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Raúl González-Pech (he/him)

@raulgoch.bsky.social
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Assistant Professor at TXST | Comparative #Genomics | Computational Biology | #Symbiodiniaceae | Coral symbiosis | Evolutionary Genomics | 🇲🇽🏳️‍🌈 gonzalezpech-lab.com

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Raúl González-Pech (he/him) @raulgoch.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
🚨 Preprint update! Our approach combining sclerochronology, coraDNA and geochemistry was able to reconstruct historical symbiont shuffling and microbial shifts linked to local anthropogenic disturbances from a coral skeletal core. Read more here: doi.org/10.1101/2024... @momedinamunoz.bsky.social
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Dr. Lauren E. Fuess @laurenfuess.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
One more talk from my lab today at #Evol2026. Postdoc @calebcbutler.com will be presenting on our collaborative project with @raulgoch.bsky.social searching for conserved mechanisms of cnidarian symbioses. Come hear more about this exciting project.
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“One Symbiont, Two Symbiont, Red Symbiont, Green Symbiont: Searching for Shared Mechanisms of Symbiosis in Two Functionally Convergent Symbiosis”

Monday at 5pm in Room 21.
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Springer @springer.springernature.com · 21/01/2026
🦑 New research in 'Symbiosis' explores the #mycobiome of the upside-down jellyfish using culture-based methods and metagenomic sequencing. This study reveals how location shapes fungal diversity in a benthic #jellyfish. bit.ly/3Nu1Hav @raulgoch.bsky.social @momedinamunoz.bsky.social 🪼🧪🐙🪸
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Raúl González-Pech (he/him) @raulgoch.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
New paper out! An attempt to examine the #mycobiome 🍄‍🟫 of the upside-down #jellyfish! 🪼 Led by Victoria Sharp and @momedinamunoz.bsky.social! doi.org/10.1007/s131...
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Raúl González-Pech (he/him) @raulgoch.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
🚨Last week to submit your #ICRS2026 abstract! Consider submitting to session 124: 🪸Reefs through time⌛ Leveraging today's interdisciplinary tools to better understand the past of reef organisms and ecosystems.
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Erin Dillon @erinmdillon.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
Final reminder to consider submitting an abstract to join our thematic session on "Reefs through time" at the @icrs.bsky.social meeting next July. The call for abstracts closes Dec 1! See below for details. Hope to see you there!
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Raúl González-Pech (he/him) @raulgoch.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
🌊Anyone who has taught a course on Marine Ecology & Conservation (or alike) who is willing to share their material? 🪸🪼🐟🦭🐠🦈🦀🐙🐬🐳🐡🦞🦦🐋🐚
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Raúl González-Pech (he/him) @raulgoch.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
Our lab website is up! gonzalezpech-lab.com
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The Microbial Symbiosis Laboratory @TXST
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Filip Husnik @filiphusnik.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
Pretty excited to share our new preprint! Non-photosynthetic Plastid Replacement by a Primary Plastid in the Making www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Raúl González-Pech (he/him) @raulgoch.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
Working on the past of #corals or #reefs? 🪸 Join our #ICRS2026 session! 🧑🏻‍🏫
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Dr. Lauren E. Fuess @laurenfuess.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
Science friends and collaborators!! This week I will be giving my tenure review seminar! It will be available via zoom to accommodate some folks travel schedules. So, if you’d like to hear more about what the labs been up to over the past five years please reach out and I will give you the link
A screenshot of a flyer with the Texas Stare Biology Logo on top. It lists the seminar title: “Symbiommunity: Understanding how host-microbe associations shape cnidarian immunity in a rapidly changing world”. It also details the speaker (Dr. Lauren Fuess), Date (Sept 26th), time (2pm), location (Supple 116), and host (Dr. Peggy Biga). A headshot of Lauren is also shown
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Seth Bordenstein @symbionticism.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
🎙️JOB ANNOUNCEMENT! I am seeking a scientist to design, implement, support, analyze, and report on research in the molecular biology of insect endosymbionts. Come join us in the tips of the Appalachian mountains for meaningful challenges in symbiosis science. psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/PSU_Staff/jo...
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Research Technologist - Life Sciences Advanced Professional - Bordenstein Lab
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Raúl González-Pech (he/him) @raulgoch.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
Our department is looking for an Assistant Professor of Wildlife Biology. Come join us! jobs.hr.txstate.edu/postings/54232
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Assistant Professor Wildlife Ecology
The Department of Biology at Texas State University invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position specializing in wildlife biology, terrestrial vertebrate ecology, quantitative ...
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Rupinder Kaur, PhD @kaurr.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
Excited to share that I’ll be joining @uicbios.bsky.social as an Asst. Prof. in Jan 2026! My lab will explore the epi/genetic principles of host–microbe interactions, symbiosis, and vector biology. We’ll be hiring postdocs and techs—details and lab website coming soon! bios.uic.edu/news-stories...
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Meet the Faculty | Biological Sciences | University of Illinois Chicago
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Morgan Sobol @msobol.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
🚨 I’m hiring a postdoc for Fall 2025 with experience in microbial ‘omics data analysis and phylogenetics/genomics. Projects will be centered around ancient microbial ecology & evolution. Click here for more information: bpb-us-e1.wpmucdn.com/wp.txstate.e... Please share, thank you 🙏🏻
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Raúl González-Pech (he/him) @raulgoch.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
🚨 New paper out @microbiologysociety.org! #Genome 🧬 characterization of #CCA -associated bacteria 🦠, with antimicrobial activity against antibiotic 💊-resistant pathogens! #AMR doi.org/10.1099/mgen...
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Raúl González-Pech (he/him) @raulgoch.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
Stoke to announce that I will be joining the Department of Biology @txst.edu this coming Fall semester as an Assistant Professor! Looking for grad students with interests in #Symbiodiniaceae, #corals 🪸, microbial #symbiosis 🦠, comparative #genomics 🧬 and #phylogenomics soon. Feel free to reach out!
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Mónica Medina @momedinamunoz.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
We examined the microbiome of Madracis aurentenra, an urban coral off the coast of the Colombian Caribbean. Interesting dynamics between Endozoicomonas and Vibrionaceae 🧪🪸 #MicroSky peerj.com/articles/192...
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Endozoicomonas dominance and Vibrionaceae stability underpin resilience in urban coral Madracis auretenra
Coral resilience varies across species, with some exhibiting remarkable stability and adaptability, often mediated by their associated microbiomes. Given the species-specific nature of coral-microbiom...
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Ben Jenkins @benkinsjenkins.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Check out our dispatch on apicomplexans that infect corals! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... These parasite-like partners have lost photosynthesis but retained chlorophyll... are they friend or foe? @currentbiology.bsky.social #protistsonsky #symbiosky #microsky #coralreefs
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One Health Microbiome Center @psumbiome.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
🌍 Conservation biology needs a microbial upgrade! This review, from @raulgoch.bsky.social & others, highlights how microbiome research can enhance conservation genomics & improve biodiversity management in a changing world. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #Microbiome #Conservation #Genomics
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Incorporating microbiome analyses can enhance conservation of threatened species and ecosystem functions
Conservation genomics is a rapidly growing subdiscipline of conservation biology that uses genome-wide information to inform management of biodiversit…
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John Parkinson @parkinsonje.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Congrats to Parkinson lab PhD students Lauren & Matt (and former postdoc Raul!) and the whole team for putting together this nice perspective on efforts to incorporate microbiome analyses into conservation efforts.
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Raúl González-Pech (he/him) @raulgoch.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
🚨 Paper alert: our multidisciplinary team emphasizes the importance of microbes 🦠 in conservation of biodiversity and ecosystems🌱. We also encourage studying their ecological functions! 🧪🧫 authors.elsevier.com/c/1kjAVB8cd4...
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Christina Richards, Ph.D. (she/her) I’m an Ally, are you? @drclrichards.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Our group project is out! This was a fun exchange among diverse researchers. #STOTEN Incorporating microbiome analyses can enhance conservation of threatened species and ecosystem functions authors.elsevier.com/a/1kjAVB8cd4... @raulgoch.bsky.social @rmcminds.bsky.social @junhee-jung.bsky.social
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Raúl González-Pech (he/him) @raulgoch.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
This is just devastating. My thoughts are with all our NOAA colleagues and in other federal agencies. No way to anticipate the lag that all of this will bring to the progression of science both here and globally…😮‍💨
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Raúl González-Pech (he/him) @raulgoch.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
So grateful for being part of this amazing community and for being featured in this video! ☺️
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E. Yağmur Erten @yagmurerten.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
Applications for MEME are open! It's a research- and mobility-oriented Evolutionary Biology Master's Programme, where students have the opportunity to visit 4(+2) different universities in two years. Please spread the word! www.evobio.eu #EvoBio
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Seth Bordenstein @symbionticism.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
📢 Hey! We're hiring a Research Technologist (Advanced Professional) to accelerate discoveries on the molecular biology of the symbiosis between #Drosophila and #Wolbachia. Know anyone who loves molecular studies of bugs, bacteria, and/or bacteriophages? psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/PSU_St...
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Anthony M. Bonacolta @ambonacolta.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
🚨New Preprint🚨: A Single-cell Atlas of Coral Bleaching! 🪸🦠🔥. We show the microbial ecology of coral bleaching from the gene expression of host and symbiont cells to the shifts in the bacterial and protist communities within the holobiont! #ProtistsOnSky #SymbioSky #MicroSky 🧪
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A Single-Cell Atlas of Coral Bleaching
The symbiosis between corals and dinoflagellate algae is disrupted by heat stress, leading to bleaching. Recurring bleaching events, driven by the climate crisis, are causing massive coral mortality a...
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Raúl González-Pech (he/him) @raulgoch.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
🚨Proud to share this @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social on genomes of bacteria 🦠 extracted from crustose coralline algae and with antimicrobial potential! 💊 A great example of prime undergraduate research led y the brilliant student @diegolera.bsky.social @MedinaLab! doi.org/10.1101/2024...
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The Potential of CCA-associated Bacteria to Fight Antimicrobial-Resistant Pathogens: a Genomic Survey
The global rise of antimicrobial resistance has intensified efforts in bioprospecting, with researchers increasingly exploring unique marine environments for novel antimicrobials. In line with this tr...
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Amanda Alker @atp-alker.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
🚨 The Alker Lab is starting at the University of Rhode Island in early 2025 and we will be hiring! 🚨 If you are interested in marine microbiology, bacterial genetics and/or symbiosis, please consider reaching out! Repost to help spread the word 🪸🧪🧬🌊
The Alker lab at the University of Rhode Island is hiring (students, postdocs and lab staff)! We use cutting edge tools in microbiology to investigate marine animal symbioses. Email or DM for further inquiries
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Mónica Medina @momedinamunoz.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
New pre-print from the lab. Whole genomes of bacteria isolated from crustose coralline algae. Beautiful collaboration between Diego-Lara, a stellar undegrad and postdoc @raulgoch.bsky.social 🪸🧪🧬🌊https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.11.26.625565v1
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The Potential of CCA-associated Bacteria to Fight Antimicrobial-Resistant Pathogens: a Genomic Survey
The global rise of antimicrobial resistance has intensified efforts in bioprospecting, with researchers increasingly exploring unique marine environments for novel antimicrobials. In line with this tr...
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Iliana Baums @ibaums.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
We are thrilled to announced the publication of chromosome level genome assemblies and genetic maps for the Caribbean corals, Acropora palmata and Acropora cervicornis. bmcgenomics.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
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Chromosome-level genome assemblies and genetic maps reveal heterochiasmy and macrosynteny in endangered Atlantic Acropora - BMC Genomics
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...
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Zoe Dellaert @zdellaert.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Out today, open access: Chromosome-level genome assemblies and genetic maps reveal heterochiasmy and macrosynteny in endangered Atlantic Acropora doi.org/10.1186/s128... From @ibaums.bsky.social Lab, led by Nicolas Locatelli, Sheila Kitchen, and Kate Stankiewicz
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Chromosome-level genome assemblies and genetic maps reveal heterochiasmy and macrosynteny in endangered Atlantic Acropora - BMC Genomics
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...
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Mónica Medina @momedinamunoz.bsky.social · 09/11/2024
Here is a coral reef science starter pack! go.bsky.app/Qo5Gh2H
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Raúl González-Pech (he/him) @raulgoch.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Happy to have made the move!🦋
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