The 10K Lep Genomes COST action (EU) is a large consortium whose aims are generating, sharing, and utilizing reference genomes and resequencing data for all European Lepidoptera.

LepEU is a group of researchers focused upon sampling populations of Lepidoptera species across Europe, to look for patterns of local adaptation across geography and through seasons. Our aim is to generate individual level re-sequencing data for diverse populations that are of shared interest to LepEU and 10KLepGenomes members.

This workshop is the 2025 gathering of LepEU and the Population genomics analyses Working group (WG4), supported by the COST action.

This meeting is for people to meet in person, organise our efforts forthis and coming years (collection, sequencing, analyses) and to start processing specimens and extract DNA for sequencing.

• Build the LepEU community
• Define scientific objectives
• Strengthen collaborations 
• Discuss & plan 2025 field priorities
• Plan and coordinate data acquisition
• Coordinate collections, archiving, databasing.
• Coordinate DNA isolations from 2024 collections

12/05 Arrival of participants and meetup in town in the late afternoon

13/05 10K LepGenomes WG4 and LepEU Discussion at the CNRS campus

14/05 10K LepGenomes WG4 and LepEU Discussion at the CNRS campus

15/05 DNA extractions at the facility on the University campus (just nearby)

16/05 Excursion to meet with the Lepidoptera fauna in the Mediterranean surroudings.

For those needing DNA extraction help, we propose to provide a solution to isolate DNA during that week. This is aimed primarily to help people who might find it difficult to do that in their own institution. If you are interested, you need to register your samples so we can plan extraction consumables. We will reach out individually. We will come back to you individually with more information.

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Information about accommodation, travel, and venue will be given here.

Entrance to the University campus is situated 498 Rue du Truel 34090 Montpellier.

Eighteen attendees can be reimbursed through the COST action www.cost.eu/actions/CA23122, and 12 people can attend with their own funding. The daily allowance is limited to 101€/day. Travel tickets are reimbursed (up to 300 EUR). Travel under 100 km is considered part of the daily allowance, so are rental cars. Please see the rules for travel reimbursement here: https://www.cost.eu/cost-actions/annotated-rules-qa/. To be eligible for reimbursement by the COST Action (www.cost.eu/actions/CA23122), you need to have signed up to the Working Group 2 of the COST Action first.

The leaders of WG4 and COST CA23122 will select the attendees eligible for reimbursement based on transparent criteria, to reach maximum gain of the workshop. The criteria are:
(1)   Eligibility (can attend the whole event or just partially): 1 or 0 points
(2)   Career stage: 2 to 0 point
(3)   Bringing samples: 2 to 0 points
(4)   Regional representation (ITC countries): 2 points
(5)   Motivation to attend: 0 to 3 points

Please register using the link on the left column, by Sunday 23rd March.

The participants selected for reimbursement will be notified by Monday 31st March.

If you have any questions or need to discuss your participation please contact Mathieu Joron (mathieu.joron@cefe.cnrs.fr) or Chris Wheat (chris.wheat@zoologi.su.se)

See you soon in Montpellier !