@reefgenomics

Dedicated Marine Scientist, Reef Genomicist, Computer/Musiq/Travel lover, Dad of 3, Professor of Genetics of Adaptation in Aquatic Systems, President ICRS

 University Konstanz, Germany
biologie.uni-konstanz.de/voolstra
Joined November 2009
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the grass is greener / the sky is bluer on the other side; find me or i find you reefgenomics.bsky.social
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Tara Polar Station crowdfunding (raise remaining 300k of 21 mio): in any aspect this project is exceptional, paradigm-shifting, groundbreaking .. your chance to contribute kisskissbankbank.com/fr/proj… @TaraOcean_ @TaraOceans_Sci
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the plot thickens;: further to doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio… (primer: doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio…), below is another study with similar findings (nutrient cycling at the heart of coral-algal symbiosis), showing how coral larvae counter heat stress (and OA). congratulations!

Coral larvae increase nitrogen assimilation to stabilize algal symbiosis and combat bleaching under...

Rising sea surface temperatures threaten coral-algal symbiosis, impacting reef ecosystems. This study shows that coral larvae alter nutrient metabolism by increasing nitrogen assimilation to maintain...

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Youfang Sun@YoufangSun20 Nov 2024
Out in @CommsBio Acidification and warming enhance the productivity and nutrient assimilation of Pocillopora damicornis coral larvae, without destabilizing its symbiosis with intracellular algae. Big thanks to Nils Rädecker, HX Sheng, @Reef_Algae_Lab , Peiyuan Qian, Hui Huang
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PSA: pre-print of Symbiodiniaceae chapter for the upcoming coral microbiome book; was super fun to write w/ @parkinsonje & @peixotors ; I find this very accessible & hopefully fun to read, have a look & stay tuned for the upcoming book doi.org/10.31219/osf.io/dpq5… @UniKonstanz
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also contains super helpful 'cheatsheet' Appendix 1. All validly described Symbiodiniaceae genera and species as of 2024
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The ISME Climate Change Committee, AAM, @AMIposts, @ASMicrobiology, @FEMSmicro and @ICRSCoralReefs are joining forces to encourage industry and policy-makers to make use of microbes to mitigate and adapt to climate change. isme-microbes.org/harnessing… #microbes #climatechange
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Christian R Voolstra retweeted
PLOS Biology@PLOSBiology14 Nov 2024
.@reefgenomics explores a #PLOSBiology study showing how #coral larvae avoid bleaching by increasing nitrogen sequestration to maintain glucose translocation from their algal symbionts. Primer: plos.io/3ZgbQLv @Dr_Cnidariana @HolliePutnam Paper: plos.io/4foh6lL
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Replying to @PLOSBiology
@PLOSBiology editorial on new work by Huffmyer et al observing impaired nutrient cycling following thermal stress in coral larvae doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio… @UniKonstanz nice one, congrats to the authors! very deep discussion on state of play

Youthful insight: Nitrogen sequestration in larvae provides clues to coral bleaching

Impaired nutrient cycling under thermal stress foregoes coral bleaching, the loss of symbiotic algae. This Primer explores a new study in PLOS Biology which sheds light on how coral larvae avoid...

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extending previous work pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pn…

Heat stress destabilizes symbiotic nutrient cycling in corals | PNAS

Recurrent mass bleaching events are pushing coral reefs worldwide to the brink of ecological collapse. While the symptoms and consequences of this ...

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and of course the original study ;) journals.plos.org/plosbiolog…

Coral larvae increase nitrogen assimilation to stabilize algal symbiosis and combat bleaching under...

Rising sea surface temperatures threaten coral-algal symbiosis, impacting reef ecosystems. This study shows that coral larvae alter nutrient metabolism by increasing nitrogen assimilation to maintain...

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Nature Microbiology@NatureMicrobiol11 Nov 2024
Emergency bulletin! 14 journals have co-published an urgent call for the deployment of microbial solutions against climate catastrophe, by @peixotors et al. nature.com/articles/s41564-0…
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nature.com/articles/s41579-0… @gilbertjacka @peixotors @reefgenomics @Thuls_M @jaytlennon @PhilHugenholtz @SallesFalcao
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out now: Microbial solutions against climate catastrophe” => A call to action across 15 journals to counter climate change, harnessing microbiology. ... Too many times we heard it can’t be done, and yet here we are! @UniKonstanz kudos to @peixotors et al nature.com/articles/s41467-0…

Microbial solutions must be deployed against climate catastrophe

Nature Communications - This paper is a call to action. By publishing concurrently across journals like an emergency bulletin, we are not merely making a plea for awareness about climate change....

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interview on our article "Coral reef protection is fundamental to human rights" explaining our motivation & changes this could instigate, nice background & perspective I think! campus.uni-konstanz.de/wisse… (German only atm) @UniKonstanz
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new work: "Coral reef protection is fundamental to human rights" -> using a human rights framework to hasten protection of coral reefs & highlighting the strong ties to human well-being onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/… .. Kudos to @emmafcamp & co-authors! @UniKonstanz

Coral reef protection is fundamental to human rights

Coral reefs are under threat worldwide from intensifying impacts of both local and global stressors. The loss of coral reefs not only threatens marine life but also the communities that depend on...

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Emma Camp@emmafcamp30 Sep 2024
Coral reefs support more than 1 billion people, so their loss would have significant ecological consequences as well as serious repercussions for communities worldwide. Check out our perspective on the link between reef consideration & human rights onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…

Coral reef protection is fundamental to human rights

Coral reefs are under threat worldwide from intensifying impacts of both local and global stressors. The loss of coral reefs not only threatens marine life but also the communities that depend on...

onlinelibrary.wiley.com
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Hadley England@england_hadley18 Sep 2024
Check out our latest paper on a novel, rapid phenotyping device that can be used across a range of different marine/aquatic taxa. nature.com/articles/s41598-0…
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New work, happy to be part of this effort: massive bleaching study from Malaysia, a largely understudied region. More in the works! 👇@UniKonstanz loads of good insight, worthwhile to read the whole thing ;)
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Iliana Baums@IlianaBaums22 Aug 2024
Available now: genomes of the Caribbean corals Colpophyllia natans, Dendrogyra cylindrus, and Siderastrea siderea, assembled and annotated by Nick Locatelli. S. siderea has one of the largest genomes of any scleractinian coral (822Mb) .. biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/…

Genomes of the Caribbean reef-building corals Colpophyllia natans, Dendrogyra cylindrus, and...

Corals populations worldwide are declining rapidly due to elevated ocean temperatures and other human impacts. The Caribbean harbors a high number of threatened, endangered, and critically endangered...

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UPDATE: ICRS-SECC Writing Workshops now open to non-ICRS members to apply! ICRS members will be prioritized for these workshops, but any remaining spaces can be filled with non-members. Limited spots available! APPLICATIONS CLOSE AUGUST 8 @ 11:59pm UTC shorturl.at/n8rR1
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how the 'sausage is made': with the increasing number of servers running in our lab (symportal.org, micportal.org, coralfuture.org, etc) comes the need to provide power backup to maximize uptime operation ..
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Katherine Dougan, PhD@KEDougan25 Jul 2024
Our work on how genome duplication shaped evolution of a coral symbiont is out in @ScienceAdvances! A product of 6yrs of my PhD & postdoc w/ @dorkyM, I've never been prouder of a piece of work. Great collab w/ @uts_c3 @FIU @RutgersSEBS @aims_gov_au @ace_uq shorturl.at/6kjTN
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