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SUPR
New Guinean birds
Dnr:

NAISS 2026/3-721

Type:

NAISS Medium

Principal Investigator:

Martin Irestedt

Affiliation:

Naturhistoriska riksmuseet

Start Date:

2026-10-27

End Date:

2027-11-01

Primary Classification:

10612: Biological Systematics

Webpage:

Allocation

Abstract

In this project, we study genome evolution, biogeography, speciation, and hybridization in birds from the Australo-Papuan region using genomic data. We are currently working on several different projects, ranging from the construction of a Bird-of-Paradise super-pangenome to population genomic studies of various species complexes. During the last decade, we have published numerous genomic papers based on data analyzed using computational resources provided by UPPMAX and NAISS. Our research has, for example, contributed to increased knowledge of the role of hybridization in generating biodiversity and facilitating speciation, how avian biodiversity has accumulated in the Indo-Pacific region, how museum samples can be utilized in genomic research, and the generation and publication of genomic resources for the wider research community. While we have a backup storage solution in place at the Swedish Museum of Natural History for raw sequence reads, we need storage allocations for projects that we are actively working on. This is required, for example, to map sequence reads, temporarily store intermediate BAM files, and perform a variety of phylogenomic and population genomic analyses.