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One of the most important lessons we have learned over the past few years in Trieste is that storage space is never enough when you work with -omic data! Raw sequencing data, mapping, assembly and annotation data often usually end up taking several hundred Gb disk space, even for relatively small projects.On a … Continue reading Ongoing work in the server room at Trieste 13.09.2020

Observing or collecting the Appennine yellow-bellied toad in its natural northern habitats is not trivial as it is mimetic and very rare. It lives in freshwater, shallow ponds in forest creeks (as the one we explored in our expedition in Emilia Romagna, northern Italy, see picture below) but also in equivalent artificial pools … Continue reading Fieldwork: sampling Bombina pachypus from the “small” population in Northern Italy (part 2 of 2) 03.09.2020

One of the most exciting parts of this project is fieldwork, which provides the opportunity to observe these unique endemic species in their natural habitat. Our most recent sampling expedition aimed to collect the Apennine yellow-bellied toad Bombina pachypus from Northern Italy, in Emilia-Romagna.B. pachypus is endemic to the Italian Apennine chain. It is characterized by … Continue reading Fieldwork: sampling Bombina pachypus from the “small” population in Northern Italy (part 1 of 2) 29.08.2020

After approximately a week from the reproductions, the first eggs started to hatch. The larvae are very different from the adults: it is evident the yolk sac that will be their first source of sustenance and will be reabsorbed in the next few days.