
Laura Rix
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Laura Rix
@lnrix
Researcher @ace_uq passionate about coral reefs, microbes, and marine science. Find me on Bluesky












PhD opportunity for Australian domestic students in bioinformatics and genomics with @dorkyM, @spectacularia and myself. >Comparative genomics of heat-evolved microalgae. Interested? Please send me an email. Start early 2023. Competitive scholarship application through MQ Uni.



Host versus microbial symbiont uptake of dissolved organic matter (DOM) was quantified in two Caribbean sponges. Authors found that sponge cells are predominantly responsible for DOM uptake, while symbiotic microbes recycle the waste-products of the host.➡️bit.ly/meps_670_1














"Zootaxa with no 2019 based Impact Factor (excluded due to an excessive concentration of self-citations)" by Marcin Kaminski Well, how to start commenting this? Go taxonomy! They say "Publish taxonomic papers in your own low impact journals." And then... boom! No impact at all.


