Centre for Molecular Biodiversity Research (zmb)

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• 2026/04

  Georgakakis, P., Karakasi, D., Lymberakis, P., Papadimitrakis, M., Stratakis, M., Bitzilekis, E., Poulakakis, N., Böhne, A., Monteiro, R., Fernández, R., Escudero, N., Genoscope Sequencing Team, ., Moussy, A., Cruaud, C., Labadie, K., Demirdjian, L., Mangenot, S., Belser, C., Wincker, P., Oliveira, P.H., Aury, J., Haggerty, L., Sinha, S., Martin, F., Bortoluzzi, C.

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  ERGA-BGE reference genome of the forest-restricted Cretan subspecies of Hanak's bat (Pipistrellus hanaki creticus), an IUCN Vulnerable species

  Open Research Europe, 5

  https://doi.org/

• 2026/03

  Schlebusch, S.A., Trifonov, V., Halenková, Z., Klianitskaya, M., Dedukh, D., Ruiz-Herrera, A., Álvarez-González, L., Pujol, G., Hřibová, E., Andjel, L., Bartoš, O., Pajer, P., Tichopád, T., Kulik, D., Kotusz, J., Kaštánková Doležálková, M., Böhne, A., Marta, A., Horna, P., Reifová, R., Guiguen, Y., Kuhl, H., Pačes, J., Janko, K.

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  Sex chromosome turnover and structural genome divergence shapes meiotic outcomes in hybridising Cobitis

  Gigascience

  https://doi.org/

• 2026/03

  Chen, A., Ruiz-Ruano, F.J., Contreras-López, O., Fouché, S., Suh, A., Pei, Y.

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  Paralog-aware assembly and filtering strategies reveal minimal nucleotide variation on the macro germline-restricted chromosome of the zebra finch

  Heredity

  https://doi.org/

• 2026/03

  Kozel, P., Bončina, A., Bužan, E., Böhne, A., Monteiro, R., Fernández, R., Escudero, N., Gut, M., Aguilera, L., Câmara Ferreira, F., Cruz, F., Gómez-Garrido, J., Alioto, T.S., Martin, F., Paola Barrera Enriquez, V., Haggerty, L., Bortoluzzi, C.

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  ERGA-BGE genome of Leiobunumsubalpinum - a montane-subalpine harvestman species endemic to the eastern Alps

  Open Research Europe, 6

  https://doi.org/

• 2026/03

  Salces-Ortiz, J., Eleftheriadi, K., Fernandez-Álvarez, F.Á., Fernández, R., Böhne, A., Monteiro, R., Marcussen, T., H. Struck, T., A. Oomen, R., Gut, M., Aguilera, L., Câmara Ferreira, F., Cruz, F., Gómez-Garrido, J., S. Alioto, T., Martin, F., Lazar, A., Haggerty, L., Bortoluzzi, C.

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  ERGA-BGE reference genome of Phorcus turbinatus - a water quality biomarker and species distributed along the Mediterranean coast

  Open Research Europe, 6

  https://doi.org/

• 2026/03

  Heil, K., Alioto, T., Böhne, A., Brown, T., Chadwick, E., Chua, P., de Guttry, C., De Panis, D., Goble, C., Gut, I., Gut, M., Juty, N., McTaggart, S., Najera-Cortazar, L., Paupério, J., Rewicz, T., Shaw, F., Soiland-Reyes, S., Waterhouse, R., Woollard, P., Vos, R.

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  Integrating the biodiversity genomics continuum: harmonising data from barcodes to reference genomes

  Research Ideas and Outcomes, 12

  https://doi.org/

• 2026/03

  Lopes, R.J., Böhne, A., Marcussen, T., Oomen, R.A., Struck, T.H., Aguilera, L., Gut, M., Câmara Ferreira, F., Cruz, F., Gómez-Garrido, J., Alioto, T.S., Monteiro, R.

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  ERGA-BGE reference genome of the Azores Bullfinch - Pyrrhula murina Godman, 1866: an IUCN vulnerable species endemic to a single island in the Azores Archipelago (Portugal)

  Open Research Europe, 5

  https://doi.org/

• 2026/03

  Vasileiadou, K., Manousaki, T., Böhne, A., Fernández, R., Escudero, N., Genoscope Sequencing Team, ., Moussy, A., Cruaud, C., Labadie, K., Demirdjian, L., Istace, B., Couloux, A., Wincker, P., H. Oliveira, P., Aury, J., Monteiro, R.

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  ERGA-BGE reference genome of Diadema setosum: the Black Longspine Urchin invading the Mediterranean sea

  Open Research Europe, 6

  https://doi.org/

• 2026/02

  Meng, G., Carvalho, L.S., Podsiadlowski, L., Huber, B.A.

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  Low coverage whole genome sequencing reveals a new subfamily of daddy long-legs spiders from Brazilian Caatinga (Araneae: Pholcidae)

  Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny, 84

  https://doi.org/

• 2026/02

  Kück, P., Wilkinson, M.

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  Clarifying Xenacoelomorpha phylogeny: A polarized quartet-based analysis with SeaLion

  Gene

  https://doi.org/

• 2026/02

  Koureas, D., Beja, P., Blaxter, M., Böhne, A., Bourlat, S., Ekrem, T., Emerson, B., Heil, K., Melo-Ferreira, J., Price, B., Vos, R., Addink, W., Alioto, T., Aravanopoulos, F., Astrin, J., Aury, J., Barnes, I., Bruschini, C., Buzan, E., Cochrane, G., Cserkész, T., Dailianis, T., Duijm, E., Dunshea, G., Fernández, R., Ferreira, S., Formenti, G., Fratini, S., Gkagkavouzis, K., Goble, C., Grabowski, M., Grüning, B., Gut, I., Gut, M., Harrison, P., Hausmann, A., Höglund, J., Iacolina, L., Iannucci, A., Jakobsen, K., Kõljalg, U., Lantz, H., Lewin, H., Macher, J., Manousaki, T., Martin, F., Mengual, X., Oliveira, P., Oomen, R., Raupach, M., Riesgo, A., Roest Crollius, H., Somogyi, A., Struck, T., Svardal, H., Tooming-Klunderud, A., Triantafyllidis, A., Vinnere Pettersson, O., Wagner, M., Wincker, P., Yan, N., Alonso, J., Casino, A., Ciofi, C., Daňková, G., Hollingsworth, P., Lawniczak, M., Mazzoni, C., Waterhouse, R.

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  Biodiversity Genomics Europe (BGE) Project – Abridged Grant Proposal

  Research Ideas and Outcomes, 12

  https://doi.org/

• 2026/02

  Oriowo, T.O., Smith, S., Thormann, J., Sternberg, N., Böhne, A., Stange, M.

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  Different sex determination systems in two closely related Eurasian minnow (Phoxinus) species

  Heredity

  https://doi.org/

• 2026/02

  Fraser, B., Gasparini, C., Santi, F., Böhne, A., Monteiro, R., Marcussen, T., Oomen, R.A., Struck, T.H., Wellcome Sanger Institute Tree of Life Management, Samples and Laboratory Team, ., Wellcome Sanger Institute Scientific Operations: Sequencing Operations, ., Wellcome Sanger Institute Tree of Life Core Informatics Team, ., Denton, A., Howard, C., Howe, K., Blaxter, M., McCarthy, S., Wood, J.M.D., Martin, F., Sinha, S., Haggerty, L., Bortoluzzi, C.

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  ERGA-BGE reference genome of Gambusiaholbrooki, a globally invasive freshwater fish

  Open Research Europe, 6

  https://doi.org/

• 2026/02

  Antaloudaki, E., Karakasi, D., Stratakis, M., Bitzilekis, E., Lymberakis, P., Poulakakis, N., Manousaki, T., Böhne, A., Monteiro, R., Fernández, R., Escudero, N., Genoscope Sequencing Team, ., Moussy, A., Cruaud, C., Labadie, K., Demirdjian, L., Wincker, P., Oliveira, P.H., Aury, J., Martin, F., Barrera Enriquez, V.P., Haggerty, L., Bortoluzzi, C.

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  ERGA-BGE reference genome of Carlina diae, an endemic spineless thistle of Crete, Greece

  Open Research Europe, 6

  https://doi.org/

• 2026/02

  Postma, A., Klynsmith, L., Duong, T.A., Allison, J.D., Smidt, W., Waterhouse, R.M., Lesny, P., Oeyen, J.P., Petersen, M., Martin, S., Liu, S., Zhou, X., Ziesmann, T., Donath, A., Mayer, C., Misof, B., Niehuis, O., Peters, R.S., Podsiadlowski, L., Coetzee, M.P.A., Joubert, F., Slippers, B.

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  Genome and transcriptome‐based identification and expression profiling of chemosensory gene families across developmental stages and tissues in Sirex noctilio (Hymenoptera: Siricidae)

  Insect Molecular Biology

  https://doi.org/

• 2026/01

  Schmidt-Rhaesa, A., Sorensen, M.V., Ott, J., Raeker, J.

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  A new record of the meiobenthic priapulid Tubiluchus from Cabo Verde and a comparison of external characters in adults within the genus

  Evolutionary Systematics, 10

  https://doi.org/

• 2026/01

  Taboada, S., Gracia-Sancha, C., Galià-Camps, C., Böhne, A., Monteiro, R., Marcussen, T., Oomen, R.A., Struck, T.H., Gut, M., Aguilera, L., Câmara Ferreira, F., Cruz, F., Gómez-Garrido, J., Alioto, T.S., Martin, F., Lazar, A., Haggerty, L., Bortoluzzi, C.

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  ERGA-BGE reference genome of Xylophaga dorsalis - a common deep-sea wood-boring bivalve with Atlantic-Mediterranean distribution

  Open Research Europe, 6

  https://doi.org/

• 2026/01

  Novo, M., Marchán, D.F., Gérard, S., Navarro, A.M., Monteiro, R., Böhne, A., Marcussen, T., Struck, T.H., Oomen, R.A., Aguilera, L., Gut, M., Ferreira, F.C., Gómez-Garrido, J., Cruz, F., Alioto, T., Lazar, A., Haggerty, L., Martin, F., Brown, T.

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  ERGA-BGE Genome of Ailoscolex lacteospumosus Bouché, 1969 – the enigmatic milky worm endemic to the Pyrenees

  Open Research Europe, 6

  https://doi.org/

• 2026/01

  Karakasi, D., Vardinoyannis, K., Bolanakis, G., Bitzilekis, E., Stratakis, M., Lymberakis, P., Poulakakis, N., Monteiro, R., Böhne, A., Fernández, R., Escudero, N., Genoscope Sequencing Team, ., Moussy, A., Cruaud, C., Labadie, K., Demirdjian, L., N’dar, A., Tricomi, F.F., Haggerty, L., Martin, F., Wincker, P., Oliveira, P.H., Aury, J., Brown, T.

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  ERGA-BGE genome of Albinariateres (Olivier, 1801): a rock-dwelling land snail endemic to the island of Crete, Greece

  Open Research Europe, 6

  https://doi.org/

• 2026/01

  Reichel, K., Pohjoismäki, J., Astrin, J., Böhne, A., Bortoluzzi, C., Bužan, E., del Campo, J., Ciofi, C., Di Nizo, C., Divakar, P.K., Greve, C., Hampl, V., Hilgers, L., Laine, V.N., Leonard, J.A., Lozano-Fernandez, J., Lukić Bilela, L., Mazzoni, C.J., McCartney, A.M., Melo-Ferreira, J., Monteiro, R., Oomen, R.A., Pavlek, M., Pimenta, J., Rindos, M., Seehausen, O., Tarieiev, A., Tomasello, S., Vinnere Pettersson, O., Waterhouse, R.M., Weber, A.A.-T., Zinenko, O., de Guttry, C.

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  From permits to samples: Addressing key challenges for high-quality reference genome generation in Europe

  Molecular Ecology resources, 2, 26

  https://doi.org/

• 2026/01

  Proesmans, W., Alaux, C., Albrecht, M., Bassit, K., Cyrille, N., Dalmon, A., Diévart, V., Dominik, C., Felten, E., Gajda, A., Heuschele, J.M., Laurent, E., Maurer, C., Neumann, P., Pioz, M., Schauer, A., Schweiger, O., Settele, J., Stolle, E., Szentgyörgyi, H., Yañez, O., Liu, Y., Żmuda, A., Paxton, R.J., Vanbergen, A.J.

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  Drivers of Viral Prevalence in Landscape‐Scale Pollinator Networks Across Europe: Honey Bee Viral Density, Niche Overlap With This Reservoir Host and Network Architecture

  Ecology letters, 1, 29

  https://doi.org/

• 2026/01

  Lemer, S., Rouze, H., Dodds, W., Fisher, M.

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  Stoichiometric regulation of nitrogen and carbon fluxes in Acropora coral facing short-term stress of ammonium loading

  Ecosphere, 1, 17

  https://doi.org/

• 2026/01

  Möllmann, J.S., Hu, X., Baumgarten, E.A., Hartleib, A., Nowick, K., Colgan, T.J., Stolle, E.

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  A Chromosome-Level Genome Assembly and Resequencing Data Reveal Low DNA Methylation and Reduced Diversity in the Solitary Bee Pollinator Osmia cornuta

  Genome Biology and Evolution, 1, 18

  https://doi.org/

• 2026/01

  Vila Taboada, M., Torrado-Blanco, L., Ryrholm, N., Romero-Pedreira, D., Conejero, M., Böhne, A., Monteiro, R., Marcussen, T., A. Oomen, R., H. Struck, T., Aguilera, L., Gut, M., Câmara Ferreira, F., Cruz, F., Gómez-Garrido, J., S. Alioto, T., Haggerty, L., Martin, F., Bortoluzzi, C.

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  ERGA-BGE genome of Erebia palarica Chapman, 1905: a montane butterfly endemic to North-West Spain

  Open Research Europe, 6

  https://doi.org/

• 2026/01

  Lasmar, L.F., Vidal, M.R., Nadai, P.C.F., dos Santos, R.Z., Machado, R.d.C., Utsunomia, R., Ruiz-Ruano, F.J., Suh, A., Oliveira, C., M. Z. A. Silva, D., Foresti, F.

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  B chromosome retrotransposed sequences persist through speciation, contributing to genomic and regulatory innovations in the fish genus Psalidodon (Characiformes, Acestrorhamphidae)

  PloS one, 1, 21

  https://doi.org/