May 18, 2025 at 2:37 PM
1st genome sequenced (Sanger 1977), 1st genome
synthesised (Venter 2003), 1st genome + proteome fully mutated (Huijin Xiangua 2026!) @crg.eu @sangerinstitute.bsky.social
Complete Mutagenesis of the Genome and Proteome of ΦX174 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
synthesised (Venter 2003), 1st genome + proteome fully mutated (Huijin Xiangua 2026!) @crg.eu @sangerinstitute.bsky.social
Complete Mutagenesis of the Genome and Proteome of ΦX174 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Complete Mutagenesis of the Genome and Proteome of ΦX174
The bacteriophage ΦX174 was the first genome to be sequenced and the first to be chemically synthesised. Here we present a complete map of the consequences of changing every nucleotide in the ΦX174 ge...
www.biorxiv.org
August 3, 2026 at 10:42 AM
1st genome sequenced (Sanger 1977), 1st genome
synthesised (Venter 2003), 1st genome + proteome fully mutated (Huijin Xiangua 2026!) @crg.eu @sangerinstitute.bsky.social
Complete Mutagenesis of the Genome and Proteome of ΦX174 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
synthesised (Venter 2003), 1st genome + proteome fully mutated (Huijin Xiangua 2026!) @crg.eu @sangerinstitute.bsky.social
Complete Mutagenesis of the Genome and Proteome of ΦX174 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
I'm delighted to release the first half of my new textbook in human genetics:
web.stanford.edu/group/pritch...
"An Owner's Guide to the Human Genome: an introduction to human population genetics, variation and disease"
web.stanford.edu/group/pritch...
"An Owner's Guide to the Human Genome: an introduction to human population genetics, variation and disease"
An Owner's Guide to the Human Genome
An Owner's Guide to the Human Genome
web.stanford.edu
October 1, 2023 at 10:53 PM
I'm delighted to release the first half of my new textbook in human genetics:
web.stanford.edu/group/pritch...
"An Owner's Guide to the Human Genome: an introduction to human population genetics, variation and disease"
web.stanford.edu/group/pritch...
"An Owner's Guide to the Human Genome: an introduction to human population genetics, variation and disease"
July 13, 2026 at 4:16 PM
India unveils the world’s first genome-edited rice varieties, 25–30% higher yielding without foreign DNA! These non-GMO crops, exempt from burdensome & strangulating GMO approval process, aim to boost production, cut emissions, transform it’s ag www.financialexpress.com/policy/econo...
India unveils ‘world’s first’ genome-edited rice
India unveils the world’s first genome-edited rice varieties—Kamala and Pusa DST Rice 1—promising 25–30% higher yields without foreign DNA. These non-GMO crops, exempt from GEAC approval, aim to boost...
www.financialexpress.com
May 4, 2025 at 4:09 PM
India unveils the world’s first genome-edited rice varieties, 25–30% higher yielding without foreign DNA! These non-GMO crops, exempt from burdensome & strangulating GMO approval process, aim to boost production, cut emissions, transform it’s ag www.financialexpress.com/policy/econo...
Forty years after the first effort to extract mummy DNA, researchers have finally generated a full genome sequence from an ancient Egyptian
https://go.nature.com/44O0Sze
https://go.nature.com/44O0Sze
First human genome from ancient Egypt sequenced from 4,800-year-old teeth
Nature - Forty years after the first effort to extract mummy DNA, researchers have finally generated a full genome sequence from an ancient Egyptian.
go.nature.com
July 6, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Forty years after the first effort to extract mummy DNA, researchers have finally generated a full genome sequence from an ancient Egyptian
https://go.nature.com/44O0Sze
https://go.nature.com/44O0Sze
Banana slug genome clocks in at 2.3GB.
🧪🌎🧬🖥️ #EvoSky #Genomics #Bioinformatics
phys.org/news/2025-02...
🧪🌎🧬🖥️ #EvoSky #Genomics #Bioinformatics
phys.org/news/2025-02...
Scientists produce first complete genome of a banana slug
Scientists at UC Santa Cruz have completed the first end-to-end genome of the iconic Pacific banana slug, a species synonymous with California's coastal redwood forests and the university's beloved ma...
phys.org
February 8, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Banana slug genome clocks in at 2.3GB.
🧪🌎🧬🖥️ #EvoSky #Genomics #Bioinformatics
phys.org/news/2025-02...
🧪🌎🧬🖥️ #EvoSky #Genomics #Bioinformatics
phys.org/news/2025-02...
“I think it’s incredibly important to do whole genome sequencing for outbreaks,” Andersen said, “but we shouldn’t need to do this for measles in the first place, because we have an extremely effective and safe vaccine.”
🔔Exclusive: CDC just posted a tranche of genomic data from measles.
1,000 genomes have been sequenced, so researchers expect an answer to the elimination question within the month.
"That we're even talking about this is nuts," said @kgandersen.bsky.social
kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
1,000 genomes have been sequenced, so researchers expect an answer to the elimination question within the month.
"That we're even talking about this is nuts," said @kgandersen.bsky.social
kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
US Scientists Sequence 1,000 Genomes From Measles, a Disease Long Eliminated With Vaccines - KFF Health News
This week, the CDC began to publish long-awaited data that will reveal the extent of measles’ comeback. While applauding the science, researchers say the Trump administration has done little to contai...
kffhealthnews.org
April 2, 2026 at 12:46 PM
“I think it’s incredibly important to do whole genome sequencing for outbreaks,” Andersen said, “but we shouldn’t need to do this for measles in the first place, because we have an extremely effective and safe vaccine.”
Forty years after the first effort to extract mummy DNA, researchers have finally generated a full genome sequence from an ancient Egyptian
https://go.nature.com/44bHYCh
https://go.nature.com/44bHYCh
First human genome from ancient Egypt sequenced from 4,800-year-old teeth
Forty years after the first effort to extract mummy DNA, researchers have finally generated a full genome sequence from an ancient Egyptian.
go.nature.com
July 2, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Forty years after the first effort to extract mummy DNA, researchers have finally generated a full genome sequence from an ancient Egyptian
https://go.nature.com/44bHYCh
https://go.nature.com/44bHYCh
Forty years after the first effort to extract mummy DNA, the first human genome from ancient Egypt has been sequenced
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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www.nature.com/articles/d41...
First human genome from ancient Egypt sequenced from 4,800-year-old teeth
Forty years after the first effort to extract mummy DNA, researchers have finally generated a full genome sequence from an ancient Egyptian.
www.nature.com
July 2, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Forty years after the first effort to extract mummy DNA, the first human genome from ancient Egypt has been sequenced
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Sad news:
The dataset behind this famous chart on the decline in costs of genome sequencing has had its NIH funding cut.
I loved this chart because it was the first that made me appreciate the impact of dataviz. But it also tracked progress towards an ambitious goal ($1000 genome) that succeeded.
The dataset behind this famous chart on the decline in costs of genome sequencing has had its NIH funding cut.
I loved this chart because it was the first that made me appreciate the impact of dataviz. But it also tracked progress towards an ambitious goal ($1000 genome) that succeeded.
![The "$1,000 genome" catchphrase was first publicly recorded in December 2001 at a scientific retreat to discuss the future of biomedical research following publication of the first draft of the Human Genome Project (HGP), convened by the National Human Genome Research Institute at Airlie House in Virginia.[5] The phrase neatly highlighted the chasm between the actual cost of the Human Genome Project, estimated at $2.7 billion over a decade, and the benchmark for routine, affordable personal genome sequencing.
On 2 October 2002, Craig Venter introduced the opening session of GSAC (The Genome Sequencing and Analysis Conference) at the Hynes Convention Center in Boston: "The Future of Sequencing: Advancing Towards the $1,000 Genome." Speakers included George M. Church and executives from 454 Life Sciences, Solexa, U.S. Genomics, VisiGen and Amersham plc.[6][7] In 2003, Venter announced that his foundation would earmark $500,000 for a breakthrough leading to the $1,000 genome.[8] That sum was subsequently rolled into the Archon X Prize.
In October 2004, NHGRI introduced the first in a series of '$1,000 Genome' grants designed to advance "the development of breakthrough technologies that will enable a human-sized genome to be sequenced for $1,000 or less."[9]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:73aicoale2mqwrap63rdzwep/bafkreigcypk33xduk2wsfjyvwbnfzzb76p5m6jl3owhbb3ft32clwov37i)
July 19, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Sad news:
The dataset behind this famous chart on the decline in costs of genome sequencing has had its NIH funding cut.
I loved this chart because it was the first that made me appreciate the impact of dataviz. But it also tracked progress towards an ambitious goal ($1000 genome) that succeeded.
The dataset behind this famous chart on the decline in costs of genome sequencing has had its NIH funding cut.
I loved this chart because it was the first that made me appreciate the impact of dataviz. But it also tracked progress towards an ambitious goal ($1000 genome) that succeeded.
So happy to see my first first-author paper published! 🎈
A short thread on how Ectocarpus and its TE secrets have kept me busy lately:
rdcu.be/eITQH
A short thread on how Ectocarpus and its TE secrets have kept me busy lately:
rdcu.be/eITQH
Characterization of the transposable element landscape shaping the Ectocarpus genome | Genome Biology
rdcu.be
October 1, 2025 at 8:12 AM
So happy to see my first first-author paper published! 🎈
A short thread on how Ectocarpus and its TE secrets have kept me busy lately:
rdcu.be/eITQH
A short thread on how Ectocarpus and its TE secrets have kept me busy lately:
rdcu.be/eITQH
The "kitchen sink" of omics to solve the basis for an undiagnosed disease: long read genome , transcriptome, methytome, epigenome, all synchronized (a first)
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Synchronized long-read genome, methylome, epigenome and transcriptome profiling resolve a Mendelian condition - Nature Genetics
Simultaneous profiling of the genome, methylome, epigenome and transcriptome using single-molecule chromatin fiber sequencing and multiplexed arrays isoform sequencing identifies the genetic and molec...
www.nature.com
January 29, 2025 at 2:45 PM
The "kitchen sink" of omics to solve the basis for an undiagnosed disease: long read genome , transcriptome, methytome, epigenome, all synchronized (a first)
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
I am proud that THIS is the first serious genome I curated!
September 21, 2026 at 7:54 PM
I am proud that THIS is the first serious genome I curated!
(Me flirting) Did you know microbes in the human body contribute MORE to the human body’s survival than our bodies themselves? And there are more microbial genes than human in our bodies?
We just big ol’ walkin’ terrariums.
The sauce:
www.nih.gov/news-events/...
We just big ol’ walkin’ terrariums.
The sauce:
www.nih.gov/news-events/...
NIH Human Microbiome Project defines normal bacterial makeup of the body
Genome sequencing creates first reference data for microbes living with healthy adults.
www.nih.gov
March 16, 2025 at 5:48 AM
(Me flirting) Did you know microbes in the human body contribute MORE to the human body’s survival than our bodies themselves? And there are more microbial genes than human in our bodies?
We just big ol’ walkin’ terrariums.
The sauce:
www.nih.gov/news-events/...
We just big ol’ walkin’ terrariums.
The sauce:
www.nih.gov/news-events/...
This little butterfly has a whopping 229 pairs of chromosomes! That is, I think, the most of any multicellular animal described so far. www.the-scientist.com/an-elusive-b...
An Elusive Butterfly Expands Its Genome Through Fragmentation
Scientists sequenced the Atlas blue butterfly genome for the first time, revealing its 229 chromosome pairs and new insights into butterfly evolution.
www.the-scientist.com
September 15, 2025 at 8:22 PM
This little butterfly has a whopping 229 pairs of chromosomes! That is, I think, the most of any multicellular animal described so far. www.the-scientist.com/an-elusive-b...
In a long-sought first, researchers have sequenced the entire genome of an ancient Egyptian person, revealing unprecedented insight about the ancestry of a man who lived during the time when the first pyramids were built
The first genome sequenced from ancient Egypt reveals surprising ancestry, scientists say | CNN
The oldest known Egyptian DNA sample, from a man who lived between 4,500 to 4,800 years ago, offers new insights into the potential ancestry of those who belonged to the enduring civilization.
www.cnn.com
July 6, 2025 at 4:39 PM
In a long-sought first, researchers have sequenced the entire genome of an ancient Egyptian person, revealing unprecedented insight about the ancestry of a man who lived during the time when the first pyramids were built
🦇🧬We even reconstructed the genome of the ancestor of all living bats - a first glimpse of what the genome of the first flying mammal may have looked like ~65 million years ago
September 23, 2026 at 3:52 PM
🦇🧬We even reconstructed the genome of the ancestor of all living bats - a first glimpse of what the genome of the first flying mammal may have looked like ~65 million years ago
Excited to share the first preprint from the lab! We show that ApeA defends against RNA phage infection by cleaving the phage genome:
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
www.biorxiv.org
March 21, 2026 at 5:18 PM
Excited to share the first preprint from the lab! We show that ApeA defends against RNA phage infection by cleaving the phage genome:
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
📝 NEW PREPRINT
It’s with an immense joy that our preprint is finally out and it’s my first first co-author paper!!!
🧬🍄 What is the diversity of 3D genome architectures in fungi?
We reconstructed the 3D genome architecture of public Hi-C data from 55 fungal.
Preprint: lnkd.in/enxTh2Cm
It’s with an immense joy that our preprint is finally out and it’s my first first co-author paper!!!
🧬🍄 What is the diversity of 3D genome architectures in fungi?
We reconstructed the 3D genome architecture of public Hi-C data from 55 fungal.
Preprint: lnkd.in/enxTh2Cm
July 23, 2026 at 10:10 AM
📝 NEW PREPRINT
It’s with an immense joy that our preprint is finally out and it’s my first first co-author paper!!!
🧬🍄 What is the diversity of 3D genome architectures in fungi?
We reconstructed the 3D genome architecture of public Hi-C data from 55 fungal.
Preprint: lnkd.in/enxTh2Cm
It’s with an immense joy that our preprint is finally out and it’s my first first co-author paper!!!
🧬🍄 What is the diversity of 3D genome architectures in fungi?
We reconstructed the 3D genome architecture of public Hi-C data from 55 fungal.
Preprint: lnkd.in/enxTh2Cm
Scientist and medtech entrepreneur J. Craig Venter published the first bacterial genome ever decoded in 1995. The result heralded a new age of discovery for genetics
'Swashbuckling' geneticist and human genome decoder J. Craig Venter dies at 79
Scientist and medtech entrepreneur J. Craig Venter published the first bacterial genome ever decoded in 1995. The result heralded a new age of discovery for genetics
www.scientificamerican.com
April 30, 2026 at 1:51 PM
Scientist and medtech entrepreneur J. Craig Venter published the first bacterial genome ever decoded in 1995. The result heralded a new age of discovery for genetics
First insect genome coming along 👏🧬
February 15, 2025 at 12:16 AM
First insect genome coming along 👏🧬
Scientist Spotted 🦏 Advait Jukar, Assistant Curator of Vertebrate Paleontology here at the Museum, quoted in a National Geographic article about woolly rhino tissue recovered from the stomachs of mummified wolf puppies in northeastern Siberia:
www.nationalgeographic.com/science/arti...
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www.nationalgeographic.com/science/arti...
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Researchers recover a woolly rhino genome from inside a frozen wolf's stomach
The work marks the first time an Ice Age animal’s complete genome has been recovered from tissue preserved inside another ancient animal.
www.nationalgeographic.com
January 15, 2026 at 7:07 PM
Scientist Spotted 🦏 Advait Jukar, Assistant Curator of Vertebrate Paleontology here at the Museum, quoted in a National Geographic article about woolly rhino tissue recovered from the stomachs of mummified wolf puppies in northeastern Siberia:
www.nationalgeographic.com/science/arti...
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www.nationalgeographic.com/science/arti...
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Took 4,800 years and a few stubborn molars, but we finally got the first full genome from ancient Egypt.
Mummies: still better preserved than most backup hard drives.🧪🧟♀️
🔗 www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Mummies: still better preserved than most backup hard drives.🧪🧟♀️
🔗 www.nature.com/articles/d41...
First human genome from ancient Egypt sequenced from 4,800-year-old teeth
Forty years after the first effort to extract mummy DNA, researchers have finally generated a full genome sequence from an ancient Egyptian.
www.nature.com
July 4, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Took 4,800 years and a few stubborn molars, but we finally got the first full genome from ancient Egypt.
Mummies: still better preserved than most backup hard drives.🧪🧟♀️
🔗 www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Mummies: still better preserved than most backup hard drives.🧪🧟♀️
🔗 www.nature.com/articles/d41...
The lab is delighted to release the first genome for the giant American vinegaroon! The slowly-evolving order Uropygi captures the strongest signature yet of the arachnopulmonate whole genome duplication. #biodiversity #genomics
academic.oup.com/jhered/advan...
academic.oup.com/jhered/advan...
A chromosome-level genome of the giant vinegaroon Mastigoproctus giganteus exhibits the signature of pre-Silurian whole genome duplication
Abstract. Within the arachnids, chromosome-level genome assemblies have greatly accelerated the understanding of gene family evolution and developmental ge
academic.oup.com
February 7, 2025 at 5:46 PM
The lab is delighted to release the first genome for the giant American vinegaroon! The slowly-evolving order Uropygi captures the strongest signature yet of the arachnopulmonate whole genome duplication. #biodiversity #genomics
academic.oup.com/jhered/advan...
academic.oup.com/jhered/advan...