Whole genome sequencing

Sequencing and de novo assembly whole genome using PacBio and Hi-C techniques.

Collaborators: Christina Holzapfel & William Bradshaw (University of Oregon, USA), DaeNia La Rodé (University of Leicester, UK), Roberto Feuda & Charalambos Kyriacou (PIs, University of Leicester, UK)

With the expansion of sequencing techniques and molecular biology tools, first step of instauring new model species starts with the sequencng and inference of a reference genome. We recently sequenced various species of non-biting mosquitoes (Toxorhynchites brevipalpis and Wyeomnia smithii) and marine species (Eurydice pulchra and Pleurobrachia pileus).