Professor of Marine Microbiology at GEOMAR. A particular interest in marine animal-microbe symbioses.https://bsky.app/profile/utehentschel.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/utehentschel.bsky.social/post/3mka5gsa5nc2thttps://www.metaorganism-research.com/news/a-mothers-gift-plastid-derived-structures-help-sea-urchin-development-and-disperse/24 Apr 2026 08:49 +0000at://did:plc:ahsgd5ybu2qpaedo3264gsz4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mka5gsa5nc2thttps://bsky.app/profile/utehentschel.bsky.social/post/3mk6xavhebs2bBrilliant new paper by @tylerjcarrier.bsky.social on how plastid-derived structures help sea urchin development and dispersal. 10.1371/journal.pbio.3003705 @plosbiology.org @geomarkiel.bsky.social @moorefound.bsky.social [contains quote post or other embedded content]23 Apr 2026 21:26 +0000at://did:plc:ahsgd5ybu2qpaedo3264gsz4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk6xavhebs2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/utehentschel.bsky.social/post/3mhqt32lvj22lASG Sponges genome note #24. Xestospongia bergquistia, an IndoPacific giant barrel sponge described by Jane Fromont (1991), named in honour of the New Zealand sponge biologist, Patricia Bergquist, and submitted for genome sequencing by Sandie Degnan. https://wellcomeopenresearch.org/articles/11-18623 Mar 2026 19:44 +0000at://did:plc:ahsgd5ybu2qpaedo3264gsz4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhqt32lvj22lhttps://bsky.app/profile/utehentschel.bsky.social/post/3mgnvcljjqk2k The world needs more symbioses. Thanks @carmcdhume.bsky.social @symbiosky.bsky.social @microsky.bsky.social [contains quote post or other embedded content]09 Mar 2026 22:20 +0000at://did:plc:ahsgd5ybu2qpaedo3264gsz4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgnvcljjqk2khttps://bsky.app/profile/utehentschel.bsky.social/post/3mflhniyxvs2rOh my, potential sea star wasting in the Baltic!. Exciting and scary at the same time. [contains quote post or other embedded content]24 Feb 2026 05:45 +0000at://did:plc:ahsgd5ybu2qpaedo3264gsz4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mflhniyxvs2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/utehentschel.bsky.social/post/3mflhi5ckmk2rInterested in evolution, microbiota, and development? Then see the symposium in Glasgow below by @Tyler Carrier and Thomas Busch. [contains quote post or other embedded content]24 Feb 2026 05:42 +0000at://did:plc:ahsgd5ybu2qpaedo3264gsz4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mflhi5ckmk2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/utehentschel.bsky.social/post/3mfk6lsgiy22pASG Sponges genome note #23. The bread-crumb sponge Halichondria panicea is an emerging experimental model. With > 4800 publications, it is the most published species in the phylum Porifera. https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.25908.1 @moorefound.bsky.social @sangerinstitute.bsky.social @geomarkiel.bsky.social23 Feb 2026 17:31 +0000at://did:plc:ahsgd5ybu2qpaedo3264gsz4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfk6lsgiy22phttps://bsky.app/profile/utehentschel.bsky.social/post/3mfk5mim4ss2pASG Sponges genome note #22. Geodia phlegraei is a deep water sponge of the North Atlantic. The genome is valuable for conservation of marine ecosystems. lnkd.in/eTZVzwYn @paccardenas.bsky.social @moorefound.bsky.social @sangerinstitute.bsky.social @geomarkiel.bsky.social lnkd.in/ehRap3CW23 Feb 2026 17:13 +0000at://did:plc:ahsgd5ybu2qpaedo3264gsz4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfk5mim4ss2phttps://bsky.app/profile/utehentschel.bsky.social/post/3mfk4javfgc2pASG Sponges genome note #21. Aiolochroia crassa from Florida may look like bubble gum ice cream, but it is full of chemistry inside. lnkd.in/eFdscQ3C @moorefound.bsky.social @sangerinstitute.bsky.social @geomarkiel.bsky.social Learn more about the absorbing world of sponges: lnkd.in/ehRap3CW23 Feb 2026 16:54 +0000at://did:plc:ahsgd5ybu2qpaedo3264gsz4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfk4javfgc2phttps://bsky.app/profile/utehentschel.bsky.social/post/3mfk3tv5vuk2pASG Sponges genome note #20 on Haliclona indistincta from Ireland. Its name is derived from the paucity of defining characters. https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.25928.1 @moorefound.bsky.social @sangerinstitute.bsky.social @geomarkiel.bsky.social Learn more about the absorbing world of sponges: lnkd.in/ehRap3CW23 Feb 2026 16:42 +0000at://did:plc:ahsgd5ybu2qpaedo3264gsz4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfk3tv5vuk2phttps://bsky.app/profile/utehentschel.bsky.social/post/3mfk32vvmhk2pASG Sponges genome note #19. Geodia parva (Hansen, 1885), the first sponge genome from the Arctic. https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.25960.1 @paccardenas.bsky.social @moorefound.bsky.social @sangerinstitute.bsky.social @geomarkiel.bsky.social Learn more about the absorbing world of sponges: lnkd.in/ehRap3CW23 Feb 2026 16:28 +0000at://did:plc:ahsgd5ybu2qpaedo3264gsz4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfk32vvmhk2phttps://bsky.app/profile/utehentschel.bsky.social/post/3mfjzzl4wgs2pASG Sponges genome note #18. This is really exciting: the first genome of a carnivorous sponge, Lycopodina hypogea, collected from submarine caves in France. lnkd.in/ePHQsUcF @moorefound.bsky.social @sangerinstitute.bsky.social Learn more about the absorbing world of sponges: lnkd.in/ehRap3CW23 Feb 2026 16:09 +0000at://did:plc:ahsgd5ybu2qpaedo3264gsz4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfjzzl4wgs2phttps://bsky.app/profile/utehentschel.bsky.social/post/3md4mc2gfwk2vUlisse Cardini"s talk had something interesting for everyone. Biggest audience so far in RD3 Marine Ecology. And nicest images. [contains quote post or other embedded content]23 Jan 2026 21:08 +0000at://did:plc:ahsgd5ybu2qpaedo3264gsz4/app.bsky.feed.post/3md4mc2gfwk2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/utehentschel.bsky.social/post/3mcfn6admy22dASG Sponges genome note #17. This little glass sponge, Bolosoma cyanae, traveled a long way from the deep South Pacific Ocean to Hinxton/Cambridge, where its genome was sequenced. wellcomeopenresearch.org/articles/11-24 Learn more about the absorbing world of sponges: lnkd.in/ehRap3CW14 Jan 2026 17:53 +0000at://did:plc:ahsgd5ybu2qpaedo3264gsz4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcfn6admy22dhttps://bsky.app/profile/utehentschel.bsky.social/post/3mcflzwziis2dThe New Year is off to a great start with ASG Sponges genome note #16 on Phakellia ventilabrum, a fan-shaped sponge common in the North Atlantic. Great work by Sergi Taboada & team. lnkd.in/eXG6R-FV Learn more about the absorbing world of sponges: lnkd.in/ehRap3CW14 Jan 2026 17:32 +0000at://did:plc:ahsgd5ybu2qpaedo3264gsz4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcflzwziis2d