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A nitrogen-fixing organelle, or “nitroplast,” has been identified in a marine alga. This discovery sheds light on the evolutionary transition from endosymbiont to organelle. Learn more this week in Science: scim.ag/6yX

After some delay at Amsterdam due to storm, detour around a certain country in the middle east, missed connection at Jakarta and newly booked flight heavily delayed, we have finally arrived at Makassar and finally enjoying the sunset and Laelae island.

Good perspectives for the sponge aquaculture field! Our 1-year monitoring study of Dactylospongia metachromia (known to produce interesting pharmaceuticals) revealed a high stability of its microbiome (overall and core). Check our paper w/ nicole de voogd link.springer.com/article/10.100…

Exploring the dutch Marine biodiversity with 60+students from Leiden University

Just spend 3 weeks in very warm seawater in Indonesia. Besides many bleached corals, I observed for the very first time many “bleached” individuals of this beautiful sponge Callyspongia aerizusa. Back home now, will the population recover soon? #spongethursday

My second postdoc-paper is out in Environmental Microbiome ! I am delighted to share our last work with nicole de voogd, on the transmission of bacterial communities during the first stages of the #freshwater #sponge Spongilla lacustris! …ronmentalmicrobiome.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…

📢Two tenure-track researcher positions are available in our institute! ✨🧬🔬 More information: naturalis.nl/en/about-us/jo…

Pharmaceuticals from marine sources: past, present & future 🌊🦠🔬💊 Co-authored by @MARBLES_EU partner Marcel Jaspars Marine Biodiscovery Centre, UoA a review of factors that make marine natural products #MNPs such a desirable target for drug discovery in the future⚛️ marblesproject.eu/news/pharmaceu…

New Steering Commitee (SC) members: nicole de voogd & Sancia van der Meij. Thanks to rotating out members: Rüdiger Bieler & Nicolas Bailly for all the time and efforts you have invested in WoRMS, it was a pleasure to work with you! LifeWatch VLIZ UN Ocean Decade marinespecies.org/about.php#gove…

Just published: WoRMS through the looking glass: insights from the data management team in light of the crystal anniversary of WoRMS doi.org/10.1007/s10750… by DiscoveryCollections Jan Mees and more... #marinespecies

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#PhD opportunity with Annika Clements and I looking at the restoration of biogenic reefs in sea loughs in the face of climate change. Based in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Please share with prospective students. Deadline 14th October. findaphd.com/?pj=174298

📢 Are you interested in research of marine microbes that could be used as bioprotectants in aquaculture & agriculture? Then keep up to date with all the latest news & results from the @MARBLES_EU project! 🌊🦠🌾🐟💊✅ youtube.com/watch?v=6iUPW0… Subscribe🔜 t.us20.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=81…

Great evening at Artis to celebrate 10 years of Artis Micropia and book launch by Thomas Swierts on the magnificent microbes (and happy to see a chapter on sponge microbiomes)

Scrolling through our historical collections is always a treat. A freshwatersponge from 1875 found by Max Weber and the type of the Indonesian sponge Clathria reinwardti collected by Caspar Reinwardt in 1821 #spongethursday

Interested in a PhD understanding the community dynamics of hard and soft corals in Okinwawa reefs with James Davis Reimer Emily G Mitchell Andrea Manica using newly methodologies for the analyses of community ecology & 3D model reconstruction? zoo.cam.ac.uk/2025-26-projec…

Fruitful discussions at BRIN-Ancol (National Research & Innovation Agency Indonesia) with Prof Ocky Karna Radiasa

Is it possible to submit a grant without a lack of sleep, cafeïne overkill and aching back?? Well, last-minute submission and now some catch-up sleeping..

[New Paper] is on the COVER of Science Magazine !! The FIRST genome-phylogeny of MOLLUSCS complete with ALL classes —including the mythical "living fossil" Monoplacophora— reveals how they evolved the most diverse body forms of all animals! Read for FREE: doi.org/10.1126/scienc…

So, there they are, the WoRMS top-ten marine species of 2024! Do you have a favorite? marinespecies.org/worms-top-ten/… #toptenmarinespecies #taxonomistappreciationday #OceanDecade #GenOcean #marinespecies