Wednesday, August 29, 2012

Oceanographic Center Researcher Attends Sponge Taxonomy Workshop in Panama

Panama America News:

Oceanographic Center Researcher Attends Sponge Taxonomy Workshop in Panama

Jose Lopez, Ph.D.
Nova Southeastern University Oceanographic Center professor and researcher Jose Lopez, Ph.D., attended a workshop on sponge taxonomy at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Bocas Del Toro, Panama from Aug. 5 to 11. This is part of the current National Science Foundation project to place sponges on the Tree of Life (www.portol.org), and looks to integrate morphological and molecular data for a better understanding of sponge evolutionary relationships.

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