Sara Palestini
@sarapalestini.bsky.social
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aspiring oceanographer | intrepid arctic explorer | microbial ecologist in training | part-time human being | full time
PhD Student at @concordiau studying Arctic ocean microbial biodiversity and dynamics.🧬🦠🌊🌎
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Sara Palestini
@sarapalestini.bsky.social
· Aug 16
Concordia students send Starsailor rocket flying and enter the history books | CBC News
At 5:34 a.m. ET, the rocket blasted off in a flash of light, captured in a livestream posted to YouTube, from a base camp about 250 kilometres north of Mistissini, on Cree territory. Though questions ...
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Sara Palestini
@sarapalestini.bsky.social
· Jul 23
A cellular entity retaining only its replicative core: Hidden archaeal lineage with an ultra-reduced genome
Defining the minimal genetic requirements for cellular life remains a fundamental question in biology. Genomic exploration continually reveals novel microbial lineages, often exhibiting extreme genome...
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Sara Palestini
@sarapalestini.bsky.social
· Jul 12
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Cameron Thrash
@jcamthrash.bsky.social
· Jun 19
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· Apr 8
A geological timescale for bacterial evolution and oxygen adaptation
Microbial life has dominated Earth’s history but left a sparse fossil record, greatly hindering our understanding of evolution in deep time. However, bacterial metabolism has left signatures in the ge...
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