Dear all We are delighted to announce we will be continuing the International Mollusc of the Year competition sponsored by Senckenberg in 2025! Nominate your favourite unappreciated mollusc now This is how it works YOU nominate any mollusc species for the prize, as long as you can (help to) arrange specimens suitable for genome sequencing. Our panel selects the top 5 species from the nominated molluscs The final winner is selected by a public online vote -- and as a prize for the winning mollusc, we sequence its complete genome The species can be the subject of your research, or just a mollusc that you happen to know and love. But in order to be eligible for the final prize, we do need specimens. Although this is a competition, we love it when teams work together, so if you know a deserving species but don't have specimens, please ask other colleagues who do have material to get involved. We select finalists based on several factors, including general coolness, the scientific need, our wish to support groups (of people and molluscs) that do not have access to genome sequencing. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdSI5SQV4kYwOGArJyAmcH5SXdnUDUJ8sW0NVqi90aEFLUlHg/viewform?usp=sf_link Nominations are open through 22 January! Happy new year, Julia Sigwart & Carola Greve Prof Dr Julia Sigwart Head of Section, Malacology Senckenberg Research Institute and Museum @sigwartae | bit.ly/SMFMalacology You could... - Watch how species get named! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yn7kUDRVcVM - Download my book! bit.ly/whatspeciesmean - Join the Molluscalist email listserve www.listserv.dfn.de/sympa/subscribe/molluscalist - Join the Senckenberg Ocean Species Alliance sosa.senckenberg.de Julia Sigwart (to subscribe/unsubscribe the EvolDir send mail to golding@mcmaster.ca)