Besides all being cnidarians, theses species now have their complete nuclear genome sequences fully available. As part of the Aquatic Symbiosis Genome (ASG) Project , this group of marine invertebrate genomes have been published. A massive collaborative effort via the ASG helped form a hub of diverse scientists interested in photosymbiosis, including colleagues from NSU (Abby Renegar), University of Puerto Rico (Nick Schizas), Florida International University (Anthony Bellantuono), UCLA (Monica Medina, Elizabeth Boville), and the sequencing team at Wellcome Sanger Institute among others.

We had two successful Master of Science defenses in the NSU Halmos College of Arts & Sciences Molecular Microbiology and Genomics (MMG) Lab this week. Congrats to Hailey Poignant for her masterful defense of her thesis entitled, "Assessing gene expression changes in the octocoral Briareum asbestinum due to Vibrio coralliilyticus exposure." This was very nice work that is part of a larger experiment, and where Hailey had to master multiple lab methods in a short amount oif time - RNA extractions and bioinformatics analyses.

In spite of war time fuel price hikes affecting the much of the world, long travel distances and imminent monsoon season, close to 70 researchers from at least 14 different countries converged on t…

Global Invertebrate Genome Alliance VI, July 2026, Philippines

Global Invertebrate Genome Alliance VI, July 2026, Philippines

Congratulations to MMG student and lab manager Paisley Samuel who has published the bulk of her MS thesis in Frontiers in Water for her first primary authored paper “Diversity fluctuations of…

A high quality whole chromosomal genome of the sponge Diacarnus erythraeanus and the metagenomes of its microbial associates have been published from the Photosymbiosis Hub, a component of the Well…

Plastic pollution represents a huge environmental problem, and drinking straws are a major component of such pollution. It is estimated that 8.3 billion plastic straws contaminate the world’s beach…

The current “consensus” order in which amino acids were added to the genetic code is based on potentially biased criteria, such as the absence of s...

World Reef Awareness Day 2025 highlights the coral reef crisis and the urgent need for global conservation action.

Changes seen as a response to presidential directives on what research to fund

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America’s marine protected areas help fish populations thrive. Trump’s plan to open them to industrial fishing may ultimately harm the fishing industry itself.

Understanding temperature change since the pre-industrial period is essential for climate action. This study uses an ocean proxy to better quantify when anthropogenic warming began and estimates that ...

How far can the Trump administration bend U.S. research before it breaks?

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View the open positions and career opportunities at the Gloucester Marine Genomics Institute.

The mass-archiving effort is in response to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention removing some of its web pages.

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A systematic analysis of 115 mammalian genomes, including 10 new bat genomes, reveals prevalent positive selection in immune genes in bats and shows key adaptations in the antiviral gene ISG15 that ai...

Meet 10 neuroscientists bringing model diversity back with the funky animals they study.

Working with an Army Corp of Engineers Engineer Research and Development Center (ACE ERDC) funded project while in the Lopez laboratory, research scientist Lauren Krausfeldt has generated significa…

Background Bacteriophages are known modulators of community composition and activity in environmental and host-associated microbiomes. However, the impact single phages have on bacterial community dyn...

A Nature global survey finds that most specialists are unhappy with systems to provide science advice to policymakers.

Project has read 3000 genomes but needs billions to finish grand vision of sequencing all complex life

It is one of the world’s most dangerous materials, and global leaders are meeting in South Korea to thrash out a treaty to curb its effects

Project has read 3000 genomes but needs billions to finish grand vision of sequencing all complex life

Background Over their evolutionary history, corals have adapted to sea level rise and increasing ocean temperatures, however, it is unclear how quickly they may respond to rapid change. Genome structu...