A couple of days ago we published the genome of a brachiopod species, in specific Discradisca antillarum in the journal G3. Brachiopods are a group of shelled, filter-feeding marine invertebrates also known as lamp shalls. Though they superficially resemble bivalve mollusks, brachiopods are not. Brachiopods have the shells […]

For et par dager siden publiserte vi genomet til en armfotinger, nærmere bestemt Discradisca antillarum, i tidsskriftet G3. Brakiopoder er en gruppe skallede, filterfôrende marine virvelløse dyr, også kjent som armfotinger. Selv om de overfladisk ligner på muslinger, er brakiopoder ikke det. Brakiopoder har skall på rygg- og […]

Rekke Entoprocta (også kalt Kamptozoa) er kjent som begermark. Globalt er det kjent 260 arter til dags dato, og 30 i Norge. Individene er små, med en kroppsstørrelse på 0,5–7 mm. Imidlertid bygger andre arter, i tillegg til solitære arter, kolonier som kan bli opptil 25 cm store. […]

The phylum Entoprocta (also called Kamptozoa) are known as the nicking worm. Globally, 260 species are known to date and 30 in Norway. The individuals are small with a body size of 0.5 – 7 mm. However, besides solitary species, other species build colonies and these can be […]

Etter Stian hadde vi en annen masterstudent, Pia, som konsentrerte seg om et rent bioinformatisk tema i vår gruppe. Hun forsvarte i går sin avhandling med tittelen «Evaluating the Applicability of Macrosynteny as a Phylogenetic Trait Based on an Exploration of Spiralia» (Evaluering av makrosyntenis anvendbarhet som et […]

After Stian, we had another Master student, Pia, who concentrated on a purely bioinformatic topic in our group. She successfully defend here thesis with the title “Evaluating the Applicability of Macrosynteny as a Phylogenetic Trait Based on an Exploration of Spiralia” yesterday. Like Stian, Pia is also moving […]

From August 12th to 16th, I went to do fieldwork at the Kristineberg Center for Marine Research and Innovation (Sweden) together with Thomas Schwaha from the University of Vienna (Austria) and Nick Roberts from the University of Alabama (USA). The main goal of the fieldwork was to find […]

Fra 12. til 16. august dro jeg på feltarbeid ved Kristineberg senter for marin forskning og innovasjon (Sverige) sammen med Thomas Schwaha fra Universitetet i Wien (Østerrike) og Nick Roberts fra University of Alabama (USA). Hovedmålet med feltarbeidet var å finne Phoronis ovalis til InvertOmics-prosjektet for å få […]

What is so fascinating or even better said the beauty of working with tiny worms? Many might be curious about this, when they meet researchers like me. I would suggest to look at the marvelous wonders of the hairybellies, the phylum Gastrotricha, and you will understand why it […]

Here at our blog, we will keep writing posts about our current projects, but we’ll also start a new blog series; group of the month. To kick start the new year and the new series, I will present the first group: Bryozoa. As you might have understood by […]

This year in September Alberto Valero-Gracia started has a new PhD student in our group. After completing a Bachelor + MSc degree at University Autónoma de Madrid (Spain) he worked as a Marie Curie researcher at the Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn (Italy). Throughout his time in Spain and […]

This year the FEZ group got a new FRIPRO project funded by the NFR called “InvertOmics – Phylogeny and evolution of lophotrochozoan invertebrates based on genomic data”. The project includes many members from FEZ (Alberto, James, Lutz and Torsten), other researchers at the NHM and international collaborators. So […]