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Flora Vincent
12 days ago
Exciting day for the lab: our 1rst paper is officially out in
@currentbiology.bsky.social
🥳 Wonderful collaboration wt
@gautamdey.bsky.social
showing how Cryo-ExM achieves consistent immunostaining in diverse diatoms, from the lab and the natural environment 1/n
#ProtistsOnSky
tinyurl.com/2zxaund7
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Omaya Dudin 𓂆 ¦🍉¦🦠¦🔬¦
12 days ago
🚨Our collaboration with
@centriolelab.bsky.social
&
@gautamdey.bsky.social
is out today in
@cp-cell.bsky.social
We show that
#Expansion
#Microscopy
is a broad-spectrum modality for Euks, enabling 3D phenotypic maps rooted to phylogeny.
#ProtistsOnSky
#SciComm
#SciSky
www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
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Manon Demulder
15 days ago
We’re back with the next DinoSphere Online Seminar! Join us on Nov 4th, we're hosting: Edmée Royen (ULiège) - Symbiodinium Nicolas dos Santos Pacheco (Cambridge) - Perkinsids 📅 Tue, Nov 4 - 4 PM CET/3 PM GMT 💻 Zoom link:
sites.google.com/view/dinosphere
Please spread the word!
#protistonsky
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Iconic Fishes
about 1 month ago
🌊 Say hello to the second star in our
#IconicFishes
lineup: the pipefish 🎶 💡 Did you know? There are over 225 species of pipefishes and they belong to the same family as the seahorse! 🎨 Stay tuned as these iconic fishes take centre stage 🎭🌟 in our upcoming arts movement
#InspiredByIconicFishes
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Lukas VF Novak
2 months ago
Partnership between
#algae
&
#bacteria
reveals secrets of evolution
phys.org/news/2025-08...
Stepwise genome
#evolution
from a facultative symbiont to an endosymbiont in the N2-fixing symbioses
www.cell.com/current-biol...
#protists
by
@vesnagrujcic.bsky.social
,
@mehrshmali.bsky.social
, et al.
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Ben Engel
3 months ago
BIG NEWS!! We will be hiring a new professor with 25 years of endowed funding at the
@biozentrum.unibas.ch
@unibas.ch
, focused on using biophysics and structural biology to explore climate-related fundamental science topics. Come start an innovative research cluster with us! 🧪🔬🧶🧬🌾🌍
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Gautam Dey
3 months ago
Want to acquire
#ExM
images like this and help us understand the true extent of cytoskeletal diversity across the tree of life? This position might be for you!
embl.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/EMBL/j...
With
@dudinlab.bsky.social
@embl.org
@biology-unige.bsky.social
@moorefound.bsky.social
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Flora Vincent
3 months ago
A small piece with PhD student
@sorayazwahlen.bsky.social
and Wiebe Kooistra on why we think Chaetoceros is an emerging model system for phytoplankton research, ranging from its ecological role, to unique cellular features and - of course - its many symbiotic interactions in the marine microbiome.
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Kathi Kitzinger
3 months ago
🚨3-yr Postdoc Position on
#SingleCell
Activities in
#Marine
#N-Cycling🦠🧪👩
🎓🔬 Join me
@univie.ac.at
@dome-vienna.bsky.social
Part of our ERC Synergy
#RECLESS
looking at microbes in marine oxygen minimum zones Apply by Oct 15, start March 2026! ->
ucloud.univie.ac.at/index.php/s/...
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u:cloud - Ihre Daten, auf Wolken gebettet.
https://ucloud.univie.ac.at/index.php/s/cmCjBtQ6WAkwScE
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Kathi Kitzinger
3 months ago
🚨4yr Technical Assistant Position on
#Microbial
Activities in
#Marine
#N-Cycling🦠🧪👩
🎓🔬 Join me
@univie.ac.at
@dome-vienna.bsky.social
Part of our ERC Synergy
#RECLESS
looking at microbes in marine oxygen minimum zones Apply by Oct 15, start March 2026! ->
ucloud.univie.ac.at/index.php/s/...
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u:cloud - Ihre Daten, auf Wolken gebettet.
https://ucloud.univie.ac.at/index.php/s/eDcNkGa2ofrwJPM
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Nature
3 months ago
This surprisingly relaxing footage is from SIX MILES under the ocean – and it’s the deepest ecosystem yet discovered
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EMBLtrec
4 months ago
TREC is hiring!
@embl.org
is looking for a field technician/engineer to coordinate soil sampling: plan activities, apply protocols, lead site scouting, coordinate teams & more. Join an amazing international team exploring a hidden universe beneath our feet. Please spread the word!
bit.ly/4eSTPbZ
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Environmental Technician or Engineer (Soil Lead)
The European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) is Europe’s flagship research institution for the life sciences, bringing together over 110 independent research groups and service teams across six si...
https://bit.ly/4eSTPbZ
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Omaya Dudin 𓂆 ¦🍉¦🦠¦🔬¦
4 months ago
Such a pleasure to be co-organising the
#Latsis
Symposium this year with Guillermina ! Thanks to all the speakers & sponsors. And all our teams members who helped make this a reality. It just felt right.
#Science
#WildCells
#ProtistsOnSky
#Cell
#Biology
#Biophysics
#Behaviour
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EMBL
4 months ago
The Marine Research Centre (CIM) at the University of Vigo, Spain, and EMBL join forces to study how to curb red tides and anticipate the effects of marine heatwaves. The CELLBLOOM project will advance scientific understanding of current global changes in the ocean.
www.embl.org/news/lab-mat...
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Manon Demulder
5 months ago
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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Omaya Dudin 𓂆 ¦🍉¦🦠¦🔬¦
5 months ago
Share with your network, group members, colleagues & friends. We are extending the deadline till the 10th of June. This is your last chance of joining us this summer.
#Science
#ProtistsOnSky
#Cell
#Biology
#Microscopy
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Flora Vincent
7 months ago
Very excited for this first of its kind EMBO/EMBL Symposium on the Wild Frontiers of Model Organisms. So far Session 1 is a blast, from aiptasia symbiosis, oyster vibrio phage interactions, !!
#EESWildModels
@embldbunit.bsky.social
@embl.org
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Niko Leisch
7 months ago
One week left to apply! Come join us looking for cool dinoflagellates in cool places :)
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EMBL
8 months ago
Meet Neil Humphreys, Head of the Gene Editing and Virus Facility at EMBL Rome. Neil and his team work closely with scientists to develop new models, tools, and cutting-edge technologies to support discovery and translational research. Read more:
www.embl.org/news/people-...
@neilhumph.bsky.social
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We are EMBL: Neil Humphreys on genome editing and saying it all in five simple words | EMBL
Neil Humphreys, Head of the Gene Editing and Virus Facility at EMBL Rome, works closely with scientists to develop new models, tools, and cutting-edge technologies to support discovery and translation...
https://www.embl.org/news/people-perspectives/we-are-embl-neil-humphreys-on-genome-editing-and-saying-it-all-in-five-simple-words/
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Jelena Godrijan 🫧❾🌊🦋
8 months ago
🌊 🦠 🌍 "Aquatic Microbiomes on a Changing Planet" is the theme of the 18th Symposium on Aquatic Microbial Ecology (#SAME18), taking place in Barcelona from Sept 28 to Oct 3, 2025. Dive into cutting-edge research on microbial life in aquatic systems! More details at
same18barcelona.com
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Same 18 Congress | Information and News
Find out all about the Same 18 Conference: dates, presentations, and news. Join experts and professionals at this unmissable event. Find out more here!
https://same18barcelona.com
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EMBL DB unit
8 months ago
Only a few days left to register to attend virtually the
@embl.org
symposium on the "Wild Frontier of Model Systems". Don't miss this opportunity if you are interested in exploring unconventional model organisms for a better understanding of biology, ecology and evolution
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EMBL
8 months ago
EMBL’s Advanced Mobile Laboratory (AML) has reached Malta, bringing its cutting-edge field equipment to support local scientists. The Mobile Laboratories team will work with the University of Malta for one month, providing advanced technology, expertise, and training.
www.embl.org/news/connect...
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The University of Malta hosts EMBL’s Advanced Mobile Laboratory for research and training | EMBL
EMBL’s Advanced Mobile Laboratory (AML) is stationed at the University of Malta for one month, to provide advanced technology, expertise and training to Malta’s scientific community.
https://www.embl.org/news/connections/the-university-of-malta-hosts-embls-advanced-mobile-laboratory-for-research-and-training/
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Time flies - EMBLs Mobile Lab is already one week at the University of Malta!
#MobileLab
#AML
8 months ago
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Sebastián R. Najle
8 months ago
🔬 PhD Opportunity in Evolutionary Cell Biology! Interested in how cell types evolve? Join us to investigate placozoan cell types using advanced microscopy, single-cell omics, and functional assays! Apply here:
euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/323665
#PhDPosition
#EvolutionaryBiology
#CellBiology🧪
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PhD Position in Evolutionary Cell Biology
Group description:The Comparative Cell Biology Lab (Najle Lab), at Universitat Internacional de Catalunya (UIC), investigates themolecular underpinnings of cellular and organismal complexity from func...
https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/323665
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Johan Decelle
9 months ago
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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EMBL Events
9 months ago
📢 Last chance to register and join us in person for #EESWildModels! 🌏 Let's explore the wild frontiers of model systems together🌿🦈 Attend talks, network, socialise, and experience the atmosphere on the campus! 🧬🤩 👉🏻
s.embl.org/ees25-02
🎫 Register by 25 February!
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VolumeEM
9 months ago
Introducing the volumeEM Bluesky Starter Pack 🚀 featuring relevant accounts, feeds and resources To be included in the first edition of the volumeEM Bluesky starter pack, please either: Fill out our spreadsheet form (1 min to fill)
forms.gle/dTnkUm7G2B2N...
or Email us at
[email protected]
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🦋🚀 Bluesky starter pack
Join Us on Bluesky! 📱@volumeem1.bsky.social We're excited to announce that volumeEM is now on Bluesky! Follow us to stay updated on the latest developments in volume electron microscopy and connect w...
https://forms.gle/dTnkUm7G2B2NGxvH9
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Hey, Feel like quitting the old place for good? There's some help for even easier migration:
www.helloquitx.com
And if you feel like burning it all down to the ground on your way out, I can recommend
github.com/lucahammer/t...
🔥🎉🔥🎊🔥
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10 months ago
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Aafke Gros
10 months ago
Microscopy Nodes is now up on bioRxiv! 🚀 This is a Blender extension that seamlessly integrates and visualizes 3D microscopy data (TIF &
@zarr.dev
). High-quality volume rendering for anyone, in both EM and fluorescence, regardless of computational expertise! 🔬
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Ben Engel
11 months ago
I’ll have more to say about this later, but please have a look, and I hope the
#TeamTomo
community finds good uses for those 1829 Chlamy tomograms 🧪🧶🧬🌾🔬
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Alex Probst
11 months ago
#PhD
#position
#alert
2 bioinfo PhD positions @ProbstLab @RESIST_CRC #1 on microbial & epigenetic stress response in rivers
tinyurl.com/bdf8eu5a
#2 on virus-host stress response in rivers
tinyurl.com/43cjd6es
(supervision Moraru) Please share!
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https://tinyurl.com/bdf8eu5a
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Omaya Dudin 𓂆 ¦🍉¦🦠¦🔬¦
11 months ago
We aim to serve as a global hub for microbial imaging—offering
#workshops
, training, and tools to foster the adoption of expansion microscopy. Though focused on Euks, we’ll also support researchers working on
#bacteria
&
#archaea
. So please reach out. Merry Xmass to all 🙂 4/4
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Omaya Dudin 𓂆 ¦🍉¦🦠¦🔬¦
11 months ago
🍾Our small
#UExM
adventure is only starting!
#ProtistsOnSky
We are happy to announce that the Moore Foundation will be funding our efforts in creating an Expansion Microscopy atlas of
#Microbial
#Eukaryotes
with
@gautamdey.bsky.social
@UNIGE
@embl.org
LINK:
www.unige.ch/sciences/chi...
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EMBL
11 months ago
EMBL’s Prevedel Group scaled down a microscope to miniature size while scaling up imaging resolution. 🔬 OCM is a portable microscope to image label-free samples, with different magnifications and within fractions of a second. Read more:
www.embl.org/news/science...
🧪
@prevedel-lab.bsky.social
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Flora Vincent
11 months ago
Join us for a brand new EMBO/EML Symposium on 'Wild frontiers of model organisms' in April 2025 ❗ Bottom line: - great line up of speakers: M. McFall-Ngai, Jb Raina, M. Prakash, E Santos etc... - to explore old models but in new context or ways of building new model systems
s.embl.org/ees25-02
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Wild frontiers of model organisms
https://s.embl.org/ees25-02
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Thanks for making our lives easier
@amanzanom.bsky.social
!
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12 months ago
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Tara Essock-Burns
12 months ago
🧵 [1/6] Have you ever wanted to study single-cell motility but don’t have a workflow that can capture and analyze fast swimming dynamics in high throughput? We did, so we developed a microscopy workflow and analysis pipeline, SwimTracker
research.arcadiascience.com/pub/resource...
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A high-throughput imaging approach to track and quantify single-cell swimming
Live imaging of swimming cells can yield insight into an organism’s viability and responses to environmental stimuli. We developed a microscopy workflow and image analysis pipeline, SwimTracker, to tr...
https://research.arcadiascience.com/pub/resource-swimtracker-htp-swimming-assay/
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Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology
about 1 year ago
Hijacking the Cell's Command Center: How a bacterial parasite thrives inside the nuclei of
#deepsea
mussels
@natureportfolio.bsky.social
mpi-bremen.de/en/Page6329....
nature.com/articles/s41...
@nicoledubilier.bsky.social
@nikobiota.bsky.social
@grubervodicka.bsky.social
@manuelkleiner.bsky.social
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Hijacking the Command Center of the Cell: Nuclear Parasites in Deep-Sea Mussels
https://mpi-bremen.de/en/Page6329.html
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