Anastasiia Rusanova

My ask of any science enthusiasts who tell the story of Rosalind Franklin:
Don't make her life be about the DNA debacle. She died far too young, but she was a promising scientist in her own right, a mentor and scientific author.

Not for Watson or Crick, but for her legacy.

08.11.2025 02:17 — 👍 659    🔁 237    💬 10    📌 2

Carnivorous “Death-Ball” Sponge Among 30 New Deep-Sea Species from the Southern Ocean Thirty previously unknown deep-sea species, including a carnivorous “death-ball” sponge, have been confirmed from one of the most remote parts of the planet by The Nippon Foundation–Nekton Ocean Censu...

Announcement: 30 new species discovered from expeditions to the Southern Ocean. Read more 👇

oceancensus.org/press-releas...

@schmidtocean.bsky.social #NewSpecies

29.10.2025 16:45 — 👍 55    🔁 17    💬 1    📌 5

Towards key principles of host-associated microbiome assembly www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... #jcampubs

24.10.2025 05:11 — 👍 3    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

Taxonomically different symbiotic communities of sympatric Arctic sponge species show functional similarity with specialization at species level | mSystems Sponges are regarded among the earliest multicellular organisms and the most ancient examples of animal-bacterial symbiosis. The study of host-microbe interactions in sponges has advanced rapidly due ...

It’s finally out!
Our paper on the bacterial symbionts of three White Sea sponges is here.
A story that began in 2016 has reached its last chapter… or has it? We hope that by the time you finish our hefty tome — maybe around 2034 — we’ll release the sequel.
journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...

20.10.2025 20:48 — 👍 3    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

#SMBE2025 Symposium 23: Thematic symposium: Symbiosis

🔗 smbe2025.scimeeting.cn/en/web/program/25070

03.07.2025 00:00 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

Talks by:

Chang Liu
Jingdi Li
Shiqi Luo
@anastasiiar.bsky.social
Zhuli Cheng
Hui Wang
Min Tang
Yongjun Tan

03.07.2025 00:00 — 👍 1    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

Taxonomically different symbiotic communities of sympatric Arctic sponge species show functional similarity with specialization at species level Marine sponges harbor diverse communities of associated organisms, including eukaryotes, viruses, and bacteria. Sponge associated microbiomes contribute to the health of the host organisms by defendin...

Check it out! Three Arctic sponge species, six years of observation, and seven symbiotic bacteria—six of which belong to novel candidate genera. An odyssey that began in 2016 is now complete!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
#Sponges #Microbiome #Symbiosis #BacteriaSymbionts #Arctic

21.03.2025 04:45 — 👍 5    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 1