Wise Ancestors (NGO)
@wiseancestors.bsky.social
Our mission is to advance decentralized genomic research co-developed with Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities for biodiversity conservation.
Apply to be a Collaborator and/ or help us by donating! 🧬 Earth BioGenome Affiliate
Apply to be a Collaborator and/ or help us by donating! 🧬 Earth BioGenome Affiliate
"It is clear that the #biodiversity data community is ready to engage on this topic and genuinely interested to learn more. Thank you to the @gbif.org #Indigenous Data Task Force and @localcontexts.bsky.social for their leadership in this space." - Katie Jones on #LivingData2025 in Bogotá
October 24, 2025 at 8:58 PM
"It is clear that the #biodiversity data community is ready to engage on this topic and genuinely interested to learn more. Thank you to the @gbif.org #Indigenous Data Task Force and @localcontexts.bsky.social for their leadership in this space." - Katie Jones on #LivingData2025 in Bogotá
🧬 #LivingData2025 Update from our Community Engagement Director, Katie Jones: ""Every session discussing #Indigenous #Data #Sovereignty and Governance at Living Data 2025, including the one I spoke at today, has been delivered to a packed house. Standing room only..."
October 24, 2025 at 8:56 PM
🧬 #LivingData2025 Update from our Community Engagement Director, Katie Jones: ""Every session discussing #Indigenous #Data #Sovereignty and Governance at Living Data 2025, including the one I spoke at today, has been delivered to a packed house. Standing room only..."
🌿 Field Notes from #Colombia 🇨🇴
Ahead of #LivingData2025, our Community Engagement Director Katie Jones joined the #Antioquia Biomonitores for field work with our project partners Instituto Humboldt and Neotropical Innovation.
Learn more: wiseancestors.org/discover/new...
More details coming soon!
Ahead of #LivingData2025, our Community Engagement Director Katie Jones joined the #Antioquia Biomonitores for field work with our project partners Instituto Humboldt and Neotropical Innovation.
Learn more: wiseancestors.org/discover/new...
More details coming soon!
October 20, 2025 at 10:01 PM
🌿 Field Notes from #Colombia 🇨🇴
Ahead of #LivingData2025, our Community Engagement Director Katie Jones joined the #Antioquia Biomonitores for field work with our project partners Instituto Humboldt and Neotropical Innovation.
Learn more: wiseancestors.org/discover/new...
More details coming soon!
Ahead of #LivingData2025, our Community Engagement Director Katie Jones joined the #Antioquia Biomonitores for field work with our project partners Instituto Humboldt and Neotropical Innovation.
Learn more: wiseancestors.org/discover/new...
More details coming soon!
Happy #Indigenous Peoples Day!
We absolutely love this teaching from #NinaGualinga by @atmosmag.bsky.social about the importance of language and the words we choose to use to describe our relationships to other living beings.
#nature #Indigenousrights #wisdom
We absolutely love this teaching from #NinaGualinga by @atmosmag.bsky.social about the importance of language and the words we choose to use to describe our relationships to other living beings.
#nature #Indigenousrights #wisdom
October 14, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Happy #Indigenous Peoples Day!
We absolutely love this teaching from #NinaGualinga by @atmosmag.bsky.social about the importance of language and the words we choose to use to describe our relationships to other living beings.
#nature #Indigenousrights #wisdom
We absolutely love this teaching from #NinaGualinga by @atmosmag.bsky.social about the importance of language and the words we choose to use to describe our relationships to other living beings.
#nature #Indigenousrights #wisdom
How do we power community-centered biodiversity conservation that supports #Indigenous data sovereignty? Watch this clip from our introduction video - youtu.be/65bVkOvBbaM?....
Learn more & take action at wiseancestors.org. If you’re at #IUCNcongress visit Booth 107 &- meet members of our team!
Learn more & take action at wiseancestors.org. If you’re at #IUCNcongress visit Booth 107 &- meet members of our team!
October 10, 2025 at 7:58 AM
How do we power community-centered biodiversity conservation that supports #Indigenous data sovereignty? Watch this clip from our introduction video - youtu.be/65bVkOvBbaM?....
Learn more & take action at wiseancestors.org. If you’re at #IUCNcongress visit Booth 107 &- meet members of our team!
Learn more & take action at wiseancestors.org. If you’re at #IUCNcongress visit Booth 107 &- meet members of our team!
We made it to #IUCNcongress!
Members of our team will be in booth 107 starting tomorrow - Monday! Come by and see how we're braiding #genomic science, traditional knowledge systems & an equitable, decentralized approach for #biodiversity #conservation.
Learn more & take action: wiseancestors.org
Members of our team will be in booth 107 starting tomorrow - Monday! Come by and see how we're braiding #genomic science, traditional knowledge systems & an equitable, decentralized approach for #biodiversity #conservation.
Learn more & take action: wiseancestors.org
October 8, 2025 at 9:04 PM
We made it to #IUCNcongress!
Members of our team will be in booth 107 starting tomorrow - Monday! Come by and see how we're braiding #genomic science, traditional knowledge systems & an equitable, decentralized approach for #biodiversity #conservation.
Learn more & take action: wiseancestors.org
Members of our team will be in booth 107 starting tomorrow - Monday! Come by and see how we're braiding #genomic science, traditional knowledge systems & an equitable, decentralized approach for #biodiversity #conservation.
Learn more & take action: wiseancestors.org
We're creating a world where #Indigenous & Local Communities are supported in protecting eons of evolutionary information – stored in the DNA of plants, animals, & fungi -- and where genomic research + locally led #conservation initiatives are supported within the same project.
Pt. 2 drops Thurs.
Pt. 2 drops Thurs.
October 7, 2025 at 8:11 PM
We're creating a world where #Indigenous & Local Communities are supported in protecting eons of evolutionary information – stored in the DNA of plants, animals, & fungi -- and where genomic research + locally led #conservation initiatives are supported within the same project.
Pt. 2 drops Thurs.
Pt. 2 drops Thurs.
You’re invited into the world of Wise Ancestors. wiseancestors.org
#collaborate #sequence #conserve
Booth 107 #IUCNcongress 2025
#collaborate #sequence #conserve
Booth 107 #IUCNcongress 2025
October 7, 2025 at 7:38 AM
You’re invited into the world of Wise Ancestors. wiseancestors.org
#collaborate #sequence #conserve
Booth 107 #IUCNcongress 2025
#collaborate #sequence #conserve
Booth 107 #IUCNcongress 2025
Exciting News! We will have a booth at the upcoming #IUCNcongress in Abu Dhabi, October 9-12th.
Meet our team attending:
🧬 Katie Jones, Community Engagement Director
🧬 Bwalya Chibwe, Community Engagement Manager
🧬 Ann Pace, Executive Director
Let us know if you'll be there too!
#climate
Meet our team attending:
🧬 Katie Jones, Community Engagement Director
🧬 Bwalya Chibwe, Community Engagement Manager
🧬 Ann Pace, Executive Director
Let us know if you'll be there too!
#climate
September 24, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Exciting News! We will have a booth at the upcoming #IUCNcongress in Abu Dhabi, October 9-12th.
Meet our team attending:
🧬 Katie Jones, Community Engagement Director
🧬 Bwalya Chibwe, Community Engagement Manager
🧬 Ann Pace, Executive Director
Let us know if you'll be there too!
#climate
Meet our team attending:
🧬 Katie Jones, Community Engagement Director
🧬 Bwalya Chibwe, Community Engagement Manager
🧬 Ann Pace, Executive Director
Let us know if you'll be there too!
#climate
🧬 Development of a Genetic Test to Detect Hybridization of Juniperus Trees & Biobanking
Fundraising & In Progress!
platform.wiseancestors.org/challenges/5
Fundraising & In Progress!
platform.wiseancestors.org/challenges/5
September 15, 2025 at 7:25 PM
🧬 Development of a Genetic Test to Detect Hybridization of Juniperus Trees & Biobanking
Fundraising & In Progress!
platform.wiseancestors.org/challenges/5
Fundraising & In Progress!
platform.wiseancestors.org/challenges/5
🧬 Bermuda Cedar Reference Genome & Annotation
Fully Funded & In Progress!
platform.wiseancestors.org/challenges/4
Fully Funded & In Progress!
platform.wiseancestors.org/challenges/4
September 15, 2025 at 7:24 PM
🧬 Bermuda Cedar Reference Genome & Annotation
Fully Funded & In Progress!
platform.wiseancestors.org/challenges/4
Fully Funded & In Progress!
platform.wiseancestors.org/challenges/4
We're looking forward to Dr. Carika Weldon's Trust Talk about our Conservation Challenges for the Critically Endangered #Bermuda Cedar in partnership with BioQuest & The Bermuda National Trust.
Explore the projects & take action!
#genetics #genomes #conservation #genomics #research #science
Explore the projects & take action!
#genetics #genomes #conservation #genomics #research #science
September 15, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Exciting news for all who care about protecting #biodiversity!
Our partner @ebpgenome.bsky.social announced plans to sequence 150,000 #genomes by 2030 & all 1.67M known eukaryotic species by 2035! Read more: www.frontiersin.org/journals/sci...
Video credit: #FrontiersInScience
#conservation
Our partner @ebpgenome.bsky.social announced plans to sequence 150,000 #genomes by 2030 & all 1.67M known eukaryotic species by 2035! Read more: www.frontiersin.org/journals/sci...
Video credit: #FrontiersInScience
#conservation
September 8, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Exciting news for all who care about protecting #biodiversity!
Our partner @ebpgenome.bsky.social announced plans to sequence 150,000 #genomes by 2030 & all 1.67M known eukaryotic species by 2035! Read more: www.frontiersin.org/journals/sci...
Video credit: #FrontiersInScience
#conservation
Our partner @ebpgenome.bsky.social announced plans to sequence 150,000 #genomes by 2030 & all 1.67M known eukaryotic species by 2035! Read more: www.frontiersin.org/journals/sci...
Video credit: #FrontiersInScience
#conservation
In line with this thinking, we're in the process of studying the insect diet of the Critically Endangered Montañerito Paisa and an enigmatic antpitta over the span of a year using #DNA barcoding and metabarcoding. platform.wiseancestors.org/challenges/3
#genomics #conservation #research #birds
#genomics #conservation #research #birds
July 25, 2025 at 10:58 PM
In line with this thinking, we're in the process of studying the insect diet of the Critically Endangered Montañerito Paisa and an enigmatic antpitta over the span of a year using #DNA barcoding and metabarcoding. platform.wiseancestors.org/challenges/3
#genomics #conservation #research #birds
#genomics #conservation #research #birds
Did you know there's a global initiative happening right now that aims to sequence all animal, plant, and fungi species on Earth?
We're honored to be a part of @ebpgenome.bsky.social, and applaud our EBP-affiliate colleagues in this massive endeavor to protect Earth's genetic heritage!
We're honored to be a part of @ebpgenome.bsky.social, and applaud our EBP-affiliate colleagues in this massive endeavor to protect Earth's genetic heritage!
July 25, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Did you know there's a global initiative happening right now that aims to sequence all animal, plant, and fungi species on Earth?
We're honored to be a part of @ebpgenome.bsky.social, and applaud our EBP-affiliate colleagues in this massive endeavor to protect Earth's genetic heritage!
We're honored to be a part of @ebpgenome.bsky.social, and applaud our EBP-affiliate colleagues in this massive endeavor to protect Earth's genetic heritage!
We're very excited to share that Bwalya Chibwe & Katie Jones are now leading our Community Engagement team! Together they will help advance #Indigenous & Local Community-led #biodiversity #conservation utilizing genomic #science.
🧬 Learn more about our team members at www.wiseancestors.org/team
🧬 Learn more about our team members at www.wiseancestors.org/team
July 7, 2025 at 9:47 PM
We're very excited to share that Bwalya Chibwe & Katie Jones are now leading our Community Engagement team! Together they will help advance #Indigenous & Local Community-led #biodiversity #conservation utilizing genomic #science.
🧬 Learn more about our team members at www.wiseancestors.org/team
🧬 Learn more about our team members at www.wiseancestors.org/team
If you'd like to connect with Dr. Solenne Correard in #Bordeaux next week, feel free to direct message her on LinkedIn -- www.linkedin.com/in/solenne-c... -- or fill out our contact form on wiseancestors.org!
July 4, 2025 at 1:56 AM
If you'd like to connect with Dr. Solenne Correard in #Bordeaux next week, feel free to direct message her on LinkedIn -- www.linkedin.com/in/solenne-c... -- or fill out our contact form on wiseancestors.org!
🚨Attn. JOBIM 2025 attendees🚨
Please note that our Scientific Director will be there too!
If you're a sequencer, bioinformatician and/or biobanker looking to help address a biodiversity loss, we invite you to explore the Wise Ancestors Platform! platform.wiseancestors.org
Please note that our Scientific Director will be there too!
If you're a sequencer, bioinformatician and/or biobanker looking to help address a biodiversity loss, we invite you to explore the Wise Ancestors Platform! platform.wiseancestors.org
July 4, 2025 at 1:55 AM
🚨Attn. JOBIM 2025 attendees🚨
Please note that our Scientific Director will be there too!
If you're a sequencer, bioinformatician and/or biobanker looking to help address a biodiversity loss, we invite you to explore the Wise Ancestors Platform! platform.wiseancestors.org
Please note that our Scientific Director will be there too!
If you're a sequencer, bioinformatician and/or biobanker looking to help address a biodiversity loss, we invite you to explore the Wise Ancestors Platform! platform.wiseancestors.org
Did someone say discovery of a new species? 👀
Check out this clip featuring our Executive Director, Dr. Ann Pace at #FtCSF.
Learn more about our conservation work in #Colombia on 2 endemic #birds: www.wiseancestors.org/blog/new-con...
Take action: platform.wiseanceators.org
#genomics
Check out this clip featuring our Executive Director, Dr. Ann Pace at #FtCSF.
Learn more about our conservation work in #Colombia on 2 endemic #birds: www.wiseancestors.org/blog/new-con...
Take action: platform.wiseanceators.org
#genomics
June 26, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Did someone say discovery of a new species? 👀
Check out this clip featuring our Executive Director, Dr. Ann Pace at #FtCSF.
Learn more about our conservation work in #Colombia on 2 endemic #birds: www.wiseancestors.org/blog/new-con...
Take action: platform.wiseanceators.org
#genomics
Check out this clip featuring our Executive Director, Dr. Ann Pace at #FtCSF.
Learn more about our conservation work in #Colombia on 2 endemic #birds: www.wiseancestors.org/blog/new-con...
Take action: platform.wiseanceators.org
#genomics
🚨 #LosAngeles 🚨 Join us next week for a #sustainability cocktail event hosted by our friends, The Carbonauts, at @parksprojets.bsky.social office in #CulverCity! Our very own Media Relations Director will be speaking!
Learn more & RSVP at letsgo.thecarbonauts.com/thecarbonaut...
#sustainability
Learn more & RSVP at letsgo.thecarbonauts.com/thecarbonaut...
#sustainability
June 17, 2025 at 8:22 PM
🚨 #LosAngeles 🚨 Join us next week for a #sustainability cocktail event hosted by our friends, The Carbonauts, at @parksprojets.bsky.social office in #CulverCity! Our very own Media Relations Director will be speaking!
Learn more & RSVP at letsgo.thecarbonauts.com/thecarbonaut...
#sustainability
Learn more & RSVP at letsgo.thecarbonauts.com/thecarbonaut...
#sustainability
We created our Platform with the hunch that people are looking for new ways to address the #biodiversity crisis.
100% of your donation will go towards this community led #conservation project platform.wiseancestors.org/challenges/5 to help restore the Critically Endangered #Bermuda Cedar species.
100% of your donation will go towards this community led #conservation project platform.wiseancestors.org/challenges/5 to help restore the Critically Endangered #Bermuda Cedar species.
June 16, 2025 at 7:57 PM
We created our Platform with the hunch that people are looking for new ways to address the #biodiversity crisis.
100% of your donation will go towards this community led #conservation project platform.wiseancestors.org/challenges/5 to help restore the Critically Endangered #Bermuda Cedar species.
100% of your donation will go towards this community led #conservation project platform.wiseancestors.org/challenges/5 to help restore the Critically Endangered #Bermuda Cedar species.
We give scientists the opportunity to work on #genomic research co-developed with #Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities. We hope bioinformaticians, biobank laboratories, geneticists, genome annotators, and DNA sequencing labs will register as Collaborators!
Platform.wiseancestors.org 🧬
Platform.wiseancestors.org 🧬
June 3, 2025 at 12:09 AM
We give scientists the opportunity to work on #genomic research co-developed with #Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities. We hope bioinformaticians, biobank laboratories, geneticists, genome annotators, and DNA sequencing labs will register as Collaborators!
Platform.wiseancestors.org 🧬
Platform.wiseancestors.org 🧬
Take 90 seconds to learn about our approach to conservation #genomics and how we center #Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities in every project. Our goal is to help restore balance to ecosystems and support Indigenous data sovereignty and leadership.
Part 3 of 5 from #FtCSF earlier this year.
Part 3 of 5 from #FtCSF earlier this year.
May 21, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Take 90 seconds to learn about our approach to conservation #genomics and how we center #Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities in every project. Our goal is to help restore balance to ecosystems and support Indigenous data sovereignty and leadership.
Part 3 of 5 from #FtCSF earlier this year.
Part 3 of 5 from #FtCSF earlier this year.
Do you know what the Nagoya Protocol (@unep.org) is and how it can support #environmental #justice? We invite you to take a moment to learn about biological #data ( #DNA, living cells, etc. of the living world ie, #nature) & how we generate & make use of it is a really important question.
Pt. 2/5
Pt. 2/5
May 13, 2025 at 10:17 PM
The #genetic book of life is being erased before we can even read it. But we have a plan to fix that.
Take a minute to get caught up to speed on this extraordinary moment in history from our Strategic & Creative Director. Part 1/5.
#biodiversity #extinction #genomics #conservation #BiodiversityDay
Take a minute to get caught up to speed on this extraordinary moment in history from our Strategic & Creative Director. Part 1/5.
#biodiversity #extinction #genomics #conservation #BiodiversityDay
May 13, 2025 at 2:14 AM
The #genetic book of life is being erased before we can even read it. But we have a plan to fix that.
Take a minute to get caught up to speed on this extraordinary moment in history from our Strategic & Creative Director. Part 1/5.
#biodiversity #extinction #genomics #conservation #BiodiversityDay
Take a minute to get caught up to speed on this extraordinary moment in history from our Strategic & Creative Director. Part 1/5.
#biodiversity #extinction #genomics #conservation #BiodiversityDay