The first deep-sea SponGES cruise has just started onboard the Norwegian research vessel G.O. Sars, departing from Tromsø. The cruise aims at filling in the gaps and deepening our understanding regarding the diversity, distribution, function as well as the goods … Read More
The Department of Earth Sciences at Utrecht University is now looking for highly-motivated, high-potential applicant to fill a postdoc position on biogeochemical modeling of deep-sea sponges. In this a 3-year postdoctoral position we aim to develop and explore models for … Read More
The 3rd International Workshop on Taxonomy of Atlanto-Mediterranean Deep-Sea Sponges will be hosted by SponGES partner IEO in Centro Oceanográfico de Gijón (Spain) between the 6th and the 11th of June. Organised by Javier Cristobo (IEO), Pilar Rios (IEO) and … Read More
REFERENCE Plotkin, Alexander; Morrow, Christine; Gerasimova, Elena; Rapp, Hans Tore (2016). Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. http://doi.org/10.1017/S0025315416000655 ABSTRACT All polymastiid sponges displaying ornamented exotyles are reviewed and their morphological affinities are reconsidered. The study embraces … Read More
The SponGES field season just begun and our team from the Uppsala University went off in the Kosterfjord searching for the deep-sea sponge Geodia barretti. The Kosterfjord is part of the Kosterhavet National Park, the first Swedish marine national park … Read More
About 50 delegates from the SponGES wider consortium, its advisory board, interested parties and the EC joined the project kickoff meeting in Bergen. The event featured an initial Open Session, followed by restricted technical meetings. It covered the overall structure … Read More
Fellowship Reference: BPD_MAY_2016_SPONGES_01The 3B’s Research Group – Biomaterials, Biodegradables and Biomimetics (www.3bs.uminho.pt), University of Minho, Portugal, a member of the ICVS/3B’s – Associate Laboratory, opens a call for one research fellowship for outstanding and highly motivated PhD holders under the … Read More
What is a sponge? Why are deep-sea sponges important? Why do we need to study them, and how will SponGES unfold? Find the answers in the first project SponGES fact sheet, just released and available in high (1.1MB) and low … Read More
Have a look at the first SponGES Press Release! You can download it here or from our dedicated media section.
PhD-project at Wageningen University: Multiple stress effects on deep-sea sponges Part of EU Horizon2020 project SponGES – Deep-sea Sponge Grounds Ecosystems of the North Atlantic: an integrated approach towards their preservation and sustainable exploitation. Deep-sea sponge-dominated communities occur widespread throughout … Read More