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Amoeba Discovery

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A quarterly magazine exploring the world of microscopic life. Step into the unseen world! 👉 Download the complete magazine for free: stefanluketa.com/amoeba-discovery

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Amoeba Discovery @amoebadiscovery.bsky.social · Apr 9

The first issue of Amoeba Discovery is here! This marks the beginning of a new magazine for exploration, creativity, and collaboration across #protistsonsky. Endless thanks to @zlatogursky.bsky.social for the stunning cover illustration!

Read the full (free) issue:
stefanluketa.com/amoeba-disco...

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Andy Chandler-Grevatt @mosssafari.bsky.social · May 24

Very excited yesterday when a box of Moss Safari books were delivered!

So today was signing the complementary copies with some added Moss Safari goodies to be sent out to those who helped me with the book.

Available from pelagicpublishing.com/products/mos... and book shops. 25% off code: MOSS25

Andy Chandler-Grevatt sitting at a table with piles of Moss Safari books. He is signing one of them. There are stickers, badges and bookmarks on the table in front of him.

Andy Chandler-Grevatt looking excited holding his first copy of the Moss Safari book he authored.

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Kenneth Dumack @dumack.bsky.social · May 23

Evidence for #recombination, and maybe #meiosis, in free-living #Rhizaria! I wish the results were clearer. As so often we raised more questions than we could answer :) If you are into #sex and the #meiosis-toolkit, this is an important read! #ProtistsOnSky link.springer.com/article/10.1...

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del Campo Lab @delcampolab.bsky.social · May 7

Eleutheroschizon duboscqi is a marine protococcidian that parasites the polychaete Scoloplos arminger🪱 . It grows epicellularly, enclosed in a two-membrane parasitophorous sac derived from the host cell, that ends in a protein-rich tail #Midweekmicrobe
📷 Valigurová et al. 2015

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Miguel Méndez Sandín @sandinmm.bsky.social · May 5

Why do some planktonic protists develop a gelatinous matrix? We suggest that this original adaptation is a strategy to cope with ocean oligotrophy: doi.org/10.1111/1462...
Led by @n-llopis-m.bsky.social, and thanks to all co-authors, I'm very happy to finally see it out!
#protistsonsky

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Elizabeth Beston @elizabethbeston.bsky.social · May 5

This is the first time I’ve seen a starfish larva in samples from Cromer Pier, so I’m super excited. This is probably Asterias rubens and this is a bipinnaria stage larva. I’ve photostacked the images, it’s not perfect, but it allows us to see all the bits of this very 3D larva. #plankton 🦑

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The Amoeba Lab @amoeba-lab.bsky.social · May 3

If you can't be with the forams you love, love the forams you're with #Ammonia

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MBA Library @nmbluk.bsky.social · Apr 27

#OTD in 1868 Elsie Sexton was. Born Alice Wilkins Tring, Elsie studied at the Truro School of Art before moving to Plymouth. Through her husband, Louis, she met Director of the MBA Dr Edgar Allen and began illustrating for his scientific publications, eventually publishing her own research in 1908.

A hand drawn black and white illustration of the dinoflagellate Dinophysis tripos

A hand drawn black and white illustration of the dinoflaggelate Ceratium hexanthum. The image has been cropped and shows the armoured plates and upper portion of the horns

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ISEP @isepprotists.bsky.social · Apr 23

New #ISEPpapers! Diplonemid #protists possess exotic endomembrane machinery, impacting models of membrane trafficking in modern and ancient eukaryotes www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... by Kristína Záhonová et al., @dackslabecb.bsky.social

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Amoeba Discovery @amoebadiscovery.bsky.social · Apr 22

🔬Over a century ago, Gulielma Lister used her stunning illustrations to bring attention to slime molds—long before they captured the imagination of today’s photography community.

🧪Full article in the first issue: stefanluketa.com/amoeba-discovery

#sciart #slimemold #art #systematics #protistsonsky

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John Dolan @tintinnman.bsky.social · Apr 21

Tuffen West's wonderful artwork- plate 3 in Hogg's 'The Microscope...' 1867 ed. Actual size 10 x 16 cm. More Tuffen West: www.openscience.fr/Tuffen-West-...

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Fabien Burki @fburki.bsky.social · Apr 20

Happy to have played a small part in this. Prometheid is a proposed supergroup that contains previously deep orphan lineages.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
#protistsonsky

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Anthony M. Bonacolta @ambonacolta.bsky.social · Apr 18

Found out that our publication on the differential abundance of corallicolids in P. clavata was a #TopViewedArticle in Environmental Microbiology last year 🙌 #Protists #Corals #ClimateChange

Differential apicomplexan presence predicts thermal stress mortality in the Mediterranean coral Paramuricea clavata

An analysis of the microbiome of the Mediterranean coral Paramuricea clavata reveals that its microbial community, specifically microeukaryotes, plays a crucial role in its response to thermal stress...

enviromicro-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Luis Javier Galindo @luisjagago.bsky.social · Apr 18

First study from the lab is out! We describe ApuRs, a new family of microbial rhodopsins unique from apusomonads. ApuRs represent the first anion-conducting rhodopsin channels that can be controlled by UV light, offering potential as new optogenetic tools. #protistsonsky
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
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Amoeba Discovery @amoebadiscovery.bsky.social · Apr 17

If you ever need a safari guide through the world of moss — that’s @mosssafari.bsky.social! Dive into an interesting interview and discover how microscopy can become a bridge to broader public education. 🔬📖🧪

Interview in the first issue: stefanluketa.com/amoeba-discovery

#protistsonsky #microsky

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John Dolan @tintinnman.bsky.social · Apr 17

On Per Theodor Cleve (1840-1905) the amazing part-time protistologist: ejournals.eu/en/journal/a...
#protistsonsky

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Amoeba Discovery @amoebadiscovery.bsky.social · Apr 17

Happy birthday! 🥳 My birthday is tomorrow! 🤓

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Amoeba Discovery @amoebadiscovery.bsky.social · Apr 16

When the day is grey and rainy, the best kind of inspiration comes from old taxonomic books filled with beautiful illustrations. Here’s a plate of slime molds by Ernst Haeckel published in 1904 – a timeless blend of art and science. 🧪📖🔬

#protistsonsky #mevosky #art #systematics #taxonomy

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Kenneth Dumack @dumack.bsky.social · Apr 16

🚨 3-year Postdoc Opportunity! Join me and the Aquatic Ecosystem Analysis group @UniKoblenz. 🔬 Microbial #ecology, #protist predation, #algae #plankton & flexibility | 💻 Environmental -omics | 🌊 Rivers 📅 Apply by May 15 | 🔗 kennethdumack.de | tinyurl.com/dumack
Please share! #MicroSky #ProtistsOnSky

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Amoeba Discovery @amoebadiscovery.bsky.social · Apr 15

Another paper: doi.org/10.1093/gbe/...

Comparative Genomics Supports Sex and Meiosis in Diverse Amoebozoa

Abstract. Sex and reproduction are often treated as a single phenomenon in animals and plants, as in these organisms reproduction implies mixis and meiosis

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Amoeba Discovery @amoebadiscovery.bsky.social · Apr 15

Sexual reproduction is a poorly studied phenomenon in protists. There are several primitive forms of sexual reproduction, making it difficult to determine when they reproduce sexually and when asexually. Testate amoebae are a good example of such a case.

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Foraminifera.eu @foram.bsky.social · Apr 14

Listen to my talk on our physical Foraminifera Collection on youtube at: www.youtube.com/watch?v=WX3K...
#foraminifera #microfossils #fossil #MarineLife #paleontology #MarineScience #palaeontology #shell #fossils

The Foraminifera.eu Physical Collection

YouTube video by foraminifera.eu

www.youtube.com

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Amoeba Discovery @amoebadiscovery.bsky.social · Apr 13

@zlatogursky.bsky.social, a leading researcher of heliozoans, shared a gem in a recent exclusive interview: these underrated protists have a rare trait that could open doors in broader biological research. Don’t sleep on the heliozoa.

🔬🧪 #protistsonsky #microsky #evosky #mevosky

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Katrina Velle @katrinavelle.bsky.social · Apr 12

It was a very productive week in lab!
We now have Naegleria fowleri (brain-eating amoeba) cultures growing, in addition to the Naegleria gruberi (harmless relative) cultures we have been using as a model. Put side-by-side, it is impossible to tell them apart.

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Amoeba Discovery @amoebadiscovery.bsky.social · Apr 11

🧪 Here’s a quick breakdown of the general structure of testate amoebae — from their shell to the pseudopodia they use to move and feed. You can read the full article on these protists in the first issue of Amoeba Discovery magazine: stefanluketa.com/amoeba-disco...

#protistsonsky #systematics

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Vasily Zlatogursky @zlatogursky.bsky.social · Mar 28

@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

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