The 7th Symposium on Deep-Sea Corals was held in Cartagena (Colombia) between the 29th of July and the 2nd of August 2019. We’re so proud to have represented deep-sea sponges, too! Stay tuned for the upcoming proceedings in Frontiers in … Read More
Highlights from the SponGES team at the DSBS 2018 (Deep-Sea Biology Symposium – Monterey) to present part of the work done within the project. Karin Steffen presented a talk entitled: “Investigating sponge microbiome and metabolome along a depth gradient“, Ana … Read More
Have a look at Beate Slaby stage at YOUMARES9 (Oldenburg, 11-14 September)!
The three European “sister projects” SponGES, MERCES and Atlas joined forces to bring collaborative research funded under the Galway Statement agenda to the global stage of marine biodiversity. The projects participated together in the World Conference on Marine Biodiversity (Montreal, … Read More
The 10th World Sponge Conference successfully concluded in Galway (Ireland), welcoming about 300 delegates from all over the world. Taking advantage of this timeliness, SponGES presented about 30 contributions and played an active role in the organisation or support … Read More
A Blue Symposium entitled “Sponges, Corals & the World” will be held in Blanes (Spain) on 30-31 March 2017. The free symposium is jointly organised by three large EC-funded projects that are currently ongoing on sponge and coral science: BluePharmTrain, … Read More
It has been an intense period for the SponGES’ team. Besides a summer of research cruises, the EU project has been actively engaged in many events, conferences and international meetings. Some examples? Andrew Davies (Bangor University) has introduced the project in … Read More