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Eve Maunders
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Exploring the secrets of sponge symbionts | Molecular microbiologist in the Degnan Lab, University of Queensland
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Don't miss out on the 3rd West Pacific Marine Biology Symposium @ UQ Brisbane, 25–28 Nov.

Reg & abstracts open: tinyurl.com/wpmbs2025
Early-bird regos now extended to 14 Oct, so you can still secure discounted registration rates!

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UQ Centre for Marine Science
September 30, 2025 at 5:35 AM
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Very excited to present the Great Barrier Reef Microbial Genomes Database (GBR-MGD), a comprehensive DB of 1000s of high-quality prokaryote, virus, plasmid, and chromosome-level eukaryote MAGs using Nanopore long reads. Subthreads incoming. Please share widely. 🙂

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
The planktonic microbiome of the Great Barrier Reef
Large genome databases have markedly improved our understanding of marine microorganisms. Although these resources have focused on prokaryotes, genomes from many dominant marine lineages, such as Pela...
www.biorxiv.org
May 21, 2025 at 7:34 AM
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First live video of a colossal squid highlights one of the most exciting knowledge gaps in deep ocean exploration – Southern Fried Science
First live video of a colossal squid highlights one of the most exciting knowledge gaps in deep ocean exploration
Earlier this month, the good folks at the Schmidt Institute for Oceanography, unveiled the first video footage of a colossal squid. Colossal squid were first described 100 years ago, but have never…
www.southernfriedscience.com
April 28, 2025 at 9:58 PM
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Meet the carrier crab, an animal that brings its defence wherever it goes. Its back legs are specially adapted to hold anything it can wedge between itself and danger: a bit of dead coral, seaweed, a broken shell. Sometimes, though, that shield is alive – like this jellyfish! 🛡️🪼👇

🎥: Jacob Guy
April 10, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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Whales sing, orcas squeal, and sea turtles croak. But sharks are more the strong, silent type. Now, researchers report the first evidence that sharks make sounds, too.

Learn more: scim.ag/3RmqcF5
March 30, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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Course updates! ⚠️ Molecular and Cell Biology of Symbiosis is REOPENING applications (deadline March 31), and Visual Neuroscience is EXTENDING applications (deadline April 1).

Flyers below ⤵️ Read more and apply here: bit.ly/4acDH2V

#ScienceStartsHere
March 17, 2025 at 9:23 PM