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...

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

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

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 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...

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 🧪

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

@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

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/...

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."

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

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

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

#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!

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

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

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.

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-...

Registration is now open for the Protistology Nordics meeting 12–13 May in Jyväskylä #protistsonsky www.jyu.fi/en/events/pr...

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

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

We did it! We caught Starship #transposons moving between #fungal species in the lab, including between species separated by ~100my. We think Starships are a mediator of HGT in fungi, akin to conjugative elements in bacteria. Check out the preprint. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Nova Scotian friends and colleagues. Consider filling out this automated letter to Premier Houston protesting Bill 12 that gives unprecedented power to the political party in power to dictate that universities become enslaved to their political agenda: win.newmode.net/canadianasso...

We offer three new positions to join BCA Phase 0: 1. A full-stack developer to work on the BCA database with @ebi.embl.org 2. A senior research technician to develop sc methods 3. A bioinformatician to analyze new atlases with @sangerinstitute.bsky.social Details below. Please, share and repost.

FYI @scienceforukraine.bsky.social is still collecting information on support offers for scientists affected by the war in Ukraine (including remote work opportunities), and donations for travel grants scienceforukraine.eu/help

🌱🧬 Exciting Update for #Multicellularity Fans! 📅 Preliminary program now available for the EMBO Workshop (Oct 9-11, 2025, Barcelona). Sign up for the latest updates & secure your spot! 🔗 multicellgenome.com

ATTENTION (PLEASE SHARE) If anyone has or knows of any positions that might be appropriate for the NIH staff members who were terminated, please post the information in this thread. There are lots of talented and accomplished people who may be looking for new opportunities.

Check it out! Another novel RNA modification - ADP-ribosylation - that was previously only known on proteins. A cousin to #glycoRNA 👏 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

We just launched a 16TB archive of every dataset that has been available on data.gov since November. This will be updated day by day as new datasets appear. It can be freely copied, and we're sharing the code behind it to help others make their own archives of data they depend on.

WIRED is tracking numerous reports of Musk-related shenanigans across the federal govt. We're looking for fed employees open to discussing the activity they're seeing or to help confirm other reports. Anonymity offered. Please use @signal.org (contact dell.3030). Do not use work networks/devices.

We in Europe remember that Canadians died to liberate our continent. In the face of Trump's madness, EU stands with Canada now! There is no reason why EU membership should be off the table. 🇪🇺🇨🇦

How is transport directionality achieved through the #trypanosome nuclear pore complex? The current model is symmetrical, but this study reveals that the trypanosome #NuclearPore has an asymmetrical architecture, with conserved hubs that direct mRNA transport 🧪 @plosbiology.org plos.io/3Q36QV2

Did you know some single-cell dinoflagellates have a lens eye? Anders Garm at the University of Copenhagen is recruiting a postdoc to help find out why. Check out the advertisement, below 🧪 candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationI... photo: Franz Neidl

These ASM DEI pages are still down: asm.org/Articles/202... Both of these: bsky.app/profile/napa... ABRCMS leadership training asm.org/Press-Releas... Pride month: asm.org/IDEAA/Resour... Native focus: asm.org/IDEAA/Resour... 🧪🦠

Would you expect that Bacteria use an archaellum for swimming? We didn't, but we found that some Chloroflexota do! Find the story here: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... A little thread below 1/n

What happened to the Republicans trying to stand up for free-speech and viewpoint diversity? www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...

To our American friends who may now be struggling to find health information on US websites: Please check out the Public Health Agency of Canada's website for helpful resources, updated dashboards & practical health tips. 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦 canada.ca/en/public-he...

"In Uganda, the National Malaria Control Program has suspended spraying insecticide into village homes and ceased shipments of bed nets for distribution to pregnant women and young children." Story on the deadly US aid pause, by @stephanienolen.bsky.social Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/h...

Asked similar question before but I try again. Anyone knows proteins that localize like this? This protein is present in diplonemids/bodonids/euglenids/Naegleria, which have two flagella, but not in trypanosomatids that have just one flagellum. Potentially interesting for flagella/cilia community?

The world is full of crazy and sad news, but here is a protein that localizes to only one of the two flagella

And, it never fails: when you treat colleagues with kindness and respect, you’re welcomed back with open arms—like Alicia, whose warmth, affability and dedication everyone remembers fondly, from our lab to the rest of the Institute. How we treat each other leaves a lasting impression.

FWIW

Dive into the fascinating world of field work and its critical role in scientific research. 🎙️ Listen to the 2nd episode of our podcast #ScienceWithAView with evolutionary biologist @martaalvarez.bsky.social (IBE) and nutritionist Sarah Warkentin (@isglobal.org#ScienceWithAView. More info👇

In case some people have missed it, I'm re-posting a link to our paper on the Anaeramoeba-Desulfobacter symbiotic system. This is one of the papers from my lab that I'm most proud of...and a huge amount of the credit goes to @jonhultqvist.bsky.social !!! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

If you have been affected by the fires in LA, or are concerned about your ability to keep precious Drosophila strains going during the latest funding crisis, we will host your strains as a backup. Please email me. Please amplify. If you are also able to host fly strains, add your name as well.

🚀 Streamline your bioinformatics workflows! 🧬 Join our Nextflow workshop, May 19-21, 2025—perfect for beginners. 💻 Sign up: www.ecseq.com/workshops/wor... #Nextflow #Bioinformatics #Genomics

The Arf Family GTPases are crucial eukaryotic proteins in organelle dynamics. Our paper shows their Asgard origins and the hallmark Arf mechanism of membrane-localization in these asgard proteins! Led by Cathy Jackson @ijmonod.bsky.social; with Marek Elias and @mikicalab.bsky.social. rdcu.be/d7c0q

#Microbiome science needs more microbiologists www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Currently, we have the following open positions in the Rinke Group for Microbial MultiOmics and Biorecycling (MMOB) @ the University of Innsbruck, Austria: 1x postdoc 3x PhD 1x RA More info @ rinkelab.org/index.php/op...