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Title: The Earth BioGenome Project 2020: Starting the Clock

Author
item LEWIN, HARRIS - University Of California, Davis
item RICHARDS, STEPHEN - University Of California, Davis
item LIEBERMAN, AIDEN - Baylor College Of Medicine
item ALLENDE, MIGUEL - University Of Chile
item ARCHIBALD, JOHN - Dalhousie University
item BALINT, MIKLOS - Leibniz Institute
item BARKER, KATHARINE - Smithsonian Institute
item BAUMGARTNER, BRIDGET - Collaborator
item BELOV, KATHERINE - University Of Sydney
item BERTORELLE, GIORGIO - Autonomous University Of Barcelona
item BLAXTER, MARK - Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute
item CAI, JING - Northwest University
item CAPERELLO, NICOLETTE - University Of California, Davis
item CARLSON, KEITH - University Of California
item CASTILLA-RUBIO, JUAN - Universidad De Los Andes
item CHAW, SU-MIAW - Academia Sinica
item CHEN, LEI - Northwest University
item Childers, Anna
item CODDINGTON, JONATHAN - Smithsonian Institute
item CONDE, DALIA - University Of Southern Denmark
item COROMINAS, MONTSERRAT - University Of Barcelona
item CRANDALL, KEITH - George Washington University
item CRAWFORD, ANDREW - Universidad De Los Andes
item DIPALMA, FEDERICA - University Of East Anglia
item DURBIN, RICHARD - Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute
item EBENEZER, THANKGOD - European Bioinformatics Institute
item EDWARDS, SCOTT - Harvard University
item FEDERIGO, OLIVIER - Rockefeller University
item FLICEK, PAUL - European Bioinformatics Institute
item FORMENTI, GUILIO - Rockefeller University
item GIBBS, RICHARD - Baylor College Of Medicine
item GILBERT, THOMAS - University Of Copenhagen
item GOLDSTEIN, MELISSA - George Washington University
item GRAVES, JENNIFER - University Of Canberra
item GREELY, HENRY - Stanford University
item GRIGORIEV, IGOR - Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
item Hackett, Kevin
item HALL, NEIL - Earlham Institute
item HAUSSLER, DAVID - Howard Hughes Medical Institute
item HELGEN, KRISTOFER - Australian Museum
item HOGG, CAROLYN - University Of Sydney
item ISOBE, SACHIKO - Kazusa Dna Research Institute
item JAKOBSEN, KJETILL - University Of Oslo
item JANKE, AXEL - Smithsonian Institute
item JARVIS, ERICH - Rockefeller University
item JOHNSON, WARREN - Smithsonian Institute
item JONES, STEVEN - Bc Cancer Agency
item KARLSSON, ELINOR - Broad Institute Of Mit/harvard
item KERSEY, PAUL - Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
item KIM, JIN-HYOUNG - Korea Research Institute
item KRESS, JOHN - Smithsonian Institute
item KURAKU, SHIGEHIRO - National Institute Of Genetics
item LAWNICZAK, MARA - Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute
item LEEBENS-MACK, JAMES - University Of Georgia
item LI, XUEYAN - Chinese Academy Of Agricultural Sciences
item LINDBLAD-TOH, KERSTIN - Broad Institute Of Mit/harvard
item LIU, XIN - Baylor College Of Medicine
item LOPEZ, JOSE - Nova Southeastern University
item MARQUES-BONET, TOMAS - Pompeu Fabra University
item MAZARD, SOPHIE - Macquarie University
item MAZET, JONNA - University Of California, Davis
item MAZZONI, CAMILA - Leibniz Institute
item MEYERS, EUGENE - Max Planck Society
item O'NEILL, RACHEL - University Of Connecticut
item PAEZ, SADYE - Rockefeller University
item PARK, HYUN - Korea University
item ROBINSON, GENE - University Of Illinois
item ROQUET, CRISTINA - Autonomous University Of Barcelona
item RYDER, OLIVER - University Of California, San Diego
item SABIR, JAMAL - King Abdulaziz University
item SHAFFER, BRADLEY - University Of California (UCLA)
item SHANK, TIMOTHY - Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute (WHOI)
item SHERKOW, JACOB - University Of Illinois
item SOLTIS, PAMELA - University Of Florida
item TANG, BOPING - Jiangsu Academy Agricultural Sciences
item TEDERSOO, LEHO - King Saud University
item ULIANO-SILVA, MARCELA - Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute
item WANG, KUN - Northwest University
item WEI, XIAOFENG - Bgi Shenzhen
item WETZER, REGINA - University Of Southern California
item WILSON, JULIA - Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute
item XU, XUN - Bgi Shenzhen
item YANG, HUANMING - Bgi Shenzhen
item YODER, ANNE - Duke University
item ZHANG, GUOJIE - University Of Copenhagen

Submitted to: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)
Publication Type: Other
Publication Acceptance Date: 9/21/2021
Publication Date: 1/18/2022
Citation: Lewin, H.A., Richards, S., Lieberman, A.E., Allende, M.L., Archibald, J.M., Balint, M., Barker, K.B., Baumgartner, B., Belov, K., Bertorelle, G., Blaxter, M.L., Cai, J., Caperello, N.D., Carlson, K., Castilla-Rubio, J.C., Chaw, S., Chen, L., Childers, A.K., Coddington, J.A., Conde, D.A., Corominas, M., Crandall, K.A., Crawford, A.J., Dipalma, F., Durbin, R., Ebenezer, T.E., Edwards, S.V., Federigo, O., Flicek, P., Formenti, G., Gibbs, R.A., Gilbert, T., Goldstein, M.M., Graves, J.A., Greely, H.T., Grigoriev, I.V., Hackett, K.J., Hall, N., Haussler, D., Helgen, K.M., Hogg, C., Isobe, S., Jakobsen, K.S., Janke, A., Jarvis, E.D., Johnson, W.E., Jones, S.J., Karlsson, E.K., Kersey, P., Kim, J., Kress, J.W., Kuraku, S., Lawniczak, M.K., Leebens-Mack, J., Li, X., Lindblad-Toh, K., Liu, X., Lopez, J., Marques-Bonet, T., Mazard, S., Mazet, J.A., Mazzoni, C.J., Myers, G., O'Neill, R.J., Paez, S., Park, H., Robinson, G.E., Roquet, C., Ryder, O.A., Sabir, J.S., Shaffer, B.H., Shank, T.M., Sherkow, J.S., Soltis, P.S., Tang, B., Tedersoo, L., Uliano-Silva, M., Wang, K., Wei, X., Wetzer, R., Wilson, J.L., Xu, X., Yang, H., Yoder, A.D., Zhang, G. 2022. The Earth BioGenome Project 2020: Starting the Clock. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences(PNAS). 119(4). Article e2115635118. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2115635118.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2115635118

Interpretive Summary: The Earth BioGenome Project (EBP) began in November 2018 with an aim to sequence all known eukaryotic species (plants, animals, and fungi) in a ten year timeframe. Now two years in, the project has made significant progress, completing the launch phase and entering the production phase. This publication reviews EBP progress made to date, major goals, exemplar projects, ethical legal and social issues, and applications of biodiversity genomics.

Technical Abstract: November 2020 marked 2 y since the launch of the Earth BioGenome Project (EBP), which aims to sequence all known eukaryotic species in a 10-y timeframe. Since then, significant progress has been made across all aspects of the EBP roadmap, as outlined in the 2018 article describing the project’s goals, strategies, and challenges (1). The launch phase has ended and the clock has started on reaching the EBP’s major milestones. This Special Feature explores the many facets of the EBP, including a review of progress, a description of major scientific goals, exemplar projects, ethical legal and social issues, and applications of biodiversity genomics. In this Introduction, we summarize the current status of the EBP, held virtually October 5 to 9, 2020, including recent updates through February 2021. References to the nine Perspective articles included in this Special Feature are cited to guide the reader toward deeper understanding of the goals and challenges facing the EBP.