Amoeba Discovery
@amoebadiscovery.bsky.social
A quarterly magazine exploring the world of microscopic life. Step into the unseen world!
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The first issue of Amoeba Discovery is here! This marks the beginning of a new magazine for exploration, creativity, and collaboration across #protistsonsky. Endless thanks to @zlatogursky.bsky.social for the stunning cover illustration!
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Read the full (free) issue:
stefanluketa.com/amoeba-disco...
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My book has got a great endorsement from Chris Packham: "This clever and immensely resourceful book is an overdue gem". There's also a few pages up on the website too! It's up for pre-order here with publication set for January pelagicpublishing.com/products/pan...
October 23, 2025 at 10:31 AM
My book has got a great endorsement from Chris Packham: "This clever and immensely resourceful book is an overdue gem". There's also a few pages up on the website too! It's up for pre-order here with publication set for January pelagicpublishing.com/products/pan...
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January 2, 2026 at 6:05 PM
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Very excited yesterday when a box of Moss Safari books were delivered!
So today was signing the complementary copies with some added Moss Safari goodies to be sent out to those who helped me with the book.
Available from pelagicpublishing.com/products/mos... and book shops. 25% off code: MOSS25
So today was signing the complementary copies with some added Moss Safari goodies to be sent out to those who helped me with the book.
Available from pelagicpublishing.com/products/mos... and book shops. 25% off code: MOSS25
May 24, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Very excited yesterday when a box of Moss Safari books were delivered!
So today was signing the complementary copies with some added Moss Safari goodies to be sent out to those who helped me with the book.
Available from pelagicpublishing.com/products/mos... and book shops. 25% off code: MOSS25
So today was signing the complementary copies with some added Moss Safari goodies to be sent out to those who helped me with the book.
Available from pelagicpublishing.com/products/mos... and book shops. 25% off code: MOSS25
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Evidence for #recombination, and maybe #meiosis, in free-living #Rhizaria! I wish the results were clearer. As so often we raised more questions than we could answer :) If you are into #sex and the #meiosis-toolkit, this is an important read! #ProtistsOnSky link.springer.com/article/10.1...
May 23, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Evidence for #recombination, and maybe #meiosis, in free-living #Rhizaria! I wish the results were clearer. As so often we raised more questions than we could answer :) If you are into #sex and the #meiosis-toolkit, this is an important read! #ProtistsOnSky link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Eleutheroschizon duboscqi is a marine protococcidian that parasites the polychaete Scoloplos arminger🪱 . It grows epicellularly, enclosed in a two-membrane parasitophorous sac derived from the host cell, that ends in a protein-rich tail #Midweekmicrobe
📷 Valigurová et al. 2015
📷 Valigurová et al. 2015
May 7, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Eleutheroschizon duboscqi is a marine protococcidian that parasites the polychaete Scoloplos arminger🪱 . It grows epicellularly, enclosed in a two-membrane parasitophorous sac derived from the host cell, that ends in a protein-rich tail #Midweekmicrobe
📷 Valigurová et al. 2015
📷 Valigurová et al. 2015
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Why do some planktonic protists develop a gelatinous matrix? We suggest that this original adaptation is a strategy to cope with ocean oligotrophy: doi.org/10.1111/1462...
Led by @n-llopis-m.bsky.social, and thanks to all co-authors, I'm very happy to finally see it out!
#protistsonsky
Led by @n-llopis-m.bsky.social, and thanks to all co-authors, I'm very happy to finally see it out!
#protistsonsky
May 5, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Why do some planktonic protists develop a gelatinous matrix? We suggest that this original adaptation is a strategy to cope with ocean oligotrophy: doi.org/10.1111/1462...
Led by @n-llopis-m.bsky.social, and thanks to all co-authors, I'm very happy to finally see it out!
#protistsonsky
Led by @n-llopis-m.bsky.social, and thanks to all co-authors, I'm very happy to finally see it out!
#protistsonsky
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This is the first time I’ve seen a starfish larva in samples from Cromer Pier, so I’m super excited. This is probably Asterias rubens and this is a bipinnaria stage larva. I’ve photostacked the images, it’s not perfect, but it allows us to see all the bits of this very 3D larva. #plankton 🦑
May 5, 2025 at 12:45 PM
This is the first time I’ve seen a starfish larva in samples from Cromer Pier, so I’m super excited. This is probably Asterias rubens and this is a bipinnaria stage larva. I’ve photostacked the images, it’s not perfect, but it allows us to see all the bits of this very 3D larva. #plankton 🦑
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#OTD in 1868 Elsie Sexton was. Born Alice Wilkins Tring, Elsie studied at the Truro School of Art before moving to Plymouth. Through her husband, Louis, she met Director of the MBA Dr Edgar Allen and began illustrating for his scientific publications, eventually publishing her own research in 1908.
April 27, 2025 at 8:15 AM
#OTD in 1868 Elsie Sexton was. Born Alice Wilkins Tring, Elsie studied at the Truro School of Art before moving to Plymouth. Through her husband, Louis, she met Director of the MBA Dr Edgar Allen and began illustrating for his scientific publications, eventually publishing her own research in 1908.
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New #ISEPpapers! Diplonemid #protists possess exotic endomembrane machinery, impacting models of membrane trafficking in modern and ancient eukaryotes www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... by Kristína Záhonová et al., @dackslabecb.bsky.social
April 23, 2025 at 9:19 AM
New #ISEPpapers! Diplonemid #protists possess exotic endomembrane machinery, impacting models of membrane trafficking in modern and ancient eukaryotes www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... by Kristína Záhonová et al., @dackslabecb.bsky.social
🔬Over a century ago, Gulielma Lister used her stunning illustrations to bring attention to slime molds—long before they captured the imagination of today’s photography community.
🧪Full article in the first issue: stefanluketa.com/amoeba-discovery
#sciart #slimemold #art #systematics #protistsonsky
🧪Full article in the first issue: stefanluketa.com/amoeba-discovery
#sciart #slimemold #art #systematics #protistsonsky
April 22, 2025 at 4:40 PM
🔬Over a century ago, Gulielma Lister used her stunning illustrations to bring attention to slime molds—long before they captured the imagination of today’s photography community.
🧪Full article in the first issue: stefanluketa.com/amoeba-discovery
#sciart #slimemold #art #systematics #protistsonsky
🧪Full article in the first issue: stefanluketa.com/amoeba-discovery
#sciart #slimemold #art #systematics #protistsonsky
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Tuffen West's wonderful artwork- plate 3 in Hogg's 'The Microscope...' 1867 ed. Actual size 10 x 16 cm. More Tuffen West: www.openscience.fr/Tuffen-West-...
April 21, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Tuffen West's wonderful artwork- plate 3 in Hogg's 'The Microscope...' 1867 ed. Actual size 10 x 16 cm. More Tuffen West: www.openscience.fr/Tuffen-West-...
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Happy to have played a small part in this. Prometheid is a proposed supergroup that contains previously deep orphan lineages.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
#protistsonsky
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
#protistsonsky
April 20, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Happy to have played a small part in this. Prometheid is a proposed supergroup that contains previously deep orphan lineages.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
#protistsonsky
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
#protistsonsky
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Found out that our publication on the differential abundance of corallicolids in P. clavata was a #TopViewedArticle in Environmental Microbiology last year 🙌 #Protists #Corals #ClimateChange
Differential apicomplexan presence predicts thermal stress mortality in the Mediterranean coral Paramuricea clavata
An analysis of the microbiome of the Mediterranean coral Paramuricea clavata reveals that its microbial community, specifically microeukaryotes, plays a crucial role in its response to thermal stress...
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April 18, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Found out that our publication on the differential abundance of corallicolids in P. clavata was a #TopViewedArticle in Environmental Microbiology last year 🙌 #Protists #Corals #ClimateChange
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First study from the lab is out! We describe ApuRs, a new family of microbial rhodopsins unique from apusomonads. ApuRs represent the first anion-conducting rhodopsin channels that can be controlled by UV light, offering potential as new optogenetic tools. #protistsonsky
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
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April 18, 2025 at 9:07 AM
First study from the lab is out! We describe ApuRs, a new family of microbial rhodopsins unique from apusomonads. ApuRs represent the first anion-conducting rhodopsin channels that can be controlled by UV light, offering potential as new optogenetic tools. #protistsonsky
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
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If you ever need a safari guide through the world of moss — that’s @mosssafari.bsky.social! Dive into an interesting interview and discover how microscopy can become a bridge to broader public education. 🔬📖🧪
Interview in the first issue: stefanluketa.com/amoeba-discovery
#protistsonsky #microsky
Interview in the first issue: stefanluketa.com/amoeba-discovery
#protistsonsky #microsky
April 17, 2025 at 6:18 PM
If you ever need a safari guide through the world of moss — that’s @mosssafari.bsky.social! Dive into an interesting interview and discover how microscopy can become a bridge to broader public education. 🔬📖🧪
Interview in the first issue: stefanluketa.com/amoeba-discovery
#protistsonsky #microsky
Interview in the first issue: stefanluketa.com/amoeba-discovery
#protistsonsky #microsky
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On Per Theodor Cleve (1840-1905) the amazing part-time protistologist: ejournals.eu/en/journal/a...
#protistsonsky
#protistsonsky
April 17, 2025 at 10:04 AM
On Per Theodor Cleve (1840-1905) the amazing part-time protistologist: ejournals.eu/en/journal/a...
#protistsonsky
#protistsonsky
When the day is grey and rainy, the best kind of inspiration comes from old taxonomic books filled with beautiful illustrations. Here’s a plate of slime molds by Ernst Haeckel published in 1904 – a timeless blend of art and science. 🧪📖🔬
#protistsonsky #mevosky #art #systematics #taxonomy
#protistsonsky #mevosky #art #systematics #taxonomy
April 16, 2025 at 6:42 PM
When the day is grey and rainy, the best kind of inspiration comes from old taxonomic books filled with beautiful illustrations. Here’s a plate of slime molds by Ernst Haeckel published in 1904 – a timeless blend of art and science. 🧪📖🔬
#protistsonsky #mevosky #art #systematics #taxonomy
#protistsonsky #mevosky #art #systematics #taxonomy
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🚨 3-year Postdoc Opportunity! Join me and the Aquatic Ecosystem Analysis group @UniKoblenz. 🔬 Microbial #ecology, #protist predation, #algae #plankton & flexibility | 💻 Environmental -omics | 🌊 Rivers 📅 Apply by May 15 | 🔗 kennethdumack.de | tinyurl.com/dumack
Please share! #MicroSky #ProtistsOnSky
Please share! #MicroSky #ProtistsOnSky
April 16, 2025 at 7:46 AM
🚨 3-year Postdoc Opportunity! Join me and the Aquatic Ecosystem Analysis group @UniKoblenz. 🔬 Microbial #ecology, #protist predation, #algae #plankton & flexibility | 💻 Environmental -omics | 🌊 Rivers 📅 Apply by May 15 | 🔗 kennethdumack.de | tinyurl.com/dumack
Please share! #MicroSky #ProtistsOnSky
Please share! #MicroSky #ProtistsOnSky
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Listen to my talk on our physical Foraminifera Collection on youtube at: www.youtube.com/watch?v=WX3K...
#foraminifera #microfossils #fossil #MarineLife #paleontology #MarineScience #palaeontology #shell #fossils
#foraminifera #microfossils #fossil #MarineLife #paleontology #MarineScience #palaeontology #shell #fossils
The Foraminifera.eu Physical Collection
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April 14, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Listen to my talk on our physical Foraminifera Collection on youtube at: www.youtube.com/watch?v=WX3K...
#foraminifera #microfossils #fossil #MarineLife #paleontology #MarineScience #palaeontology #shell #fossils
#foraminifera #microfossils #fossil #MarineLife #paleontology #MarineScience #palaeontology #shell #fossils
@zlatogursky.bsky.social, a leading researcher of heliozoans, shared a gem in a recent exclusive interview: these underrated protists have a rare trait that could open doors in broader biological research. Don’t sleep on the heliozoa.
🔬🧪 #protistsonsky #microsky #evosky #mevosky
🔬🧪 #protistsonsky #microsky #evosky #mevosky
April 13, 2025 at 7:30 PM
@zlatogursky.bsky.social, a leading researcher of heliozoans, shared a gem in a recent exclusive interview: these underrated protists have a rare trait that could open doors in broader biological research. Don’t sleep on the heliozoa.
🔬🧪 #protistsonsky #microsky #evosky #mevosky
🔬🧪 #protistsonsky #microsky #evosky #mevosky
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It was a very productive week in lab!
We now have Naegleria fowleri (brain-eating amoeba) cultures growing, in addition to the Naegleria gruberi (harmless relative) cultures we have been using as a model. Put side-by-side, it is impossible to tell them apart.
We now have Naegleria fowleri (brain-eating amoeba) cultures growing, in addition to the Naegleria gruberi (harmless relative) cultures we have been using as a model. Put side-by-side, it is impossible to tell them apart.
April 12, 2025 at 1:43 PM
It was a very productive week in lab!
We now have Naegleria fowleri (brain-eating amoeba) cultures growing, in addition to the Naegleria gruberi (harmless relative) cultures we have been using as a model. Put side-by-side, it is impossible to tell them apart.
We now have Naegleria fowleri (brain-eating amoeba) cultures growing, in addition to the Naegleria gruberi (harmless relative) cultures we have been using as a model. Put side-by-side, it is impossible to tell them apart.
🧪 Here’s a quick breakdown of the general structure of testate amoebae — from their shell to the pseudopodia they use to move and feed. You can read the full article on these protists in the first issue of Amoeba Discovery magazine: stefanluketa.com/amoeba-disco...
#protistsonsky #systematics
#protistsonsky #systematics
April 11, 2025 at 9:58 PM
🧪 Here’s a quick breakdown of the general structure of testate amoebae — from their shell to the pseudopodia they use to move and feed. You can read the full article on these protists in the first issue of Amoeba Discovery magazine: stefanluketa.com/amoeba-disco...
#protistsonsky #systematics
#protistsonsky #systematics
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@amoebadiscovery.bsky.social made an iteresting interview with me about #heliozoa and #centrohelids - I think these organisms are really important, understudied and gorgeous 😍 Also lots other intresting reading and beatiful pictures! #protistsonsky link: tinyurl.com/adiscovery1
March 28, 2025 at 7:38 AM
@amoebadiscovery.bsky.social made an iteresting interview with me about #heliozoa and #centrohelids - I think these organisms are really important, understudied and gorgeous 😍 Also lots other intresting reading and beatiful pictures! #protistsonsky link: tinyurl.com/adiscovery1
Check out the extraordinary story of an Australian microscope enthusiast who’s spent decades exploring rare and mysterious #protists that few have ever seen. Don’t miss the full interview in the first issue of Amoeba Discovery magazine: stefanluketa.com/amoeba-disco...
#protistsonsky #microsky
#protistsonsky #microsky
April 9, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Check out the extraordinary story of an Australian microscope enthusiast who’s spent decades exploring rare and mysterious #protists that few have ever seen. Don’t miss the full interview in the first issue of Amoeba Discovery magazine: stefanluketa.com/amoeba-disco...
#protistsonsky #microsky
#protistsonsky #microsky