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Microbiologist studying the ecology and evolution of marine ciliates/ Associate Professor @HofstraU
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Built from and for ecologists, molecular biologists, and bioinformaticians working with high-throughput or environmental sequencing data, this tool will ease the tedious work of designing specific oligonucleotides at all different users expertise.
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Daniel Vaulot
about 1 month ago
New version of PR2 that now includes the eKOI coi database recently published.
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The PR2 database
about 1 month ago
Version 5.1.1 of the PR2 database has been released. The major novelty is the inclusion of the recently published eKOI database (coi gene-
doi.org/10.1093/data...
) in the web interface. The 18S rRNA database is not changed so you can use 5.1.0 or 5.1.1 for metabarcode annotations
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A novel taxonomic database for eukaryotic mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase subunit I gene (eKOI), with a focus on protists diversity
Abstract. Metabarcoding has emerged as a robust method for assessing biodiversity patterns by retrieving environmental DNA directly from ecosystems. While
https://doi.org/10.1093/database/baaf057
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We have a Tenure-Track Assistant Professor position in Microbiology available! Come and join great students and colleagues at Hofstra Biology. Please apply using the link below and/or spread the word!
hofstra.peopleadmin.com/postings/6542
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Assistant Professor of Microbiology
https://hofstra.peopleadmin.com/postings/6542
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Pierre Ramond
3 months ago
Hello there 🦋 Happy to share our piece "Towards a trait-based framework for protist ecology and evolution" in
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Let's build a unified trait 📏 database to unlock transformative insights into protist 🔬 ecology 🌍 and evolution ⏳ ▶️
doi.org/10.1016/j.ti...
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The PR2 database
8 months ago
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:
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Kenneth Dumack
9 months ago
I'm starting my research group in Koblenz on April 1st (no April Fools' joke!) and will soon advertise two postdoc positions in
#protist
#ecology
and/or
#genomics
. If you're a (soon-to-be?) postdoc-level
#protistologist
looking for a job, get in touch! One position on wastewater, the other flexible!
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9 months ago
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
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@futurepislack.bsky.social
@minoritypostdoc.bsky.social
@sacnasatsalk.bsky.social
@blackinmicro.bsky.social
@sd-iracda.bsky.social
@diversifymicro.bsky.social
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‼️TT Assistant Professor in Microbiology position‼️ We are looking for a new colleague at Hofstra Biology. Please apply or spread the word!
hofstra.peopleadmin.com/postings/5041
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Assistant Professor of Microbiology
https://hofstra.peopleadmin.com/postings/5041
11 months ago
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Micah Dunthorn
11 months ago
Registration is now open for the ForBio/UiO course “Bioinformatics for environmental DNA sequencing”
@biovitenskap.bsky.social
@drhyfe.bsky.social
@krabberod.bsky.social
@ramalok.bsky.social
www.forbio.uio.no/events/cours...
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ForBio and UiO/IBV course: Bioinformatics for environmental DNA sequencing - ForBio
Read this story on the University of Oslo's website.
https://www.forbio.uio.no/events/courses/2025/Bioinformatics%20for%20environmental%20DNA%20sequencing%20ForBio%20and%20IBV%20
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Adriana Lopes
11 months ago
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...
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ONEPlankton - interconnecting methods for high-throughput phytoplankton diversity and abundance - dScience – Centre for Computational and Data Science
Read this story on the University of Oslo's website.
https://www.uio.no/dscience/english/dstrain/research-areas2024/biosciences/oneplankton---interconnecting-methods-for-high-thr/
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Mónica Medina
11 months ago
To start the year I share this beautiful climate change song by Ludovico Einaudi. Art has a way to pierce reality through your heart like no science paper can, while being healing at the same time! Music for Earth’s hope!
youtu.be/2DLnhdnSUVs?...
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Ludovico Einaudi - "Elegy for the Arctic" - Official Live (Greenpeace)
YouTube video by Ludovico Einaudi
https://youtu.be/2DLnhdnSUVs?si=gpiR_o9gcFQclr6m
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Our new paper:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#protistsonsky
Here there is a download link if the previous one doesn't work:
authors.elsevier.com/a/1kC9d3m3nN...
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Phylogenomic workflow for uncultivable microbial eukaryotes using single-cell RNA sequencing − A case study with planktonic ciliates (Ciliophora, Oligotrichea)
Phylogenetic analyses increasingly rely on genomic and transcriptomic data to produce better supported inferences on the evolutionary relationships am…
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1055790324002318?dgcid=author
about 1 year ago
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Luciana Santoferrara
Anthony M. Bonacolta
about 1 year ago
Check out the revived ISOP newsletter!
#ProtistsOnSky
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Newsletter November 2024 - International Society of Protistologists
https://protistologists.org/newsletter-november-2024/
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Do you like aquatic microbes and computational work? Join my team as a Postdoctoral Researcher! Apply here:
hofstra.peopleadmin.com/postings/4504
about 1 year ago
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New job alert: join my team as a Postdoctoral Researcher! Join our
#NSFfunded
research on microbial communities (prokaryotes and protists) in a seasonally hypoxic estuary. Feel free to DM or email me with questions and/or please spread the word!
hofstra.peopleadmin.com/postings/4504
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Postdoctoral Fellow
https://hofstra.peopleadmin.com/postings/4504
about 1 year ago
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