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UDE_Phycolab @udephycolab.bsky.social · Apr 27

Weltrekord?
UDE BioSLiDES hat vermutlich einen Weltrekord gebrochen: Das neueste digitale Präparat umfasst über eine Billion(!) Pixel und zeigt den frontalen Dünnschnitt eines Mäuseschädels in feinsten Details. Schaut es euch selbst an unter bioslides.biologie.uni-due.de/viewer.html?...

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Young ISDR @youngisdr.bsky.social · Apr 7

And finally, don’t forget about this year’s International Diatom Symposium!

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Young ISDR @youngisdr.bsky.social · Apr 7

Look at this round-up of meetings surrounding diatomology

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Jo Latimore @jolatimore.bsky.social · Feb 20

Job: Come work with me! Please repost!

We're seeking a faculty colleague whose research, teaching, and outreach focuses on water quality and freshwater ecosystems in the context of climate change. Review of applications will begin April 15, 2025.

careers.msu.edu/jobs/assista...

An image of a tree-lined lake with the text, "We are hiring. Assistant Professor: Water Quality and Impacts of Climate Change. Visit careers.msu.edu. Job No. 1023203. Michigan State University."

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UDE_Phycolab @udephycolab.bsky.social · Feb 11

UDE Phykologie

UDE_Phycolab @udephycolab.bsky.social · Feb 11

Als Forderung, die Visibilität der Frauen in der Wissenschaft zu erhöhen, stellen wir Euch hier die Frauen unserer Arbeitsgruppe vor.
Nur diverse Wissenschaft macht sinn!
#internationaldayofwomenandgirlsinscience

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UDE_Phycolab @udephycolab.bsky.social · Feb 4

Neuer OER Tipp des Monats! Michael Klosters UDE BioSLiDES wird gepriesen, und wurde zu diesem Thema interviewt.

Lesen könnt ihr es hier: www.orca.nrw/blog/oer-tip...

Abschnitt vom Artikel, OER-Tipp des Monats, darunter Michael Kloster am Slide Scanner. Logos von UDEBioSLiDES und der Phykologie AG

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UDE_Phycolab @udephycolab.bsky.social · Jan 24

📢📢📢 New Paper alert! A collaboration between Phycology (Fac. Biology) and Photoactive Materials (Fac. Analytical Chemistry) has been published read it here: doi.org/10.1002/adsu... Deutsche Zusammenfassung hier: www.uni-due.de/2025-01-24-g...

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UDE_Phycolab @udephycolab.bsky.social · Jan 15

This is a fantastic opportunity to explore critical insights into algae culture collections and bioresource centers' role in addressing global challenges.

✨ 𝗗𝗼𝗻’𝘁 𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀 𝗼𝘂𝘁 – 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗷𝗼𝗶𝗻 𝘂𝘀!

#PublicLectures #AlgaeCulture #ZWU #ScienceEvent #UDE #CCAC #UDE_Phycolab

UDE_Phycolab @udephycolab.bsky.social · Jan 15

📌 #ChristineCampbell, Former Curator of the Culture Collection of Algae and Protozoa (CCAP), Scotland

📌 #JörgOvermann, Scientific Director of the Leibniz Institute DSMZ – German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures

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UDE_Phycolab @udephycolab.bsky.social · Jan 15

#RepostedFromZWU
🌱 𝗝𝗼𝗶𝗻 𝗨𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗜𝗻𝘀𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗟𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗔𝗹𝗴𝗮𝗲! 🌱
The ZWU and the #CentralCollectionofAlgalCultures (#CCAC) @ the UDE invite you to a special event with two speakers:
🗓 Date: 20 𝗝𝗮𝗻. 2025 ⏰ Time: 1:30 – 3:00 𝗣𝗠
📍 Location: 𝗟𝗶𝗯𝗿𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗟𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗛𝗮𝗹𝗹 / 𝗥11 𝗧00 𝗞18, Campus Essen, UDE

Invitation Public Lectures. Lessons learned from 35 years with the CCAP Christine Campbell, The role of bioresource centers in a changing world by Jörg Overmann (DSMZ), on January 20th at 1:30h at the library lecture hall R11 T00 K18

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UDE_Phycolab @udephycolab.bsky.social · Jan 10

ORCA.nrw, Landesportal für Studium und Lehre, ehrt diese einzigartige Sammlung freier Unterrichtsmaterialien jetzt mit einem eigenen Themenfenster, in dem Inhalte, Einsatzbereiche und Entstehung von UDE BioSLiDES dargestellt und seine Besonderheiten erklärt werden.
Link: www.orca.nrw/oer/oer-find...

Wartung

ORCA.nrw

UDE_Phycolab @udephycolab.bsky.social · Jan 10

Fast 400 kostenlos und frei verfügbare digitale Präparate von Pflanzen, Tieren und Mikroorganismen decken dabei einen Großteil der in Lehre und Unterricht üblichen mikroskopischen Präparate ab.

Themenfenster BioSlides

www.orca.nrw

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UDE_Phycolab @udephycolab.bsky.social · Jan 10

UDE BioSLiDES jetzt mit eigenem Themenfenster bei ORCA.nrw
Mit unserem Web-Tool UDE BioSLiDES lassen sich Mikrowelten im Webbrowser genauso wie direkt am Mikroskop erkunden.

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Lenka Kuglerová @kuglerovastripe.bsky.social · Jan 9

I have a two year postdoc position in freshwater biodiversity and extreme evens open in my lab. Please share and apply!

www.slu.se/en/about-slu...

Jobs and vacancies at SLU. | slu.se

Jobs and vacancies at SLU. Read more about each job by clicking the job title. Please, follow the instructions closely when applying.

www.slu.se

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jandevries.bsky.social @jandevries.bsky.social · Jan 9

Here we go again!: You have a degree in #Biology, #Biochemistry, Appl. Computer Sci. (+related) & want to delve into Computational Biology & #Bioinformatics for your Master's? 1 month left to apply for our program
@uniGoettingen
with a broad range of topics—go to: uni-goettingen.de/de/657628.html

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UDE_Phycolab @udephycolab.bsky.social · Dec 20

UDE Phycolab,aka Beszteri Lab goes into holiday mode. We wish you a merry festive season and a successful and healthy 2025.
We say goodbye to Serge, the first doctoral candidate of our Essen group, and hello to the next RESIST PhD candidate! Best of luck to everyone!

The Phycolab of the University Duisburg-Essen wishes you a happy festive season. Festive diatoms drawn after a prompt.

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Lukas VF Novak @animalculum.bsky.social · Dec 18

#Phytochromes: The 'eyes' that enable #microalgae to find their way in aquatic depths phys.org/news/2024-12...

#Diatom phytochromes integrate the underwater light spectrum to sense depth: Carole Duchêne et al. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

#Protists #ProtistsOnSky #Algae #Diatoms #Microbes

microscopic photo of a spherical single-celled alga

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Young ISDR @youngisdr.bsky.social · Dec 13

Diatom Winter Solstice Party 2024 hosted by Paul Hamilton and the Young ISDR Team! This is a great opportunity to connect, network, and share your stories with fellow diatomists in a fun and informal setting!✅❄️🙌🏼 Contact for more info!

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UDE_Phycolab @udephycolab.bsky.social · Dec 12

📢📢📢 Tomorrow, Friday, December 13, 2 pm - T03 R04 D10: „The Role of Horizontal Gene Transfer in the Evolution of Photosynthetic Eukaryotes 🧪🧪🌿“ by Michael Melkonian. Come and learn 𖤖 𖠘 𖠶 𖡎 𖡊 𖡹 𖢅 𖢄 𖢨 𖥓 𖤒 𖤫 𖦄 𖥚 𖤜 𖤒

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Elena Litchman @elenalitchman.bsky.social · Nov 26

I am looking for a PhD student to start in fall of 2025 at MSU. Potential topics include trait-based approaches to plankton community resilience, temperature effects on communities, harmful algal blooms and many others. Please get in touch if interested. More info: www.kl-lab.group.

Klausmeier-Litchman Lab

Welcome to the Klausmeier-Litchman lab! We study empirical and theoretical community ecology, biodiversity and climate change, focusing on phytoplankton, other microbes and general theory. We use obse...

www.kl-lab.group

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Katherine Corn 🌽 @kacorn.bsky.social · Dec 3

Just to give everyone a reminder: you should never have to get a loan for a graduate program in ecology, evolution, & organismal biology.

#🧪

Katherine Corn 🌽 @kacorn.bsky.social · Sep 8

It's graduate school application season, so here's your reminder that nobody should pay for a graduate degree in #ecoevo !

Here's a list of fully funded ecology, evolution, & organismal biology Masters' programs (please share!)!
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

Funded Organismal Biology MS Programs

Funded Organismal Biology MS Programs List of Departments that have a fully-funded Masters program that includes Ecology, Evolution, or Organsimal Biology Background on this list: Some Masters progra...

docs.google.com

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UDE_Phycolab @udephycolab.bsky.social · Nov 29

📢New paper out! The biggest diatom training set has been published on GigaScience. Read all about it here: doi.org/10.1093/giga...

UDE diatoms in the wild 2024: a new image dataset of freshwater diatoms for training deep learning models

Largest available diatom image dataset from our ecological research projects

Highlights: 318 diatom samples, 83570 images if 611 diatom taxa, 101 species with at least 100 examples, two deep learning experiments going beyond standard supervised learning

Collaboration of the phycology lab of the university duisburg essen, the biodata mining group of Bielefeld university and the georgia tech group of the university of lorraine. Funded partially by the crc RESIST 1439 and the Humboldt foundation.

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UDE_Phycolab @udephycolab.bsky.social · Nov 25

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Universität Duisburg-Essen @unidue.bsky.social · Nov 25

Researchers at @crc-resist.bsky.social are investigating how rivers react to #climatechange, pollution and damming - and how they can recover from pressures. www.uni-due.de/2024-11-25-s... #waterresearch @berndsures.bsky.social @leeselab.bsky.social @probstlab.bsky.social @ruhr-uni-bochum.de 2/3

UDE_Phycolab @udephycolab.bsky.social · Nov 25

Great news! RESIST (CRC 1439) has been prolongued for 4 years. More science with field ecology, exstream modified mesocosm systems and flumes and much, much more! Stay tuned for updates!

Masked person pipetting within an ExStream round mesocosmos

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