Michelle Leger
@freejakoba.bsky.social
Eukaryotic evolution, protist diversity, mitochondrial evolution
At OIST, Japan with @filiphusnik.bsky.social; formerly at IBE, Barcelona with @multicellgenome.bsky.social and Dalhousie University with @andrewjroger.bsky.social
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At OIST, Japan with @filiphusnik.bsky.social; formerly at IBE, Barcelona with @multicellgenome.bsky.social and Dalhousie University with @andrewjroger.bsky.social
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Happy to have contributed to this great article: #Protist genomics: key to understanding eukaryotic evolution. Congrats Alexandra Schoenle et al. #ProtistsOnSky
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June 13, 2025 at 6:43 AM
Happy to have contributed to this great article: #Protist genomics: key to understanding eukaryotic evolution. Congrats Alexandra Schoenle et al. #ProtistsOnSky
authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...
authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...
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We’re kicking off the DinoSphere Online Seminar Series! Join us for our first session with Karel Mockaer (Heidelberg) & Yong Heng Phua (OIST)
📅 1 July 9AM CEST
🔗 tinyurl.com/4mjaverj
Spread the word!
@protistwtmostest.bsky.social @ehehenberger.bsky.social @chandnibhickta.bsky.social&Norico Yamada
📅 1 July 9AM CEST
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@protistwtmostest.bsky.social @ehehenberger.bsky.social @chandnibhickta.bsky.social&Norico Yamada
June 4, 2025 at 4:34 AM
We’re kicking off the DinoSphere Online Seminar Series! Join us for our first session with Karel Mockaer (Heidelberg) & Yong Heng Phua (OIST)
📅 1 July 9AM CEST
🔗 tinyurl.com/4mjaverj
Spread the word!
@protistwtmostest.bsky.social @ehehenberger.bsky.social @chandnibhickta.bsky.social&Norico Yamada
📅 1 July 9AM CEST
🔗 tinyurl.com/4mjaverj
Spread the word!
@protistwtmostest.bsky.social @ehehenberger.bsky.social @chandnibhickta.bsky.social&Norico Yamada
The deadline for abstract submission has been extended to July 1st!
#multicellularity #animalorigins #EMBO @multicellgenome.bsky.social
#multicellularity #animalorigins #EMBO @multicellgenome.bsky.social
June 3, 2025 at 12:42 PM
The deadline for abstract submission has been extended to July 1st!
#multicellularity #animalorigins #EMBO @multicellgenome.bsky.social
#multicellularity #animalorigins #EMBO @multicellgenome.bsky.social
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My friends in the Life of Retaria group decided to make a podcast! In the first episode, they interview @fabnot.bsky.social about his journey as a scientist. I loved the first episode, hope you do too! @juliemeilland.bsky.social @sandinmm.bsky.social et al.
thelifeofretaria.github.io/podcast.html
thelifeofretaria.github.io/podcast.html
The Life of Retaria Experience
thelifeofretaria.github.io
May 12, 2025 at 5:29 PM
My friends in the Life of Retaria group decided to make a podcast! In the first episode, they interview @fabnot.bsky.social about his journey as a scientist. I loved the first episode, hope you do too! @juliemeilland.bsky.social @sandinmm.bsky.social et al.
thelifeofretaria.github.io/podcast.html
thelifeofretaria.github.io/podcast.html
The page for the EMBO multicellularity meeting organized by @multicellgenome.bsky.social , @martaalvarez.bsky.social and colleagues is online! #multicellularity #protists
meetings.embo.org/event/25-mul...
meetings.embo.org/event/25-mul...
Evolution and origins of multicellularity across the tree of life
The study of the origins and evolution of multicellularity in different lineages has recently captured the attention of many research groups and is fueling the generation of numerous innovative resea…
meetings.embo.org
April 19, 2025 at 2:02 AM
The page for the EMBO multicellularity meeting organized by @multicellgenome.bsky.social , @martaalvarez.bsky.social and colleagues is online! #multicellularity #protists
meetings.embo.org/event/25-mul...
meetings.embo.org/event/25-mul...
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Deadlines still open until 25 April! Learn principles of image processing to determine macromolecular structures by #cryoEM at EMBO Practical Course "Image processing for cryo-electron microscopy" in London, UK, 9–16 September
meetings.embo.org/event/25-cry...
#EMBOcryoEM #imaging #EMBOevents 🧪
meetings.embo.org/event/25-cry...
#EMBOcryoEM #imaging #EMBOevents 🧪
Image processing for cryo-electron microscopy
Cryo electron microscopy (cryo EM) is a major structural biology method for studying macromolecular complexes and cellular structures in their native states. Stable high resolution cryo microscopes, …
meetings.embo.org
April 16, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Deadlines still open until 25 April! Learn principles of image processing to determine macromolecular structures by #cryoEM at EMBO Practical Course "Image processing for cryo-electron microscopy" in London, UK, 9–16 September
meetings.embo.org/event/25-cry...
#EMBOcryoEM #imaging #EMBOevents 🧪
meetings.embo.org/event/25-cry...
#EMBOcryoEM #imaging #EMBOevents 🧪
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Boris Johnson, atacado por un avestruz en un safari en EEUU
Boris Johnson, atacado por un avestruz en un safari en EEUU
El exprimer ministro británico llevaba a su hijo de 4 años en su regazo cuando el animal metió la cabeza por la ventanilla del coche
dozz.es
April 8, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Boris Johnson, atacado por un avestruz en un safari en EEUU
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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
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Corals maintain stable populations of essential photosynthetic symbionts by controlling their cell cycle, not by eating them! Our new #PNAS paper monitored and modelled #aiptasia cell cycle, autophagy, and expulsion for over a year. #symbiosis #microbiology www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
April 4, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Corals maintain stable populations of essential photosynthetic symbionts by controlling their cell cycle, not by eating them! Our new #PNAS paper monitored and modelled #aiptasia cell cycle, autophagy, and expulsion for over a year. #symbiosis #microbiology www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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This. A thousand times this.
"If the UK genuinely seeks to position itself as a global leader in academia and innovation, it must foster an environment that is welcoming to top talent."
"If the UK genuinely seeks to position itself as a global leader in academia and innovation, it must foster an environment that is welcoming to top talent."
Oxford historian faces deportation from UK after doing research on India … in India
Home Office told Manikarnika Dutta to quit Britain for spending too many days abroad for study
www.theguardian.com
March 16, 2025 at 8:54 AM
This. A thousand times this.
"If the UK genuinely seeks to position itself as a global leader in academia and innovation, it must foster an environment that is welcoming to top talent."
"If the UK genuinely seeks to position itself as a global leader in academia and innovation, it must foster an environment that is welcoming to top talent."
Really interesting look at the makeup of the peritrich stalk: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Decoding the Nature of the Peritrich Stalk: A Distinctive Organelle in a Large Group of Ciliated Unicellular Eukaryotes
Ciliates represent a diverse assemblage of ancient single-celled eukaryotes characterized by diverse morphological features. Among certain sessilid peritrich ciliates, an exceptional morphological st...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
March 17, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Really interesting look at the makeup of the peritrich stalk: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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We got to tackle three major questions in biology. So if you are interested in...
A) The nature of LECA
B) The relevance of patchy proteins for cellular models
C) The trafficking machinery present in diplonemids
have we got a paper for you!
authors.elsevier.com/a/1km493QW8S...
#protistsonsky
A) The nature of LECA
B) The relevance of patchy proteins for cellular models
C) The trafficking machinery present in diplonemids
have we got a paper for you!
authors.elsevier.com/a/1km493QW8S...
#protistsonsky
authors.elsevier.com
March 16, 2025 at 9:50 PM
We got to tackle three major questions in biology. So if you are interested in...
A) The nature of LECA
B) The relevance of patchy proteins for cellular models
C) The trafficking machinery present in diplonemids
have we got a paper for you!
authors.elsevier.com/a/1km493QW8S...
#protistsonsky
A) The nature of LECA
B) The relevance of patchy proteins for cellular models
C) The trafficking machinery present in diplonemids
have we got a paper for you!
authors.elsevier.com/a/1km493QW8S...
#protistsonsky
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AND! All the brands have “newsletters” now. Leave me alone! I just wanted a cardigan.
Something I hate now is that every place you even think about shopping at sends you three emails a week.
March 15, 2025 at 7:16 PM
AND! All the brands have “newsletters” now. Leave me alone! I just wanted a cardigan.
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#NEWS: Thrilled to announce my #professorship in Aquatic Ecosystem Analyses at Koblenz University! Grateful to past colleagues and excited to collaborate with new ones at Uni Koblenz and the Federal Institute of Hydrology. Hiring soon! Reach out if you're into #protistsonsky, #rivers, and #algae!
March 13, 2025 at 8:25 AM
#NEWS: Thrilled to announce my #professorship in Aquatic Ecosystem Analyses at Koblenz University! Grateful to past colleagues and excited to collaborate with new ones at Uni Koblenz and the Federal Institute of Hydrology. Hiring soon! Reach out if you're into #protistsonsky, #rivers, and #algae!
So nice to see this out! Congratulations Kelsey, @lauraeme.bsky.social , @andrewjroger.bsky.social and colleagues! www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A robustly rooted tree of eukaryotes reveals their excavate ancestry - Nature
The root of the eukaryote Tree of Life is estimated from a new, larger dataset of mitochondrial proteins including all known eukaryotic supergroups, showing it lies between two multi-supergroup assemb...
www.nature.com
March 13, 2025 at 10:42 AM
So nice to see this out! Congratulations Kelsey, @lauraeme.bsky.social , @andrewjroger.bsky.social and colleagues! www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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PhD position available in Ceske Budejovice (Czechia), funded by ERC KLEPTOS, to study plastid endosymbiosis in kleptoplastidic protists. Are you curious about this process and do you like sampling/cultivation of protists? Join our team by applying here: jobs.bc.cas.cz/en/detail/243
#protistsonsky
#protistsonsky
March 12, 2025 at 8:24 AM
PhD position available in Ceske Budejovice (Czechia), funded by ERC KLEPTOS, to study plastid endosymbiosis in kleptoplastidic protists. Are you curious about this process and do you like sampling/cultivation of protists? Join our team by applying here: jobs.bc.cas.cz/en/detail/243
#protistsonsky
#protistsonsky
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The Biodiversity Cell Atlas team is growing!
Open positions:
1. Looking for a developer for the BCA database, with @ebi.embl.org
2. A senior research technician to develop single-cell methods
3. A bioinformatician to analyse new atlases, with @sangerinstitute.bsky.social
Info in next post.
Open positions:
1. Looking for a developer for the BCA database, with @ebi.embl.org
2. A senior research technician to develop single-cell methods
3. A bioinformatician to analyse new atlases, with @sangerinstitute.bsky.social
Info in next post.
March 6, 2025 at 7:18 AM
The Biodiversity Cell Atlas team is growing!
Open positions:
1. Looking for a developer for the BCA database, with @ebi.embl.org
2. A senior research technician to develop single-cell methods
3. A bioinformatician to analyse new atlases, with @sangerinstitute.bsky.social
Info in next post.
Open positions:
1. Looking for a developer for the BCA database, with @ebi.embl.org
2. A senior research technician to develop single-cell methods
3. A bioinformatician to analyse new atlases, with @sangerinstitute.bsky.social
Info in next post.
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Hello origins of eukaryotes enthusiasts! @jekely.biologists.social.ap.brid.gy and I are excited to announce an interdisciplinary discussion meeting in Heidelberg May 19-20! #protistsonsky
Places are strictly limited. Register here to avoid disappointment!
www.cos.uni-heidelberg.de/en/research-...
Places are strictly limited. Register here to avoid disappointment!
www.cos.uni-heidelberg.de/en/research-...
March 9, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Hello origins of eukaryotes enthusiasts! @jekely.biologists.social.ap.brid.gy and I are excited to announce an interdisciplinary discussion meeting in Heidelberg May 19-20! #protistsonsky
Places are strictly limited. Register here to avoid disappointment!
www.cos.uni-heidelberg.de/en/research-...
Places are strictly limited. Register here to avoid disappointment!
www.cos.uni-heidelberg.de/en/research-...
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Registration is now open for the Protistology Nordics meeting 12–13 May in Jyväskylä
#protistsonsky
www.jyu.fi/en/events/pr...
#protistsonsky
www.jyu.fi/en/events/pr...
Protistology in the Nordics 2025
Come share your exciting new research in all areas of Protistology.
www.jyu.fi
March 7, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Registration is now open for the Protistology Nordics meeting 12–13 May in Jyväskylä
#protistsonsky
www.jyu.fi/en/events/pr...
#protistsonsky
www.jyu.fi/en/events/pr...
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We’re on a mission to bring at-risk trans people 1 year of free medical equipment for hormone therapy—and we’re already at 86% of our goal!
Every $10 donated = 1 kit. Every $100 = 12 kits.
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Every $10 donated = 1 kit. Every $100 = 12 kits.
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March 4, 2025 at 1:00 PM
We’re on a mission to bring at-risk trans people 1 year of free medical equipment for hormone therapy—and we’re already at 86% of our goal!
Every $10 donated = 1 kit. Every $100 = 12 kits.
buff.ly/0kcNSjm
Every $10 donated = 1 kit. Every $100 = 12 kits.
buff.ly/0kcNSjm
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Postdoc available in Grenoble (France), funded by the ERC SymbiOCEAN, to work on the metabolic connectivity in planktonic photosymbiosis. 👉Passionate by symbiosis & marine protists? skills in bioinfo and molecular biology? Join us! Info: emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CDD/U...
#protistsonsky #SymbioSky
#protistsonsky #SymbioSky
February 27, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Postdoc available in Grenoble (France), funded by the ERC SymbiOCEAN, to work on the metabolic connectivity in planktonic photosymbiosis. 👉Passionate by symbiosis & marine protists? skills in bioinfo and molecular biology? Join us! Info: emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CDD/U...
#protistsonsky #SymbioSky
#protistsonsky #SymbioSky
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We did it! We caught Starship #transposons moving between #fungal species in the lab, including between species separated by ~100my. We think Starships are a mediator of HGT in fungi, akin to conjugative elements in bacteria. Check out the preprint. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
March 7, 2025 at 7:18 AM
We did it! We caught Starship #transposons moving between #fungal species in the lab, including between species separated by ~100my. We think Starships are a mediator of HGT in fungi, akin to conjugative elements in bacteria. Check out the preprint. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Nova Scotian friends and colleagues. Consider filling out this automated letter to Premier Houston protesting Bill 12 that gives unprecedented power to the political party in power to dictate that universities become enslaved to their political agenda: win.newmode.net/canadianasso...
March 7, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Nova Scotian friends and colleagues. Consider filling out this automated letter to Premier Houston protesting Bill 12 that gives unprecedented power to the political party in power to dictate that universities become enslaved to their political agenda: win.newmode.net/canadianasso...
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We offer three new positions to join BCA Phase 0:
1. A full-stack developer to work on the BCA database with @ebi.embl.org
2. A senior research technician to develop sc methods
3. A bioinformatician to analyze new atlases with @sangerinstitute.bsky.social
Details below.
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1. A full-stack developer to work on the BCA database with @ebi.embl.org
2. A senior research technician to develop sc methods
3. A bioinformatician to analyze new atlases with @sangerinstitute.bsky.social
Details below.
Please, share and repost.
March 3, 2025 at 10:07 AM
We offer three new positions to join BCA Phase 0:
1. A full-stack developer to work on the BCA database with @ebi.embl.org
2. A senior research technician to develop sc methods
3. A bioinformatician to analyze new atlases with @sangerinstitute.bsky.social
Details below.
Please, share and repost.
1. A full-stack developer to work on the BCA database with @ebi.embl.org
2. A senior research technician to develop sc methods
3. A bioinformatician to analyze new atlases with @sangerinstitute.bsky.social
Details below.
Please, share and repost.
FYI @scienceforukraine.bsky.social is still collecting information on support offers for scientists affected by the war in Ukraine (including remote work opportunities), and donations for travel grants scienceforukraine.eu/help
scienceforukraine
scienceforukraine.eu
March 4, 2025 at 4:16 AM
FYI @scienceforukraine.bsky.social is still collecting information on support offers for scientists affected by the war in Ukraine (including remote work opportunities), and donations for travel grants scienceforukraine.eu/help