Innovative Training Networks (ITN)
H2020-MSCA-ITN-2017
Comparative Genomics of Non-Model Invertebrates
«IGNITE»
2018 - 2021
| SUMMARY: Invertebrates, i.e., animals without a backbone, represent 95% of animal diversity on earth but are a surprisingly underexplored reservoir of genetic resources. The content and architecture of their genomes remain poorly known or understood, but such knowledge is needed to fully appreciate their evolutionary, ecological and socio-economic importance, as well as to leverage the benefits they can provide to human well-being, for example as a source for novel drugs and biomimetic materials. Europe is home to significant world-leading expertise in invertebrate genomics but research and training efforts are as yet uncoordinated. IGNITE will bundle this European excellence to train a new generation of scientists skilled in all aspects of invertebrate genomics. We will considerably enhance animal genome knowledge by generating and analysing novel data from undersampled invertebrate lineages and developing innovative new tools for high-quality genome assembly and analysis. Well-trained genomicists are in increasing demand in universities, research institutions, as well as in software, biomedical, and pharmaceutical companies. Through their excellent interdisciplinary and intersectoral training spanning from biology and geobiology to bioinformatics and computer science, our graduates will be in a prime position to take up leadership roles in both academia and industry in order to drive the complex changes needed to advance sustainability of our knowledge-based society and economy. |
| Participants |
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| Scientist
in Charge |
Consortium
Member |
Department/Laboratory |
Country |
| Gert
Wörheide (Coordinator) |
B1
- Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München |
GeoBio-Center |
Germany |
| Agostinho
Antunes |
B2
- Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental |
Interdisciplinary
Centre of Marine and Environmental Research (CIIMAR) |
Portugal |
| Detlev Arendt | B3 -
European Molecular Biology Laboratory |
Developmental
Biology Unit |
Germany |
| Jean-François Flot | B4
- Université Libre de Bruxelles |
Evolutionary
Biology & Ecology (EBE) Research Unit |
Belgium |
| Andreas Hejnol | B5
- University of Bergen |
Sars
International Centre for Marine Molecular Biology |
Norway |
| Grace McCormack | B6
- National University of Ireland Galway |
Zoology,
Ryan Institute, School of Natural Sciences |
Ireland |
| Davide Pisani | B7
- University of Bristol |
Earth
& Biological Sciences |
United
Kingdom |
| Alexandros Stamatakis | B8
- Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies |
Scientific
Computing |
Germany |
| Michael Schroedl | B9
- Staatliche Naturwissenschaftliche Sammlungen Bayerns |
Zoological
State Collections |
Germany |
| Denis Tagu | B10
- INRA Rennes |
Institute
for Genetics, Environment and Plant Protection |
France |
| Max Telford | B11
- University College London |
Department
of Genetics, Evolution and Environment |
United
Kingdom |
| Kristian Vlahovicek | B12
- University of Zagreb |
Bioinformatics
Group/Department of Molecular Biology |
Croatia |
| Eduardo Pareja | B13
- Era7 Bioinformatics |
Bioinformatics |
Spain |
| Lyubomir Penev | B14
- Pensoft |
Projects
Department |
Bulgaria |
PARTNERS |
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| John Hooper | P1 -
Queensland Museum |
Biodiversity
& Geosciences |
Australia |
| Dominique Lavenier | P2-INRIA |
Bioinformatics,
Computer Science, Genomics |
France |
| Romain Koszul | P3 -
Institut Pasteur |
Department
Spatial Regulation of Genome |
France |
| Yu Wang | P4 - Leibniz Supercomputing Centre of the Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften |
High
Performance Computing, Application Group, Big Data |
Germany |
| Aude Violette | P5 -
Alphabiotoxine |
Research
& Development |
Belgium |