🚨 Save the date! Thrilled to be co-organizing the next iteration of the @embl.org Symposium on the Cellular Mechanics of Symbiosis (📅 March 17-20), w/ @floravincent.bsky.social, @hassansalem.bsky.social & Tom Richards. www.embl.org/about/info/c... #EESSymbiosis #Symbiosis #SymbioSky #MicroSky 🦠

Our paper in @science.org 👉🏽 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... is accompanied by an especially thoughtful perspective by Carey Nadell and Chris Marx 👉🏽 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Things are going from bad to worse at NSF; www.science.org/content/arti...

This is high art

Reposting an oldie I've moved away from using gouache in this very thick, opaque way, but the colors really are nice to look at

Striking new study from @archaeon-alex.bsky.social's lab just out in @science.org on multicellular development induced by compression in Archaea: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

New article from @science.org gives a bit of a peek behind the curtain. It seems NSF internally has no idea what is happening, how to implement, or what the consequences of non-compliance will be.

If you wanted no leaks you should have gone into Settings -> Security -> Configure privacy & security -> Privacy options -> Other -> Configure -> Media interface and clicked “Disallow.” The Leak setting is on by default but we understand your privacy is important so we’ve made it easy to opt out

Last push for final application to our one-week workshop on #Indigenous #Health and Artificial Intelligence! IndigiData is held this summer on the Tribal lands of the Ak-Chin Indian Community in Central AZ, June 2-6, 2025: indigidata.org Apply: 01/31 (Not reliant on federal funds)

👏👏👏 Every state university system should be doing this! lsmagazine.wisc.edu/issues/fall-...

Wow. it must feel terrible when someone takes something you made and uses it without permission or payment

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.

Today’s one for the history books: Mastodon is becoming an independent non-profit, and Bluesky is supporting #FreeOurFeeds taking their AT Protocol in the same direction.

Bluetorial-A dream and a bit of a nightmare Serving as Editor-in-Chief at Science was fascinating. I greatly enjoyed working with talented and committed editorial, news, graphics, and production staff. But the inside look into scientific publishing and AAAS was also deeply disillusioning.

Out today! Our review on the current evidence of protein import into endosymbionts/early organelles. We cover protists, insects and plant systems, so something for everybody! With Mygg Stiller, Lena Kröninger and Eva Nowack. #protistsonsky #SymbioSky febs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Is it a repeat? Sort of, but this is a radiolarian in motion! I wanted to see how dynamic the symbionts are. They mostly stay still over a couple of minutes. With @micrott.bsky.social and @evocellbio.bsky.social #protistaday #protistsonsky #marinelife

What was a subtweet called in 1912? While in Berlin I’ve been rummaging around in the library and found a book of poems written by Simon Schwendener, the guy who discovered symbiosis, towards the end of his life, and ran across this

I am looking for an ERC-funded postdoc to work on spatial proteomics of microalgae (red algae and glaucophytes). The ideal candidate will have experience with mass spec and data analysis (R), but above all a keen interest in broad eukaryote evolution and protists #protistsonsky (1/2)

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Keeping your symbiosis genes on a plasmid is a smart move if you have multiple potential hosts. Here a gut bacterial symbiont, but same is true for N-fixing Rhizobia. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Hope I'm the first to post this all time classic on this platform

This is why the mayor of flavortown will be re-elected

This is hands down the most important interview I have done in a while — with Megan Garcia, who is suing @characterai.bsky.social and Google for an AI bot product that she alleges was responsible for the suicide of her 14 year old son: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/o...

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We are excited to announce a tenure track faculty position on the genomics of resilience! Come join us in EEB here in Tucson! More details about the position at the link below. Application review begins on December 9! 🧪 arizona.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...

Write grants? Read this.

Not quite impartial here but - a lineup worthy of any major cell cycle conference. 😍 Stop by any of the lectures if you’re in Paris next week and interested in the cell cycle or cell division, I promise you won’t be disappointed! (Just noticed the deadline, maybe they still let you register) 🧪🌏

ASU is searching for a new director for our biocollections! If you are an associate or full professor (or know one) and are interested in curating a huge collection of Sonoran desert (and other places) organisms, give us a look! apply.interfolio.com/159166

New job offer: we search a postdoc (bioinformatics) to work on mobile genetic elements and gene flow in bacteria, with a focus on antibiotic resistance within a consortium including bioinformatics, synthetic biology, epidemiology & biochemistry. See research.pasteur.fr/en/job/postd... #MicroSky

Current and former HHMI-supported trainees and early career researchers (EXROP, Gilliam, Hanna H. Gray, International Research Scholars, Freeman Hrabowski): I created a space for us to informally network across programs! Here is our list - pls comment to be added/removed! bsky.app/profile/did:...

Applications open for several research positions here in Cambridge including evolutionary genetics, genomics and population genetics. www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/49389/

"Reconstructing the last common ancestor of all eukaryotes" journals.plos.org/plosbiology/... In this Consensus View, we put forth the status quo and an agreed path forward to reconstruct LECA’s gene content. 🧪

Thought I'd reshare our Paulinella staining here! We did this together with @beaplab.bsky.social - huge thanks to BEAP lab for teaching me this amazing staining! Can’t wait to apply it to novel Paulinella species ;) #protistsonsky #ERC research project PlastidOrigin @fburki.bsky.social

I love this picture. It gets sent to me maybe once a year, and while it does make me laugh every time, it also makes me think I've made some terrible professional decisions over the years. (Although it's sweet that professors and pizza boat captains can dress the same at work.)

Reach out if interested!

Missoula People! I’m headlining a night of comedy for the POV at the ZACC on Thursday! Tickets here www.etix.com/ticket/p/364...

Hey 🦋! We at MIT BE @mitdeptofbe.bsky.social are searching for a tenure-track faculty colleague at the interface of #immunology and #biologicalengineering. Still plenty of time to apply before our priority deadline on 12/1, more details here: tinyurl.com/2p8hs6hu. Please share widely!

Read this from @johnvaillant.bsky.social and follow him. His prize-winning book, Fire Weather, is beautifully written and well worth your time.

Microbial people! Especially postdocs and maybe some assistant professors who are feeling antsy ... the University of Montana is doing a search for a microbiologist! This is a great department, in a great place. (I worked there for 10 years, loved it, ping me with Qs) apply.interfolio.com/159494

Genomics, evolution, and more starter pack! Help build community with this starter pack. This list is currently incomplete. Want to be included? Reply and I will remedy that! go.bsky.app/JjvzkWU

Please repost: ASU is hiring a Teaching Assistant Professor in Microbiology/Immunology. Application Deadline: 8/16/25 Link to apply: apply.interfolio.com/157981

A beautiful cicada from the Crato Formation in Brazil. This is in association with a recent article on the evolutionary race between early birds and cicadas. #fossils www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Every picture in the CSHL bar

Check out the evidence for a convergently evolved transcriptomic hourglass pattern -- now also in brown algae. Work co-led by Hajk-Georg Drost, former group leader at our institute! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Welcome refugees from X! Follow microbiologists and more in the @binningsingletons.com and Friends Starter Pack! go.bsky.app/H5k2p2g

These #microbes have been thriving without #mitochondria since the age of #dinosaurs! #Genomics of Preaxostyla Flagellates Illuminates the Path Towards the Loss of Mitochondria journals.plos.org/plosgenetics... #Protists #Organelles #Biology #Bioinformatics #ISEPpapers #CellBiology #Evolution

Taking a stab at a starter pack of Evolutionary Biologists — this was trickier than expected both because of the interface setup and because of the 150-person limit go.bsky.app/TUNHbNu