Anthony M. Bonacolta
@ambonacolta.bsky.social
Postdoctoral fellow in the Keeling Lab @ UBC studying marine protistan symbionts. Previously: del Campo Lab & Coral Reef Futures Lab 🐠🪸🌊🧬 He/Him 🏳️🌈
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Modern microbialites harbor an undescribed diversity of chromerid algae - Environmental Microbiome
Background Chromerid algae are the closest photosynthetic relatives of apicomplexan parasites. While chromerids have been central to understanding the evolutionary transition from free-living algae to...
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Out now in Environmental Microbiome! 🧬
By re-analyzing microbialite sequencing data, we show that chromerid algae (the closest photosynthetic relatives of apicomplexans) are consistent and widespread associates of microbialites across diverse marine and freshwater environments worldwide 🌎
By re-analyzing microbialite sequencing data, we show that chromerid algae (the closest photosynthetic relatives of apicomplexans) are consistent and widespread associates of microbialites across diverse marine and freshwater environments worldwide 🌎
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#Mediterranean seafloors are heating fast 🌊🔥. Our new study shows bottom marine #heatwaves will intensify, last longer, and threaten benthic species—often year-round by 2100. A growing #ClimateRisk for benthic #biodiversity.
#ClimateChange 🌍🌐🧪
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#ClimateChange 🌍🌐🧪
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Increasing bottom marine heatwaves pose a critical risk to Mediterranean benthic species
Marine heatwaves (MHWs) are extreme ocean temperature events broadly affecting marine ecosystems. The Mediterranean Sea has faced severe impacts from …
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January 29, 2026 at 3:04 PM
#Mediterranean seafloors are heating fast 🌊🔥. Our new study shows bottom marine #heatwaves will intensify, last longer, and threaten benthic species—often year-round by 2100. A growing #ClimateRisk for benthic #biodiversity.
#ClimateChange 🌍🌐🧪
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#ClimateChange 🌍🌐🧪
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Announcing a new tool for "denoising" long-read amplicon sequences: savont.
Savont enables amplicon sequence variants (ASVs) directly from nanopore (or HiFi) long reads. Tested on 16S nanopore amplicons -- seems to work okay.
1/4
github.com/bluenote-157...
Savont enables amplicon sequence variants (ASVs) directly from nanopore (or HiFi) long reads. Tested on 16S nanopore amplicons -- seems to work okay.
1/4
github.com/bluenote-157...
GitHub - bluenote-1577/savont: Amplicon sequencing variants from 16s ONT R10.4 / HiFi long reads
Amplicon sequencing variants from 16s ONT R10.4 / HiFi long reads - bluenote-1577/savont
github.com
January 28, 2026 at 6:46 PM
Announcing a new tool for "denoising" long-read amplicon sequences: savont.
Savont enables amplicon sequence variants (ASVs) directly from nanopore (or HiFi) long reads. Tested on 16S nanopore amplicons -- seems to work okay.
1/4
github.com/bluenote-157...
Savont enables amplicon sequence variants (ASVs) directly from nanopore (or HiFi) long reads. Tested on 16S nanopore amplicons -- seems to work okay.
1/4
github.com/bluenote-157...
Really awesome work led by @bradweilerdives.bsky.social looking at the transcriptomic & microbial patterns of a coral holobiont every 6 hours for 3 days! 🪸 🦠 🇨🇼 🤿
Out now in Cell Host & Microbe! 📘
Author share-link here: authors.elsevier.com/c/1mWb66t8JE...
Out now in Cell Host & Microbe! 📘
Author share-link here: authors.elsevier.com/c/1mWb66t8JE...
🚨New Pub Alert🚨 We present a system-level molecular framework of natural diel regulation in the stony coral P. strigosa, integrating host & symbiodiniaceae transcriptomics with microbiome dynamics over 6hr intervals. Amazing to publish this PhD work @miamirosenstiel.bsky.social 👉 shorturl.at/TzYEr
January 28, 2026 at 6:38 PM
Really awesome work led by @bradweilerdives.bsky.social looking at the transcriptomic & microbial patterns of a coral holobiont every 6 hours for 3 days! 🪸 🦠 🇨🇼 🤿
Out now in Cell Host & Microbe! 📘
Author share-link here: authors.elsevier.com/c/1mWb66t8JE...
Out now in Cell Host & Microbe! 📘
Author share-link here: authors.elsevier.com/c/1mWb66t8JE...
Reposted by Anthony M. Bonacolta
This project was so fun thanks to @ambonacolta.bsky.social and @fonamental.bsky.social through the lack of sleep during those 6 hr interval dives over 3 days. Massive thank you to everyone involved, including CARMABI marine station in Curaçao, our collaborators, and @cp-cellhostmicrobe.bsky.social
January 28, 2026 at 6:32 PM
This project was so fun thanks to @ambonacolta.bsky.social and @fonamental.bsky.social through the lack of sleep during those 6 hr interval dives over 3 days. Massive thank you to everyone involved, including CARMABI marine station in Curaçao, our collaborators, and @cp-cellhostmicrobe.bsky.social
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Despite a relatively stable microbiome, we reveal that microbial co-occurrence networks shift between daytime carbohydrate catabolism and nighttime methylotrophy, indicating metabolic hand-offs across domains of life within the holobiont. #SymbioSky #ProtistsOnSky
January 28, 2026 at 6:32 PM
Despite a relatively stable microbiome, we reveal that microbial co-occurrence networks shift between daytime carbohydrate catabolism and nighttime methylotrophy, indicating metabolic hand-offs across domains of life within the holobiont. #SymbioSky #ProtistsOnSky
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To help reduce the annotation gap of functional assignment in non-model organisms like corals, we supplemented our host gene ontology enrichment terms using protT5 protein language model to predict functions for poorly annotated proteins, adding more context beyond standard homology-based pipelines.
January 28, 2026 at 6:32 PM
To help reduce the annotation gap of functional assignment in non-model organisms like corals, we supplemented our host gene ontology enrichment terms using protT5 protein language model to predict functions for poorly annotated proteins, adding more context beyond standard homology-based pipelines.
Reposted by Anthony M. Bonacolta
We uncover transcriptional rhythms in the coral, including dawn initiated RNA biosynthesis, midday & dusk regulation of phosphate metabolism, and midnight activation of stress and repair pathways. Breviolum sp. displays tightly regulated cell cycle dynamics and nutrient transport oscillations.
January 28, 2026 at 6:32 PM
We uncover transcriptional rhythms in the coral, including dawn initiated RNA biosynthesis, midday & dusk regulation of phosphate metabolism, and midnight activation of stress and repair pathways. Breviolum sp. displays tightly regulated cell cycle dynamics and nutrient transport oscillations.
Reposted by Anthony M. Bonacolta
🚨New Pub Alert🚨 We present a system-level molecular framework of natural diel regulation in the stony coral P. strigosa, integrating host & symbiodiniaceae transcriptomics with microbiome dynamics over 6hr intervals. Amazing to publish this PhD work @miamirosenstiel.bsky.social 👉 shorturl.at/TzYEr
January 28, 2026 at 6:32 PM
🚨New Pub Alert🚨 We present a system-level molecular framework of natural diel regulation in the stony coral P. strigosa, integrating host & symbiodiniaceae transcriptomics with microbiome dynamics over 6hr intervals. Amazing to publish this PhD work @miamirosenstiel.bsky.social 👉 shorturl.at/TzYEr
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🌙 When the sun sets, corals recover from the stress accumulated during the day, caused by the intense activity of their symbiotic microorganisms. 💤
#DiscoveringLife
#ConservingBiodiversity
👉https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chom.2026.01.004
#DiscoveringLife
#ConservingBiodiversity
👉https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chom.2026.01.004
January 28, 2026 at 4:05 PM
🌙 When the sun sets, corals recover from the stress accumulated during the day, caused by the intense activity of their symbiotic microorganisms. 💤
#DiscoveringLife
#ConservingBiodiversity
👉https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chom.2026.01.004
#DiscoveringLife
#ConservingBiodiversity
👉https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chom.2026.01.004
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I wrote about my childhood friend Alexi Pretti. Please read it and share it and remember him as a human being. @theverge.com
I grew up with Alex Pretti
The kind-hearted ICU nurse shot by ICE agents was my childhood best friend.
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January 27, 2026 at 4:45 PM
I wrote about my childhood friend Alexi Pretti. Please read it and share it and remember him as a human being. @theverge.com
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#NatMicroPicks
A bacterial symbiont wraps its flagllar filaments around its cell body to propel itself through narrow gut passages in its stinkbug host and hook flexibility is key for this 🪲🦠
by Yoshitomo Kikuchi & co @natcomms.nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A bacterial symbiont wraps its flagllar filaments around its cell body to propel itself through narrow gut passages in its stinkbug host and hook flexibility is key for this 🪲🦠
by Yoshitomo Kikuchi & co @natcomms.nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Bacteria break through one-micrometer-square passages by flagellar wrapping - Nature Communications
Yoshioka et al. show that bacteria wrap their flagella to squeeze through near cell-width confinements, which allows symbiotic microbes to navigate constricted gut regions within insect hosts.
www.nature.com
January 26, 2026 at 2:56 PM
#NatMicroPicks
A bacterial symbiont wraps its flagllar filaments around its cell body to propel itself through narrow gut passages in its stinkbug host and hook flexibility is key for this 🪲🦠
by Yoshitomo Kikuchi & co @natcomms.nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A bacterial symbiont wraps its flagllar filaments around its cell body to propel itself through narrow gut passages in its stinkbug host and hook flexibility is key for this 🪲🦠
by Yoshitomo Kikuchi & co @natcomms.nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Cozy-maxed the writing retreat🌲☕️✍️💻😌🌲
I organized a writing retreat for the Keeling Lab at the Hakai Institute for this weekend. Gonna be hanging out in this yurt for the next two days 😀📝📖📃📚
January 23, 2026 at 10:51 PM
Cozy-maxed the writing retreat🌲☕️✍️💻😌🌲
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🐟🐚🦪🦐🦀
Seeking candidates for a PhD/postdoc opportunity via IMPACT+ program in protistology+aquaculture in Halifax.
For more info, contact me by Feb 5th or see:
slamo.biochem.dal.ca/call-for-app...
#aquaculture #microsky #marinelife #protistsonsky #microalgae #protists
Seeking candidates for a PhD/postdoc opportunity via IMPACT+ program in protistology+aquaculture in Halifax.
For more info, contact me by Feb 5th or see:
slamo.biochem.dal.ca/call-for-app...
#aquaculture #microsky #marinelife #protistsonsky #microalgae #protists
Call for Applications: PhD and Postdoctoral Scholarships – Slamovits Lab at Dalhousie University
slamo.biochem.dal.ca
January 23, 2026 at 6:12 PM
🐟🐚🦪🦐🦀
Seeking candidates for a PhD/postdoc opportunity via IMPACT+ program in protistology+aquaculture in Halifax.
For more info, contact me by Feb 5th or see:
slamo.biochem.dal.ca/call-for-app...
#aquaculture #microsky #marinelife #protistsonsky #microalgae #protists
Seeking candidates for a PhD/postdoc opportunity via IMPACT+ program in protistology+aquaculture in Halifax.
For more info, contact me by Feb 5th or see:
slamo.biochem.dal.ca/call-for-app...
#aquaculture #microsky #marinelife #protistsonsky #microalgae #protists
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Thanks to all our collaborators and funders, with a special shoutout to the @univmiami.bsky.social Frost Institute for Data Science & Computing (IDSC) to making this all possible! @fonamental.bsky.social @ambonacolta.bsky.social
January 22, 2026 at 11:52 PM
Thanks to all our collaborators and funders, with a special shoutout to the @univmiami.bsky.social Frost Institute for Data Science & Computing (IDSC) to making this all possible! @fonamental.bsky.social @ambonacolta.bsky.social
Night #2 was somehow better 🤩
January 21, 2026 at 8:43 AM
Night #2 was somehow better 🤩
Little aurora tease on our first day up at the @hakai.org station on Quadra Island 🌌
January 20, 2026 at 8:20 AM
Little aurora tease on our first day up at the @hakai.org station on Quadra Island 🌌
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New #ISEPpapers! Single-cell #phylogenomics identifies major groups of marine eugregarine endosymbionts (Apicomplexa) www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#protists #microbes #parasites #evolution #phylogeny #symbiosis
#protists #microbes #parasites #evolution #phylogeny #symbiosis
January 19, 2026 at 6:34 PM
New #ISEPpapers! Single-cell #phylogenomics identifies major groups of marine eugregarine endosymbionts (Apicomplexa) www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#protists #microbes #parasites #evolution #phylogeny #symbiosis
#protists #microbes #parasites #evolution #phylogeny #symbiosis
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Call for abstracts ENDS MONDAY!!
details below :)
details below :)
Call for Abstracts Open for our symposium in @csee-scee.bsky.social May 2026 (Toronto): Microbial symbiosis: disturbance, adaptation, and the parasitism-mutualism continuum! 🦠 🐻❄️ See u there!
@jingdi.bsky.social @tommytraverscook.bsky.social @csee-sceemtgs.bsky.social #SymbioSky #EvoSky #MicroSky
@jingdi.bsky.social @tommytraverscook.bsky.social @csee-sceemtgs.bsky.social #SymbioSky #EvoSky #MicroSky
January 18, 2026 at 2:03 AM
Call for abstracts ENDS MONDAY!!
details below :)
details below :)
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📢 Open faculty position – Origins of Life
We have an opening in our section at the University of Geneva! 🧬🚀
SPREAD THE WORD
Apply here: jobs.unige.ch/www/wd_porta...
We have an opening in our section at the University of Geneva! 🧬🚀
SPREAD THE WORD
Apply here: jobs.unige.ch/www/wd_porta...
a woman says " would you like to join us " with her eyes closed
ALT: a woman says " would you like to join us " with her eyes closed
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January 16, 2026 at 5:49 PM
📢 Open faculty position – Origins of Life
We have an opening in our section at the University of Geneva! 🧬🚀
SPREAD THE WORD
Apply here: jobs.unige.ch/www/wd_porta...
We have an opening in our section at the University of Geneva! 🧬🚀
SPREAD THE WORD
Apply here: jobs.unige.ch/www/wd_porta...
Forgot to add #ProtistsOnSky
Out now in Environmental Microbiome! 🧬
By re-analyzing microbialite sequencing data, we show that chromerid algae (the closest photosynthetic relatives of apicomplexans) are consistent and widespread associates of microbialites across diverse marine and freshwater environments worldwide 🌎
By re-analyzing microbialite sequencing data, we show that chromerid algae (the closest photosynthetic relatives of apicomplexans) are consistent and widespread associates of microbialites across diverse marine and freshwater environments worldwide 🌎
Modern microbialites harbor an undescribed diversity of chromerid algae - Environmental Microbiome
Background Chromerid algae are the closest photosynthetic relatives of apicomplexan parasites. While chromerids have been central to understanding the evolutionary transition from free-living algae to...
link.springer.com
January 15, 2026 at 5:05 PM
Forgot to add #ProtistsOnSky
Out now in Environmental Microbiome! 🧬
By re-analyzing microbialite sequencing data, we show that chromerid algae (the closest photosynthetic relatives of apicomplexans) are consistent and widespread associates of microbialites across diverse marine and freshwater environments worldwide 🌎
By re-analyzing microbialite sequencing data, we show that chromerid algae (the closest photosynthetic relatives of apicomplexans) are consistent and widespread associates of microbialites across diverse marine and freshwater environments worldwide 🌎
Modern microbialites harbor an undescribed diversity of chromerid algae - Environmental Microbiome
Background Chromerid algae are the closest photosynthetic relatives of apicomplexan parasites. While chromerids have been central to understanding the evolutionary transition from free-living algae to...
link.springer.com
January 15, 2026 at 4:14 PM
Out now in Environmental Microbiome! 🧬
By re-analyzing microbialite sequencing data, we show that chromerid algae (the closest photosynthetic relatives of apicomplexans) are consistent and widespread associates of microbialites across diverse marine and freshwater environments worldwide 🌎
By re-analyzing microbialite sequencing data, we show that chromerid algae (the closest photosynthetic relatives of apicomplexans) are consistent and widespread associates of microbialites across diverse marine and freshwater environments worldwide 🌎
Reposted by Anthony M. Bonacolta
If you're interested in biodiversity in freshwater ecosystems, there's just a few days to apply for our PhD project: Ecological Surveillance using High-Throughput Quantitative Imaging at @uniofbath.bsky.social .
Deadline: January 16th!
Apply: is.gd/svXBcr
Image: www.planktoscope.org/how-it-works
Deadline: January 16th!
Apply: is.gd/svXBcr
Image: www.planktoscope.org/how-it-works
January 13, 2026 at 2:07 PM
If you're interested in biodiversity in freshwater ecosystems, there's just a few days to apply for our PhD project: Ecological Surveillance using High-Throughput Quantitative Imaging at @uniofbath.bsky.social .
Deadline: January 16th!
Apply: is.gd/svXBcr
Image: www.planktoscope.org/how-it-works
Deadline: January 16th!
Apply: is.gd/svXBcr
Image: www.planktoscope.org/how-it-works
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Last days to submit your cool symbiosis abstracts to our cool symbiosis-astrobiology session at #AbSciCon26!!!
Our session on symbiosis and biointeractions for the #Astrobiology meeting #AbSciCon26 was accepted! Please share widely and submit your abstract by 14 of January 2026; Let's put more biology into Astrobiology!
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January 12, 2026 at 6:43 PM
Last days to submit your cool symbiosis abstracts to our cool symbiosis-astrobiology session at #AbSciCon26!!!
Reposted by Anthony M. Bonacolta
In America you drop your kid off at school, get your brains blown out on the ride home, then the Vice President drops everything for a week to call you a terrorist, to slander your family, to protect the circumstances that led to your death so they can do it again. It is government by Alex Jones.
January 9, 2026 at 7:24 PM
In America you drop your kid off at school, get your brains blown out on the ride home, then the Vice President drops everything for a week to call you a terrorist, to slander your family, to protect the circumstances that led to your death so they can do it again. It is government by Alex Jones.
Cool new coral microbiome research from Ushijima et al:
The Coral Host Microbiome Modulates the Virulence of the Bacterial Pathogen Vibrio coralliilyticus - 2026 - Environmental Microbiology - enviromicro-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
The Coral Host Microbiome Modulates the Virulence of the Bacterial Pathogen Vibrio coralliilyticus - 2026 - Environmental Microbiology - enviromicro-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
The Coral Host Microbiome Modulates the Virulence of the Bacterial Pathogen Vibrio coralliilyticus
The coral microbiome has been shown to protect the host (bottom right panel), but dysbiosis can increase susceptibility to infection by the bacterial pathogen Vibrio coralliilyticus. Treatment of Mon...
enviromicro-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
January 9, 2026 at 4:43 PM
Cool new coral microbiome research from Ushijima et al:
The Coral Host Microbiome Modulates the Virulence of the Bacterial Pathogen Vibrio coralliilyticus - 2026 - Environmental Microbiology - enviromicro-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
The Coral Host Microbiome Modulates the Virulence of the Bacterial Pathogen Vibrio coralliilyticus - 2026 - Environmental Microbiology - enviromicro-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...