The 12th World Sponge Conference @wscommunity.bsky.social is about to start, and I am happy that ISME @isme-microbes.bsky.social is supporting the "sponge symbioses" session through the ISME ambassador program! See you soon :)

Attendees of the @wscommunity.bsky.social (12thWorldSpongeConference) can still register for the pre-conference round table "sponge genomics and metagenomics". With Ute Hentschel Humeida Lucia Pita Galán Dirk Erpenbeck, and good company :) Check it out ;)

wellcomeopenresearch.org/articles/10-... I'm happy to see this released as part of the Aquatic Symbiosis Genomics Project (lnkd.in/dHVuMjPQ), spearheaded by the Wellcome Sanger Institute, with Ute Hentschel Humeida as the coordinator of the "sponge sequencing hub." Great stuff! :)

Excited to announce our first #WSC2025 keynote: Prof. Jörn Piel (ETH Zurich)! He will open the session “Sponge Symbioses” with his talk “Insights into the chemistry of sponge microbiomes”. Don’t miss it! 🌊

Excited to announce another #WSC2025 keynote: Prof. April Horton! She will speak in the session “Organismal Biology” with her talk on the flexible symbiosis between Ephydatia muelleri and algal partners. Don’t miss it!

The #Sponge genomics and metagenomics round table is a pre-conference event of the upcoming World Sponge Conference (worldspongecommunity.com). I am happy to join this initiative with Ute Hentschel, Lucia Pita Galán, and Dirk Erpenbeck. See you there :)

I am pleased to share that BAGECO bageco.org has been awarded a General Sponsorship Fund by @isme-microbes.bsky.social. The final program will be announced soon! Stay tuned for updates! @gabrieleberg.bsky.social