Marine calcifiers

Big day yesterday!🎉 Tomás successfully defended his thesis! Congrats Dr. Azcárate! So proud of all the hard work and wishing you the best for what’s next.
Bonus: it was also Gabriel’s birthday the same day🎂
Huge thanks for the support from Severo Ochoa FPI @icmcsic.bsky.social!
#ProudSupervisors

Esteu convidats a la defensa de la tesi doctoral del Tomás Azcárate García, que tindrà lloc el divendres 27 de febrer a les 10:00 a l'Aula de Graus de la @biologiaub.bsky.social de de la @ub.edu.
Directores: Blanca Figuerola i Conxita Avila
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Kim presented a poster on exploring metabolomic responses in stressed marine animals of our experimental design at the Chemometrics conference for young researchers in Bilbao.
Stay tuned for more news!
#ASSEMBLE #MedCalRes
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Join us! #corals #bryozoans #microbiome

This week, Steve Hageman and his wife Elizabeth Miller were visiting Barcelona and we met up for drinks. It was great to catch up with our bryozoologist colleague Steve again after Japan. Hopefully next year we’ll meet again. 🍷✨ #bryozoans #research

Proud to share that Gabriel earned the 3rd position at the @icmcsic.bsky.social Science Pitch Day! Congrats to all the speakers who delivered their talks in 5 min! Photos by @figuerolalaura.bsky.social & Lena. @lacaixa.bsky.social #proudsupervisors @annasanchez.bsky.social @bfiguerola.bsky.social

YouTube video by Marine calcifiers What is a bryozoan?

What are bryozoans? Have a look at this animation created with @cookedillustrations.com and supported by the National project #MedCalRes funded by the @AgEInves. Stay updated for more free educational resources here 👉 bryozoans.weebly.com

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YouTube video by Marine calcifiers Microbiomes, skeletons & climate stress: The future of Mediterranean bryozoans

The Mediterranean is warming fast & future acidification may threaten bryozoans. Using a natural CO₂ vent, our study shows species-specific skeletal shifts, microbiome changes & long-term vulnerability. New animation out now 👇
#MedCalRes @cookedillustrations.com
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Hoy participamos en la mesa redonda de la Jornada Mujer y Ciencia Polar Pepita Castellví organizada por PolarCSIC. Se abordaron temas clave sobre el papel de la mujer y la posibilidad de que la base antártica pase a llevar el nombre de Pepita Castellví. Fotos de PolarCSIC y @nurito.bsky.social.

Very well deserved 👏👏 Great taxonomist, mentor and person 😊 @bryozoology.bsky.social

Exciting news! The 3rd chapter of Tomás’ thesis is out! 🎉
We studied 9 Antarctic seaweeds across a natural gradient and found southern species had more chlorophyll, while those near warm, acidic vents showed lower fatty acids, pigments and omega-3s. #SeveroOchoa
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Today, Gabriel did a great job presenting part of his PhD research on plastics as dispersal vectors for invasive species at the GEOMARE Speeches 2025 event. @lacaixa.bsky.social #inphinit

🌊 Exciting news!
Meet Lena, our new technician on the HOLOCHANGE project at @icmcsic.bsky.social 🪸🦠
She’s an environmental specialist with experience at @ceabcsic.bsky.social and @ipe-csic.bsky.social, bringing strong skills in research, education & project management.
Welcome aboard, Lena! 👏

Seven new bryozoan species are described from various habitats across the Mediterranean. Find out more about them here: doi.org/10.3897/zook...

#biodiversity #bryozoans #newspecies @bfiguerola.bsky.social

🌊We’re hiring postdocs!

🐚Join the MedAcidWarm project with @bfiguerola.bsky.social to study how marine invertebrates & microbiomes respond to climate change with MicroCT, metabolomics & transcriptomics!

📧Apply by 20/10

🔗https://icm.csic.es/ca/oferta-treball/call-postdoctoral-fellowship-candidates

🌊🔬 We’re hiring predocs!

🐚 Join the MedAcidWarm project with @bfiguerola.bsky.social to study how marine invertebrates & microbiomes respond to climate change with metabolomics & transcriptomics!

📧 Apply by 20/10

🔗 https://icm.csic.es/ca/oferta-treball/call-predoctoral-fellowship-candidates

Ready to take the next step in your research career at @icmcsic.bsky.social?We’re seeking enthusiastic candidates to join our team + apply for prestigious pre/postdoc fellowships. Learn more👇
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Unlocking Mediterranean bryozoan diversity: seven new species unveiled after fixing a neotype for Fenestrulina malusii (Audouin & Savigny, 1826) (Cheilostomatida, Fenestrulinidae) Fenestrulina malusii (Audouin & Savigny), the type species of Fenestrulina Jullien, is among the most widely reported bryozoans globally. Following the loss of the original type material, presumed...

New publication on diversity of the cheilostome bryozoan genus Fenestrulina in the Mediterranean
zookeys.pensoft.net/article/1579...

Happy to collaborate on this great work led by Antonietta Rosso, revising the bryozoan genus Fenestrulina with 77 species and describing seven new ones from the Mediterranean! @zookeys.pensoft.net
🔗 zookeys.pensoft.net/article/1579...

Lab meeting today at @icmcsic.bsky.social. Feeling so lucky to be surrounded by amazing people and researchers, both growing in their own paths:one finishing the PhD and another starting the 2nd year! @marinecalcifiers.bsky.social #SeveroOchoa @cienciagob.bsky.social #INPhINIT @lacaixa.bsky.social

Microbiome Composition in a Common Mediterranean Bryozoan Following an Unprecedented Marine Heatwave Myriapora truncata exhibits microbiome compositional changes after the 2022 marine heatwave, despite the absence of visible necrosis. These findings highlight host-associated microbes as early indica...

#ArticleIRBio
🌊Microbiome Composition in a Common Mediterranean Bryozoan Following an Unprecedented Marine Heatwave🪸

Authors: Figuerola, B ; Linares, C ( #IRBio ) et al.
Journal: ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY REPORTS
doi.org/10.1111/1758...

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Marine heatwaves are intensifying in the Mediterranean,driving mass die-offs in marine life.Our new study reveals how the bryozoan Myriapora truncata & its microbes are coping🧵 t.co/X6sQsdzOar
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Today, @bfiguerola.bsky.social
presented at the International Bryozoology Association conference in Tokyo on how an extreme marine heatwave reshaped the microbiome composition of a Mediterranean bryozoan. 🪸🦠

Stay tuned, the full study will be published soon! #Bryozoa

Interactive effects of ocean acidification and warming disrupt calcification and microbiome composition in bryozoans - Communications Biology Ocean acidification and warming threaten bryozoan populations by altering skeletal properties, disrupting key microbial communities, and increasing mortality, with consequences for the benthic ecosyst...

🌊 Ocean warming and acidification hit bryozoans hard

A new study found that warming and acidification together weaken bryozoan skeletons, shift their microbiomes, and reduce their cover, threatening benthic ecosystems.

🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s42...

#SciComm 🧪 #MarineBiology

Ocean architects at risk from impact of combined acidification and ocean warming
->EurekAlert | #OceanWarming | More info from EcoSearch

Ocean architects at risk from combined impact of acidification and ocean warming A research team from the Institut de Ciències del Mar (ICM-CSIC) has published a study in Communications Biology showing how ocean acidification and warming—two of the main consequences of global climate change—can simultaneously affect the structure, mineral composition, and microbiome of bryozoans, colonial invertebrates crucial for forming marine habitats.

Bryozoans, key habitat-forming marine invertebrates, face structural and microbiome changes under combined ocean acidification and warming, with potential long-term impacts on Mediterranean ecosystems. doi.org/g9wt3g

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