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For the first time, researchers have extracted ancient DNA from Caribbean parrot fossils and archaeological specimens, showing that species thought to be endemic to certain islands were historically more widespread. Story: 🦜 floridamuseum.ufl.edu/science/caribb… Study: pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn…

Our article on #eDNA metabarcoding and corallivore gut content analysis from remote coral reefs has been published today in PeerJ - the Journal of Life & Environment #Aquaculture, #FisheriesandFishScience #Biodiversity #Ecology #MarineBiology #MolecularBiology peerj.com/articles/16075

My first first author paper has come out 🥹 We investigated the genomes of 32 species of zoantharians, and present data on their phylogeny, genome sizes dynamics and repeated DNA. #thisishowMISErolls Below are the results I find more intriguing !⏬ peerj.com/articles/16188/

#meetyourhabbs Introducing the heart of the HaBB lab: Associate Professor Francesca Benzoni. She is our coral taxonomy guru 🧘🏻‍♀️, with more than 20 years of experience in the field. Follow us to know more about her work and our team discoveries 🪸🦀🌊

Our honorary HaBBs did it again! Congrats to our friends and colleagues Arthur and Aymere for publishing a new paper describing a new species of Palaemonella from the Arabian peninsula (the name is the best part!). Check it at this link: mapress.com/zt/article/vie…

ICMERS just started at KAUST! I‘ll be talking tomorrow about the unexpectedly dynamic gall crab communities here in the Red Sea. Come over at 10 am in B20 to learn whats happening on this special coral! KAUST Research HaBB Lab

Day 2 at #ICMERS2023 started with an amazing talk from Prof. Sam Purkis. It’s always inspiring hearing from him the magic of the Red Sea.

Thrilled to see my pet animals on a screen this big! Had a great time talking about my research at ICMERS-3 this morning. KAUST Research HaBB Lab

Before and after ✨ thanks to everyone who came to attend our talks! Stay tuned for more science 🪸🦀🌊

OMG - most epic dive - NEOM day 6 - maybe a reference site for the region’s #reefrestoration efforts? Really showcased Red Sea shallow water reef #KRRI Red Sea Research Center, KAUST G20 CORDAP

#ECRS2024 Hope to see many of you discovering some unexpected temporal dynamics of our reef’s cryptic communities during my talk at 12:36 in session 11! ECRS 2024

The HaBBs made it to another conference! Congrats to all our speakers, it’s always amazing to see the passion you all put in your research. Looking forward for the next one together 🦀🪸 ECRS 2024 #ecrs2024

So happy gall crabs got the attention they deserve ECRS 2024 🦀 Congrats to my lab members and fellow Kaustians for their achievements!

Check out our latest 🦀 paper in Frontiers in Marine Science! We used imaging PAM fluorometry to investigate the impact of crab presence on the corals' symbiotic algae. Surprise: They can co-exist peacefully!