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#MothWeek has been good in our garden!

So wonderful to see Cecilia highlighted after her years of hard work in her PhD research - she's nearly out the other end and currently writing up! An exciting time.

It was so fun to interview @charlottewright.bsky.social who is incredibly butterfly and moth knowledgeable, for this blog. It's currently @savebutterflies.bsky.social 's #BigButterflyCount - have you entered records yet? If so, what have you spotted? 🦋 It's been a great Gatekeeper year for me!

Parasites seem to be the topic du jour (at least for me, I'm heading to the USA for a visit next week). So, it comes as no surprise I tucked into this news highlight collaborative work out of the @royalvetcollege.bsky.social and co-author @stephenrdoyle.bsky.social, a @ukri.org future leader.

Huzzah! Today begins the Big Butterfly Count, a huge effort to collect data by @savebutterflies.bsky.social. Need help understanding why study butterflies? I interviewed @charlottewright.bsky.social co-lead of @projectpsyche.bsky.social and learned heaps. sangerinstitute.blog/2025/12/11/f...

Five questions on butterfly and moth genomics with Charlotte Wright - Wellcome Sanger Institute BlogDrawn to genomics like a moth to a flame, Wellcome Sanger Institute Postdoctoral Fellow, Dr Charlotte Wright, shares with us how she uses genomics to shed light on the evolutionary history of butterfl...sangerinstitute.blog

A fascinating read by @tmitchellbrown.bsky.social in @science.org that merges mystery, Medici family and malaria. Great story! 🦟 Today as then, mosquitoes carrying parasites varies. 🌡️ Here's a modern day @sangerinstitute.bsky.social's guide to mosquito ID: sangerinstitute.blog/2023/08/17/a...

A beginner’s guide to mosquito identification - Wellcome Sanger Institute BlogUse this simple guide to tell your mosquitoes apart this World Mosquito Daysangerinstitute.blog

It is so great to see our early career researchers sharing their wealth of expertise on the Sanger blog. 📝 Case in point: the wonderful @liabote.bsky.social chatted to my manager @rachaelgksmith.bsky.social about cholera genomics - head to the blog to hear what she has to say!⤵️

We call this plant the hoverfly hotel but it's always covered in all sorts of bugs. It is Bristly oxtongue. Not a nice one to touch but worth growing anyway! 🪰

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Hoverfly appreciation post - everytime I hear 'Watermelon Sugar' by HS I just replace the lyrics with 'marmalade hover FLY' and it just sits right. Anyone else!? 🍉🪰🎶

As last year's @theguardian.com's invert of the year, the moss piglets are really having their moment! If you want to read more about research into the DNA of tardigrades, there's a great @sangerinstitute.bsky.social blog here: sangerinstitute.blog/2024/12/12/w...

What tardigrades teach us about life on the edge - Wellcome Sanger Institute BlogTardigrades are tiny creatures renowned for their ability to survive extreme conditions. Dr Witold Morek, Postdoc at the Wellcome Sanger Institute, studies tardigrade genomes to unravel their evolutio...sangerinstitute.blog

"[The bloodstream is like] a very rough river populated by piranhas." Dr Nicola Aceto/@eth-dbiol.bsky.social 🩸 I'm a scrolly-telling fan; the cluster sliding story is laid out beautifully with great visuals to interact with. Worth a read! Bravo to the team @science.org for creating these visuals.

Allll the cabbage whites (plus a rogue green caterpillar?). We only grow the kale for the pets. The hamster in the family's favourite treat is also home to these caterpillars so we'll have to feed him the store bought stuff until these little guys fly the nest!

www.theguardian.com/environment/... Yes to tardigrade science!

Hunting the tardigrade: one small step in sequencing DNA of all life on EarthAs this year’s invertebrate of the year competition launches, we join scientists studying last year’s winnerwww.theguardian.com

And if you like reading about how cool bird genomes...watch this space I owe Tom a blog! Read the paper that solved a lot of bird-genome-shaped puzzles here ⤵️