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Group photo of the 11th World Sponge Conference held @museumnaturalis

Please note excessive waiting times at the airport and arrive 4 hours prior departure! Safe travels!

Queen Calcarea Michelle Klautau during the Sponge taxonomy workshop

The last scientific talk of this #11worldspongeconference by @barbribeiro09 @ufrj on how calcareous sponges fare in a high-CO2 world

@KornderA @UvA_Amsterdam on how sponges sneeze to shed particulate waste from their seawater inlet pores and Maha Moussa @FSM_Tn on thermal stress response of demosponge Chondrosia reniformis #11worldspongeconference

Oliver Voigt @LMU_Muenchen on the fascinating topic of dynamic expression of #biomineralisation in sclerocytes and Maria Eleonora Rossi @mncn_csic on molecular toolkits for #biosilicification in demosponges #11worldspongeconference

@JoelleSprong @LMU_Muenchen tells us about how #genomics aids in #sponge species identification in Haplosclerida, and Jose Lorente-Sorolla @mncn_csic discusses the evolution of sexual reproduction in sponges #11worldspongeconference

We continue with Raquel Pereira @UU_University on solving phylogenetic relationships in Suberetida and Marie Grenier @univAMU_Europe on integrative taxonomy of bath sponges #11worldspongeconference

Kicking off the last morning of the conference is @PacCardenas on the history of Porifera zoology and systematics #11worldspongeconference

Dreaming of a sponge conference 2025 in Bali!

To close the scientific part of the day is Elizabeth Urban-Gedamke @HarborBranch on differentiation and reaggregation of cryopreserved #sponge cells #11worldspongeconference

@Meggie_Hudspith @UvA_Science discussed the drivers of DOM uptake by the sponge #holobiont and Jacob Musser @embl tells us how sponge cell diversity profiling can inform cell type evolution #11worldspongeconference

We continue with Kristina Dominko @institutrb on the evolution of cancer related DRG1 in sponges, and Sara Campana @FAME_IBED_UvA on the metabolic responses or sponges when faced with changing coral reefs #11worldspongeconference

Kicking off the last session of the day are @AEreskovsky @imbe_marseille on the diversity of sponge regeneration mechanisms and @AndiaChaves @HarborBranch on serotonin in sponge holobionts #11worldspongeconference

We continue with @aida_verdes @EvolBioMNCN on investigating gonad evolution using transcriptomics, and @lavrov_dv @eeob_isu on the evolution of mitochondrial tRNA in Haplosclerida #11worldspongeconference

Opening the session on Organismal, Cell and Molecular is @SANICHOLS_DU @UofDenver on understanding the mechanisms behind whole body contractions in Ephydatia muelleri #11worldspongeconference

Closing this fascinating session on #freshwatersponges April Hill @BatesCollege on how these sponges can be model animals for studying algal endosymbiosis and @DiezVives @EvolBioMNCN on Ephydatia muelleri’s #microbiome #11worldspongeconference

More on freshwater sponges with @FabianRuperti @embl on the physiology and mechanics of contractions in Spongilla lacustris #11worldspongeconference

Kicking off the session on fresh water sponges is Ulisses Pinheiro @ufpeoficial on gemmule dispersion capacity South America and @DrKolomyjec @LifeatLSSU on freshwater sponge diversity in the Great Lakes region #11worldspongeconference

Closing this session on ecosystem function are @brian_strehlow @NATsdu on sponge holobionts tolerate anoxia and @AnaColacoNini @OkeanosUac on the functional role of Pheronema carpenteri in its habitat #11worldspongeconference