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Tardigrade in anhydrobiosis resting stage is just a little bumpy oval
October 18, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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January 26, 2025 at 8:49 AM
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Rhee Lab member Danielle Hoffmann will be giving a talk at the upcoming Water & Life Interface Institute (WALII) webinar on RNA extraction from seeds 🌱

Join to learn more about approaches advancing anhydrobiosis research!

Register here: walii.science/anhydrobiosi...

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April 1, 2026 at 1:15 PM
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👏 Adrià Nogales-Moral from the Köhler lab defended his thesis "Decoding Tardigrade Anhydrobiosis: Mechanistic and Ultrastructural Insights from the Extremotolerant Ramazzottius varieornatus" - congratulations! 🎉 #phdone

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November 17, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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C-SPIRIT member Danielle Hoffmann (Michigan State University) will present in the WALII Anhydrobiosis Research, Tools & Techniques Webinar Series on April 9! Join her talk, “Tips and Tricks for RNA Extraction from Seeds.”

Learn more and register: walii.science/anhydrobiosis

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March 13, 2026 at 5:16 PM
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The study has been published in Nature. YES, it is PEER-REVIEWED. 🧪
• www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Figure 1: Tardigrades have evolved a suite of survival tactics to escape the vagaries of their localized and vulnerable environments. Anoxybiosis and encystment, described in the upper part of this figure, are responses one might see in a variety of organisms. The bottom half of the chart shows three states of cryptobiosis, in which metabolism is suspended—an act usually diagnostic of death. Cryobiosis occurs in response to freezing, and anhydrobiosis in response to drying. During the latter, an organism surrenders its internal water to become a desiccated pellet. Both result in the formation of a durable shrunken state called a tun. More rarely, a tun is created to resist osmotic assault, which requires water. In the tun state, tardigrades can survive for many years, impervious to extremes far beyond those encountered in their natural environments. Source: American Scientist. Illustration by Tom Dunne.
July 8, 2026 at 4:06 PM
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ONE WEEK FROM TODAY!

Dr. Michael Menze will present "From Anhydrobiosis to Biomedical Innovation: Borrowing Nature's Survival Strategies."

Read the abstract and register here: bit.ly/4uDLobX

#Anhydrobiosis #Science #LifeWithoutWater
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August 6, 2026 at 2:27 PM
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Don't forget to join us for the next Anhydrobiosis Research, Tools & Techniques Webinar featuring Dr. Matt Stata!

His technical training workshop will be on "Exploring the Many Applications of RNA-seq Data."

Learn more and register for this event here: bit.ly/4uDLobX

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June 23, 2026 at 3:05 PM
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Have you ever wondered what it takes to turn a promising research discovery into a product/service that improves lives?

Join us in two weeks for this webinar that will explain the commercialization process!

Learn more and register: bit.ly/4uDLobX
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September 24, 2026 at 2:29 PM
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Our Anhydrobiosis Research, Tools & Techniques Webinar Series continues on September 10 with Dr. Jill Farrant from the University of Cape Town's talk "Understanding Vegetative Desiccation Tolerance as a Tool for Climate Smart Agriculture."

Learn more and register: bit.ly/4uDLobX
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August 24, 2026 at 4:30 PM
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Tardigrades (also known as “water bears”):

1. Can survive in the vacuum of space.

2. Go into a state of suspended animation called anhydrobiosis for decades after dehydrating it completely dry, only to quickly revitalize itself with a single drop of moisture.

3. Are completely harmless to humans.
August 13, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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Everyone loves tardigrades (especially at the LinnSoc), but is tardigrade love-making affected by water? Here, the effect of anhydrobiosis (life without water) on mate choice & reproductive stress was studied, finding females laid fewer eggs but no delay on mate choice! 🌍🧪
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July 28, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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TWO WEEKS FROM TODAY!

Dr. Michael Menze will present "From Anhydrobiosis to Biomedical Innovation: Borrowing Nature's Survival Strategies."

Read the abstract and register here: bit.ly/4uDLobX

#Anhydrobiosis #Science #LifeWithoutWater
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July 30, 2026 at 5:29 PM
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Don't forget to join us THIS THURSDAY for Dr. Matt Stata's technical training workshop on "Exploring the Many Applications of RNA-seq Data."

Learn more and register for this event here: bit.ly/4uDLobX
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July 7, 2026 at 5:41 PM
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The 2nd Annual @waliianhydro.bsky.social Symposium will bring the scientific community together to explore anhydrobiosis, the ability of life to persist without water. If you're interested in presenting at this interdisciplinary, virtual symposium, submit your abstract by Oct 9: bit.ly/4xkAOqL
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September 25, 2026 at 3:30 PM
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Make sure to register and join us for the Anhydrobiosis Research, Tools & Techniques Webinar Series!

Happening each month, our next session will be on May 14, 2026!

Learn More Here: walii.science/anhydrobiosi...
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April 22, 2026 at 4:00 PM
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Make sure to register and join us for the Anhydrobiosis Research, Tools & Techniques Webinar Series!

Happening each month beginning April 9, 2026!

Register here: walii.science/anhydrobiosi...
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March 18, 2026 at 4:15 PM
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We are excited to announce the next Anhydrobiosis Research, Tools & Techniques Webinar!

Join us June 11, 2026, for a seminar presented by Dr. Daniela Billi on "Survival Potential of Desert Cyanobacteria Under Non-Earth Conditions."

Learn more and register: bit.ly/4uDLobX
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May 19, 2026 at 2:32 PM
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We are excited to announce the next Anhydrobiosis Research, Tools & Techniques Webinar, hosted by the Water and Life Interface Institute (WALII)!

Join us May 14, 2026, for a seminar presented by Dr. Pedro Humberto Lebre on the extreme microbial ecology of the Namib Desert!

Register: bit.ly/4cvco5z
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April 17, 2026 at 4:01 PM
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The study has been published in Nature. YES, it is PEER-REVIEWED. 🧪
• www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Figure 1: Tardigrades have evolved a suite of survival tactics to escape the vagaries of their localized and vulnerable environments. Anoxybiosis and encystment, described in the upper part of this figure, are responses one might see in a variety of organisms. The bottom half of the chart shows three states of cryptobiosis, in which metabolism is suspended—an act usually diagnostic of death. Cryobiosis occurs in response to freezing, and anhydrobiosis in response to drying. During the latter, an organism surrenders its internal water to become a desiccated pellet. Both result in the formation of a durable shrunken state called a tun. More rarely, a tun is created to resist osmotic assault, which requires water. In the tun state, tardigrades can survive for many years, impervious to extremes far beyond those encountered in their natural environments. Source: American Scientist. Illustration by Tom Dunne. Other authors of the paper include Netra Rajesh, Chaoyang Tang, Miguel Jimenez, Emily Witt, Megan McGovern, Arielle Cafi, Samual Hatfield, Lauren Rosenstock, Sarah Becker, Nicole Machado, Veena Venkatachalam, Dylan Freitas, Xisha Huang, Alvin Chan, Aaron Lopes, Hyunjoon Kim, Nayoon Kim, Joy Collins, Michelle Howard, Srija Manchkanti, and Theodore Hong. The research was funded by the Prostate Cancer Foundation Young Investigator Award, the U.S. Department of Defense Prostate Cancer Program Early Investigator Award, a Hope Funds for Cancer Research Fellowship, the American Cancer Society, the National Cancer Institute, MIT's Department of Mechanical Engineering, and the U.S. Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health.
September 18, 2026 at 4:05 PM
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We are excited to announce the Anhydrobiosis Research, Tools & Techniques Webinar Series, hosted by the Water and Life Interface Institute (WALII)!

Join us April 9, 2026 as we kick off this event!

Learn more about the series and register here:
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March 12, 2026 at 7:50 PM
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Our Anhydrobiosis Research, Tools & Techniques Webinar Series continues on October 8 with Dr. Julia Miller's webinar "WALII Intellectual Property and Commercialization."

Learn more and register: bit.ly/4uDLobX
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September 18, 2026 at 2:01 PM
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May 10, 2026 at 12:01 AM
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Our first Technical Training Workshop for the Anhydrobiosis Research, Tools & Techniques Webinar Series is just under two weeks away!!

Make sure to register: walii.science/anhydrobiosi...
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March 31, 2026 at 6:35 PM
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Join us NEXT WEEK for our first Technical Training Workshop for the Anhydrobiosis Research, Tools & Techniques Webinar Series!!

Danielle Hoffmann will be presenting on "Tips & Tricks for RNA Extraction from Seeds"

Register here: walii.science/anhydrobiosi...
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April 3, 2026 at 4:06 PM