social is making biodiversity genomics more inclusive!
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Great to see the latest results - @projectpsyche.bsky.social is an ERGA @ergabiodiv.bsky.social Affiliate Initiative www.erga-biodiversity.eu/community-co...
July 3, 2026 at 2:05 PM
Great to see the latest results - @projectpsyche.bsky.social is an ERGA @ergabiodiv.bsky.social Affiliate Initiative www.erga-biodiversity.eu/community-co...
(1/3) At #SMBE2026 in Copenhagen! 🧬🦋 Part of our team @10klepgenomes.bsky.social #LepEU is here for a few days of great talks on molecular evolution and population genomics!
#Lepidoptera #Genomics #ProjectPsyche
#Lepidoptera #Genomics #ProjectPsyche
July 3, 2026 at 1:55 PM
(1/3) At #SMBE2026 in Copenhagen! 🧬🦋 Part of our team @10klepgenomes.bsky.social #LepEU is here for a few days of great talks on molecular evolution and population genomics!
#Lepidoptera #Genomics #ProjectPsyche
#Lepidoptera #Genomics #ProjectPsyche
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Enjoying an excellent Entomology Congress #ECE2026 in Tours, France. Jean-Michel Drezen and I hosted a genomics symposium. Lots of @projectpsyche.bsky.social members here. @pedrogribeiro.bsky.social gave an excellent talk on the @10klepgenomes.bsky.social COST Action.
July 2, 2026 at 12:41 PM
Enjoying an excellent Entomology Congress #ECE2026 in Tours, France. Jean-Michel Drezen and I hosted a genomics symposium. Lots of @projectpsyche.bsky.social members here. @pedrogribeiro.bsky.social gave an excellent talk on the @10klepgenomes.bsky.social COST Action.
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After Monday's teaser in the session dedicated to COST Actions, @pedrogribeiro.bsky.social just presented an inspiring update on the outputs and progress of @10klepgenomes.bsky.social and @projectpsyche.bsky.social in the Genomics and evolutionary novelties 3 session at @ece2026tours.bsky.social! 🦋
July 1, 2026 at 2:11 PM
After Monday's teaser in the session dedicated to COST Actions, @pedrogribeiro.bsky.social just presented an inspiring update on the outputs and progress of @10klepgenomes.bsky.social and @projectpsyche.bsky.social in the Genomics and evolutionary novelties 3 session at @ece2026tours.bsky.social! 🦋
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Here at the @ece2026tours.bsky.social to talk about the amazing @10klepgenomes.bsky.social COST Action and how we are collaborating with @projectpsyche.bsky.social and #LepEU to obtain reference genomes of all European moths and butterflies!
June 29, 2026 at 9:31 AM
Here at the @ece2026tours.bsky.social to talk about the amazing @10klepgenomes.bsky.social COST Action and how we are collaborating with @projectpsyche.bsky.social and #LepEU to obtain reference genomes of all European moths and butterflies!
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@pedrogribeiro.bsky.social gave a wonderful talk about our initiative with @projectpsyche.bsky.social and #LepEU at @ece2026tours.bsky.social panel dedicated to COST Actions. Our goal is to sequence reference genomes from all European Lepidoptera.
#10kLepGenomes #Lepidoptera #ECE2026Tours
#10kLepGenomes #Lepidoptera #ECE2026Tours
June 29, 2026 at 8:37 PM
@pedrogribeiro.bsky.social gave a wonderful talk about our initiative with @projectpsyche.bsky.social and #LepEU at @ece2026tours.bsky.social panel dedicated to COST Actions. Our goal is to sequence reference genomes from all European Lepidoptera.
#10kLepGenomes #Lepidoptera #ECE2026Tours
#10kLepGenomes #Lepidoptera #ECE2026Tours
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🦋🚀 @marcinwiorek.bsky.social from the @iseapas.bsky.social, gave a successful talk on @projectpsyche.bsky.social and @10klepgenomes.bsky.social at the 48th Symposium of the Lepidoptera Section, Polish Entomological Society held in Góra Świętej Anny, Poland, June 19–21.
#10kLepGenomes #Lepidoptera
#10kLepGenomes #Lepidoptera
June 25, 2026 at 9:03 PM
🦋🚀 @marcinwiorek.bsky.social from the @iseapas.bsky.social, gave a successful talk on @projectpsyche.bsky.social and @10klepgenomes.bsky.social at the 48th Symposium of the Lepidoptera Section, Polish Entomological Society held in Góra Świętej Anny, Poland, June 19–21.
#10kLepGenomes #Lepidoptera
#10kLepGenomes #Lepidoptera
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#iseapasatconference
Researchers from our 🦏 Institute participate in exciting projects on 🦋 Lepidoptera 🧬 genomics ⬇️
@projectpsyche.bsky.social @10klepgenomes.bsky.social
Researchers from our 🦏 Institute participate in exciting projects on 🦋 Lepidoptera 🧬 genomics ⬇️
@projectpsyche.bsky.social @10klepgenomes.bsky.social
🦋🚀 @marcinwiorek.bsky.social from the @iseapas.bsky.social, gave a successful talk on @projectpsyche.bsky.social and @10klepgenomes.bsky.social at the 48th Symposium of the Lepidoptera Section, Polish Entomological Society held in Góra Świętej Anny, Poland, June 19–21.
#10kLepGenomes #Lepidoptera
#10kLepGenomes #Lepidoptera
June 26, 2026 at 8:33 AM
#iseapasatconference
Researchers from our 🦏 Institute participate in exciting projects on 🦋 Lepidoptera 🧬 genomics ⬇️
@projectpsyche.bsky.social @10klepgenomes.bsky.social
Researchers from our 🦏 Institute participate in exciting projects on 🦋 Lepidoptera 🧬 genomics ⬇️
@projectpsyche.bsky.social @10klepgenomes.bsky.social
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🦋 The 48th Symposium of the Lepidoptera section of the Polish Entomological Society was a great opportunity to share my own research, but also to spread the news about the progress of @projectpsyche.bsky.social and @10klepgenomes.bsky.social with the local community of lepidopterists. Exciting!
🦋🚀 @marcinwiorek.bsky.social from the @iseapas.bsky.social, gave a successful talk on @projectpsyche.bsky.social and @10klepgenomes.bsky.social at the 48th Symposium of the Lepidoptera Section, Polish Entomological Society held in Góra Świętej Anny, Poland, June 19–21.
#10kLepGenomes #Lepidoptera
#10kLepGenomes #Lepidoptera
June 26, 2026 at 8:56 AM
🦋 The 48th Symposium of the Lepidoptera section of the Polish Entomological Society was a great opportunity to share my own research, but also to spread the news about the progress of @projectpsyche.bsky.social and @10klepgenomes.bsky.social with the local community of lepidopterists. Exciting!
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To tackle this, we assembled high-quality genomes for 11 Erebia species and combined them with 25 additional assemblies from @projectpsyche.bsky.social, the Darwin Tree of Life project and @ergabiodiv.bsky.social
Huge thanks to these initiatives for enabling exciting science!
Huge thanks to these initiatives for enabling exciting science!
June 18, 2026 at 8:15 AM
To tackle this, we assembled high-quality genomes for 11 Erebia species and combined them with 25 additional assemblies from @projectpsyche.bsky.social, the Darwin Tree of Life project and @ergabiodiv.bsky.social
Huge thanks to these initiatives for enabling exciting science!
Huge thanks to these initiatives for enabling exciting science!
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Busy days, we keep collecting, identifying & dissecting #butterflies and #moths for #referencegenome sequencing.
No 🦋 is safe during the @10klepgenomes.bsky.social field workshop in Vlahi 🇧🇬
@projectpsyche.bsky.social @charlottewright.bsky.social @alenasuchackova.bsky.social @lepphylo.bsky.social
No 🦋 is safe during the @10klepgenomes.bsky.social field workshop in Vlahi 🇧🇬
@projectpsyche.bsky.social @charlottewright.bsky.social @alenasuchackova.bsky.social @lepphylo.bsky.social
June 18, 2026 at 5:52 AM
Busy days, we keep collecting, identifying & dissecting #butterflies and #moths for #referencegenome sequencing.
No 🦋 is safe during the @10klepgenomes.bsky.social field workshop in Vlahi 🇧🇬
@projectpsyche.bsky.social @charlottewright.bsky.social @alenasuchackova.bsky.social @lepphylo.bsky.social
No 🦋 is safe during the @10klepgenomes.bsky.social field workshop in Vlahi 🇧🇬
@projectpsyche.bsky.social @charlottewright.bsky.social @alenasuchackova.bsky.social @lepphylo.bsky.social
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🎉 Big news! Our WG4's first meeting report is now published in Evolutionary Applications!
A milestone for our working group, check it out 👇
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#LepEU #10KLepGenomes #Genomics #Lepidoptera
A milestone for our working group, check it out 👇
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#LepEU #10KLepGenomes #Genomics #Lepidoptera
LepEU: A Consortium to Study the Population Genomics of Butterflies and Moths Across Europe
LepEU, the European Lepidopteran Population Genomics Consortium, was launched in 2023 to coordinate continental-scale collections and generate population-level genomic data for butterflies and moths ...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
June 4, 2026 at 11:05 AM
🎉 Big news! Our WG4's first meeting report is now published in Evolutionary Applications!
A milestone for our working group, check it out 👇
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#LepEU #10KLepGenomes #Genomics #Lepidoptera
A milestone for our working group, check it out 👇
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#LepEU #10KLepGenomes #Genomics #Lepidoptera
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🦋 With more than 160,000 described species, butterflies and moths represent one of the largest branches of life on Earth.
That diversity is why EBP-affiliated initiatives such as Project Psyche are dedicated to sequencing Lepidoptera genomes.
@projectpsyche.bsky.social #Butterflies #Moths #genomes
That diversity is why EBP-affiliated initiatives such as Project Psyche are dedicated to sequencing Lepidoptera genomes.
@projectpsyche.bsky.social #Butterflies #Moths #genomes
May 29, 2026 at 4:33 PM
🦋 With more than 160,000 described species, butterflies and moths represent one of the largest branches of life on Earth.
That diversity is why EBP-affiliated initiatives such as Project Psyche are dedicated to sequencing Lepidoptera genomes.
@projectpsyche.bsky.social #Butterflies #Moths #genomes
That diversity is why EBP-affiliated initiatives such as Project Psyche are dedicated to sequencing Lepidoptera genomes.
@projectpsyche.bsky.social #Butterflies #Moths #genomes
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📣What an incredible second day! Participants split into two tracks and dove straight into the command line running population genomics statistics hands-on.
The terminals were flying! 💻
#10kLepGenomes #Lepidoptera #Genomics #LepEU
The terminals were flying! 💻
#10kLepGenomes #Lepidoptera #Genomics #LepEU
May 28, 2026 at 4:44 PM
📣What an incredible second day! Participants split into two tracks and dove straight into the command line running population genomics statistics hands-on.
The terminals were flying! 💻
#10kLepGenomes #Lepidoptera #Genomics #LepEU
The terminals were flying! 💻
#10kLepGenomes #Lepidoptera #Genomics #LepEU
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📣 Today kicks off the 2nd LepEU workshop in Lisbon, coordinated under the COST Action @10klepgenomes.bsky.social
Find more information here ⬇️
10klepgenomes.eu/event/popula...
#Genomics #Lepidoptera #Populationgenomics
Find more information here ⬇️
10klepgenomes.eu/event/popula...
#Genomics #Lepidoptera #Populationgenomics
Population Genomic Analyses with Hundreds of Samples (LepEU) - 10kLepGenomes
LepEU Workshop 2026 DescriptionThe LepEU Workshop 2026 is a joint training and hackathon event focused on the analysis of Lepidoptera genomic data (butterflies and moths). The […]
10klepgenomes.eu
May 27, 2026 at 8:35 AM
📣 Today kicks off the 2nd LepEU workshop in Lisbon, coordinated under the COST Action @10klepgenomes.bsky.social
Find more information here ⬇️
10klepgenomes.eu/event/popula...
#Genomics #Lepidoptera #Populationgenomics
Find more information here ⬇️
10klepgenomes.eu/event/popula...
#Genomics #Lepidoptera #Populationgenomics
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(1/4)🚀New successful #STSM!
Jose Vicente Pérez Santa-Rita
@polillafurtiva.bsky.social
(Cavanilles Institute of Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology, Universitat de València,Spain) visited Marko Mutanen (Ecology and Genetics Research Unit,University of Oulu,Finland) from 01/04/2026 to 01/05/2026!
Jose Vicente Pérez Santa-Rita
@polillafurtiva.bsky.social
(Cavanilles Institute of Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology, Universitat de València,Spain) visited Marko Mutanen (Ecology and Genetics Research Unit,University of Oulu,Finland) from 01/04/2026 to 01/05/2026!
May 13, 2026 at 3:39 PM
(1/4)🚀New successful #STSM!
Jose Vicente Pérez Santa-Rita
@polillafurtiva.bsky.social
(Cavanilles Institute of Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology, Universitat de València,Spain) visited Marko Mutanen (Ecology and Genetics Research Unit,University of Oulu,Finland) from 01/04/2026 to 01/05/2026!
Jose Vicente Pérez Santa-Rita
@polillafurtiva.bsky.social
(Cavanilles Institute of Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology, Universitat de València,Spain) visited Marko Mutanen (Ecology and Genetics Research Unit,University of Oulu,Finland) from 01/04/2026 to 01/05/2026!