biosilica

New paper in Science Advances sheds light on biosilicification in sponges

New paper in Science Advances sheds light on biosilicification in sponges

by on July 9, 2020 with No Comments

The new paper led by our team member Manuel Maldonado (and collaborators the Bedford Institute of Oceanography and the London Museum of Natural History) describes how the cooperation between passive and active silicon transporters clarifies the ecophysiology and evolution of … Read More

Sponge-derived silica for tissue regeneration – Bioceramics of deep-sea sponge

by on June 5, 2018 with No Comments

REFERENCE Dudik, Olesia; Lenor, Isabel; Xavier, Joana R; Rapp, Hans Tore; Pires, Ricardo A, Silva, Tiago H; Reis, Rui L. (2018). Materials Today. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mattod.2018.03.025. EXSTRACT Sponges (Phylum Porifera) are highly diverse and important members of many benthic communities in all … Read More