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The wait is finally over! Check out our final (and open-access!) paper on the firefly genome(s). Thank you to everyone who has followed along with our project from the beginning 🙌 elifesciences.org/articles/3…
No need to worry about the FireflyBase website & the firefly genome mysteriously disappearing: the Photinus pyralis genome plus annotation is now available via NCBI! ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/VVI… , stay tuned for availability of Ignelater luminosus & Aquatica lateralis genomes via NCBI
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Today the world lost a great scientist, one who pioneered studies of #bioluminescence and #GFP - Rest In Peace. #Aequorea
😢 I’m glad I was able to meet Shimomura 先生 . Thank you for all your work to write and preserve the field of bioluminescence for the next generation.
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This scientist is figuring out how fireflies first acquired the ability to glow — and hopefully, in the process, finding better laboratory tools for studying disease and developing treatments. buff.ly/2OfE857
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Big Dipper firefly luciferase shows signatures of natural selection, but NOT on the amino acid sequence! 6 years in the making #chapter3 #laboroflove #laborday rdcu.be/5CxX
The future of scientific peer review? You be the judge! See our response to the first comment on our @biorxivpreprint manuscript on @PubPeer pubpeer.com/publications/368… Let us know your comments as well!
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Remember to celebrate World Firefly Days - July 7 & 8 this year! silentsparks.com/2018/03/08/… #wonder #entomology #insects #Fireflies #summertime #ホタル
The @USPS #bioluminescence stamps are finally out! You just *know* team #firefly #genome will be sending all future letters, and possibly packages of Photinus pyralis, with that Photinus pyralis stamp. Anyone need anything mailed? xitter.cf/USPS/status/9634084553…
Celebrating Bioluminescent Life! Join us as we countdown to the #BioluminescentStamps First-day-of-issue ceremony on February 22. Today’s stamp features a photo of a deep-ocean octopus photographed by Edith Widder.
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Just submitted the firefly "orthomyxo-like" viruses uncovered by the firefly genome project & @humbertodebat to NCBI Genbank. Had to choose a common name for the viruses. I went with "firefly flu" and "firefly flu deux", with deux pronounced in the French way 🙂 @fireflygenome
...and we're not done yet, #teambioluminescentbeetles continues to build on the results! xitter.cf/PacBio/status/96055510…
Illuminating work from the @fireflygenome team: not just 1, but 3 new genome assemblies with results that shed light on luminescence
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Our website hosting our firefly genome data is now up. Check it out, and let us know if you find any issues: fireflybase.org
Season's greetings! On this darkest on nights, I bring warm tidings of summer. The #firefly #genome manuscript is now available on @biorxivpreprint, and surprise! There are 3 genomes! Check it out here: biorxiv.org/content/early/20…
But will it sequence a firefly? 😉 @illumina #onlyonewaytofindout #firefly xitter.cf/mason_lab/status/94363…
First run on the new @illumina Firefly sequencer looks great! 6M 151x151 PF reads, 1.8GBases, >99.8% accuracy in 16 hours. Santa came with SBS candy in a CMOS wrapper this year.
...and how is the American firefly genome doing you might ask? Team #firefly is currently busy writing the scientific manuscript! Stay tuned for more updates, hopefully quite soon®
Want to help scientists sequence a new #firefly genome? Vote for the european glowworm in the @sangerinstitute genome contest! 25 species enter, and your votes will choose the 5 winners. floundering25.imascientist.o…
Here's our poster on the #firefly genome progress at International Firefly Symposium #IFS2017! Big thx to @BeckmanFnd @NSF @MITBiology 4 $$😁
The 2017 @PacBio SMRT Grant competition is on! Where does team #firefly fall? Hard call. We love an underdog, but then again, #beetlepower! xitter.cf/GenomeGalaxy/status/84…
Beetles takes early lead in @PacBio SMRT Grant competition! Support your favorites. Voting open until April 5th.
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Organisms from fireflies to bacteria use luciferase to emit light #valentines
Molecule of the Month: pdb101.rcsb.org/motm/78
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We're looking for the most interesting plant/animal genome in the world! Submit yours by 1/31 to win SMRT Sequencing ow.ly/aHx9308oXxx
