Dr Iliana Bista, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Alumni
This person is a member of Sanger Institute Alumni.
Over the past few years I have been working on the Vertebrates Genomes Project (VGP) and Tree of Life at the Sanger Institute and University of Cambridge, sequencing reference quality genomes across vertebrate species with particular focus on fish. Additionally I am investigating the genome evolution of the Antarctic notothenioid fish radiation.
Past and continuous activities involve exploring biodiversity of freshwater and marine ecosystems using High Throughput Sequencing applications like metabarcoding of environmental DNA (eDNA) and metagenomics.
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Kicking-off @BioGenEurope! #biodiversity #Genomics
Say hi to @BioGenEurope! the pan-European project bringing together @BIOSCANEurope & @erga_biodiv in an unprecedented effort to reverse the #biodiversity crisis through large-scale application of #genomics research: https://biodiversitygenomics.eu/ #DNA #GenomeSequencing #Barcoding 🧬🐝🌿
Carl Sagan explains how the ancient Greeks knew the Earth was round and calculated its circumference over 2,000 years ago.
Proud moment to have the #Genome of Aristotle’s catfish sequenced (a species endemic to my hometown #Greece #Ioannina). I started this work in collab with @SangerToL @erga_biodiv Univ.Ioannina and here we are - also marking a milestone as 1st #ERGA pilot assembly! @Naturalis_Sci
Congratulations to ERGA Pilot @erga_biodiv for submitting the first genome assembly by @SangerToL @IlianaBista #GenomeTeam for Aristotle’s catfish, 𝘚𝘪𝘭𝘶𝘳𝘶𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘴, a species endemic to Greece https://www.ebi.ac.uk/ena/browser/view/PRJEB47820?show=component-projects Find out more: https://www.erga-biodiversity.eu/pilot-project