25 Genomes: The Common Starfish
The Starfish genome could offer new approaches to wound healing and into surgical glue, if only we can get enough sperm.
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Tree of Life
10 surprises from sequencing 25 new species
From exploding worms to cannibal crickets and adored arachnids to bewildering blackberries, Alison Cranage picks out the more bizarre discoveries we’ve made
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25 Genomes at New Scientist Live
Alongside robots, slime and VR machines, Sanger researchers were at New Scientist Live last week – talking genomes, Alison Cranage reports
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The Beast from the East? Vespa velutina
Words and pictures by: Alex Cagan Date: 17.09.18 Prelude: Death from above Today, you are a honeybee and today you
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The golden eagle genome has landed
The golden eagle genome is the first sequence completed as part of the 25 Genomes Project. Kat Arney talks to Rob Ogden about how this will help conservationists protect and manage these fabulous birds.
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25 Genomes update. Yes, it’s been a while …
More than half of the species’ genomes have now been sequenced and assembled. But starfish, flatworms and truffles are a different matter, Dan Mead discovers
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On Job Satisfaction
Dan Mead is a happy man, here’s why …
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The trouble with Crickets
Crickets’ genomes are tricky things, just when you think you know how big they are, they just get a whole lot bigger
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A cautionary tale about blackberries [2/2]
Dan Mead discovers that conferences can be a great way to build fruitful research collaborations…
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A cautionary tale about blackberries…[1/2]
Finding a blackberry bush was as easy a pie, but then Dan discovered that there are 300 different species… and even experts struggle to tell the difference
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