Dear Firefly Genome Fans,
Dear Firefly Genome Fans,It's been 9 months 23 days since our last update to you, but rest assured, team bioluminescent beetles has been busy! We'd like to share our most exciting piece of recent ...
Firefly genome(s) now available!
Dear Firefly Genome Fans,Season's greetings! Team Firefly is happy to announce the release of the data and analyses for your genome project to sequence the Big Dipper Firefly, Photinus pyralis. An...
First poster presented on firefly genome progress
Dear firefly genome supporters,Hello from Taiwan! Where your author is currently attending the International Firefly Symposium 2017 (http://www.ifs2017taipei.org), in Taipei, Taiwan. Team Firefly...
Firefly genome update: Mitochondrial genome deciphered!
Dear firefly genome fans,Happy Friday! To celebrate, team firefly would like to share our latest progress on the firefly genome with you. In our last lab note, we took our first look at the real d...
Good News! PacBio long-read sequencing data received
Dear firefly genome fans,Happy Friday! In addition to that excellent news, we have some other news we thought you might enjoy as well! We’ve just received the firefly genome sequence data back fro...
How does one extract high-molecular-weight firefly DNA?
In order to sequence the firefly genome, we first needed to extract high-molecular-weight firefly DNA (aka super long DNA). But how does one achieve such a feat?See below for some pics of the proc...
DNA submitted for sequencing!
Dear firefly genome fans, I have good news! High molecular weight DNA has been successfully extracted from fireflies and has been submitted for sequencing on the Pacific Biosciences RSII instrume...
93%! Coming in to the finish line.
Wow! Thanks to some extremely generous donations, we've made it to 93%, closer than ever to successful funding of the sequencing of the firefly genome! But remember, we only get the funds if we rea...
66%! The final stretch. And a new backer benefit
We've had an amazing set of generous donations that have pushed the Firefly Genome Project closer and closer to our $10K goal. We've just reached 66%, meaning we are 2/3rds of the way there!With 9...
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