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  • RESEARCH
  • Publications
  • Resources
    • Data Available
    • Henry Reiswig's Sponge Descriptions
    • Protocols
  • About Sponges
    • Freshwater Sponges
    • Glass Sponge Ecology
    • Glass sponge cell biology
  • Outreach
    • Sponge FAQ
    • Paper Synopses
    • Lab in the News
    • Photo Gallery
    • Blog >
      • 2017 Hecate Strait Blog
      • 2015 Hecate Strait Blog >
        • Highlights of our results
      • General Blog
  • Video Gallery
  • People
    • People
    • Alumni
    • Opportunities
    • Collaborators
  • Contact
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  • New Page
Welcome to the Leys lab 
Our main research focus is understanding how key features of animal body plans may have arisen—including nerves, muscle, epithelia, and guts. Our work takes a whole organism approach, from ecology, to physiology, to using molecular biology on a range of animals. Our special passion is about sponges. Projects in our lab explore what animals sense in their environment, how they are adapted to the fluid environment, what ion channels they use to communicate, and how signals are transmitted across tissues.
sponge Videos
PUBLICATIONS
DATA & RESOURCES
Join our group!
This is the freshwater sponge Ephydatia muelleri filtering particles in a dish in our lab. Evgeni has filmed it with the angle of light illuminating natural particles in the water. One particle's trajectory can be seen moving into the sponge and up out of the chimney-shaped osculum or vent.
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The orange spheres at the bottom are the husks of gemmules from which the sponge hatched. Each sphere is about 1mm across.
 

 MEET OUR LAB

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Our lab has diverse research backgrounds and varied interests, but shares a sense of curiosity about the ecology and evolution of animals.
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SPONGE INFO

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See sponge sneeze!

FAQ

Media Coverage

About Sponges

Paper Synopses
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OUR BLOGS 

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Our group has three blogs illustrating the diversity of research we are interested in. Read about our submersible work in waters of British Columbia, casual thoughts on cool critters, and reflections on a range of science in the news.
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RECENT LAB NEWS

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CONTACT 


sleys@ualberta.ca

(780) 492-6629

University of Alberta 
CCIS, Fifth Floor
Office 5-063
​Lab 5-085

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CURRENT PROJECTS
RESOURCES
​data available
protocols
about sponges
Papers Synopses
FAQ
PUBLICATIONS
PEOPLE
​current lab
​past lab members
​opportunities
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collaborators
OUTREACH
​lab in the news
photo gallery
video gallery

blog

RELEVANT LINKS

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Canadian Society of Zoologists
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Porifera Listserve
(for all sponge related messages)
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CSZ 2020 Conference (Saskatoon)

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