In the shadow of the worldwide pandemic a #coralbleaching event is unfolding in the Red Sea. Here to document it with Meg Nolan on a cruise by #HaBB_Lab Francesca Benzoni Tullia Terraneo Red Sea Research Center, KAUST with @CoralSymBiomiX Raquel Peixoto Michael Berumen

The Red Sea is just AMAZING. Glad to be exploring it this week, a very good end for the crazy 2020:-) Photos by (or with) Francesca Benzoni, ciao Bella! Red Sea Research Center, KAUST BMMO network Gustavo Duarte Helena Villela Erika Santoro (she/her)

A quick shout out to women in #taxonomy for #WomenInScienceDay! Pleasure to be involved in Project Phoenix - Coral taxonomy - learning and working with inspiring #coral #taxonomists Hanaka Mera Francesca Benzoni @quattrinia Julia Y. Hung

STARTING SOON: #SciCafeKAUST on 'Red Sea Exploration.' Join us live on social or Zoom, TODAY, March 17, at 4:00 pm (GMT+3) to hear panelists Profs. Francesca Benzoni & Daniele Daffonchio and Lloyd Smith from KAUST Core Labs, moderated by Naadiya Carrim. kaust.link/3PGD

New study out on Molecular Phylogenetics & Evolution #MPE! Check out our latest paper about #phylogenomics of Porites from the Arabian Peninsula doi.org/10.1016/j.ympe…… Tullia Terraneo Francesca Benzoni Michael Berumen Zac Forsman Red Sea Research Center, KAUST KAUST #corals #redsea

The first of our outputs from @SangerToL & Moore Foundation Coral Symbiosis Genome project is out - we got together scientists from all around the world to develop; ‘Consensus Guidelines for Advancing Coral Holobiont Genome and Specimen Voucher Deposition’ frontiersin.org/articles/10.33…

KAUST officially inaugurated its Coral Probiotics Village, the first underwater #coral city designed for the development of #CoralReef related research. The underwater ribbon-cutting ceremony was attended by representatives of University leadership and Red Sea Research Center, KAUST researchers.