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Jürgen Strassert @strassert.bsky.social · Jun 13

Happy to have contributed to this great article: #Protist genomics: key to understanding eukaryotic evolution. Congrats Alexandra Schoenle et al. #ProtistsOnSky
authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...

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Manon Demulder @manondemulder.bsky.social · Jun 4

We’re kicking off the DinoSphere Online Seminar Series! Join us for our first session with Karel Mockaer (Heidelberg) & Yong Heng Phua (OIST)

📅 1 July 9AM CEST
🔗 tinyurl.com/4mjaverj

Spread the word!
@protistwtmostest.bsky.social @ehehenberger.bsky.social @chandnibhickta.bsky.social&Norico Yamada

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Michelle Leger @freejakoba.bsky.social · Jun 3

The deadline for abstract submission has been extended to July 1st!
#multicellularity #animalorigins #EMBO @multicellgenome.bsky.social

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Nicole Coots @nicolecoots.bsky.social · May 12

My friends in the Life of Retaria group decided to make a podcast! In the first episode, they interview @fabnot.bsky.social about his journey as a scientist. I loved the first episode, hope you do too! @juliemeilland.bsky.social @sandinmm.bsky.social et al.

thelifeofretaria.github.io/podcast.html

The Life of Retaria Experience

thelifeofretaria.github.io

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Michelle Leger @freejakoba.bsky.social · Apr 23

I think that's a typo!

Michelle Leger @freejakoba.bsky.social · Apr 19

The page for the EMBO multicellularity meeting organized by @multicellgenome.bsky.social , @martaalvarez.bsky.social and colleagues is online! #multicellularity #protists

meetings.embo.org/event/25-mul...

Evolution and origins of multicellularity across the tree of life

The study of the origins and evolution of multicellularity in different lineages has recently captured the attention of many research groups and is fueling the generation of numerous innovative resea…

meetings.embo.org

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EMBO @embo.org · Apr 16

Deadlines still open until 25 April! Learn principles of image processing to determine macromolecular structures by #cryoEM at EMBO Practical Course "Image processing for cryo-electron microscopy" in London, UK, 9–16 September

meetings.embo.org/event/25-cry...
#EMBOcryoEM #imaging #EMBOevents 🧪

Image processing for cryo-electron microscopy

Cryo electron microscopy (cryo EM) is a major structural biology method for studying macromolecular complexes and cellular structures in their native states. Stable high resolution cryo microscopes, …

meetings.embo.org

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Cadena SER @cadenaser.com · Apr 8

Boris Johnson, atacado por un avestruz en un safari en EEUU

El exprimer ministro británico llevaba a su hijo de 4 años en su regazo cuando el animal metió la cabeza por la ventanilla del coche

dozz.es

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Vasily Zlatogursky @zlatogursky.bsky.social · Mar 28

@amoebadiscovery.bsky.social made an iteresting interview with me about #heliozoa and #centrohelids - I think these organisms are really important, understudied and gorgeous 😍 Also lots other intresting reading and beatiful pictures! #protistsonsky link: tinyurl.com/adiscovery1

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Clint Oakley @clintoak.bsky.social · Apr 4

Corals maintain stable populations of essential photosynthetic symbionts by controlling their cell cycle, not by eating them! Our new #PNAS paper monitored and modelled #aiptasia cell cycle, autophagy, and expulsion for over a year. #symbiosis #microbiology www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Cell cycle arrest in the cnidarian-dinoflagellate symbiosis.

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Matthias Eberl @eberlmat.bsky.social · Mar 16

This. A thousand times this.

"If the UK genuinely seeks to position itself as a global leader in academia and innovation, it must foster an environment that is welcoming to top talent."

Oxford historian faces deportation from UK after doing research on India … in India

Home Office told Manikarnika Dutta to quit Britain for spending too many days abroad for study

www.theguardian.com

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Michelle Leger @freejakoba.bsky.social · Mar 17

"[coiled-coil domain-containing] proteins are part of the stalk sheath, and their N-glycosylation may enhance adhesion between the cell body and stalk through lectin interactions [in E. hentscheli]"; epidermal growth factor-like proteins also key stalk components

Michelle Leger @freejakoba.bsky.social · Mar 17

Epistylis hentscheli - (A–C) Images of WGA staining (green), DAPI staining (blue), centrin (pink) and target antigen of the anti-CCDC antibody (red) by immunofluorescence using confocal microscopy, with a single section of the merged images (D).

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Michelle Leger @freejakoba.bsky.social · Mar 17

Really interesting look at the makeup of the peritrich stalk: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Decoding the Nature of the Peritrich Stalk: A Distinctive Organelle in a Large Group of Ciliated Unicellular Eukaryotes

Ciliates represent a diverse assemblage of ancient single-celled eukaryotes characterized by diverse morphological features. Among certain sessilid peritrich ciliates, an exceptional morphological st...

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Dacks Lab (Evolutionary Cell Biology) @dackslabecb.bsky.social · Mar 16

We got to tackle three major questions in biology. So if you are interested in...
A) The nature of LECA
B) The relevance of patchy proteins for cellular models
C) The trafficking machinery present in diplonemids
have we got a paper for you!
authors.elsevier.com/a/1km493QW8S...

#protistsonsky

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Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · Mar 15

AND! All the brands have “newsletters” now. Leave me alone! I just wanted a cardigan.

Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · Mar 15

Something I hate now is that every place you even think about shopping at sends you three emails a week.

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Michelle Leger @freejakoba.bsky.social · Mar 13

Congratulations!!

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Kenneth Dumack @dumack.bsky.social · Mar 13

#NEWS: Thrilled to announce my #professorship in Aquatic Ecosystem Analyses at Koblenz University! Grateful to past colleagues and excited to collaborate with new ones at Uni Koblenz and the Federal Institute of Hydrology. Hiring soon! Reach out if you're into #protistsonsky, #rivers, and #algae!

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Michelle Leger @freejakoba.bsky.social · Mar 13

So nice to see this out! Congratulations Kelsey, @lauraeme.bsky.social , @andrewjroger.bsky.social and colleagues! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

A robustly rooted tree of eukaryotes reveals their excavate ancestry - Nature

The root of the eukaryote Tree of Life is estimated from a new, larger dataset of mitochondrial proteins including all known eukaryotic supergroups, showing it lies between two multi-supergroup assemb...

www.nature.com

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ehehenberger.bsky.social @ehehenberger.bsky.social · Mar 12

PhD position available in Ceske Budejovice (Czechia), funded by ERC KLEPTOS, to study plastid endosymbiosis in kleptoplastidic protists. Are you curious about this process and do you like sampling/cultivation of protists? Join our team by applying here: jobs.bc.cas.cz/en/detail/243

#protistsonsky

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Xavier Grau-Bové 🌾 @xgrau.bsky.social · Mar 6

The Biodiversity Cell Atlas team is growing!

Open positions:

1. Looking for a developer for the BCA database, with @ebi.embl.org
2. A senior research technician to develop single-cell methods
3. A bioinformatician to analyse new atlases, with @sangerinstitute.bsky.social

Info in next post.

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Kirsty Wan @micromotility.bsky.social · Mar 9

Hello origins of eukaryotes enthusiasts! @jekely.biologists.social.ap.brid.gy and I are excited to announce an interdisciplinary discussion meeting in Heidelberg May 19-20! #protistsonsky

Places are strictly limited. Register here to avoid disappointment!
www.cos.uni-heidelberg.de/en/research-...

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Micah Dunthorn @micahdunthorn.bsky.social · Mar 7

Registration is now open for the Protistology Nordics meeting 12–13 May in Jyväskylä
#protistsonsky

www.jyu.fi/en/events/pr...

Protistology in the Nordics 2025

Come share your exciting new research in all areas of Protistology.

www.jyu.fi

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Distribute Aid @distributeaid.org · Mar 4

We’re on a mission to bring at-risk trans people 1 year of free medical equipment for hormone therapy—and we’re already at 86% of our goal!

Every $10 donated = 1 kit. Every $100 = 12 kits.

buff.ly/0kcNSjm

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Johan Decelle @johandecelle.bsky.social · Feb 27

Postdoc available in Grenoble (France), funded by the ERC SymbiOCEAN, to work on the metabolic connectivity in planktonic photosymbiosis. 👉Passionate by symbiosis & marine protists? skills in bioinfo and molecular biology? Join us! Info: emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CDD/U...

#protistsonsky #SymbioSky

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