Thanks Oscar. I appreciate your comment about genetic sequences, which I have now edited throughout to refer to 'physical genetic sequences'. Yes I have reached out to Braden Leach, once in the middle of my research and again once I had finished the dissertation, although I haven't heard from him since. I have been thinking about getting in contact with Piers Millet about my ideas for IBBIS for a while, so an introduction with him would probably be a good idea.