Day 5

Orly Razgour  is taking part in the Wellcome Sanger Institute 25 Genomes competition, championing the barbastelle bat on behalf of the University of Southampton. Orly and her team are getting the public to engage in scientific research through voting for species that will get their genome sequenced. At the same time she hopes to get the genome of this bat sequenced to support her research on its adaptations and responses to future climate change. Deadline for voting 8th December.

To find out more about Orly’s research click here

To register and vote for the barbastelle click here.

The endangered barbastelle bat. Credit: Antton Alberdi
5th December 2017

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