From listmaster animalgenome.org Tue Nov 18 16:58:28 2025
From: "Jose Espinosa-Carrasco" <joseantonio.espinosacrg.eu>
To: Members of AnGenMap <angenmapanimalgenome.org>
Subject: Ekaterina Osipova - Tomorrow's #animalgenomics nf-core Special
Interest Group Meeting at 4 PM CET
Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2025 16:58:29 -0600
Dear all,
We are thrilled to announce that Ekaterina Osipova (Harvard University)
will be the speaker tomorrow at the #animal- genomics Special Interest
Group meeting, taking place at 16:00 CET.
Find below the abstract of her talk:
Sugar rush: Genomics of extreme metabolic adaptations in nectar birds
Animals demonstrate an extraordinary diversity of metabolic adaptations.
However, most of our knowledge about animal metabolism is limited to just a
few model organisms, such as humans and mice. This leaves us unaware of the
true limits and drivers of metabolisms in the animal kingdom. For example,
some birds have evolved metabolic adaptations to rely almost entirely on
sugar. This extreme diet would be impossible for humans to survive on
without them developing type 2 diabetes and related metabolic problems. In
order to understand how these birds adapted to this diet on the molecular,
tissue, and organismal levels, we need to examine the birds themselves. In
my talk, I will discuss how a single gene loss contributed to the evolution
of sugar-feeding in the birds with the fastest metabolism on the planet:
hummingbirds. I will also talk about how we used comparative genomics,
transcriptomics, and functional tests to uncover the main targets of
selection in evolution of adaptations to this extreme sugar-only diet in
birds in general. Convergent adaptations to sugar feeding in birds relied
on an intricate interplay of protein-coding and regulatory evolution, which
is only now beginning to be understood in its complexity.
More information on https://nf-co.re/...g_animalgenomics_nov
Join Zoom Meeting
https://rediris.zoom.us/j/99370728121
Meeting ID: 993 7072 8121
Looking forward to seeing you,
Jose Espinosa-Carrasco
The nf-core #animal-genomics group is an open group for anyone interested in
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