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Blanca Figuerola

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Ramon y Cajal researcher at @medrecover.bsky.social team, @icmcsic.bsky.social. PI of @marinecalcifiers.bsky.social 🪸 In love with remote islands. #globalchange #biodiversity #ecology #paleoecology #benthos #Bryozoa #microbiome

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Blanca Figuerola @bfiguerola.bsky.social · Jul 31

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Our new paper is out today in @commsbio.nature.com @natureportfolio.nature.com 🚨

🔗https://www.nature.com/articles/s42003-025-08524-8

We studied how two Mediterranean bryozoan species respond to ocean acidification & warming using a natural underwater CO₂ vent as a climate change lab. 🌊🧫
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Jean-Pierre Gattuso @jpgattuso.bsky.social · 1d

Let us express our solidarity with US colleagues affected by the federal shutdown and firings.
#shutdown

fromtheprow.agu.org/agu-condemns...

AGU Condemns Threatened Mass Firings of U.S. Federal Workforce During Shutdown

I write to you today outraged on behalf of everyone who depends on a functioning government. Last Wednesday, the U.S...

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ICM-CSIC @icmcsic.bsky.social · 1d

🌊We’re hiring postdocs!

🐚Join the MedAcidWarm project with @bfiguerola.bsky.social to study how marine invertebrates & microbiomes respond to climate change with MicroCT, metabolomics & transcriptomics!

📧Apply by 20/10

🔗https://icm.csic.es/ca/oferta-treball/call-postdoctoral-fellowship-candidates

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ZooKeys @zookeys.pensoft.net · 1d

Seven new bryozoan species are described from various habitats across the Mediterranean. Find out more about them here: doi.org/10.3897/zook...

#biodiversity #bryozoans #newspecies @bfiguerola.bsky.social

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Blanca Figuerola @bfiguerola.bsky.social · 5d

Enhorabona 👏👏

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ICM-CSIC @icmcsic.bsky.social · 6d

🌊🔬 We’re hiring predocs!

🐚 Join the MedAcidWarm project with @bfiguerola.bsky.social to study how marine invertebrates & microbiomes respond to climate change with metabolomics & transcriptomics!

📧 Apply by 20/10

🔗 https://icm.csic.es/ca/oferta-treball/call-predoctoral-fellowship-candidates

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Blanca Figuerola @bfiguerola.bsky.social · 7d

Ready to take the next step in your research career at @icmcsic.bsky.social?We’re seeking enthusiastic candidates to join our team + apply for prestigious pre/postdoc fellowships. Learn more👇
🔗 icm.csic.es/ca/oferta-tr...

🔗 icm.csic.es/ca/oferta-tr...
@em-oyster.bsky.social @bryozoology.bsky.social

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Blanca Figuerola @bfiguerola.bsky.social · 8d

Happy to collaborate on this great work led by Antonietta Rosso, revising the bryozoan genus Fenestrulina with 77 species and describing seven new ones from the Mediterranean! @zookeys.pensoft.net
🔗 zookeys.pensoft.net/article/1579...

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International Bryozoology Association @bryozoology.bsky.social · 8d

New publication on diversity of the cheilostome bryozoan genus Fenestrulina in the Mediterranean
zookeys.pensoft.net/article/1579...

Unlocking Mediterranean bryozoan diversity: seven new species unveiled after fixing a neotype for Fenestrulina malusii (Audouin & Savigny, 1826) (Cheilostomatida, Fenestrulinidae)

Fenestrulina malusii (Audouin & Savigny), the type species of Fenestrulina Jullien, is among the most widely reported bryozoans globally. Following the loss of the original type material, presumed...

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Blanca Figuerola @bfiguerola.bsky.social · 8d

Lab meeting today at @icmcsic.bsky.social. Feeling so lucky to be surrounded by amazing people and researchers, both growing in their own paths:one finishing the PhD and another starting the 2nd year! @marinecalcifiers.bsky.social #SeveroOchoa @cienciagob.bsky.social #INPhINIT @lacaixa.bsky.social

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International Bryozoology Association @bryozoology.bsky.social · 28d

Save the date! Next Larwood meeting (European bryozoan conference) in 2026 will be in Oslo from 1st-3rd of June! Hosted by @lhliow.bsky.social Hope to see you there.

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Lee Hsiang Liow （廖珕庠） @lhliow.bsky.social · 28d

#bryozoa bryozoologists! It’s official!! We are hosting Larwood 2026 in Oslo!! 1-3 June: mark and save on your calendars and spread the news!! @nhmbryozoa.bsky.social

International Bryozoology Association @bryozoology.bsky.social · 28d

Save the date! Next Larwood meeting (European bryozoan conference) in 2026 will be in Oslo from 1st-3rd of June! Hosted by @lhliow.bsky.social Hope to see you there.

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Taylor Lindsay @t-lindsay-sci.bsky.social · 19d

🌊 Phylum Friday: Bryozoa! 🌊

These small colonial organisms are usually found encrusting rocks or blending in with algae. However, many of the species found in New England are invasive, and have become a concern for intertidal and subtidal ecosystems as they encrust and out-compete native species.

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Blanca Figuerola @bfiguerola.bsky.social · 13d

"Per primera vegada s'incompleix el llindar d'acidificació de l'oceà".
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La Terra supera el setè dels nou límits planetaris

Per primera vegada s'incompleix el llindar d'acidificació de l'oceà: “Sense mars sans, no hi ha un planeta sa”

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Blanca Figuerola @bfiguerola.bsky.social · 14d

Allà estarem cada setmana. #Gaza #Palestine

CSIC x Palestine @csicxpalestine.bsky.social · 14d

Scientists from the Spanish National Research Council CSIC united in the group CSIC X Palestine meet every week in front of their respective institutes to support Gaza and Lebanon against Israel's attacks and denounce Israel's genocide and ethnic cleansing. CMIMA (ICM, IBE, UTM) September 23, 2025

Blanca Figuerola @bfiguerola.bsky.social · 17d

Molt interessant! Sort amb la cerca!

Iñaki Ruiz-Trillo @multicellgenome.bsky.social · May 13

Watch our new video (in Spanish!) to learn why we are focused on searching the #Magnificent8 – eight lineages that remain unknown and that may be key to understand the origin of animals. 🧬🦠 #multicellularity @ibe-barcelona.bsky.social @csic.es @prbb.org
youtu.be/RMJ_5xtZvmI?...

Los 8 Magníficos: a la búsqueda de nuestros parientes unicelulares desconocidos

YouTube video by Multicellgenome Lab

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Rosa M. Tristán @rosatristan.bsky.social · 19d

Que un gobierno que dice luchar contra el cambio climático amplie 2 enormes aeropuertos dice mucho de su compromiso real. Además, !!no podemos más de turistas!! Ni en Madrid ni en Barcelona

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Institut de Recerca de la Biodiversitat @irbio-ub.bsky.social · 22d

#ArticleIRBio
🌊Microbiome Composition in a Common Mediterranean Bryozoan Following an Unprecedented Marine Heatwave🪸

Authors: Figuerola, B ; Linares, C ( #IRBio ) et al.
Journal: ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY REPORTS
doi.org/10.1111/1758...

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Microbiome Composition in a Common Mediterranean Bryozoan Following an Unprecedented Marine Heatwave

Myriapora truncata exhibits microbiome compositional changes after the 2022 marine heatwave, despite the absence of visible necrosis. These findings highlight host-associated microbes as early indica...

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Blanca Figuerola @bfiguerola.bsky.social · Sep 5

This research is part of the #MedCalRes and #HOLOCHANGE projects, funded by @cienciagob.bsky.social @cienciagob.bsky.social. @bryozoology.bsky.social @icmcsic.bsky.social @ibe-barcelona.bsky.social @biologiaub.bsky.social

Blanca Figuerola @bfiguerola.bsky.social · Sep 5

11/ Monitoring holobionts (hosts🪸 + microbes🦠) will be crucial for predicting resilience or collapse of Mediterranean ecosystems. Conservation must take these microbial changes into account.
#ClimateChange #MarineBiology #OceanHealth

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Blanca Figuerola @bfiguerola.bsky.social · Sep 5

10/ This is the first study of a bryozoan microbiome after a marine heatwave 🪸🦠. It shows that survival is not the full story. Microbial shifts reveal the invisible costs of climate change ⚠️.

Blanca Figuerola @bfiguerola.bsky.social · Sep 5

9/ Why it matters: bryozoans are habitat builders like corals 🪸. If their resilience weakens, ecosystems that depend on them may suffer. As MHWs intensify, more species may face hidden stress before collapse.

Blanca Figuerola @bfiguerola.bsky.social · Sep 5

8/ These microbial shifts happened without visible host mortality. Microbiomes may act as early-warning systems, detecting stress before it becomes lethal.🔍

Blanca Figuerola @bfiguerola.bsky.social · Sep 5

7/ At 17m the microbiome looked closer to a “healthy” baseline. Even small thermal differences reshaped microbial communities.

Blanca Figuerola @bfiguerola.bsky.social · Sep 5

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📈 Higher microbial diversity
📈 Opportunistic bacteria like Woeseia & Pelagibius thrived
📉 Beneficial/core taxa (Aquimarina, Vibrio) declined
This suggests early dysbiosis, a disrupted microbial balance ⚖️

Blanca Figuerola @bfiguerola.bsky.social · Sep 5

5/ The microbiome was dominated by Proteobacteria, Bacteroidota, Firmicutes & Planctomycetota, part of the M. truncata core community seen across Mediterranean sites (see: www.nature.com/articles/s42... @springernature.com). Depth still made a difference.

https://nature.com/articles/s4200…