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Nils Rädecker @radecker.bsky.social · 2d

🪸🧪 We’re hiring! Join our ERC-funded group at the @hifmb.de in Oldenburg, Germany to explore the cellular origins of photosymbiosis:⁣
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𝟏 𝐏𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐝𝐨𝐜 + 𝟐 𝐏𝐡𝐃𝐬 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬.⁣
Deadlines: Oct 29 & Nov 5. Links below. ⁣

Questions: [email protected]⁣
#Photosymbiosis #HIFMB #ERC #AcademicJobs

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Javier del Campo @fonamental.bsky.social · 1d

How to upgrade stolen organelles into permanent plastids: A comparative transcriptomic perspective www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1... #protists #protistsonsky

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Filip Husnik @filiphusnik.bsky.social · 1d

OIST is seeking up to four tenure-track or tenured faculty in Ecology, Environmental Science, Earth Science, and Oceanography. Application deadline: Oct 15. Please share. Thx!
www.oist.jp/careers/facu...

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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

www.embl.org

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Julie Boisard @protistsforthewin.bsky.social · 11d

Now completely published :)
Really proud of this paper led with Karla at @cstairs.bsky.social lab.
doi.org/10.1093/isme...

Anaerobic breviate protist survival in microcosms depends on microbiome metabolic function

Abstract. Anoxic and hypoxic environments serve as habitats for diverse microorganisms, including unicellular eukaryotes (protists) and prokaryotes. To thr

doi.org

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Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin @wiko-berlin.bsky.social · 14d

Apply online by November 1st! Wiko Early Career Call for fellowships 2026/27 in the #NaturalSciences and #LifeSciences. Gain time to think during a 3–5 month #fellowship at the Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin – Institute for Advanced Study: wiko-berlin.de/fellow-werde... #cfa

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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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Megan Sorensen @messorensen.bsky.social · Sep 8

Thanks so much Varsha and Daniel!! I'm very excited to be setting up in Vienna

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Megan Sorensen @messorensen.bsky.social · Sep 8

Thanks so much Fabien!!

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Alex Loy @loyteam.bsky.social · Aug 27

📢 New paper in @nature.com

Microbes rock 🎸🤘 with sulfide and iron minerals

I am very excited to share our recent study, which describes a previously unknown microbial energy metabolism ⚡⚡⚡🦠🧫⚡⚡⚡

🆕 Microbial iron oxide respiration coupled to sulfide oxidation - MISO

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Microbial iron oxide respiration coupled to sulfide oxidation - Nature

Genomic and biochemical analyses of prokaryotic sulfur metabolism identify diverse microorganisms with the capacity to oxidize sulfide using iron(iii).

www.nature.com

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Andrew Roger @andrewjroger.bsky.social · Aug 25

I gave a symposium talk at the European Society for Evolutionary Biology 2025 (#eseb2025) meeting last week and this was my title slide showcasing how I was speaking as an independent scientist because @dalhousieu.bsky.social @dalhousie.bsky.social has locked us out.

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Manuel Kleiner @manuelkleiner.bsky.social · Aug 7

I am really excited to see this article on basic experimental design principles published. Definitely will be mandatory reading for incoming graduate students in my lab. Maggie Wagner who led this article did an amazing job with the illustrations of basic principles www.nature.com/articles/s41...

How thoughtful experimental design can empower biologists in the omics era - Nature Communications

Here, the authors discuss principles of experimental design that are relevant for all biology research, along with special considerations for projects using -omics approaches, highlighting common expe...

www.nature.com

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Megan Sorensen @messorensen.bsky.social · Aug 18

Congratulations!! Great work and beautiful images

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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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John Burns @burnsajohn.bsky.social · Aug 17

New #symbiosky paper from Cory Bishop and collaborators (including me 😊) on the remarkable specificity of the symbiosis between spotted salamanders and the alga in their eggs. Cory organized colleagues to get egg fluid from NC USA to NS Canada. He found extremely low...

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Frontiers | High partner specificity in an algal-salamander mutualism at continental scale

The mutualism between the green alga Oophila amblystomatis (“Oophila”) and egg masses of the spotted salamander Ambystoma maculatum involves acquisition of a...

www.frontiersin.org

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Fabien Burki @fburki.bsky.social · Aug 14

www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... Genomes of nitrogen-fixing eukaryotes reveal an alternate path for organellogenesis #protistsonsky

Genomes of nitrogen-fixing eukaryotes reveal an alternate path for organellogenesis | PNAS

Endosymbiotic gene transfer (EGT) and import of host-encoded proteins have been considered hallmarks of organelles necessary for stable integration...

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Brad Weiler, Ph.D. @bradweilerdives.bsky.social · Aug 7

🚨New Preprint Alert🚨 P. strigosa, a reef-building coral shows tightly regulated transcriptional control over natural diel cycles. #CoralReefs #Symbiosky #bioinformatics #marinemicrobes #protistsonsky www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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Kathi Kitzinger @kathikitzinger.bsky.social · Aug 4

🚨3-yr Postdoc Position on #SingleCell Activities in #Marine #N-Cycling🦠🧪👩‍🎓🔬

Join me @univie.ac.at @dome-vienna.bsky.social
Part of our ERC Synergy #RECLESS looking at microbes in marine oxygen minimum zones

Apply by Oct 15, start March 2026!

-> ucloud.univie.ac.at/index.php/s/...

RECLESS_Postdoc_single_cell_UniVie.pdf

u:cloud - Ihre Daten, auf Wolken gebettet.

ucloud.univie.ac.at

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Varsha Mathur @varshamathur.bsky.social · Jul 30

Check out our new preprint all about Pirsonia, a tiny killer of bloom-forming Coscinodiscus diatoms!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
#protistsonsky #marinemicrobes 🌊🔬

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Kenneth Dumack @dumack.bsky.social · Jul 31

🚨 We’re hiring! Join our Aquatic Ecosystem Analysis group #UniversityKoblenz,Germany as a PhD researcher (m/f/d) in #plankton #ecology. Dive into #protist- #algae interactions, molecular ecology & sustainable water management. Apply by 14.08.2025! 🌊🔬 #protistsonsky #parasites #microbiology

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Lukas Helmlinger @helm-linger.bsky.social · Jul 9

Excited to share our first paper on the symbiosis between chlamydiae and social amoebae showing in detail the adaptations of endosymbionts to the social life style of their host! 🎉

cemess_vienna @cemess.bsky.social · Jul 8

Exciting new research! Matthias Horn & Lukas Helmlinger from #CeMESS uncover how chlamydiae thrive in social amoebae by skipping their extracellular stage.

Read their groundbreaking study in Current Biology (@currentbiology.bsky.social):

🔗 cemess.univie.ac.at/news/detail-...

New Paper: Chlamydiae give up extracellular stage to thrive in social amoebae

Many intracellular bacteria rely on an extracellular stage to move between hosts – but what happens when that’s no longer needed? A new study, now published in Current Biology, reveals a striking exam...

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cemess_vienna @cemess.bsky.social · Jul 2

We’re thrilled to announce that Megan Sørensen has been awarded an FWF-ASTRA for her upcoming research at #CeMESS on microbial partnerships and evolution!

Read more about the grant and project 🔗 cemess.univie.ac.at/news/detail-...

Congratulations to Megan Sørensen on receiving an FWF-ASTRA Award!

We’re thrilled to announce that Megan Sørensen has been awarded a prestigious FWF-ASTRA grant to investigate at CeMESS how microbial partnerships have shaped evolution.

cemess.univie.ac.at

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Megan Sorensen @messorensen.bsky.social · Jul 6

Thanks Sergio!

Megan Sorensen @messorensen.bsky.social · Jul 6

Thanks a lot Geoff!

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Megan Sorensen @messorensen.bsky.social · Jul 5

Thank you Kathrin! I will be continuing with the protist photosymbioses, and looking at Paulinella and Paramecium. Exciting times :)

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