Unearthing soil biodiversity through collaborative genomic research and education

BioDIGS Consortium; Tristen Alberts¹, Claude F Albritton², Rosa Alcazar³, Zainab Aljabri⁴, Maria Alvarez⁵, Anish Aradhey⁶, Mentewab Ayalew⁷, Nareh Azizian⁸, Yasmeen Balayah⁴, Destiny D Ball², Efren Barragan⁵, Corey Beshoar⁶, Lyle Best⁹, Emily Biggane¹⁰, Joseph Biggane¹¹, Jesse Blick⁴, Myron Blosser⁶, Alex Kenneth Brown¹², Michael C Campbell¹³, Zoe Canizares¹⁴, Faith N Chanhuhwa⁵, Yu Chen¹⁵, Daniel R Chin¹⁶, Kamal Chowdhury¹⁷, Tyler Collins¹⁸, Blair Compton¹⁹, Jefferson Da Silva²⁰, Nia R Davis²¹, Natalie DeCaro²², Frida Delgadillo²³, Youping Deng¹⁵, Joceph Duncan²⁴, Arinzechukwu C Egwu²⁵, Grace D Ekalle²⁰, Noha Elnawam²⁴, Ray Enke¹⁹, Naomi Ewhe²⁰, Marco A Ferrel⁵, Janna Fierst²⁶, Grace Freymiller³, Karla Fuller²⁷, Lena Fulton-Wright⁶, Valeriya Gaysinskaya¹⁸, Torrence Gill¹², Ellie Gillespie⁴, Perla Gonzalez Moreno²⁸, Sara Goodwin²⁹, Natajha Graham²¹, Madeline E Graham³⁰, Joseph L Graves Jr³¹, Emily Grob³², Rachael Gutierrez³, Aisha Hager⁴, Shazia Tabassum Hakim³³, Aaliyah Harris³⁴, Ava M Hoffman³⁵, Tobias Hoffmann²¹, Alani M Horton²⁵, Allison Hughes¹¹, Elizabeth M Humphries³⁶, Josh-Samuel Ikechi-Konkwo⁵, Aadil Ishtiaq¹⁴, Ryan Jackson¹⁹, Joshua Ronnie James¹², Kaitlan James³³, Sydney A Jamison², Armando Jimenez²³, Rachel Johnson²⁰, Abigail Kauffman⁶, Harkiran Kaur³, Kritika Kc²⁰, Analyse Keeton⁴, Olivia E Kelly⁵, Jennifer Kerr²⁰, Nataliya Kucher¹⁸, Donna Lee Kuehu¹⁵, Wendy A Larson¹¹, Joslynn Lee²², Andrew Lee³⁷, Jeffrey T Leek³⁶, Danilo Lemaic¹⁹, Lincoln E Liburd 2nd², Alan Fernando Lopez³, Mohammadamin Mahmanzar¹⁵, Karwitha Mamae⁴, Raffi Manjikian¹⁴, Michael Marone²⁵, Katerin Marquez¹⁴, Amara Martinson¹, Senem Mavruk Eskipehlivan²⁹, Ashley Medrano¹⁴, Melanie Melendrez-Vallard⁴, Robert Meller³⁸, Loyda B Méndez³⁹, Miguel P Mendez Gonzalez⁴⁰, Nicolli Mesquita³⁴, Concepcion Martinez Miller⁴¹, Isam Mohd-Ibrahim¹⁵, Peter Mortensen¹, Stephen Mosher¹⁸, Alketa Muja¹⁴, Nadia Nasrin³⁴, Masaki Nasu¹⁵, Matthew H Nguyen¹⁸, Ba Thong Nguyen¹⁵, Michele Nishiguchi²⁸, Lance M O'Connor¹⁸, Disomi Okie²⁰, Tolulope Olowookorun²⁰, Alex Ostrovsky¹⁸, Keyan Ozuna²³, Asmita Pandey¹⁵, Shiv B Patel², Gauri Paul³, Shrikant Pawar¹⁷, Andrea Pearson³⁸, Deborah Petrik⁴², Jordan Platero²², Carl Pontino⁴³, Arjun P Pratap², Siddharth Pratap², Yujia Qin¹⁵, Sudhir Kumar Rai¹⁵, Nisttha Ray²⁰, Ethan Repesh¹⁹, Kristen Rhinehardt³¹, Brennan Roche¹¹, Ariana Rodriguez²⁰, Shriya Roy⁴⁴, Sourav Roy²³, Alexa Sawa⁴⁵, Michael C Schatz⁴⁶, Shurjo K Sen⁴⁷, Randon Serikawa³⁶, Tyler Smith⁴⁸, Loraye Smith²⁰, James Sniezek⁴⁹, Ryley D Stewart⁵, Edu B Suarez-Martinez⁵⁰, Joelle Taganna³⁶, Frederick J Tan¹⁸, Nikolaos Tsotakos⁵¹, Nwanneka Udolisa²⁰, Katherine Ulbricht²¹, Tanner Veo¹, Jennifer Vessio¹⁸, Lia Walker¹², Oscar Wang⁶, Qingguo Wang², Robert Wappel²⁹, Kalynn Wesby¹⁷, Malachi Whitford³, Nicole Wild¹¹, Xianfa Xie⁵², Hua Yang¹⁵, Sayumi York²⁰, Lindsay Zirkle¹⁹

Collaborators, Affiliations

Collaborators

BioDIGS Consortium:
Jefferson Da Silva, Senem Mavruk Eskipehlivan, Lindsay Zirkle

Affiliations

¹ United Tribes Technical College, Bismarck, ND, USA.
² Meharry Medical College, Nashville, TN, USA.
³ Clovis Community College, Fresno, CA, USA.
⁴ Anoka Ramsey Community College, Coon Rapids, MN, USA.
⁵ El Paso Community College, El Paso, TX, USA.
⁶ Harrisonburg High School, Harrisonburg, VA, USA.
⁷ Spelman College, Atlanta, GA, USA. mayalew@spelman.edu.
⁸ Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.
⁹ Turtle Mountain Community College, Belcourt, ND, USA.
¹⁰ United Tribes Technical College, Bismarck, ND, USA. ebiggane@uttc.edu.
¹¹ University of Mary, Bismarck, ND, USA.
¹² Chowan University, Murfreesboro, NC, USA.
¹³ University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
¹⁴ Hudson County Community College, Jersey City, NJ, USA.
¹⁵ University of Hawaii - Mānoa, Honolulu, HI, USA.
¹⁶ University of Maryland, College Park, College Park, MD, USA.
¹⁷ Claflin University, Orangeburg, SC, USA.
¹⁸ Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA.
¹⁹ James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA, USA.
²⁰ Notre Dame of Maryland University, Baltimore, MD, USA.
²¹ Spelman College, Atlanta, GA, USA.
²² Fort Lewis College, Durango, CO, USA.
²³ University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX, USA.
²⁴ Northern VA Community College- Alexandria, Annandale, VA, USA.
²⁵ Virginia State University, Petersburg, VA, USA.
²⁶ Florida International University, Miami, FL, USA.
²⁷ Guttman Community College, New York, NY, USA. karla.fuller@guttman.cuny.edu.
²⁸ University of California, Merced, Merced, CA, USA.
²⁹ Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, NY, USA.
³⁰ Towson University, Towson, MD, USA.
³¹ North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro, NC, USA.
³² Loyola University Maryland, Baltimore, MD, USA.
³³ Diné College, Tsaile, AZ, USA.
³⁴ Guttman Community College, New York, NY, USA.
³⁵ Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, WA, USA. ahoffma2@fredhutch.org.
³⁶ Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, WA, USA.
³⁷ Georgetown University, Washington, DC, USA.
³⁸ Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA.
³⁹ Universidad Ana G. Méndez - Carolina, Carolina, Puerto Rico.
⁴⁰ University of Puerto Rico - Aguadilla, Aguadilla, Puerto Rico.
⁴¹ Dona Ana Community College, Las Cruces, NM, USA.
⁴² Northeast State University of Oklahoma, Tahlequah, OK, USA.
⁴³ University of Washington - Seattle, Seattle, WA, USA.
⁴⁴ Citrus Valley High School, Redlands, CA, USA.
⁴⁵ College of the Desert, Palm Desert, CA, USA.
⁴⁶ Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA. michael.schatz@gmail.com.
⁴⁷ National Human Genome Research Institute, Bethesda, MD, USA.
⁴⁸ College of Southern Maryland, La Plata, MD, USA.
⁴⁹ University of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD, USA.
⁵⁰ University of Puerto Rico - Ponce, Ponce, Puerto Rico.
⁵¹ Penn State Harrisburg, Middletown, PA, USA.
⁵² Virginia State University, Petersburg, VA, USA. xxie@vsu.edu.

PMID: 41461908
DOI: 10.1038/s41588-025-02442-5

Unearthing soil biodiversity through collaborative genomic research and education

BioDIGS Consortium et al. Nat Genet. 2025.

. 2025 Dec 29.

doi: 10.1038/s41588-025-02442-5. Online ahead of print.

Authors

Collaborators

BioDIGS Consortium:
Jefferson Da Silva, Senem Mavruk Eskipehlivan, Lindsay Zirkle

Affiliations

¹ United Tribes Technical College, Bismarck, ND, USA.
² Meharry Medical College, Nashville, TN, USA.
³ Clovis Community College, Fresno, CA, USA.
⁴ Anoka Ramsey Community College, Coon Rapids, MN, USA.
⁵ El Paso Community College, El Paso, TX, USA.
⁶ Harrisonburg High School, Harrisonburg, VA, USA.
⁷ Spelman College, Atlanta, GA, USA. mayalew@spelman.edu.
⁸ Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.
⁹ Turtle Mountain Community College, Belcourt, ND, USA.
¹⁰ United Tribes Technical College, Bismarck, ND, USA. ebiggane@uttc.edu.
¹¹ University of Mary, Bismarck, ND, USA.
¹² Chowan University, Murfreesboro, NC, USA.
¹³ University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
¹⁴ Hudson County Community College, Jersey City, NJ, USA.
¹⁵ University of Hawaii - Mānoa, Honolulu, HI, USA.
¹⁶ University of Maryland, College Park, College Park, MD, USA.
¹⁷ Claflin University, Orangeburg, SC, USA.
¹⁸ Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA.
¹⁹ James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA, USA.
²⁰ Notre Dame of Maryland University, Baltimore, MD, USA.
²¹ Spelman College, Atlanta, GA, USA.
²² Fort Lewis College, Durango, CO, USA.
²³ University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX, USA.
²⁴ Northern VA Community College- Alexandria, Annandale, VA, USA.
²⁵ Virginia State University, Petersburg, VA, USA.
²⁶ Florida International University, Miami, FL, USA.
²⁷ Guttman Community College, New York, NY, USA. karla.fuller@guttman.cuny.edu.
²⁸ University of California, Merced, Merced, CA, USA.
²⁹ Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, NY, USA.
³⁰ Towson University, Towson, MD, USA.
³¹ North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro, NC, USA.
³² Loyola University Maryland, Baltimore, MD, USA.
³³ Diné College, Tsaile, AZ, USA.
³⁴ Guttman Community College, New York, NY, USA.
³⁵ Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, WA, USA. ahoffma2@fredhutch.org.
³⁶ Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, WA, USA.
³⁷ Georgetown University, Washington, DC, USA.
³⁸ Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA.
³⁹ Universidad Ana G. Méndez - Carolina, Carolina, Puerto Rico.
⁴⁰ University of Puerto Rico - Aguadilla, Aguadilla, Puerto Rico.
⁴¹ Dona Ana Community College, Las Cruces, NM, USA.
⁴² Northeast State University of Oklahoma, Tahlequah, OK, USA.
⁴³ University of Washington - Seattle, Seattle, WA, USA.
⁴⁴ Citrus Valley High School, Redlands, CA, USA.
⁴⁵ College of the Desert, Palm Desert, CA, USA.
⁴⁶ Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA. michael.schatz@gmail.com.
⁴⁷ National Human Genome Research Institute, Bethesda, MD, USA.
⁴⁸ College of Southern Maryland, La Plata, MD, USA.
⁴⁹ University of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD, USA.
⁵⁰ University of Puerto Rico - Ponce, Ponce, Puerto Rico.
⁵¹ Penn State Harrisburg, Middletown, PA, USA.
⁵² Virginia State University, Petersburg, VA, USA. xxie@vsu.edu.

PMID: 41461908
DOI: 10.1038/s41588-025-02442-5

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Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: M.C.S. is on the scientific advisory board for CosmosID/cmBio. BioDIGS has received preferred pricing from PacBio and Oxford Nanopore. All other authors declare no competing interests.

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