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News from the i5k Workspace@NAL - April 2026

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Dear i5k Workspace@NAL community – Welcome to our April 2026 installment of our quarterly newsletter, with updates on the i5k Workspace@NAL and the i5k initiative.

Highlights

  1. New Beenome100 datasets
  2. Upcoming i5k community meetings

New and updated datasets
We have 11 new datasets from the Beenome 100 project! All are open for manual annotation.

  1. Andrena cerasifolii genome assembly iyAndCera1_principal (GCF_050908995.1)
  2. Bombus fervidus genome assembly iyBomFerv1 (GCF_041682495.2)
  3. Bombus vancouverensis nearcticus genome assembly iyBomVanc1_principal (GCF_051014615.1)
  4. Calliopsis andreniformis genome assembly iyCalAndr_principal (GCF_051401765.1)
  5. Colletes latitarsis genome assembly iyColLati1 (GCF_051014445.1)
  6. Halictus rubicundus genome assembly iyHalRubi1_principal (GCF_050948215.1)
  7. Lasioglossum baleicum genome assembly iyLasBale1 (GCF_051020765.1)
  8. Megalopta genalis genome assembly iyMegGenl1_principal (GCF_051020955.1)
  9. Nomia melanderi genome assembly iyNomMela1 (GCF_051020985.1)
  10. Ptiloglossa arizonensis genome assembly iyPtiAriz1_principal (GCF_051014685.1)
  11. Xylocopa sonorina genome assembly iyXylSono1_principal (GCF_050948175.1)

Outreach
The i5k Workspace@NAL gave an invited webinar to the G-Evol (Genomic Basis of Evolutionary Innovations) Project on March 4th.

I5k initiative news

The i5k annual community meeting took place on Feb 4th, 2026. You can view a recording of the talks, and read the summary of the discussion.
The next i5k community meetings will be on April 15, 2026; May 20, 2026; and June 17, 2026. Contact us if you'd like to sign up for community meeting notifications!