For more than 30 years, the association between the Hawaiian bobtail squid, Euprymna
scolopes, and the bioluminescent bacterium Vibrio fischeri has been studied as a model …

The health and fitness of animals, including humans, are influenced by the presence and
composition of resident microbial communities. The development of rational microbial …

Cephalopods are known for their large nervous systems, complex behaviors and
morphological innovations. To investigate the genomic underpinnings of these features, we …

Animal hosts have initiated myriad symbiotic associations with microorganisms and often
have maintained these symbioses for millions of years, spanning drastic changes in …

Diverse plants and animals have evolved specialized structures to filter and house
beneficial microbes. These symbiotic organs form crucial points of exchange between host …

Seminal studies using squid as a model led to breakthroughs in neurobiology. The squid
giant axon and synapse, for example, laid the foundation for our current understanding of …

Coleoid cephalopods (squid, cuttlefish, octopus) have the largest nervous system among
invertebrates that together with many lineage-specific morphological traits enables complex …

Endosymbiosis with chemosynthetic bacteria has enabled many deep-sea invertebrates to
thrive at hydrothermal vents and cold seeps, but most previous studies on this mutualism …

Nautilus is the sole surviving externally shelled cephalopod from the Palaeozoic. It is unique
within cephalopod genealogy and critical to understanding the evolutionary novelties of …

Mollusca is the second most species-rich phylum within the metazoans, displaying critical
economic, ecological and scientific importance. Yet, they are still largely underrepresented …