Research at Sea!
Searching for the Asgards on the R/V FALKOR (TOO)!
November 13, 2025
Image credit: Monika Naranjo-Shepard / Schmidt Ocean Institute
Alyson and Jeemin participated in the Symbiotic Partners and Asgard Research Cruise (SPARC) research expedition off the coast of Uruguay to better understand the origin of the eukaryotic cell and apply the cell sorting and genome amplification protocol developed from their previous work. Learn more about the expedition here and check out cool videos here and here.
Furthermore, the lab received a new grant from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation to fund this work!
