Because of our unique and long-standing expertise in gene prediction and genome annotation, as well as our expertise in documenting ancient whole genome duplication events, our lab has been (and still is) involved in many international genome projects. For instance, some of the genome projects we has been heavily involved in were those of the poplar tree Populus trichocarpa (published in Science), the grape Vitis vinifera (PLoS One), Arabidopsis lyrata (Nature Genetics), the apple tree Malus domestica (Nature Genetics), Eucalyptus grandis (Nature), Solanum lycopersicum (Nature), the orchid Phalaenopsis equestris (Nature Genetics), the orchid Apostasia shenzhenica (Nature), the seagrass Zostera marina (Nature), the olive tree Olea europaea var. sylvestris (PNAS), Nymphaea colorata (Nature), the moss Physcomitrella patens (Science), the fungi Laccaria bicolor (Nature) and Pichia pastoris (Nature Biotechnology), the unicellular algae Ostreococcus spp. (PNAS) and Micromonas spp. (Science), the multicellular sea lettuce Ulva mutabilis (Current Biology), the diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum (Nature), the brown alga Ectocarpus siliculosus (Nature), and the spider mite Tetranychus urticae (Nature). Currently, we are involved in analyzing the genomes of many more plant species, amongst which several orchids, but also other ornamental plants. We are also currently involved in the annotation of several of the African Orphan Crop genomes.