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Rodrigo Costa

@rodrigoscosta.bsky.social

Research Scientist and Associate Professor at Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon

Rodrigo Costa @rodrigoscosta.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

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 :)

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Rodrigo Costa @rodrigoscosta.bsky.social · 31/08/2025

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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Rodrigo Costa @rodrigoscosta.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

wellcomeopenresearch.org/articles/10-... 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! :)

wellcomeopenresearch.org

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12th World Sponge Conference @wscommunity.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

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! 🌊

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12th World Sponge Conference @wscommunity.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

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!

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Rodrigo Costa @rodrigoscosta.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

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 :)

worldspongecommunity.com

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Rodrigo Costa @rodrigoscosta.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

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

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