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The ISME Climate Change Committee, AAM, Applied Microbiology International, ASM, FEMS and International Coral Reef Society are joining forces to encourage industry and policy-makers to make use of microbes to mitigate and adapt to climate change. isme-microbes.org/harnessing-mic… #microbes #climatechange

Excellent blog about using coral genomes to combat bleaching: sangerinstitute.blog/2024/10/02/cor…

We're looking for a full professor Plant Breeding (Kiel University, Germany). The position comes with good labs, glasshouses, technical and administrative staff and one or two permanent postdoc positions to be filled freely. Questions? Feel free to contact me!

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Our study on #lichen #symbiosis is out in Current Biology! How can multiple microbes create a large, 3D, and structurally complex organism? To answer this question, we used #metagenomics, #metatranscriptomics, and a bit of protein structure modeling 🧵1/7

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Symposium on Cellular Underpinnings in Host-Microbe Crosstalk | CRC 1182 metaorganism-research.com/seminars-event…

The chromosome-level genome sequences of the freshwater sponge, <i>Spongilla lacustris </i>(Linnaeus, 1759) and<i> </i>the chlorophyte cobiont <i>Choricystis</i> sp., and the associated microbial metagenome sequences, wellcomeopenresearch.org/articles/10-22…

Aplysina aerophoba, the „golden sponge“, with chemistry that makes it turn blueupon contact with air The chromosomal genome sequence of <i>Aplysina aerophoba </i>(Nardo, 1833) and its associated microbial metagenome sequences, wellcomeopenresearch.org/articles/10-250

Thanks Sally Leys! The chromosomal genome sequence of the fragile freshwater sponge, <i>Eunapius fragilis </i>(Leidy, 1851) and its associated microbial metagenome sequences, wellcomeopenresearch.org/articles/10-26…

The chromosomal genome sequence of the sponge <i>Crambe crambe </i>(Schmidt, 1862) and its associated microbial metagenome sequences, wellcomeopenresearch.org/articles/10-275 (photography by Manuel Maldonado)

The peer-reviewed version of expansion in situ genome sequencing is now out in Science! The news is bittersweet – when we first revealed this last September, I never guessed it would be my final paper in academia, but a lot has changed. A few parting thoughts:

The chromosomal genome sequence of the glass sponge <i>Aphrocallistes beatrix</i> Gray, 1858 and its associated microbial metagenome sequences, wellcomeopenresearch.org/articles/10-280 (image credit to Javier Cristobo) Earth BioGenome Project Wellcome Sanger Institute

The chromosomal genome sequence of the kidney sponge, <i>Chondrosia reniformis </i>Nardo, 1847, and its associated microbial metagenome sequences, wellcomeopenresearch.org/articles/10-28… (image credit M. Maldonado) Wellcome Sanger Institute

Sponges are animals – just like us. 🧽 New sponge genomes may reveal exciting secrets that could contribute towards drug discovery, reef conservation, and much more. 🧬 sangerinstitute.blog/2025/07/03/ent… Image credit: Benjamin Mueller

Mysterious sea sponges. Curious? Read the blog below.

ASG Sponges Genome Note #7 lead by Jose Lopez. The chromosomal genome sequence of the giant barrel sponge, <i>Xestospongia muta</i> Schmidt 1870 and its associated microbial metagenome sequences, wellcomeopenresearch.org/articles/10-336 image by Brian K. Walker

ASG Sponges Genome Note #8 by Ana Riesgo 👩🏽‍🔬🧬🔬 and E. Renard. The chromosomal genome sequence of the sponge, <i>Oscarella lobularis </i>(Schmidt, 1862) (Porifera, Homoscleromorpha) and its associated microbial metagenome sequences, wellcomeopenresearch.org/articles/10-340

ASG Sponges Genome Note #9 led by Emma Marangon & Australian team. The chromosomal genome sequence of the sponge <i>Cliona cf. orientalis </i>Thiele (1900) and its associated microbial metagenome sequences, wellcomeopenresearch.org/articles/10-342

ASG Sponges Genome Note #10 led by Jasper De Goeij and Ben Mueller. The scaffold-level genome sequence of an encrusting sponge, <i>Halisarca caerulea </i>Vacelet &amp; Donadey, 1987, and its associated microbial metagenome sequences, wellcomeopenresearch.org/articles/10-344 image by Ben Mueller