Yesterday, the ESRs in IGNITE had a virtual meeting to catch up and discuss with each other the effects of the pandemic on their projects. The students shared their progress and plans for the future as the IGNITE project is nearing its end. Among the positive messages from the meeting were th...

An IGNITE-funded research article has been published in the Nature Communications journal and looks into the animal genomic evolution with the chromosomal-level assembly of the freshwater sponge Ephydatia Muelleri. The genomes of non-bilaterian metazoans are key to understanding the molecular basis ...

A research article recently published in the ISME journal presents new findings on the cellular adaptations of Foraminifera to anoxic environment. The paper called "Anaerobic metabolism of Foraminifera thriving below the seafloor" presents proof that the single-celled eukaryotes’ met...