On this year’s field trip, Victor aims to better understand the mechanisms of symbiont uptake and how those compare to what he previously found with Aiptasia larvae in the lab. Luckily, there was a lot of spawning yesterday and he got coral larvae from three more distinct crosses. With a total of
Archives for June 2019
Coral Fieldwork in Okinawa 2019
Victor and Liz arrived in Okinawa at Sesoko Station right on time to catch the first Acropora digitifera spawning a few hours later. Several colonies produced plenty of gamete bundles, which were fertilized at a high rate of success to produce tens of thousands of larvae. So, together with the Acropora tenuis larvae from Friday night, spawning season is off with bang! More spawning is expected tonight and in the coming nights this week. After a few days of intense larval care, the larvae will be ready for experiments in a few days. The weather is definitely in the rainy season, with torrential downpours, but with such successful spawning already and more to come, spirits are high!
COS-Symposium & Summer Party
This year´s COS-Symposium “Genetics 2019: Old Questions and New Frontiers” was held on June 6-7. The line-up of the speaker was fantastic and so was the COS-Summer Party on Friday evening to conclude this exciting event. And on top of that: plenty of the Argentinian BBQ delights! What could be better?
New Guse Lab paper in eLife
Check it out: https://elifesciences.org/articles/43923
