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@ Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Germany

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A sponge is a sponge is a sponge is a sponge
Sponges are different and ever fascinating ...
porifera.net featured in Terra X
On March 24 at prime time 19:30h, Germans most famous Science TV show Terra X on ZDF will feature 7 minutes about our work at DESY and show time lapse movies
Tethya wilhelma in NATURE
Steinmetz P. R. H. et al. Independent evolution of striated muscles in cnidarians and bilaterians, Nature (2012), DOI: 10.1038/nature11180
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Functional anatomy and comparative morphology of basal metazoa

Welcome to the porifera.net lab of PD Dr Michael Nickel. We mainly explore the functional anatomy and physiology of sponges (Porifera), within a broader comparative context of the basal metazoan phylogenetic framework. The lab is part of the Institut für Spezielle Zoologie und Evolutionsbiologie mit Phyletischem Museum at Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena since October 2007.

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