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 ;)

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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! 🌊

And that pre-conference event is going to be fun!

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!

Conference participants wishing to attend this round table, please fill in the quick registration form at the conference's webpage: worldspongecommunity.com/program/

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