Here is the latest @GetGenome activities and opportunities. Remember, you can find our previous newsletters here getgenome.net/network

Bacillus is the most popular organism sequenced by @GetGenome x.com/getgenome/status/20555…

Arranca #BACELL2026 en la Facultad @MedicinaUMA de la @InfoUMA #Málaga. #BACELL, acoge la comunidad científica europea que investiga la biología y la aplicación de Bacillus y bacterias Gram-positivas relacionadas. Tendremos: 👉Breves charlas de investigación, seleccionadas entre los resúmenes presentados 👉Sesiones de pósters. 👉 Debates informales y encuentros, fomentando la interacción entre investigadores senior, postdoctorados y estudiantes de doctorado. Gracias @Bacell_EU y Diego Romero por confiar en nosotros. Info y programa👇 bacell2026.eu/

It’s not a coincidence that our reference genome for Empoasca fabae is out today—it’s World Pest Day! 🌱🪲 Thank you @RqradQc & @NSERC_CRSNG ! 📸: EdeLab

The potato leafhopper finally has a reference genome! 🧬 A major milestone from the lab is now publicly available: a chromosome-level reference genome for Empoasca fabae is now live on NCBI. 🔗 NCBI Assembly: ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/datasets/ge… It is exciting to see years of work become a resource that the broader community can build upon. I am confident this genome will help advance research on one of North America's most important insect crop pests and contribute to the development of more sustainable plant protection strategies. 🌱 The science behind this resource is coming soon—hopefully! 🤞 Our revised manuscript is currently under review. This achievement was made possible through the support of @RqradQc and @NSERC_CRSNG via the @LeafHopeCan project. Congratulations to everyone involved! 👏

Happy World Pest Day!

Amazing 🌾 🇹🇳 😍

It was a pleasure handing over the 5th International Wheat Congress to Sarrah Ben M'barek as Organiser in Tunisia! Closing #IWCBologna2026 looking forward to #IWC2028Tunis

📽️ "Medicine can save your life one day. Plants save your life every day." 🌱 @kamounlab shares his personal journey, his passion for science and his vision for the future in an inspiring talk at @TEDx Pasha Street, now freely available online 🌾 youtube.com/watch?v=kiqtOQHh…

Brazil as a global player in fungal conservation: A rapid shift from neglect to action doi.org/10.1016/j.pecon.2025…

World map of antimicrobial resistance @DTUtweet eurekalert.org/news-releases…

One-year taught MSc in Global Plant Health with five-month research project. David Sainsbury 50% Fee Scholarships available for home students. Apply now for 21 September entry. Deadline 28/8/26 for home students. tsl.ac.uk/msc @RoyalSocBio

We @GetGenome are delighted to support “Road to Jeju,” a new webinar series celebrating the lead-up to IS-MPMI 2026 in Korea 🇰🇷 Expect inspiring science and voices from across the plant-microbe community. First up: Roger Innes on June 17. Register here: lnkd.in/gw4pKp4K

Just published: When Memory Meets Science: Tunisian Durum Wheat Writes a New Chapter of the Future Mabrouka Khedir @mabroukadwtv medium.com/p/when-memory-mee…

I just published: Genomics, AI, and the Decade That Will Decide Our Food Future Three things stand between us and a resilient food system: public-good genomics for the Global South, shared AI compute for plant science, and patient capital for traits. Funders— your move. medium.com/p/genomics-ai-and…

Inspiring description of this art / science project

I just sequenced a human genome to 30× coverage entirely at home. As far as I know, this is the first time this has been done. I didn’t step foot in a lab once. Every step - from saliva collection, to running the sequencer - took place in a single room with a dining table kitchenette. Six weeks ago, I had never done wet lab biology before. I used an Oxford Nanopore P2 Solo - the only commercially available sequencing device portable enough to do 30x human genome sequencing at home. Biggest takeaway - I could build something that combined software, hardware, and molecular biology far faster than I thought was possible. I can name >100 specific instances where AI helped me solve a technical problem that would previously have blocked me because I lacked access to a domain expert. For example: how do I save my sequencing run when my DNA extraction yield is 4x lower than I need it to be, and I have this limited set of reagents to hand? To make this work, I had to navigate multiple disciplines: - writing software to monitor sequencing runs and orchestrate remote GPU infra for basecalling - learning executing 5 hour long molecular biology protocols - building a hardware device to quantify DNA concentration Apologies for the hyperbole, but I feel super lucky to be living in 2026. A few weeks ago I decided to sequence a human genome to 30x at home. Then I actually did it. And I did it really quickly.

Amazing 🌟🌟🌟

GetGenome wiki A living, open science database of bacterial, fungal and plant genomes sequenced through the GetGenome programme for global genomic equity. getgenome-wiki.net/campaigns…

#WestNileVirus in Germany is more dynamic than expected: #Genomic data from 15k mosquitoes shows high local diversity & frequent spread between sites 👉 Rethink #Surveillance & risk mapping doi.org/10.1016/j.onehlt.202… #PublicHealth #OneHealth #InfectiousDiseases