#Photosymbiosis
We conclude that symbiosis relies on the function of lysosomal proteins. How the algae resist digestion will require further investigation, but the co-option of lysosomal proteins for symbiosis may provide insight into the repeated evolution of photosymbiosis across animal taxa. 11/12 🧵
October 13, 2025 at 10:00 PM Everybody can reply
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Excitingly, we found that mutating this gene in Galaxea also causes a loss of symbiosis, despite the independent evolution of photosymbiosis in these taxa! The defect is likely caused by breaking the supply of inorganic carbon and sulfate to the algae, required for the symbiont to thrive. 10/12 🧵
October 13, 2025 at 10:00 PM Everybody can reply
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🔬 PhD — metabolic interactions in photosymbiosis⁣
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October 6, 2025 at 12:29 PM Everybody can reply
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🧬 Postdoc — cellular dynamics of photosymbiosis⁣
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October 6, 2025 at 12:28 PM Everybody can reply
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🪸🧪 We’re hiring! Join our ERC-funded group at the @hifmb.de in Oldenburg, Germany to explore the cellular origins of photosymbiosis:⁣

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October 6, 2025 at 12:27 PM Everybody can reply
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🧬 Postdoc — cellular dynamics of photosymbiosis⁣
Deadline: Oct 29⁣
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October 6, 2025 at 12:23 PM Everybody can reply
I just returned from my holiday in Finland. While we were looking for bears, wolves and co, one of my personal favorites were these green-alga bearing freshwater sponges. Photosymbiosis is everywhere if you look close enough. Maybe it‘s time for some freshwater work at @hifmb.de?
August 19, 2025 at 6:06 AM Everybody can reply
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Loss of immune signalling pathways and increased pathogen susceptibility associated to photosymbiosis in acoels https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.06.17.660074v1
June 20, 2025 at 4:32 PM Everybody can reply
Loss of immune signalling pathways and increased pathogen susceptibility associated to photosymbiosis in acoels https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.06.17.660074v1
June 20, 2025 at 4:32 PM Everybody can reply
Happy to be in the GRC Animal-microbiome symbiosis sharing my transcriptomic photosymbiosis work. I learned a lot from amazing colleagues and really interesting research. Looking forward to have more discussion! Visit my poster Wednesday #16. #GRC #GRS #photosymbiosis
June 17, 2025 at 4:36 PM Everybody can reply
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Highlighted paper! Daisuke Yamagishi, et al. open a new front in the drive to understand photosymbiosis in protists.

Article➡️ doi.org/10.1111/jeu....

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June 5, 2025 at 5:49 PM Everybody can reply
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Pour illustrer le phénomène, la microalgue à gauche, le plancton à droite, dans lequel on peut voir les chloroplastes (vert) et les mitochondries (rouge) qu'il a volé
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May 27, 2025 at 7:21 AM Everybody can reply
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... to reconstruct the evolutionary history of the trait, it was found that photosymbiosis is a remarkably stable trait, rarely showing evidence of reversion to a non-symbiotic lifestyle even among corals that acquire symbionts from the environment each generation (doi.org/10.1126/scia...) ..

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Lineage-specific variation in the evolutionary stability of coral photosymbiosis
The evolutionary stability of photosymbiosis differs among lineages of reef-building corals.
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April 24, 2025 at 8:06 PM Everybody can reply
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While in Guam, I also completed my master's degree at the University of Guam Marine Laboratory. My work focused on understanding the evolutionary patterns of gain and loss of photosymbiosis in scleractinian corals. Using both molecular and supertree phylogenies

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April 24, 2025 at 8:06 PM Everybody can reply
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... known as photosymbiosis, between scleractinian corals and their dinoflagellate symbionts. Broadly speaking, I'm interested in how ecological processes shape biogeographic and evolutionary patterns. Scleractinian corals are a great study system for such questions. ...

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Heat stress disrupts early development and photosymbiosis in Cassiopea jellyfish https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.04.19.649683v1
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Heat stress disrupts early development and photosymbiosis in Cassiopea jellyfish https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.04.19.649683v1
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