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Dacks Lab (Evolutionary Cell Biology) @dackslabecb.bsky.social · 24d

OK sure, it started out as a typo, but I d like the idea measuring of a gene or protein's "Conswervation". Just feels more groovy and less judgemental than 'divergence".

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Dacks Lab (Evolutionary Cell Biology) @dackslabecb.bsky.social · 29d

Is this one of those missing wise men that you mentioned in Sant Felui?!?

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Iñaki Ruiz-Trillo @multicellgenome.bsky.social · Sep 9

What you're looking at is a brand new protist species! 🤯🔬
Isn't it beautiful?
This image is just a glimpse of what's to come. We can't wait to share our full findings soon, in partnership with Guifré @beaplab.bsky.social @luisjagago.bsky.social. Stay tuned! #NewSpecies #protistsonSky #diversity

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Flora Vincent @floravincent.bsky.social · Sep 9

One is the best EMBO/EMBL symposium is coming up and it’s going to be AWESOME. Save the date !

Aileen Berasategui @berasymbionts.bsky.social · Sep 8

🚨 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 🦠

The cellular mechanics of symbiosis: sensing friend from foe

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ISEP @isepprotists.bsky.social · Sep 7

New #ISEPpapers! Towards a trait-based framework for protist ecology and evolution: Mahwash Jamy et al. www.cell.com/trends/micro...

#protists #algae #microbes #ecology #evolution

illustration of some important traits to include in protist trait databases

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Dacks Lab (Evolutionary Cell Biology) @dackslabecb.bsky.social · Sep 5

#protistsonsky

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Dacks Lab (Evolutionary Cell Biology) @dackslabecb.bsky.social · Sep 5

I reflect on the changes in the past year and introduce and explain the rationale for JEM's newly established AI guidelines. Most importantly, this piece discusses what I see as the core mission of the journal: to provide a venue for the voices of Protistologists.

Hope you like it.

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology @jeukmicro.bsky.social · Sep 5

Editor-in-Chief Joel Dacks looks back on the year and shares some of our new initiatives, including "Issue Highlight" image and AI use guidance.

Read about these initiatives and more in the Editor's Message
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

#protistsonsky

Summer 2025 Editor‐In‐Chief Message

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ISEP @isepprotists.bsky.social · Aug 28

New #ISEPpapers! Selective loss of ATP carriers in favour of SLC25A43 orthologues in metamonad #mitochondria adapted to #anaerobiosis: Natalia Janowicz et al. royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10....

#Protists #Microbes #Evolution #Metamonads #Anaerobes #ProtistsOnSky

a figure detailing a proposed evolutionary history of a molecular pathway in eukaryotes

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ISEP @isepprotists.bsky.social · Aug 28

New #ISEPpapers! The fluid dynamics and functional diversity of the flagella of free-living flagellates orbit.dtu.dk/en/publicati...

#Protists #Microbes #FluidDynamics #Biophysics

simple models of various microbial cells with diverse configurations of flagella

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Fabien Burki @fburki.bsky.social · Aug 29

I had missed this when it came out at the end of last year, but I am glad to see some of my *favourite* eukaryotic supergroups marked as resolved #protistsonsky
www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/ipsj...

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Dacks Lab (Evolutionary Cell Biology) @dackslabecb.bsky.social · Sep 5

I use cannibalistic super giant ciliates in my class as an example of, "guess how weird protist diversity can be". AWESOME that this is being explored!

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Dacks Lab (Evolutionary Cell Biology) @dackslabecb.bsky.social · Sep 5

Congratuations Nuria!!!! An anxiety that we mid-career, i.e. old-adjacent, researchers have is whether the best and brightest of our field will find ways to securely stay and carry on the work. Mild, compared to that of the ECRs of course, but what a joy when a deserving young star gets security.

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Fabien Burki @fburki.bsky.social · Aug 20

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Pangenome biology and evolution in harmful algal-bloom-forming pelagophytes

In prokaryotes, lateral gene transfer (LGT) is a key mechanism leading to intraspecies variability in gene content and the phenomenon of pangenomes. I…

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Yash Pardasani @thealgaeman.bsky.social · Aug 18

The first paper from my PhD is out now! doi.org/10.1111/jeu....

We describe a new photosynthetic #Paulinella species from a brackish beach in British Columbia 🇨🇦

Big thanks to the co-authors Maia Palka and @alive-in-the-ocean.bsky.social, and my supervisor @fburki.bsky.social

#protistsonsky

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Courtney Stairs @cstairs.bsky.social · Aug 11

Check out our recent publication on breviate protists and their microbial communities. In this study, led by PhD student Karla and postdoc Julie, we found that breviate growth under anoxia might be dependent on the metabolic capabilities of the prokaryotes they live with.

doi.org/10.1093/isme...

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Pending Publication

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Dacks Lab (Evolutionary Cell Biology) @dackslabecb.bsky.social · Aug 8

Moving fast and stressing hard about getting things done before vacation (and being grumpy about it).

Then I opened my laptop to the news of the passing of a mentor and colleague. Her memory will be a blessing and guide.

Good reminder about priorities today, though. Connections over check-lists.

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Dacks Lab (Evolutionary Cell Biology) @dackslabecb.bsky.social · Aug 7

Really interesting work!!

DEEMteam_Orsay @deemteam.bsky.social · Aug 7

In our ongoing saga of description of new protists, we are happy to introduce Multisulcus malaysiensis, a deep-branching heterolobosean that forms highly unusual multiflagellated cells with multiple ventral grooves. Great work by @kristina-prokina.bsky.social

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Kirsty Wan @micromotility.bsky.social · Aug 6

We have a postdoc opening for a protistologist with biophysics inclinations to join our @hfspo.bsky.social project! (focus will be on characterising the morphology, ultrastructure and behaviour of excavates) #protistsonsky

Apply by Sept 17th (RTs appreciated!)
jobs.exeter.ac.uk/hrpr_webrecr...

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Dacks Lab (Evolutionary Cell Biology) @dackslabecb.bsky.social · Aug 6

Drafting a budget for an upcoming grant and asked a colleague how much lab space I'd need to culture the fungi I plan to study.

They said as mushroom as possible.

...I regret nothing.

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STCmicrobeblog @stcmicrobeblog.bsky.social · Jul 28

#ProtistsOnSky

Patricia Suarez Ara @patriciasuarez.bsky.social · Jul 25

Very happy to share our new paper where we develop CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing in our favorite unicellular relative of animals, Corallochytrium limacisporum! With @sebasn1.bsky.social @multicellgenome.bsky.social Elena and Claudio.

Check it out:
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CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing in Corallochytrium limacisporum,a key species for understanding animal origins | Open Biology

Microbial holozoans are the closest unicellular relatives of animals. They share a substantial gene repertoire with animals and exhibit complex life cycles. Studying these organisms is crucial for und...

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Alejandro Jiménez-González, Ph.D. @alejimgon.bsky.social · Jul 31

🌟 New paper out! 🌟 Multi-omics reveals the microbial consortium sustaining Monocercomonoides exilis in vitro 🧬

Huge thanks to everyone involved, especially my project supervisor, Vladimír Hampl! 🙌

Read 👉 doi.org/10.1186/s407...

#Microbiology #Protists #MicrobialEcology #Multiomics #OpenAccess

Comprehensive analysis of the microbial consortium in the culture of flagellate Monocercomonoides exilis - Environmental Microbiome

Monocercomonoides exilis is a model species of the amitochondrial eukaryotic group Oxymonadida, which makes it a suitable organism for studying the consequences of mitochondrial loss. Although M. exil...

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Fabien Burki @fburki.bsky.social · Aug 3

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... Ultrastructure of the Endoplasmic Reticulum in Eukaryotic Microalgae #protistsonsky

Ultrastructure of the Endoplasmic Reticulum in Eukaryotic Microalgae

The endoplasmic reticulum (ER) is a large and highly dynamic component of the eukaryotic endomembrane system. In eukaryotic microalgae, it plays six distinct roles: (1) It envelopes the chromatin to ...

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Institut Jacques Monod @ijmonod.bsky.social · Jul 28

✍️ The Jackson/Verbavatz Lab contributed to the publication of a new article
📖 @traffic-journal.bsky.social
📃 Eukaryote-Wide Distribution of a Family of Longin Domain-Containing GAP Complexes for Small GTPases
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Dacks Lab (Evolutionary Cell Biology) @dackslabecb.bsky.social · Jul 25

I love the image of the eukaryotic tree!

Anthony M. Bonacolta @ambonacolta.bsky.social · Jul 24

New protist supergroup: Promethea! From @zlatogursky.bsky.social et al #ProtistsOnSky

Phylogenetic position and mitochondrial genome evolution of ‘orphan’ eukaryotic lineages

The phylogenetic tree of eukaryotes is divided into a handful of highly diverse ‘supergroups’; only a few so-called ‘orphan’ lineages branch in uncertain positions outside of these large clades. We fo...

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Dacks Lab (Evolutionary Cell Biology) @dackslabecb.bsky.social · Jul 25

#protistsonsky @cloeucl.bsky.social @czechacademy.bsky.social @ualbertadom.bsky.social

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