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Group Leader at EMBL spying on the social life of marine microbes and pushing for more inclusive sciences | Tara Oceans | Plankton Manifesto https://www.embl.org/groups/vincent/ https://planktonmanifesto.org/

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Flora Vincent @floravincent.bsky.social · Jun 17

Excited to share the lab's 1rst preprint! Rapid high-res immunofluorescence is now possible in cultured & environmental diatoms thanks to 4-fold expansion microscopy. A step-change for comparative cell biology in one of the most important phytoplankton groups on the planet 🥳
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Jelena Godrijan 🫧❾🌊🦋 @godi.bsky.social · 1d

They are architects of the sea, engineers of the air—capturing carbon, atom by atom.

While you breathe, they build. While you sleep, they safeguard our climate.

#InvisibleHeroes #OceanGuardians #ClimateWarriors #protistsonsky
Illustrations by Rosie Sheward

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Flora Vincent @floravincent.bsky.social · 7d

Ahahaha love it

Flora Vincent @floravincent.bsky.social · 9d

Dear all, registration for the upcoming EMBO/EMBL Symposium on "the cellular mechanics of symbiosis" is now OPEN 🤩 ! Feel free to register ! www.embl.org/about/info/c...
#EESSymbiosis #ProtistsOnSky #SymbioSky
@hassansalem.bsky.social @berasymbionts.bsky.social @embl.org

The cellular mechanics of symbiosis: sensing friend from foe

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American Society for Cell Biology @ascbiology.bsky.social · 19d

From MBoC: Wallace F. Marshall (UCSF) and team profile the giant ciliate Stentor pyriformis—symbiotic algae in microtubule baskets, symbiont-dependent phototaxis, and a standard genetic code. Paper: www.molbiolcell.org/doi/10.1091/... #CellBiology

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STCmicrobeblog @stcmicrobeblog.bsky.social · 11d

#ProtistsOnSky
the elephant in the (protist)room...

American Society for Cell Biology @ascbiology.bsky.social · 19d

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Flora Vincent @floravincent.bsky.social · 27d

Very nice paper Thibaut; the duck intro just killed me and I’m looking forward to the next paper just for the thread you’ll pull out. That was a good laugh with my morning coffee

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Flora Vincent @floravincent.bsky.social · 29d

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.
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#EESSymbiosis #Symbiosis #SymbioSky #MicroSky 🦠

The cellular mechanics of symbiosis: sensing friend from foe

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Varsha Mathur @varshamathur.bsky.social · Sep 4

Wowww!!! Amazing news @messorensen.bsky.social 🤩 Huge congrats & so excited for your lab at @cemess.bsky.social! #protistsonsky

www.univie.ac.at/en/news/deta...

Three ERC Starting Grants for the University of Vienna

Funding for historian Eva-Maria Muschik, microbiologist Megan Sørensen and historical sociologist Agata Zysiak

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Mahwash Jamy @mjamy.bsky.social · Sep 3

Check out our new paper on adopting a trait-based framework for protist diversity! We make the case for a unified protist trait database, how to build it, and how it could transform research on protist ecology and evolution.
#protistsonsky

Pierre Ramond @pierreramond.bsky.social · Sep 3

Hello there 🦋
Happy to share our piece "Towards a trait-based framework for protist ecology and evolution" in @cp-trendsmicrobiol.bsky.social

Let's build a unified trait 📏 database to unlock transformative insights into protist 🔬 ecology 🌍 and evolution ⏳

▶️ doi.org/10.1016/j.ti...

#protistsonsky

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EMBL @embl.org · Sep 1

📢 Recruitment for the EMBL International PhD Programme is officially open!

At EMBL, we train young scientists to become skilled and creative future leaders in academia and other sectors. Join us and get a head start on your career in life sciences!

bit.ly/47mmiFF

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Lukas VF Novak @animalculum.bsky.social · Aug 31

Partnership between #algae & #bacteria reveals secrets of evolution phys.org/news/2025-08...

Stepwise genome #evolution from a facultative symbiont to an endosymbiont in the N2-fixing symbioses www.cell.com/current-biol... #protists by @vesnagrujcic.bsky.social, @mehrshmali.bsky.social, et al.

photo of a string of algal cells and the same string under fluorescence microscopy showing glowing blobs inside each cell

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Flora Vincent @floravincent.bsky.social · Aug 5

#protistsonsky
Direct link to the Chaetoceros Quick Guide if you want to learn more :)
@sorayazwahlen.bsky.social @currentbiology.bsky.social @cellpress.bsky.social
authors.elsevier.com/a/1lYLj3QW8S...

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Flora Vincent @floravincent.bsky.social · Aug 5

Better with the link authors.elsevier.com/a/1lYLj3QW8S...

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Flora Vincent @floravincent.bsky.social · Aug 5

Thanks
@currentbiology.bsky.social and @cellpress.bsky.social for the invitation !

Flora Vincent @floravincent.bsky.social · Aug 5

A small piece with PhD student @sorayazwahlen.bsky.social and Wiebe Kooistra on why we think Chaetoceros is an emerging model system for phytoplankton research, ranging from its ecological role, to unique cellular features and - of course - its many symbiotic interactions in the marine microbiome.

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Flora Vincent @floravincent.bsky.social · Jul 23

Building the next generation of kick-ass women in marine science, one expedition at a time.
#mesocosm @embl.org

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Flora Vincent @floravincent.bsky.social · Jul 22

When I see those pics I always think “ did they have permits?” 😅 post trec trauma
Cool find!!

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Javier del Campo @fonamental.bsky.social · Jul 21

From short to long reads: enhanced protist diversity profiling via Nanopore metabarcoding #protists #protistsonsky www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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fischerlab.bsky.social @fischerlab.bsky.social · Jul 12

Last week, we started to collect samples from high-altitude Alpine lakes for the ERC-funded #CAPSOLUTION project! Throughout July and August, we will study the diversity of #viruses, #bacteria, and #protists in these extreme environments.
#HorizonEU @erc.europa.eu @mpimarinemicrobio.bsky.social

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fischerlab.bsky.social @fischerlab.bsky.social · Jul 14

Our home base for the first week was Lake Gossenköllesee at 2416 m elevation. The research station (Univ. of Innsbruck) sheltered us during an unexpected snowstorm in July. See pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33436089 for viruses from this lake!
#CAPSOLUTION @mpimarinemicrobio.bsky.social @erc.europa.eu

Advanced sampling conditions for @lqueiss.bsky.social @drjmpetersen.bsky.social

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EMBL @embl.org · Jun 27

On #OceansDay2025, EMBL’s Science Education and Public Engagement (SEPE) Team joined forces with the German-American Institute (DAI) to bring the underwater world closer to families in Heidelberg.

Learn more: www.embl.org/news/lab-mat...

Oceans Day participants being led in an activity by Sally Hall, Science Education and Public Engagement Officer at EMBL. Credit: ©Regina Imatdinova

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Flora Vincent @floravincent.bsky.social · Jul 14

@dudinlab.bsky.social I was looking into that to share internally but FAQ says “PhD students and Postdocs from all Swiss institutions of higher education are invited.”
Just to make sure

Flora Vincent @floravincent.bsky.social · Jul 11

So good to reconnect with the adrenaline of field work. My guilty pleasure as a PI is to keep this happening to make sure you never go too far from the initial Pasión.
Mesocosm experiments simulating impact of marine heat waves on marine microbial interactions in Vigo.
@embl.org #UnivVigo

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Omaya Dudin 𓂆 ¦🍉¦🦠¦🔬¦ @dudinlab.bsky.social · Jul 10

Such a pleasure to be co-organising the #Latsis Symposium this year with Guillermina !

Thanks to all the speakers & sponsors.

And all our teams members who helped make this a reality.

It just felt right.

#Science #WildCells #ProtistsOnSky #Cell #Biology #Biophysics #Behaviour

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EMBL @embl.org · Jul 2

The Marine Research Centre (CIM) at the University of Vigo, Spain, and EMBL join forces to study how to curb red tides and anticipate the effects of marine heatwaves.

The CELLBLOOM project will advance scientific understanding of current global changes in the ocean.

www.embl.org/news/lab-mat...

Collage showing EMBL and CIM’s collaborative marine research in action. Top left: two researchers on a boat deploying a water sampling net into the sea. Center left: close-up of the net capturing water. Center right: the EMBL mobile laboratory truck parked outside the CIM building. Bottom row: interior of a mobile lab with scientists analyzing samples and conducting experiments in a well-equipped workspace.

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