New paper from our lab showing that ionotropic glutamate receptors are widespread in unicellular organisms. Extracellular glutamate triggers a sensitive signalling response in diatoms. www.cell.com/current-biol.... @thembauk.bsky.social @bristolbiosci.bsky.social

New paper from our lab characterising a richly diverse cococlithophore community in the Southern Indian Ocean. These communities were largely overlooked by broad specificity 18S metabarcoding approaches. @godi.bsky.social @thembauk.bsky.social aslopubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

How do diatom cells maintain a constant supply of carbon for photosynthesis? Our microelectrode measurements of the phycosphere around individual diatom cells show that diatoms can rapidly switch between distinct carbon acquisition pathways. @thembauk.bsky.social www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Exciting SWBio PhD opportunity to study cell signalling in marine diatoms during heat stress. Deadline 3rd December 2025 @swbiodtp.bsky.social @kehelliwell.bsky.social @thembauk.bsky.social @exetermarine.bsky.social

🌊🔬 Looking for a postdoc to join our team! Cocco-Channel project ➡️ studying coccolithophore phycospheres and their role in ocean carbon cycling. ✔️ Plus if you bring experience in microbial ecology, molecular/microscopy tools & fieldwork 👉 More info: euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/375178 #protistsonsky

Last few days for booking your online tickets! Join leading coccolithophore scientists online at Advances in Coccolithophore Research 2025, 9-11 September. Full schedule including speakers and talks available - buff.ly/oaMjqZB ➡️ Book your ticket by Friday 5 September.

Are you interested in how diatoms communicate with each other? Exciting post-doc position available in my lab to study the signalling mechanisms of cell-cell communication in diatoms. Deadline 14th July. @kehelliwell.bsky.social @thembauk.bsky.social www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNO210/p...

Just a few days left to submit an abstract to the Advances in Coccolithophore Research workshop in Plymouth. Deadline 31st May. mymba.mba.ac.uk/ems-event-bo...

📣 We are excited to share our latest paper about Cathepsin X, a new algal cell death gene, led by @aviamizrachi.bsky.social and @maisadeh.bsky.social, published in Current Biology @currentbiology.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 1/3 >>

📢Excited to share TWO ERC-funded postdoc positions!🧪Are you passionate about molecular mechanisms and marine microbial interactions?🌊🔬Join us in dissecting antagonistic diatom-bacteria interactions, by the sea! tiny.cc/xlfe001 @thembauk.bsky.social @exetermarine.bsky.social Please msg to hear more!