
What is the Earth BioGenome Project?
Powerful advances in genome sequencing technology, informatics, automation, and artificial intelligence, have propelled humankind to the threshold of a new beginning in understanding, utilizing, and conserving biodiversity. For the first time in history, it is possible to efficiently sequence the genomes of all known species, and to use genomics to help discover the remaining 80 to 90 percent of species that are currently hidden from science.
A GRAND CHALLENGE
The Earth BioGenome Project (EBP), a moonshot for biology, aims to sequence, catalog and characterize the genomes of all of Earth’s eukaryotic biodiversity over a period of ten years.
A GRAND VISION
Create a new foundation for biology to drive
solutions for preserving biodiversity and sustaining human societies.
Why Sequence Life?
Featured
Species
Silverleaf whitefly (Bemisia tabaci)
5,000 Insect Genomes (i5K)
Featured Publication
“A complete and accurate genome assembly is essential to fully understand the genetics and evolution of an organism.”
Title: Genome assembly in the telomere-to-telomere era
Authors: Heng Li and Richard Durbin
Journal: Nature Reviews Genetics (2024)
Events & Education
EBP Life Newsletter
We’re excited to share a seasonal newsletter with you highlighting EBP successes. The EBP is comprised of 58 global affiliated projects and counting who share the mission of creating annotated reference-quality genomes for ~ 1.8 million named eukaryotic species. Click below to see the latest issue of EBP Life.
Biodiversity Genomics Academy
Check out the BGA series of free, open to all, online-only, short and interactive sessions on how to use the bioinformatics tools and approaches that underpin the EBP.
“To sequence everything in the world—that is the reason we are here.”
—Huanming Yang, BIOGENOMICS 2017 CONFERENCE, February 24, 2017
