Aleksandra (Sasha) Bliznina
@sashabliznina.bsky.social
Postdoctoral Fellow at WSI, Jaron Group and Tree of Life; biodiversity and evolution of germ-line restricted chromosomes in flies
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Aleksandra Bliznina follows at #biodiversity25 with a presentation about the #evolution of the chromosomes in dark-winged fungus gnats. Autosome and GRCs chromosomes vary across different species. 3 genomes wasn’t enough to elucidate de origins of these chromosomes, so they went for 20!
October 27, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Aleksandra Bliznina follows at #biodiversity25 with a presentation about the #evolution of the chromosomes in dark-winged fungus gnats. Autosome and GRCs chromosomes vary across different species. 3 genomes wasn’t enough to elucidate de origins of these chromosomes, so they went for 20!
What a great time we had at the kmer workshop this week!
June 6, 2025 at 3:08 PM
What a great time we had at the kmer workshop this week!
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New preprint! We generate 40 new high-quality microsporidian genomes from infected arthropod hosts that were sequenced to create reference genomes by the Darwin Tree of Life project. 8 of our genomes are chromosome-level, and we’re able to generate Hi-C data for 7! 🧬
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Forty New Genomes Shed Light on Sexual Reproduction and the Origin of Tetraploidy in Microsporidia
Microsporidia are single-celled, obligately intracellular parasites with growing public health, agricultural, and economic importance. Despite this, Microsporidia remain relatively enigmatic, with man...
www.biorxiv.org
May 16, 2025 at 10:58 AM
New preprint! We generate 40 new high-quality microsporidian genomes from infected arthropod hosts that were sequenced to create reference genomes by the Darwin Tree of Life project. 8 of our genomes are chromosome-level, and we’re able to generate Hi-C data for 7! 🧬
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Struggling to find the tiny microchromosomes in draft bird genome assemblies?
Our new #preprint introducing MicroFinder can help: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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@sangerinstitute.bsky.social
Our new #preprint introducing MicroFinder can help: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
🧵 below
(1/n)
@sangerinstitute.bsky.social
May 16, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Struggling to find the tiny microchromosomes in draft bird genome assemblies?
Our new #preprint introducing MicroFinder can help: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
🧵 below
(1/n)
@sangerinstitute.bsky.social
Our new #preprint introducing MicroFinder can help: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
🧵 below
(1/n)
@sangerinstitute.bsky.social
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5 days left to register for the #k-mer workshop! 🧬 I would strongly recommend for anyone doing large scale biodiversity genomics. tinyurl.com/register-for...
March 6, 2025 at 11:51 PM
5 days left to register for the #k-mer workshop! 🧬 I would strongly recommend for anyone doing large scale biodiversity genomics. tinyurl.com/register-for...
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An old photo of a larval Phronia species of fungus gnat. I love it- it looks so like a koala, cute fly larvae are the way forwards… #cute #diptera #mycetophilidae
February 9, 2025 at 7:50 PM
An old photo of a larval Phronia species of fungus gnat. I love it- it looks so like a koala, cute fly larvae are the way forwards… #cute #diptera #mycetophilidae