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First Cell Atlas of Stony Corals Is Boost for Coral Reef Conservation Efforts

Stony corals pictured in their natural habitat in the Gulf of Eilat, at the northern tip of the Red Sea. Credit: Hagai Native/University of Haifa
May 14, 2021
by Sprep-Admin

Researchers at the University of Haifa, the Weizmann Institute, and the Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG) have built the first atlas of all of the different types of cells in Stylophora pistillata, a reef-building stony coral native to the Indo-Pacific oceans. Published today in the journal Cell, the study is the first to detect the presence of specialized immune cells in corals.

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    Genebank Assistant (In-Vitro)
    February 19, 2026 by Isaac Rounds
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    Technician - Genebank (In vitro)
    February 19, 2026 by Isaac Rounds
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    ๐„๐ง๐ก๐š๐ง๐œ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐๐ข๐จ๐ฌ๐ž๐œ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐“๐ก๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก ๐ˆ๐ง๐œ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐„๐ง๐ ๐š๐ ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ: ๐„๐ฏ๐ข๐๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐•ฤ๐ญ๐š๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐จ๐š ๐€๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐š๐œ๐ก ๐ข๐ง ๐“๐จ๐ง๐ ๐š
    February 19, 2026 by Isaac Rounds
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