Mediterranean

Generating chromosome-scale reference genomes across the eukaryotic tree of life — from protists to corals to fish — to study biodiversity and evolution, as part of the Earth BioGenome Project and its Catalan (CBP) and European (ERGA) nodes.

Studying the coral holobiont as an integrated system — pairing microbiome metabarcoding with host transcriptomics to read how host and microbes vary across space within a colony, across the diel cycle, and across the shift from health to disease.

Exploring the prokaryotic and microeukaryotic communities associated with marine animals — the Gulf Toadfish, the California Sea Hare, and Mediterranean bryozoans.