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4. Song B*, López-Legentil S, Pawlik JR (2007) Genetic investigation of archaeal nitrification in the

Caribbean barrel sponge Xestospongia muta. American Society for Microbiology Conferences,

Quebec (Canada)

 Published in Abstracts of the General Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology

(2007), Volume 107: 434- 435

3. López-Legentil S*, Song B, McMurray S, Pawlik JR (2007) Using molecular tools to examine

bleaching and stress in the Caribbean barrel sponge Xestospongia muta. 36th Annual Benthic

Ecology Meetings, Atlanta GE (United States)

2. López-Legentil S*, Henkel TP, Pawlik JR (2007) Troubling taxonomy: The genus Callyspongia in

the Caribbean. 36 th Annual Benthic Ecology Meetings, Atlanta GE (United States)

1. Pawlik JR*, Henkel TP, Loh T-L, López-Legentil S, McMurray SE, Rohde S (2007) Insight

into sponge ecology from the wreck of the USS Spiegel Grove. 36th Annual Benthic Ecology

Meetings, Atlanta GE (United States)

Grants and Sponsored Projects since 2007 (*Principal Investigator or Co-PI)

2014-2017 Spanish Government CTM2013-43287-P Grant – €145,000

MARSYMBIOMICS: Evolutionary implications, ecological roles, and vulnerability to

ocean changes of marine symbioses

2014-2017 Catalan Government Fund for Quality Research Groups SGR 336 – €45,00 0

Benthic Biology & Ecology Group (www.ub.edu/beb)

2014-2015* CMS Pilot Grants – $20,000

Sea-squirts of North Carolina: Species Diversity and Distribution

2014* UNCW Charles L. Cahill Award (2014) – $2,982

Integrating genetics, taxonomy and chemical ecology to understand biodiversity and

ecosystem function of sponge-microbe symbioses on Caribbean coral reefs

2011-2014* European Commission Marie Curie International Reintegration Grant FP7-

PEOPLE-2010-RG 277038 – €87,500

SYMASC: Bacterial symbiosis in ascidians

2012-2014 Earth Microbiome Project – Sponsored Project

Sponge microbiomes in times of global change: A contribution to the Earth Microbiome

Project

2011-2013* Spanish Government CTM2010-17755 Grant – €166,980

SOLID: Small organisms, large impacts: Diversity, dynamics, and significance of

microbial symbionts in sponges and ascidians

2009-2014* Spanish Government RYC-2008-02829 – €192,480

Biology and Ecology of Marine Invertebrates

2009-2013 Catalan Government Fund for Quality Research Groups SGR 484 – €47,840

Benthic Biology & Ecology Group (www.ub.edu/beb)

2009-2010* The Linnean Society & Systematics Association Research Fund – €1,416

Molecular characterization of key ascidians from the Bahamas

2008-2010 Spanish Government CTM2007-66635 Grant – €198,440

Molecular tools for the study of the vulnerability of benthic littoral populations:

Structure, connectivity, adaptation and gene expression

2007-2010 French Research National Agency ANR-06-BDIV-001-04 Grant – €916,100

ECIMAR: Marine Chemical Ecology, Biodiversity indicators and development

2006-2008 Catalan Government Fund for Quality Research Groups SGR 674 – €36,600

Benthic Biology & Ecology Group (www.ub.edu/beb)

2005-2007 Spanish Government CTM2004-05265-C02-01/MAR Grant – €188,600

Genetic exchange between invertebrates and fished from the Atlantic and the

Mediterranean: Colonization, speciation and invasion