News
Publications
Orthograph: a versatile tool for mapping coding nucleotide sequences to clusters of orthologous genes.
BMC Bioinformatics 2017, 18:111, DOI: 10.1186/s12859-017-1529-8
, https://bmcbioinformatics.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12859-017-1529-8
Phylogenetic Origin and Diversification of RNAi Pathway Genes in Insects.
Genome Biol Evol (2016) 8 (12): 3784-3793, DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evw281
, https://doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evw281
Overcoming the loss of blue sensitivity through opsin duplication in the largest animal group, beetles.
Scientific Reports 7, Article number: 8 (2017), DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-00061-7
, http://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-017-00061-7
Decay of sexual trait genes in an asexual parasitoid wasp.
Genome Biol Evol (2016) 8 (12): 3685-3695, DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evw273
, http://gbe.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2016/11/10/gbe.evw273.abstract
Transcriptomic data from arthropods shed new light on the evolution of insulator proteins in insects.
BMC Genomics, 17:861, DOI: 10.1186/s12864-016-3205-1
, https://bmcgenomics.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12864-016-3205-1
The first anchored enrichment dataset produced for true flies (order Diptera) reveals insights into the phylogeny of flower flies (family Syrphidae) and sets the stage for future large-scale phylogenetic analyses.
BMC Evol Biol. 16:143, DOI: 10.1186/s12862-016-0714-0
, https://bmcevolbiol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12862-016-0714-0
De novo Transcriptome Analysis of The Common New Zealand Stick Insect Clitarchus hookeri (Phasmatodea) Reveals Genes Involved in Olfaction, Digestion and Sexual Reproduction.
PLoS One. Jun 23;11(6):e0157783. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0157783
, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0157783
Horizontal Gene Transfer of Pectinases from Bacteria Preceded the Diversification of Stick and Leaf Insects.
Scientific Reports, 6:26388, DOI: 10.1038/srep26388
, http://www.nature.com/articles/srep26388
BaitFisher: A software package for multi-species target DNA enrichment probe design.
Mol Biol Evol., Jul;33(7):1875-86, DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msw056
, http://mbe.oxfordjournals.org/content/33/7/1875.long
Mitochondrial capture enriches mito-DNA 100 fold, enabling PCR-free mitogenomics biodiversity analysis.
Molecular Ecology Resources, 16 (2):470–479, DOI: 10.1111/1755-0998.12472
, http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1755-0998.12472/full
Identification of an HV1 Voltage-Gated Proton Channel in Insects.
FEBS J., 283(8):1453-64, DOI: 10.1111/febs.13680
, http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/febs.13680/full
Evolution of neuropeptides in non-pterygote hexapods.
BMC Evolutionary Biology 16:51, DOI: 10.1186/s12862-016-0621-4
, https://bmcevolbiol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12862-016-0621-4
The mitochondrial genome of the winter stonefly Apteroperla tikumana (Plecoptera, Capniidae).
Mitochondrial DNA A DNA Mapp Seq Anal. 2016 Jul;27(4):3030-2, DOI: 10.3109/19401736.2015.1063120
, http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.3109/19401736.2015.1063120?journalCode=imdn21
Response to Comment on “Phylogenomics resolves the timing and pattern of insect evolution".
Science Vol. 349 no. 6247 p. 487, DOI: 10.1126/science.aaa7136
, http://science.sciencemag.org/content/349/6247/487.3
Identification and distribution of SIFamide in the nervous system of the desert locust Schistocerca gregaria.
Journal of Comparative Neurology, 523(1): 108–125, DOI: 10.1002/cne.23671
, http://doi.org/10.1002/cne.23671
Response to Comment on “Phylogenomics resolves the timing and pattern of insect evolution".
Science Vol. 349 no. 6247 p. 487, DOI: 10.1126/science.aaa7136
, http://science.sciencemag.org/content/349/6247/487.3
Phylogenomics resolves the timing and pattern of insect evolution
Science Vol. 346 no. 6210 pp. 763-767, DOI: 10.1126/science.1257570
, http://www.sciencemag.org/content/346/6210/763
cited by Nature Research Highlights: Insect natural history traced.
Nature 515, 166 (13 November 2014), doi:10.1038/515166c
press releases below
Radio, Video
ScienceFriday, NPR Show USA, Michelle Trautwein: Piecing Together the Puzzle of Insect Evolution[07th November 2014]
Radio New Zealand, Thomas Buckley: Insect Evolution
[08th November 2014]
AAAS, Science: Insects Evolved with Earth's First Land Plants [video]
[15th November 2014]
Radio Bayern 2, Germany, IQ - Wissenschaft & Forschung. Magazin
IQ - Wissenschaft & Forschung. Magazin
Bernhard Misof, Rolf Beutel: Evolution of Insects
[12 November 2014, 6.05 p.m., start: minute 11, in German]
BR Rundschau Magazin, Germany, DNA-Analyse: Fortschritte in der Insektenforschung
BR Rundschau Magazin
Bernhard Misof, Rolf Beutel: Evolution of Insects
[29 Nov 2014, 21:55, Bavaria Television, complete magazine; ca. minute 12, length ca. 2 minutes, in German]
Deutschlandfunk, Wissenschaft im Brennpunkt, Germany, Biologie: Ordnung im Geäst: Wissenschaft im Brennpunkt: Der neue Stammbaum der Vögel und Insekten
Deutschlandfunk, Wissenschaft im Brennpunkt
Jes Rust, Torsten Wappler, Bernhard Misof, Oliver Niehuis, Alexandros Stamatakis
[02 Feb 2015, Deutschlandfunk, 26 minutes, in German and English]
Congress talks on 1KITE
Upcoming:
Entommologentagung 2017, March 13-16, Munich, Germany
http://www.dgaae.de/index.php/entomologentagung-2017.html
8th Dresden Meeting on Insect Phylogeny, September 22-24, Dresden, Germany
http://www.senckenberg.de/root/index.php?page_id=66&cms_veranstaltung_id=236
Past:
XXV International Congress of Entomology (+ 64 ESA Annual Meeting)
Orlando, FL, USA, 25 - 30 Sep 2016
various talks have been presented from the 1KITE consortium or related projects. Symposium:
Progress in Insect Phylogenomics: The Scale and Complexity of Next-Gen Datasets and Analyses
https://esa.confex.com/esa/ice2016/meetingapp.cgi/Session/25087
63th ESA Annual Meeting, American Entomological Society (November 2015)
Minniapolis, MN, USA, 15 - 18 Nov 2015
various talks have been presented from the 1KITE consortium or related projects
http://entsoc.org/entomology2015/program-and-speakers
7th International Dresden Meeting on Insect Phylogeny (September 2015)
Dresden, Germany, 25 - 27 Sep 2015
various talks have been presented from the 1KITE consortium or related projects
http://www.senckenberg.de/files/content/forschung/abteilung/tierkunde/coleoptera/programme-insectphyl2015-08-18.pdf
19th Annual Phylogenomics New Zealand Conference,
Dunedin, Portobello, New Zealand, 01 - 06 Feb 2015
Fly-Phylogenomics based on more than 2,000 orthologs: preliminary results and challenges
http://www.math.canterbury.ac.nz/bio/events/portobello2015/files/Portobello_Programme.pdf
62th ESA Annual Meeting, American Entomological Society,
Portland, Oregon, USA, 16 - 19 Nov 2014
talks see
http://www.entsoc.org/entomology2014
Annual Meeting of the Australian Entomological Society (50th Anniversary)
September 28 - October 1 2014,
Canberra, ACT, Australia
Inferring deep insect phylogenetic relationships using data from genomes and transcriptomes: research initiatives, methods, results, and prospects
http://www.aesconferences.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Program-update-at-24-September-AES-2014-Conference.pdf
107th Annual Meeting of the German Zoological Society (DZG),
September 11-14, Goettingen, Germany
talks of Bernhard Misof, Alexander Blanke and others
http://www.dzg-2014.de/programme-17.html
9th International Seminar on Apterygota
September 7 - 11 2014,
Goerlitz, Germany
First steps on six legs - A phylogenomic approach to unravel the early evolution of insects
8th International Congress of Dipterology
August 10 - 15 2014,
Potsdam, Germany
Various talks from the 1KITE initiative.
Please refer to the program of the ICD 8 meeting:
http://www.contoo.de/index.php/file/1106/en_US
10th European Congress of Entomology
August 3 - 8 2014,
York, UK
Various talks from the 1KITE initiative.
Please refer to the program of the ECE meeting:
http://www.royensoc.co.uk/meetings/20140803_ece2014.htm
50th Annual Meeting of the Arthropodan Embryological Society of Japan
July 3 - 4 2014,
Tokyo, Japan
The 1KITE project & and first results on phylogenomics of apterygote hexapods
Evolution 2014,
June 20 - 24 2014,
Raleigh, NC, USA
Various talks and posters were provided by members from the 1KITE initiative.
Please refer to the program of the Evolution meeting:
http://evolution2014.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Evolution2014-FinalProgram-11June2014.pdf
BioDivEvo 2014,
Mar 24-27 March24 - 27, 2014,
Dresden, Germany
Phylogenomics sheds new light on the evolutionary history of insects – results from the international 1KITE project
61th ESA 2013 Annual Meeting of the Entomological Society of America,
Nov 10 - 14, 2013,
Texas, USA
Progress in insect phylogeny from the 1KITE initiative
http://esa.confex.com/esa/2013/webprogram/start.html
Phylomania,
November 6 - 8, 2013,
Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
1000 Insect Transcriptomes – taking the next step in insect phylogenomics
http://www.maths.utas.edu.au/phylomania/phylomania2013.htm
6th Dresden Meeting
on Insect Phylogeny,
September 27 - 29, 2013
, Dresden, Germany
There were several talks coming from 1KITE consortium
http://www.senckenberg.de/root/index.php?page_id=14401&PHPSESSID=s0l6cql9uqe3tq8kd26d1koj9mgfcf8b
Big Data Workshop
,
September 3-4, 2013,
Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
The 1000 Insect Transcriptome Evolution project 1KITE -
An example of handling "Big Data" from Evolutionary Biology
http://www.utas.edu.au/research/events/2013/september/big-data-workshop
XXXII Meeting of the Willi Hennig Society
,
August 3-7, 2013,
Rostock, Germany
Reconstructing the insect tree of life:
orthology prediction in the large scale transcriptome project 1KITE
http://www.zoologie.uni-rostock.de/fileadmin/MathNat_Bio_Zoologie/Abstractband_WHS2013.pdf
Biodiversity
Genomics Conference,
April 2 - 5, 2013,
Canberra, ACT, Australia
Phylogenomics and the evolution of insects -
The 1KITE project
http://cba.anu.edu.au/news-events/cba-biodiversity-genomics-conference/program
60th
ESA 2012, Annual Meeting of the Entomological Society of America,
November 11, 2012,
, Knoxville, TN, USA
The 1KITE
project
Seminar,
Laboratory for Molecular Systematics, Natural History
Museum Vienna (NHM), October
15, 2012, Vienna, Austria
Phylogenomik
und der Ursprung der Hexapoda innerhalb des 1KITE
Projekts [open for public, in german]
Evolutionary
Colloquium, Department
of Entomology, Swedish Museum of Natural History,
October
3, 2012, Stockholm, Sweden
Phylogenomics
and the evolution of insects – The
1KITE project
German
Zoological Society 105th Annual Meeting, September 21
- 24, 2012, Konstanz, Germany
Insect
phylogenetics in the era of genomics.
http://cms.uni-konstanz.de/dzg/conference-program/
XXIV International Congress
of Entomology, August 19-25, 2012, Daegu, South Korea
Annual Meeting of the Society
for Molecular Biology and Evolution, SMBE 2012, June
23-26, 2012, Dublin, Ireland
1000 Insect Transcriptomes —
the 1KITE project takes the next step in insect
phylogenomics.
http://www.smbe2012.org
6th Annual Arthropod Genomics
Symposium: Arthropod genomics 2012, May 30 - June 2,
2012, Kansas City, USA
The 1KITE transcriptomics
initiative.
http://www.k-state.edu/agc/symp2012
Annual Meeting of the
Gesellschaft für Biologische Systematik, February 23-25,
2012, ZFMK, Bonn, Germany
Joining forces to unravel the
evolution of insects — an introduction to the 1KITE
project.
http://zfmk.de/web/Forschung/Tagungen/2012/201202_GfBS/index.en.html
1KITE press releases
2014
Phylogenomics resolves the timing and pattern of insect evolution - Press releases
Overview Science Article Metrics
http://www.altmetric.com/details.php?domain=www.sciencemag.org&doi=10.1126/science.1257570
AlphaGalileo: Scientists resolve the evolution of insects
http://www.alphagalileo.org/ViewItem.aspx?ItemId=147009&CultureCode=en
http://www.alphagalileo.org/ViewItem.aspx?ItemId=147009&CultureCode=de
[07th November 2014]
2013
1KITE in nano - 3Sat (Germany)
nano - wissen: Das große Krabbeln - Forscher analysieren Gene von1000 Insektenarten
http://www.ndr.de/info/programm/sendungen/logo_das_wissenschaftsmagazin/insekten107.html
[2013]
2012
University
of Jena
http://www.focus.de/wissen/diverses/forschung-neuer-insekten-stammbaum-soll-bis-2013-vollstaendig-sein_aid_811980.html
[24th September 2012]
1KITE in the German Radio
(NDR)
NDR Info - Logo - das
Wissenschaftsmagazin Das 1KITE-Projekt: Martin Kubiak
and Frank Friedrich
http://www.ndr.de/info/programm/sendungen/logo_das_wissenschaftsmagazin/insekten107.html
[24th April 2012]
Ö1 (Austrian Radio)
Hören Sie einen Auszug aus der Ö1
Sendung "Dimensionen - die Welt der Wissenschaft" zum
Thema "Sind die Insekten eigentlich Krebse?" von Sabrina
Adlbrecht vom Freitag, 06. April 2012 um 19:05 Uhr in
oe1.ORF.at. language: German (only available until July,
12th)
http://apasfftp1.apa.at/oe1/programm/0000C1B2.MP3
[16th April 2012]
VBIO
http://www.vbio.de/informationen/alle_news/e17162?news_id=13714
[10th April 2012]
University of Vienna
http://medienportal.univie.ac.at/uniview/forschung/detailansicht/artikel/sind-insekten-krebse/
[3rd April 2012]
University of Vienna
http://medienportal.univie.ac.at/presse/aktuelle-pressemeldungen/detailansicht/artikel/evolution-sind-die-insekten-krebse/
[3rd April 2012]
Universität Hamburg
http://www.uni-hamburg.de/newsletter/Wanzen-Zikaden-und-ihre-Verwandten-Hamburger-Wissenschaftler-helfen-die-Evolution-der-Insekten-zu-entschluesseln.html
[1st March 2012]
NDR Info - Logo - das
Wissenschaftsmagazin
Insektenforschung und Ökosystem:
Bernhard Misof
http://www.ndr.de/info/audio104625.html
[26th February 2012]
Hamburger Abendblatt
http://www.abendblatt.de/ratgeber/wissen/article2197185/Bauarbeiten-am-Stammbaum-der-Insekten.html
[25th February 2012]
Biovalley
http://www.biovalley.com/content.cfm?nav=6andcontent=19andcommand=detailsandid=19013
[21st February 2012]
HITS, Heidelberg, Germany
http://www.bio-pro.de/magazin/thema/00145/index.html?lang=deandartikelid=/artikel/07639/index.html
[20th February 2012]
English and Chinese news
releases at BGI's webpages
http://chinese.eurekalert.org/en/pub_releases/2012-02/bs-nir020612.php
[6th February 2012]
University of Jena
http://www.regioweb.de/details/meldung/ein-stammbaum-fuer-insekten/
[6th February 2012]
ZFMK, Bonn, Germany
http://www.vbio.de/informationen/alle_news/e17162?news_id=13385
[6th February 2012]
Hamburger Abendblatt
http://www.abendblatt.de/ratgeber/wissen/article2179422/Hamburger-bauen-den-Stammbaum-der-Insekten.html
[6th February 2012]
Press release of Rutgers
facility research news
http://news.rutgers.edu/medrel/newark-2012/rutgers-scientists-s-20120131/?searchterm=1kite
[6th February 2012]
University of Jena
http://www.thueringen-universal.de/wissen/zoologen-der-uni-jena-internationalem-forschungsprojekt-beteiligt
[5th February 2012]
University of Jena
http://www.jenapolis.de/2012/02/zoologen-der-universitat-jena-an-internationalem-forschungsprojekt-beteiligt/
[5th February 2012]
University of Jena
http://www.uni-jena.de/Mitteilungen/PM120204_1KITE.html
[4th February 2012]
University of Jena
http://www.pressrelations.de/new/standard/result_main.cfm?pfach=1andn_firmanr_=101449andsektor=pmanddetail=1andr=482382andsid=andaktion=jour_pmandquelle=0andquery=1kite
[4th February 2012]
University of Jena
http://www.schattenblick.de/infopool/natur/biologie/nbzoo945.html
[4th February 2012]
University of Jena
http://www.thueringen-reporter.de/top-thema/1kite-projekt
[4th February 2012]
University of Jena
http://www.jenatv.de/wissenschaft/Jenaer_Zoologen_an_internationalem_Forschungsprojekt__beteiligt___-7361.html
[4th February 2012]
University of Jena
http://idw-online.de/de/news462105
[4th February 2012]
http://www.alphagalileo.org/ViewItem.aspx?ItemId=116820andCultureCode=de
[3rd February 2012]
http://www.alphagalileo.org/ViewItem.aspx?ItemId=116820andCultureCode=en
[3rd February 2012]
http://legalnews.findlaw.com/article/03g6fxn8e9cBn?q=Europe+OR+Asia+OR
[3rd February 2012]
Innovations report - Forum
für Wissenschaft, Industrie und Wirtschaft
http://www.innovations-report.de/html/berichte/biowissenschaften_chemie/startschuss_neue_internationale_forschungsinitiative_189752.html
[3rd February 2012]
University online
http://www.uni-online.de/presse.php?id=462049
[3rd February 2012]
HITS, Heidelberg, Germany
http://www.h-its.org/deutsch/presse/index.php?we_objectID=853andpid=0
[3rd February 2012]
ZFMK, Bonn, Germany
http://idw-online.de/de/news462039
[2nd February 2012]
ZFMK, Bonn, Germany
http://idw-online.de/en/news462049
[2nd February 2012]
University of Tsukuba, Japan
http://www.tsukuba.ac.jp/english/topics/20120118133759.html
[17th January 2012]