Laura Torrado-Blanco | 🇵🇸
@erebiologa.bsky.social
🦋 Entomology researcher at
@universidadoviedo.bsky.social
🧬 PhD in conservation and population genetics
#taxonomy #lepidoptera #pollinators #biodiversity #popgenetics #entomocollectionBOS
entomocollectionbos.wordpress.com
@universidadoviedo.bsky.social
🧬 PhD in conservation and population genetics
#taxonomy #lepidoptera #pollinators #biodiversity #popgenetics #entomocollectionBOS
entomocollectionbos.wordpress.com
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Few butterflies look as spectacular to me as the Green Hairstreak (Callophrys rubi).
Here are some close-up photos of their shimmering emerald scales 🔍💚 #Lepidoptera #Lycaenidae #entomocollectionBOS
Here are some close-up photos of their shimmering emerald scales 🔍💚 #Lepidoptera #Lycaenidae #entomocollectionBOS
Reposted by Laura Torrado-Blanco | 🇵🇸
This week we celebrated reaching 1000 lepidopteran genomes in the Tree of Life (ToL) programme @ the @sangerinstitute.bsky.social with butterfly crafts and cake! Many of these genomes were sequenced by the wonderful ToL teams as part of @projectpsyche.bsky.social & the Darwin Tree of Life project 🦋🧬
October 10, 2025 at 1:56 PM
This week we celebrated reaching 1000 lepidopteran genomes in the Tree of Life (ToL) programme @ the @sangerinstitute.bsky.social with butterfly crafts and cake! Many of these genomes were sequenced by the wonderful ToL teams as part of @projectpsyche.bsky.social & the Darwin Tree of Life project 🦋🧬
Reposted by Laura Torrado-Blanco | 🇵🇸
Our Science Communications team has presented the initiatives of @projectpsyche.bsky.social and #10kLepGenomes at the XXI Iberian Congress of Entomology #CIEÁvila2025🦋
Congrats to @erebiologa.bsky.social and @entomoprofessor.bsky.social!
Congrats to @erebiologa.bsky.social and @entomoprofessor.bsky.social!
October 8, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Our Science Communications team has presented the initiatives of @projectpsyche.bsky.social and #10kLepGenomes at the XXI Iberian Congress of Entomology #CIEÁvila2025🦋
Congrats to @erebiologa.bsky.social and @entomoprofessor.bsky.social!
Congrats to @erebiologa.bsky.social and @entomoprofessor.bsky.social!
Reposted by Laura Torrado-Blanco | 🇵🇸
I: What are the main challenges for collections?
LL: "From what I could observe during my internship, digitization 💻 is a major challenge due to the large volume of material. Another challenge is managing to carry out all the work with the limited staff available 👥."
LL: "From what I could observe during my internship, digitization 💻 is a major challenge due to the large volume of material. Another challenge is managing to carry out all the work with the limited staff available 👥."
March 26, 2025 at 12:43 PM
I: What are the main challenges for collections?
LL: "From what I could observe during my internship, digitization 💻 is a major challenge due to the large volume of material. Another challenge is managing to carry out all the work with the limited staff available 👥."
LL: "From what I could observe during my internship, digitization 💻 is a major challenge due to the large volume of material. Another challenge is managing to carry out all the work with the limited staff available 👥."
Allí estaremos @entomoprofessor.bsky.social! Hablaremos de la Coleccion Zoológica, del fantástico trabajo de los alumnos de TFG que hemos tenido con nosotras este año y de nuestras aventuras con @projectpsyche.bsky.social y @10klepgenomes.bsky.social
🦋⛰️🧬👩🏽🔬👩🏽🔬
🦋⛰️🧬👩🏽🔬👩🏽🔬
La próxima semana @entomoprofessor.bsky.social y @erebiologa.bsky.social participarán en el XXI Congreso Ibérico de Entomología en Ávila, presentando algunos de los trabajos que se hacen desde la Colección Zoológica @universidadoviedo.bsky.social
October 3, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Allí estaremos @entomoprofessor.bsky.social! Hablaremos de la Coleccion Zoológica, del fantástico trabajo de los alumnos de TFG que hemos tenido con nosotras este año y de nuestras aventuras con @projectpsyche.bsky.social y @10klepgenomes.bsky.social
🦋⛰️🧬👩🏽🔬👩🏽🔬
🦋⛰️🧬👩🏽🔬👩🏽🔬
Reposted by Laura Torrado-Blanco | 🇵🇸
Our social media managers, @erebiologa.bsky.social and @entomoprofessor.bsky.social, will be presenting #10kLepGenomes and @projectpsyche.bsky.social next week at the Iberian Congress of Entomology!
... a las 16:30, @erebiologa.bsky.social presentará el proyecto Psyche @projectpsyche.bsky.social de generación de genomas de referencia para todos los lepidópteros europeos.
October 3, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Our social media managers, @erebiologa.bsky.social and @entomoprofessor.bsky.social, will be presenting #10kLepGenomes and @projectpsyche.bsky.social next week at the Iberian Congress of Entomology!
Reposted by Laura Torrado-Blanco | 🇵🇸
... presentando una nueva edición de cartas #Zookémon con la que dar a conocer especies de nuestra fauna y sus amenazas de conservación. Ven a por ellas!!!
September 25, 2025 at 1:37 PM
... presentando una nueva edición de cartas #Zookémon con la que dar a conocer especies de nuestra fauna y sus amenazas de conservación. Ven a por ellas!!!
Reposted by Laura Torrado-Blanco | 🇵🇸
... y por la tarde seguiremos hablando de diversidad animal y conservación en la Noche Europea de los Investigadores @universidadoviedo.bsky.social @uodivulga.bsky.social mostrando los trabajos que hacemos en la Colección Zoológica de la universidad.
September 25, 2025 at 1:37 PM
... y por la tarde seguiremos hablando de diversidad animal y conservación en la Noche Europea de los Investigadores @universidadoviedo.bsky.social @uodivulga.bsky.social mostrando los trabajos que hacemos en la Colección Zoológica de la universidad.
Reposted by Laura Torrado-Blanco | 🇵🇸
Ya estamos en marcha con #CienciaSINdiferencia @universidadoviedo.bsky.social @uodivulga.bsky.social enseñado la diversidad animal al alumnado de colegios de educación especial de la región.
September 26, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Ya estamos en marcha con #CienciaSINdiferencia @universidadoviedo.bsky.social @uodivulga.bsky.social enseñado la diversidad animal al alumnado de colegios de educación especial de la región.
Reposted by Laura Torrado-Blanco | 🇵🇸
Celebrating the first 1,000 sequenced genomes on @projectpsyche.bsky.social 😎🧬🦋 #ProjectPsyche #MothStitching
September 21, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Celebrating the first 1,000 sequenced genomes on @projectpsyche.bsky.social 😎🧬🦋 #ProjectPsyche #MothStitching
Reposted by Laura Torrado-Blanco | 🇵🇸
Big, blue & beautiful 💙
The Clifden Nonpareil (Catocala fraxini), whose name means ‘beyond compare’, is our Species of the Month 👉 https://butterfly-conservation.org/news-and-blog/species-of-the-month-clifden-nonpareil
📷: Peter Maton, Andrew Cooper, Mark Parsons
#MothMonday #MothsMatter #TeamMoth
The Clifden Nonpareil (Catocala fraxini), whose name means ‘beyond compare’, is our Species of the Month 👉 https://butterfly-conservation.org/news-and-blog/species-of-the-month-clifden-nonpareil
📷: Peter Maton, Andrew Cooper, Mark Parsons
#MothMonday #MothsMatter #TeamMoth
September 15, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Big, blue & beautiful 💙
The Clifden Nonpareil (Catocala fraxini), whose name means ‘beyond compare’, is our Species of the Month 👉 https://butterfly-conservation.org/news-and-blog/species-of-the-month-clifden-nonpareil
📷: Peter Maton, Andrew Cooper, Mark Parsons
#MothMonday #MothsMatter #TeamMoth
The Clifden Nonpareil (Catocala fraxini), whose name means ‘beyond compare’, is our Species of the Month 👉 https://butterfly-conservation.org/news-and-blog/species-of-the-month-clifden-nonpareil
📷: Peter Maton, Andrew Cooper, Mark Parsons
#MothMonday #MothsMatter #TeamMoth
Reposted by Laura Torrado-Blanco | 🇵🇸
WG1 meeting of @10klepgenomes.bsky.social, this time at Senckenberg German Entomological Institute, was again a big success! We discussed strategies to promote the use of Leps genomic data by society - and we agreed on the next steps!
September 13, 2025 at 6:28 PM
WG1 meeting of @10klepgenomes.bsky.social, this time at Senckenberg German Entomological Institute, was again a big success! We discussed strategies to promote the use of Leps genomic data by society - and we agreed on the next steps!
Reposted by Laura Torrado-Blanco | 🇵🇸
🥹🦋 1000 genomas de referencia para los Lepidoptera europeos 🦋🥹
(1/6) 🦋 We are thrilled to announce the release of the 1,000th reference genome of Lepidoptera species found in Europe!
This goal was reached with the release of Stenoptilia islandicus, also known as the mountain plume moth.
Read the story below!👇🏽
This goal was reached with the release of Stenoptilia islandicus, also known as the mountain plume moth.
Read the story below!👇🏽
September 13, 2025 at 5:45 PM
🥹🦋 1000 genomas de referencia para los Lepidoptera europeos 🦋🥹
Reposted by Laura Torrado-Blanco | 🇵🇸
(6/6)📄 In our new whitepaper (EcoEvoRxiv) we discuss our aims to coordinate this collaborative analysis of Lepidoptera genomes, turning data into impact for science, conservation and society.
Now available at 👉 ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v...
#ProjectPsyche #Genomics
Now available at 👉 ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v...
#ProjectPsyche #Genomics
Project Psyche: Generating and utilising reference genomes for all Lepidoptera in Europe
ecoevorxiv.org
September 13, 2025 at 5:35 PM
(6/6)📄 In our new whitepaper (EcoEvoRxiv) we discuss our aims to coordinate this collaborative analysis of Lepidoptera genomes, turning data into impact for science, conservation and society.
Now available at 👉 ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v...
#ProjectPsyche #Genomics
Now available at 👉 ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v...
#ProjectPsyche #Genomics
Reposted by Laura Torrado-Blanco | 🇵🇸
(1/6) 🦋 We are thrilled to announce the release of the 1,000th reference genome of Lepidoptera species found in Europe!
This goal was reached with the release of Stenoptilia islandicus, also known as the mountain plume moth.
Read the story below!👇🏽
This goal was reached with the release of Stenoptilia islandicus, also known as the mountain plume moth.
Read the story below!👇🏽
September 13, 2025 at 5:35 PM
(1/6) 🦋 We are thrilled to announce the release of the 1,000th reference genome of Lepidoptera species found in Europe!
This goal was reached with the release of Stenoptilia islandicus, also known as the mountain plume moth.
Read the story below!👇🏽
This goal was reached with the release of Stenoptilia islandicus, also known as the mountain plume moth.
Read the story below!👇🏽
Reposted by Laura Torrado-Blanco | 🇵🇸
How many chromosomes can an animal have?
In our paper out now in @currentbiology.bsky.social we show that the Atlas blue butterfly has 229 chromosome pairs- the highest in diploid Metazoa! These arose by rapid autosome fragmentation while sex chromosomes stayed intact.
www.cell.com/current-biol...
In our paper out now in @currentbiology.bsky.social we show that the Atlas blue butterfly has 229 chromosome pairs- the highest in diploid Metazoa! These arose by rapid autosome fragmentation while sex chromosomes stayed intact.
www.cell.com/current-biol...
Constraints on chromosome evolution revealed by the 229 chromosome pairs of the Atlas blue butterfly
The genome of the Atlas blue butterfly contains ten times more chromosomes than most
butterflies, and more than any other known diploid animal. Wright et al. show that
this extraordinary karyotype is ...
tinyurl.com
September 11, 2025 at 3:22 PM
How many chromosomes can an animal have?
In our paper out now in @currentbiology.bsky.social we show that the Atlas blue butterfly has 229 chromosome pairs- the highest in diploid Metazoa! These arose by rapid autosome fragmentation while sex chromosomes stayed intact.
www.cell.com/current-biol...
In our paper out now in @currentbiology.bsky.social we show that the Atlas blue butterfly has 229 chromosome pairs- the highest in diploid Metazoa! These arose by rapid autosome fragmentation while sex chromosomes stayed intact.
www.cell.com/current-biol...
Reposted by Laura Torrado-Blanco | 🇵🇸
After a productive day of work, the WG1 visited the archive and scientific collection of the Senckenberg Institute 👀🦋 All eyes on Maria Sibylla Merian 🥹 #10KLepGenomes
September 11, 2025 at 8:42 PM
After a productive day of work, the WG1 visited the archive and scientific collection of the Senckenberg Institute 👀🦋 All eyes on Maria Sibylla Merian 🥹 #10KLepGenomes
Reposted by Laura Torrado-Blanco | 🇵🇸
Today kicks off the first meeting organised by WG1 at the Senckenberg German Entomological Institute in Müncheberg, Germany 🦋
From Sept. 10th-12th, 19 participants will discuss how to connect with key stakeholders who may benefit from Lepidoptera genomes
Stay tuned for updates!
#COST10KLepGenomes
From Sept. 10th-12th, 19 participants will discuss how to connect with key stakeholders who may benefit from Lepidoptera genomes
Stay tuned for updates!
#COST10KLepGenomes
September 10, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Today kicks off the first meeting organised by WG1 at the Senckenberg German Entomological Institute in Müncheberg, Germany 🦋
From Sept. 10th-12th, 19 participants will discuss how to connect with key stakeholders who may benefit from Lepidoptera genomes
Stay tuned for updates!
#COST10KLepGenomes
From Sept. 10th-12th, 19 participants will discuss how to connect with key stakeholders who may benefit from Lepidoptera genomes
Stay tuned for updates!
#COST10KLepGenomes
Reposted by Laura Torrado-Blanco | 🇵🇸
New meeting of @10klepgenomes.bsky.social with fabulous @erebiologa.bsky.social and @entomoprofessor.bsky.social in Müncheberg!!!
Today kicks off the first meeting organised by WG1 at the Senckenberg German Entomological Institute in Müncheberg, Germany 🦋
From Sept. 10th-12th, 19 participants will discuss how to connect with key stakeholders who may benefit from Lepidoptera genomes
Stay tuned for updates!
#COST10KLepGenomes
From Sept. 10th-12th, 19 participants will discuss how to connect with key stakeholders who may benefit from Lepidoptera genomes
Stay tuned for updates!
#COST10KLepGenomes
September 10, 2025 at 6:19 PM
New meeting of @10klepgenomes.bsky.social with fabulous @erebiologa.bsky.social and @entomoprofessor.bsky.social in Müncheberg!!!
Here we go again! Estos días @entomoprofessor.bsky.social y yo estaremos en la reunión de @10klepgenomes.bsky.social, donde hablaremos acerca del potencial de las redes sociales para la divulgación sobre genómica y conservación de polillas (y mariposas) 🦋
(1/3) 🌍🦋 From 10–12 Sept 2025, WG1 of #10kLepGenomes will host a workshop to discuss the bridge between Lepidoptera genomics and society. Experts in genomics, conservation and applied sciences will gather at the Senckenberg Entomological Institute (Müncheberg, Germany) 👇🏽
September 9, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Here we go again! Estos días @entomoprofessor.bsky.social y yo estaremos en la reunión de @10klepgenomes.bsky.social, donde hablaremos acerca del potencial de las redes sociales para la divulgación sobre genómica y conservación de polillas (y mariposas) 🦋
Reposted by Laura Torrado-Blanco | 🇵🇸
Ayer recibimos al Presidente de Asturias @adrianbarbon.bsky.social en el stand @universidadoviedo.bsky.social de la Feria de Muestras de Gijón. Le pudimos enseñar nuestro trabajo para profundizar en el conocimiento de la diversidad animal de Asturias y abordar su conservación desde la Ciencia...
August 9, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Ayer recibimos al Presidente de Asturias @adrianbarbon.bsky.social en el stand @universidadoviedo.bsky.social de la Feria de Muestras de Gijón. Le pudimos enseñar nuestro trabajo para profundizar en el conocimiento de la diversidad animal de Asturias y abordar su conservación desde la Ciencia...
Reposted by Laura Torrado-Blanco | 🇵🇸
The @sangerinstitute.bsky.social just finalised the #Chlorissa_cloraria genome assembly — ilChlClor1.1 is here!
Chromosomes Z and W were identified by copy number in the diploid assembly
#GenomeOfTheWeek #10KLepGenomes #Lepidoptera #Chlorissacloraria #Geometridae
lepiforum.org/wiki/page/Ch...
Chromosomes Z and W were identified by copy number in the diploid assembly
#GenomeOfTheWeek #10KLepGenomes #Lepidoptera #Chlorissacloraria #Geometridae
lepiforum.org/wiki/page/Ch...
Chlorissa cloraria - LepiWiki
lepiforum.org
August 6, 2025 at 6:16 PM
The @sangerinstitute.bsky.social just finalised the #Chlorissa_cloraria genome assembly — ilChlClor1.1 is here!
Chromosomes Z and W were identified by copy number in the diploid assembly
#GenomeOfTheWeek #10KLepGenomes #Lepidoptera #Chlorissacloraria #Geometridae
lepiforum.org/wiki/page/Ch...
Chromosomes Z and W were identified by copy number in the diploid assembly
#GenomeOfTheWeek #10KLepGenomes #Lepidoptera #Chlorissacloraria #Geometridae
lepiforum.org/wiki/page/Ch...
Reposted by Laura Torrado-Blanco | 🇵🇸
Acabamos la sesión de mañana en el stand @universidadoviedo.bsky.social en la Feria de Muestras de Gijón. Seguinos por la tarde hablando de insectos y con actividad adaptada a colectivos con necesidades especiales.
August 6, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Acabamos la sesión de mañana en el stand @universidadoviedo.bsky.social en la Feria de Muestras de Gijón. Seguinos por la tarde hablando de insectos y con actividad adaptada a colectivos con necesidades especiales.
Reposted by Laura Torrado-Blanco | 🇵🇸
Ya estamos en marcha!!!
#entomocollectionBOS
#entomocollectionBOS
August 6, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Ya estamos en marcha!!!
#entomocollectionBOS
#entomocollectionBOS