Advances and challenges in understanding evolution through genome comparison: meeting report of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) lecture course “Evolutionary and Comparative Genomics”
This perspective outlines emerging trends, key challenges, and future opportunities in evolutionary and comparative genomics. Our starting point are the topics presented at the 2024 EMBO Early Career Lecture Course "Evolutionary and Comparative Genomics", which highlighted recent conceptual and methodological advances in areas ranging from microbial pangenomes, protein evolution, hybrid speciation, novel gene origination and transposon dynamics. Here, we emphasize the role of computational and molecular approaches, providing a forward-looking view on where the field is headed and how it is being reshaped by new technologies and approaches.
Authors
- Anne Kupczok (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5237-1899)
- Nikolaos Vakirlis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7606-6987)
- Tereza Manousaki (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7518-0542)
- Daniela Delneri (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8070-411X)
- Nikos C. Kyrpides (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6131-0462)
- Christoforos Nikolaou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3001-6786)
- Alexandros Stamatakis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0353-0691)
- Alexandros A. Pittis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4116-9972)
- Iliana Bista (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6155-3093)
- Chris D. Jiggins (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7809-062X)
- Grigoris D. Amoutzias (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5961-964X)
- Athina Gavriilidou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6805-3868)
- Eirini Skourtanioti (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2975-3869)
- Rosa Fernández (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4719-6640)
Institutions
- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (DE)
- SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics (CH)
- University of Thessaly (GR)
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (US)
- Joint Genome Institute (US)
- University of Cambridge (GB)
- Wellcome Sanger Institute (GB)
- Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum Frankfurt/M (DE)
- University of Manchester (GB)
- Bridge University (SS)
- FORTH Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology (GR)
- Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology (DE)
- Pasteur Hellenic Institute (GR)
- Hellenic Centre for Marine Research (GR)
- Institut de Biologia Evolutiva (ES)
- Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology (BG)
- Alexander Fleming Biomedical Sciences Research Center (GR)
- Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies (DE)
- Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas (GR)
- Wageningen University & Research (NL)
- University of Lausanne (CH)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Bioinformatics Advances
- Published
- 2024-12-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/bioadv/vbaf223
- Primary Topic
- Genetics, Bioinformatics, and Biomedical Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- U.S. Department of Energy
- Joint Genome Institute
- Office of Science