"Sometimes we are chosen — not for our ideas or our leadership, but because we tick the right box. A woman from Latin America, visible and qualified. But we don’t become a peer." Sadly true...excellent comment. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

🐟🌊🥁 Marine biology and samba—who said they don’t mix? First day of Marine Bio @biovitenskap.bsky.social, we had fish biodiversity, costumes, and samba-enredo all in the same class! 🎭 So, which species inspired the costumes of 2007 parade? Tnx to Anders, Oslo Sambaskole's conductor for the imgs!

So proud of Dr Sim and Dr Ong!! What a privilege I had to be your advisor. Thank you for the trust! Excited to see your next scientific adventures!! 😍😍 @biovitenskap.bsky.social

What’s thriving under Arctic sea ice? We tracked photosynthetic protists during the Arctic UIB,revealing a shift from polar to polar-temperate taxa & spotlighting overlooked groups!Great team & Dr. Sim effort! @biovitenskap.bsky.social @roscoff-collection.bsky.social academic.oup.com/ismecommun/a...

Glad to share our paper revealing that inland and coastal waters, while covering <10% of Earth’s surface, contribute ~20% of global nitrogen fixation! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... @noc.ac.uk @ird-fr.bsky.social @mioceanologie.bsky.social

We have an A in house with a brillant master thesis defence of Sandra Irén!!! First master student of the GEEK lab in Norway! 😍 Thanks to @maritbjorbaekmo.bsky.social and Inger Skrede for a delightful & constructive discussion. #protists #proudadvisor 🔬🧬👩‍💻 @biovitenskap.bsky.social

PANGAEA is rescuing numerous datasets scheduled for decommissioning in May. PANGAEA has opened its archive to help safeguard these valuable resources. If you become aware of other endangered datasets, please contact them. Importantly, let others know where to find the data. www.pangaea.de

On Per Theodor Cleve (1840-1905) the amazing part-time protistologist: ejournals.eu/en/journal/a... #protistsonsky

New paper! Social media for fisheries science and management professionals: How to use Bluesky and Instagram, and why you should. This is the *first* paper in the peer reviewed scientific literature to explain how Bluesky works and how to use it for #SciComm 🧪🦑🐠 academic.oup.com/fisheries/ad...

That is why everyone in the GEEK Lab must learn and use Latex, for the love or hate of our collaborators!😂

Very nice course...

Announcing the new release of the PR2 database, version 5.1. pr2-database.org/post/news/20... Very big thanks to all the contributors: @fonamental.bsky.social @ambonacolta.bsky.social @krabberod.bsky.social and more... A few highlights:

The PR2, metaPR2 and PR2-primers websites will be off in the coming days as we are switching from R 3.6 to R 4.4.

What treat this paper...🤩

The guy in the white shoes was doing something new & hot in 1950 aboard the Galathea: doi.org/10.1093/ices...

An inspiring knowledge sharing with our visitors from 🇯🇵 #collaboration #digitizing #dungbeetle specimens and showcasing our ongoing projects on #insect #biodiversity and #conservation teelabntu.wixsite.com/home/post/we...

New publication: "Phycosphere of an algal co-culture phycoremediation system: Stability of bacterial communities in an Oedogonium-Stigeoclonium co-culture during cultivation in microbially rich wastewater" with Ethan Wood & Bente Edvardsen from @biovitenskap.bsky.social Published @springernature.com

New publication about how to prevent adverse effects of heatwaves on marine species, with Khuong V. Dinh & Minh T. T. Vu from @biovitenskap.bsky.social Published in Journal of Animal Ecology @animalecology.bsky.social besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...

A successful cruise on RV Trygve Baarud for our master students' thesis projects: CTD, niskin bottles, copepods, and an excellent performance of a happy copepods' dance :)

From the Richter lab in Barcelona... new species are always exciting...

I had my first meeting with the Asian Society for Hydrobiology today as a new ASH Board of Executives member. I was immediately impressed by the diversity of expertise, languages, and cultures—something I feel is somewhat missing in our increasingly globalized world (1/2):

Happy International Day of Women and Girls in Science, today February 11th! @un.org Gender equality in science is crucial for building a better future for all, yet women and girls continue to face systemic barriers and biases in pursuing scientific careers. www.un.org/en/observanc...

Happy #InternationalDayOfWomenAndGirlsInScience! I've been luck to be the mentor & mentee (officially and unofficially) and supported by amazing women in science! YOU have a vital role in my career!! 💜👩‍🔬 ps. some cute random photos I have on my phone. Not representative! @biovitenskap.bsky.social

ASLO comments on the recent executive orders in the United States. Read our full statement here: www.aslo.org/aslo-comment...

ECODIM XII (LA school of Marine Microbial Ecology) is completed (cloud word from student feedback)! 👏This UNESCO-awarded program thrives thanks to Osvaldo Ulloa's leadership & the support of @udeconcepcion.bsky.social, Agouron Inst. & @moorefound.bsky.social! @biovitenskap.bsky.social #ECODIM2025

Happy to be part of this neat work by led by @camelia-s-gochev.bsky.social and Debbie Lindell on cyanophages infection rates in the Sourthen Ocean. Spoil alert! Sub-Antarctic waters are not a pleasant place for picocyanobacteria, and it not because it is cold!

Tiny microbe colonies communicate to coordinate their behavior www.uib.no/en/michaelsa... Electrical signaling and coordinated behavior in the closest relative of animals www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... #Protists #ProtistsOnSky #Microbes by @jeffcolgren.bsky.social @pawelburkhardt.bsky.social

Call for postdocs proposals on Plankton Image at University of Oslo by Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions fellowships! Great international team involved! Get it touch! 📨 @biovitenskap.bsky.social www.uio.no/dscience/eng...

#ECODIM going sampling the fjord and the thermas.

ECODIM XII has started at Hunay biological station, in the heart of Chilean Patagonia. Excited to be back as prof and contribuite to graduate another batch of Marine Microbial Ecologists from Latin America!! 🇧🇷🇨🇱🇦🇷🇨🇺🇵🇪🇨🇴 #ECODIM @biovitenskap.bsky.social #ProtistsOnSky

It is time to hit the ice continent again! On the way to Antarctica with my dearest friend & colleague Catherine Gerikas & incredible team! More on ice-protists to come! #protistsonsky @insidenatgeo.bsky.social #PerpetualPlanet @rolex.bsky.social @biovitenskap.bsky.social

Happy to share! Pico/nanoeuks showed similar C fixation rates in NO3 & Fe-limited waters. What these pop had in common? Their dominant taxa have been reported as phago-mixotrophic! aslopubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... @biovitenskap.bsky.social @asloorg.bsky.social #protistsonsky

Today let’s honor Lynn Margulis (1938-2011), visionary scientist and co-developer of the #Gaia hypothesis with James Lovelock ✨. 🔑 Her work on microbial symbiosis reshaped our understanding of life’s interconnectedness and its role in Ecosystems self-regulation. 🌍💚 👉 bit.ly/4f5xiqS 🧪🌍🌐

Do you like aquatic microbes and computational work? Join my team as a Postdoctoral Researcher! Apply here: hofstra.peopleadmin.com/postings/4504

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