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WeMove Europe @wemoveeurope.bsky.social · 1d

For decades, Palestinians have resisted occupation, violence, and oppression.

Now, those who tried to bring them aid say they faced the same brutality.
Members of the Global Sumud Flotilla - activists, journalists and lawyers - report being beaten, humiliated and detained by Israeli forces:

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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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Pedro C. Junger @pcjungers.bsky.social · Aug 26

Chapter 3 of my thesis is now available as a preprint in @biorxiv-ecology.bsky.social

We compared 3+ years of coastal microbial time-series from an equatorial site (EAMO, 6°S) and a temperate site (BBMO, 41°N).

Our work reinforces the need for observatories across latitudes to track ocean change.

Ecological processes shaping marine microbial assemblages diverge between equatorial and temperate time-series

Marine microbial communities are structured by a complex interplay of deterministic and stochastic processes, yet how these vary across latitudes remains poorly understood. Most long-term microbial ob...

www.biorxiv.org

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Kasia Piwosz @piwoszomonas.bsky.social · 4d

It's heartbreaking it's over 😭 We're lucky we have #SAME19 to look forward to ❤️❤️❤️

SAME18-BCN @same18-bcn.bsky.social · 4d

Adeu SAME18, it’s been a tremendous experience. Thank you all for coming to Barcelona, bringing your awesome science to the conference and contributing to maintaining strong the SAME spirit! Looking forward to SAME19 at České Budějovice! 🙌🫶

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SAME18-BCN @same18-bcn.bsky.social · 7d

Group pic SAME18!

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Kasia Piwosz @piwoszomonas.bsky.social · 10d

@same18-bcn.bsky.social finally has started with a plenary by Stefan Bertilsson #SAME18

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SAME18-BCN @same18-bcn.bsky.social · 11d

SAME18 is taking off!

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MikroBioKosmos Scientific Society @mikrobiokosmos.bsky.social · 15d

Some scientific stories, like the one we just heard from @johncork.bsky.social at the #mbkceesme2025 on human harnessed and highly exploited #yeasts, could easily inspire a movie or a TV series!!!

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MikroBioKosmos Scientific Society @mikrobiokosmos.bsky.social · 16d

Yes, there’s more to worry about how we do our science with microbes
#bioeconomy #nagoya #biodiversity #cbd @unep.org Lene Lange in #mbkceesme2025

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Kasia Piwosz @piwoszomonas.bsky.social · 16d

Great posters and discussions are great, too. Aleks Stanojković again ☺️

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Kasia Piwosz @piwoszomonas.bsky.social · 16d

It's great to listen to great talks at #mbkceesme2025 @mikrobiokosmos.bsky.social @isme-microbes.bsky.social @cristian-vi-al.bsky.social and Aleks Stanojković

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Cristian Villena Alemany @cristian-vi-al.bsky.social · 16d

It is a pleasure to attend @mikrobiokosmos.bsky.social and CEESME from @isme-microbes.bsky.social and meet great scientist and friends @tijanamartin.bsky.social @piwoszomonas.bsky.social

Tijana Martinovic @tijanamartin.bsky.social · 16d

Conferences are not only about sharing research, but also about meeting friends, discovering new ideas, and listening to inspiring talks, even outside of my own field. @cristian-vi-al.bsky.social delivering excellence, as usual 😊 #mbkceesme2025 @mikrobiokosmos.bsky.social @isme-microbes.bsky.social

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Fabien Burki @fburki.bsky.social · 20d

While it could have been a wild goose chase, finding this one is special to me because we were stacked against the odds

Yash Pardasani @thealgaeman.bsky.social · 20d

Excited to share our third heterotrophic #Paulinella culture from Haida Gwaii, Canada! :)

#ProtistsOnSky

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Thulani Makhalanyane @thuls.bsky.social · 25d

Eco-evolutionary strategies drive viral diversification in nutrient-poor soils across elevation gradients

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Dr Angel Borja @drangelborja.bsky.social · 29d

Warming seas threaten key phytoplankton species that fuels the food web, study finds

#MarineEcology
#research

apnews.com/article/phyt...

Warming seas threaten key phytoplankton species that fuels the food web, study finds

New research suggests that a tiny phytoplankton that is an essential part of the marine food web may decline sharply as oceans warm.

apnews.com

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Timmons Roberts @timmonsroberts.bsky.social · Sep 7

So proud of this collaboration led by @cssn.org

110 top experts from around the world

13 chapters on who is blocking or slowing action on climate change

A quantum leap in our understanding of why society has failed to solve this

Will be free online Oct 14 1/x

global.oup.com/academic/pro...

Cover of new book Climate Obstruction: A Global Assessment from Oxford University Press. Shows cows, smokestacks, jets, oil refineries, cell phones and a man in a suit talking to an audience

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Ramunas Stepanauskas @rstepanauskas.bsky.social · Sep 7

I’m excited to share our effort to obtain one of the first estimates of the net rate, in physical time, of lateral gene transfer (LGT) – nature’s own genetic engineering - across a complex, global microbiome:
doi.org/10.1093/isme...

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Leocadio Blanco-Bercial @blancobercial.bsky.social · Sep 2

With the redirection of climate.gov to a politically directed web page we lost access to a lot of historical information, such as the CO2 concentration time series. But now, the team from www.climate.us will make that data accessible again. Follow @climate.us for the updates!!

Climate.us

www.climate.us

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Kasia Piwosz @piwoszomonas.bsky.social · Aug 30

Wow, awesome study Vesna. Congratulations 😘.

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Vesna Grujcic @vesnagrujcic.bsky.social · Aug 30

How do microbes become permanent partners? 🌊🔬🦠 Check out our new study published in Current Biology showing how cyanobacterial genomes evolve step-by-step into endosymbionts of diatoms. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
@currentbiology.bsky.social @mehrshmali.bsky.social

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Álvaro Luna @alvaroluna87.bsky.social · Aug 8

Tangkoko National Park

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Kasia Piwosz @piwoszomonas.bsky.social · Aug 10

Kill another green law? The EU wants to continue protecting polluters spreading greenwashing lies. Finally political momentum is on our side to stop this. Sign to demand the anti-greenwashing law. action.wemove.eu/sign/2025-07...

No more “green” lies! Don’t let the EU kill the anti-greenwashing law.

Kill another green law? The EU wants to continue protecting polluters spreading greenwashing lies. Finally political momentum is on our side to stop this. Sign to demand the anti-greenwashing law.

action.wemove.eu

Kasia Piwosz @piwoszomonas.bsky.social · Jul 25

Local wildlife in a forest at the south Baltic Sea coast (Gniewowo, Poland)

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Kasia Piwosz @piwoszomonas.bsky.social · Jul 19

Wow, that's awesome! Looking forward to all the amazing talks and posters

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SAME18-BCN @same18-bcn.bsky.social · Jul 19

Thank you for the overwhelming interest in SAME18!

We have reached the maximum number of participants that can be accommodated at the venue. We will open a waiting list shortly for those still interested in attending.

For any questions, feel free to contact the secretariat

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