(1/3) 🌎 𝐅𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐧𝐞𝐰𝐬 EBP-affiliated California Conservation Genomics Project (CCGP) has made huge progress sequencing Californian biodiversity. The CCGP is a consortium of 100+ conservation scientists from across the state of California. Together CCGP generated 144 high-quality genome assemblies!
May 14, 2025 at 8:27 PM
(1/3) 🌎 𝐅𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐧𝐞𝐰𝐬 EBP-affiliated California Conservation Genomics Project (CCGP) has made huge progress sequencing Californian biodiversity. The CCGP is a consortium of 100+ conservation scientists from across the state of California. Together CCGP generated 144 high-quality genome assemblies!
#MusicChallenge
#MusicSky
#IsmuasMonthOfMusic
Day 18: A song that feels cold
Tangerine Dream – Approaching Greenland at 7.00pm
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcgP...
#MusicSky
#IsmuasMonthOfMusic
Day 18: A song that feels cold
Tangerine Dream – Approaching Greenland at 7.00pm
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcgP...
Tangerine Dream - Approaching Greenland at 7 PM (Chandra, 2009)
YouTube video by TangerineTux
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February 17, 2026 at 10:14 PM
#MusicChallenge
#MusicSky
#IsmuasMonthOfMusic
Day 18: A song that feels cold
Tangerine Dream – Approaching Greenland at 7.00pm
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcgP...
#MusicSky
#IsmuasMonthOfMusic
Day 18: A song that feels cold
Tangerine Dream – Approaching Greenland at 7.00pm
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcgP...
#MusicChallenge
#MusicSky
#DavidsMonthOfMusic
22. With the name of a country in the title
Tangerine Dream - Approaching Greenland at 7 PM
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcgP...
#MusicSky
#DavidsMonthOfMusic
22. With the name of a country in the title
Tangerine Dream - Approaching Greenland at 7 PM
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcgP...
Tangerine Dream - Approaching Greenland at 7 PM (Chandra, 2009)
YouTube video by TangerineTux
www.youtube.com
July 21, 2026 at 8:15 PM
#MusicChallenge
#MusicSky
#DavidsMonthOfMusic
22. With the name of a country in the title
Tangerine Dream - Approaching Greenland at 7 PM
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcgP...
#MusicSky
#DavidsMonthOfMusic
22. With the name of a country in the title
Tangerine Dream - Approaching Greenland at 7 PM
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcgP...
New #Azolla #microbiome #CCGP paper! With @tribblelab.bsky.social @crothfels.bsky.social and @fernway.bsky.social
bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
The nitrogen‐fixing fern Azolla has a complex microbiome characterized by varying degrees of cophylogenetic signal
Premise Azolla is a genus of floating ferns that has closely evolved with a vertically transmitted obligate cyanobacterium endosymbiont—Anabaena azollae—that fixes nitrogen. There are also other les...
bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
February 22, 2025 at 5:12 PM
We have a genome from the California Conservation Genomics Project (CCGP), this time for the Californian trapdoor spider Aptostichus stephencolberti!
Photo by Jason Bond
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Photo by Jason Bond
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September 25, 2026 at 7:36 PM
We have a genome from the California Conservation Genomics Project (CCGP), this time for the Californian trapdoor spider Aptostichus stephencolberti!
Photo by Jason Bond
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Photo by Jason Bond
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Here's a new genome from the CCGP: The Lahontan Cutthroat trout (Oncorhynchus clarkii henshawi). This species, endemic to Western North America, may be in danger of extinction.
Photo: NDOW
Photo: NDOW
August 12, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Here's a new genome from the CCGP: The Lahontan Cutthroat trout (Oncorhynchus clarkii henshawi). This species, endemic to Western North America, may be in danger of extinction.
Photo: NDOW
Photo: NDOW
Azolla caroliniana genome! @fernway.bsky.social @tribblelab.bsky.social @crothfels.bsky.social #CCGP academic.oup.com/jhered/advan...
“The genome assembly of the duckweed fern, Azolla caroliniana”
Abstract. Azolla is a genus of freshwater ferns that is economically important as a nitrogen-fixing biofertilizer, biofuel, bioremediator, and for potentia
academic.oup.com
April 19, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Azolla caroliniana genome! @fernway.bsky.social @tribblelab.bsky.social @crothfels.bsky.social #CCGP academic.oup.com/jhered/advan...
9/ This is indeed what we observe in the BLA: it represents behavioral and valence variables as "abstract", with a disentangled compositional geometry, characterized by a high CCGP (generalization) and low CVI (interference):
August 6, 2026 at 9:00 AM
9/ This is indeed what we observe in the BLA: it represents behavioral and valence variables as "abstract", with a disentangled compositional geometry, characterized by a high CCGP (generalization) and low CVI (interference):
8/ The key is that specialized neurons are not necessary to satisfy these requirements! We can have the same properties (high CCGP, low CVI) as long as the representational geometry of the encoded variables is disentangled / compositional (left panel):
August 6, 2026 at 9:00 AM
8/ The key is that specialized neurons are not necessary to satisfy these requirements! We can have the same properties (high CCGP, low CVI) as long as the representational geometry of the encoded variables is disentangled / compositional (left panel):
7/ But we can also characterize these properties (high generalization, low interference) on a population level. For generalization, we can use cross-condition generalization performance (CCGP). For interference, we developed a new measure: cross-variable interference (CVI):
August 6, 2026 at 9:00 AM
7/ But we can also characterize these properties (high generalization, low interference) on a population level. For generalization, we can use cross-condition generalization performance (CCGP). For interference, we developed a new measure: cross-variable interference (CVI):
Exciting news for conservationists and cougar fans alike! We have another product of the CCGP: a high-quality, chromosome-level reference genome of the widespread mountain lion, Puma concolor.
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November 11, 2024 at 4:00 PM
Exciting news for conservationists and cougar fans alike! We have another product of the CCGP: a high-quality, chromosome-level reference genome of the widespread mountain lion, Puma concolor.
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I don't know why there's so much debate over what the worst song of all time is when it's obviously this: youtube.com/watch?v=Ccgp...
August 6, 2025 at 12:53 AM
I don't know why there's so much debate over what the worst song of all time is when it's obviously this: youtube.com/watch?v=Ccgp...
I'm super excited to share that our article on conservation genomics of Island Oak (Quercus tomentella) is now out in @evolappjournal.bsky.social! This was one of my PhD chapters and funded by CCGP and TNC. 🌾(🧵 below)
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
January 3, 2025 at 9:49 PM
I'm super excited to share that our article on conservation genomics of Island Oak (Quercus tomentella) is now out in @evolappjournal.bsky.social! This was one of my PhD chapters and funded by CCGP and TNC. 🌾(🧵 below)
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
We have a rather prickly paper from the CCGP! 🌵 Genomic resources for the Cactaceae family are limited, yet crucial for conserving these iconic plants.
Photo by Jessie Eastland
Photo by Jessie Eastland
May 16, 2025 at 2:43 PM
We have a rather prickly paper from the CCGP! 🌵 Genomic resources for the Cactaceae family are limited, yet crucial for conserving these iconic plants.
Photo by Jessie Eastland
Photo by Jessie Eastland
the Cook County Green Party Platform… #greenparty #ccgp #tenkeyvalues #publicpolicy #community www.gp.org/ten_key_values
August 7, 2026 at 10:49 PM
the Cook County Green Party Platform… #greenparty #ccgp #tenkeyvalues #publicpolicy #community www.gp.org/ten_key_values
Zoé Ma, Chair of the Cook County Green Party (CCGP), around & about in the community!!! #zoemaformayor
September 8, 2026 at 7:23 PM
Zoé Ma, Chair of the Cook County Green Party (CCGP), around & about in the community!!! #zoemaformayor
Complete Genome of the iconic Pacific Banana Slug 🧬🧬
✅ A total of 2.3 Gb (Human Genome is 3.4 Gb)
✅ As part of California Conservation #Genomics Project (CCGP), this project will inform conservation policies
#genome #biodiversity #climatechange
✅ A total of 2.3 Gb (Human Genome is 3.4 Gb)
✅ As part of California Conservation #Genomics Project (CCGP), this project will inform conservation policies
#genome #biodiversity #climatechange
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 1:34 PM
Complete Genome of the iconic Pacific Banana Slug 🧬🧬
✅ A total of 2.3 Gb (Human Genome is 3.4 Gb)
✅ As part of California Conservation #Genomics Project (CCGP), this project will inform conservation policies
#genome #biodiversity #climatechange
✅ A total of 2.3 Gb (Human Genome is 3.4 Gb)
✅ As part of California Conservation #Genomics Project (CCGP), this project will inform conservation policies
#genome #biodiversity #climatechange
Here's another genome from the CCGP (www.ccgproject.org)! Here's an annotated, chromosome-level genome for the Western Spadefoot (Spea hammondii), one of only three amphibians in the California Conservation Genomics Project. 🧬🌿
(Photo: H. Bradley Shaffer)
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(Photo: H. Bradley Shaffer)
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April 23, 2026 at 1:17 PM
Here's another genome from the CCGP (www.ccgproject.org)! Here's an annotated, chromosome-level genome for the Western Spadefoot (Spea hammondii), one of only three amphibians in the California Conservation Genomics Project. 🧬🌿
(Photo: H. Bradley Shaffer)
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(Photo: H. Bradley Shaffer)
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Another genome from the CCGP! 🦅 Introducing a high-quality, chromosome-length genome assembly for the North American golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos canadensis)! 
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April 7, 2026 at 7:22 PM
Another genome from the CCGP! 🦅 Introducing a high-quality, chromosome-length genome assembly for the North American golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos canadensis)! 
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#52WeeksOfFavourites
#MusicChallenge
Week 3/26
Songs about scandal/legend
A story of strange goings on in Greenland - seems quite apt with what's going on in the world:
Tangerine Dream - Chandra (The Phantom Ferry Pts I & II)
Approaching Greenland at 7 PM
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcgP...
#MusicChallenge
Week 3/26
Songs about scandal/legend
A story of strange goings on in Greenland - seems quite apt with what's going on in the world:
Tangerine Dream - Chandra (The Phantom Ferry Pts I & II)
Approaching Greenland at 7 PM
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcgP...
January 18, 2026 at 8:07 PM
#52WeeksOfFavourites
#MusicChallenge
Week 3/26
Songs about scandal/legend
A story of strange goings on in Greenland - seems quite apt with what's going on in the world:
Tangerine Dream - Chandra (The Phantom Ferry Pts I & II)
Approaching Greenland at 7 PM
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcgP...
#MusicChallenge
Week 3/26
Songs about scandal/legend
A story of strange goings on in Greenland - seems quite apt with what's going on in the world:
Tangerine Dream - Chandra (The Phantom Ferry Pts I & II)
Approaching Greenland at 7 PM
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcgP...
this is one of the best songs ever of all time btw www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccGP...
Hop Along: Second Name
YouTube video by aneramm
www.youtube.com
January 31, 2025 at 3:59 AM
this is one of the best songs ever of all time btw www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccGP...
Check out the latest paper from the CCGP on California Quail and the ecological and anthropogenic factors that impact genomic variation. Led by Phred Benham and the Bowie group: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Patterns of Genetic Diversity Within Three California Quail Species Are Best Explained by Climate and Landscape Changes
Many North American game animals experienced severe population declines during the 19th century due to market hunting. However, estimates of the timing and magnitude of these declines often rely on a...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
October 16, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Check out the latest paper from the CCGP on California Quail and the ecological and anthropogenic factors that impact genomic variation. Led by Phred Benham and the Bowie group: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
11/ The geometry then changes after ingressing, and the mouse no longer represents valence. Instead, only the exposed, aversive condition stands out from the bulk. This is compatible with the coding of a new variable, "safety", which has the highest decoding and CCGP.
August 6, 2026 at 9:00 AM
11/ The geometry then changes after ingressing, and the mouse no longer represents valence. Instead, only the exposed, aversive condition stands out from the bulk. This is compatible with the coding of a new variable, "safety", which has the highest decoding and CCGP.
Here's another genome courtesy of the CCGP: the first for the California flannel bush! Using PacBio HiFi and Omni-C, scientists assembled a high-quality, phased genome of F. californicum—key for studying its distribution, genetic diversity, and evolution.
Photo: Calscape
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Photo: Calscape
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December 25, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Here's another genome courtesy of the CCGP: the first for the California flannel bush! Using PacBio HiFi and Omni-C, scientists assembled a high-quality, phased genome of F. californicum—key for studying its distribution, genetic diversity, and evolution.
Photo: Calscape
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Photo: Calscape
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