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Exciting day for the lab: our 1rst paper is officially out in @currentbiology.bsky.social 🥳 Wonderful collaboration wt @gautamdey.bsky.social showing how Cryo-ExM achieves consistent immunostaining in diverse diatoms, from the lab and the natural environment 1/n
#ProtistsOnSky
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October 31, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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🚨Our collaboration with @centriolelab.bsky.social & @gautamdey.bsky.social is out today in @cp-cell.bsky.social
We show that #Expansion #Microscopy is a broad-spectrum modality for Euks, enabling 3D phenotypic maps rooted to phylogeny.
#ProtistsOnSky #SciComm #SciSky

www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
October 31, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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We’re back with the next DinoSphere Online Seminar!

Join us on Nov 4th, we're hosting:

Edmée Royen (ULiège) - Symbiodinium

Nicolas dos Santos Pacheco (Cambridge) - Perkinsids

📅 Tue, Nov 4 - 4 PM CET/3 PM GMT

💻 Zoom link: sites.google.com/view/dinosphere

Please spread the word!
#protistonsky
October 28, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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🌊 Say hello to the second star in our #IconicFishes lineup: the pipefish 🎶
💡 Did you know? There are over 225 species of pipefishes and they belong to the same family as the seahorse!
🎨 Stay tuned as these iconic fishes take centre stage 🎭🌟 in our upcoming arts movement #InspiredByIconicFishes
September 30, 2025 at 1:55 AM
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Partnership between #algae & #bacteria reveals secrets of evolution phys.org/news/2025-08...

Stepwise genome #evolution from a facultative symbiont to an endosymbiont in the N2-fixing symbioses www.cell.com/current-biol... #protists by @vesnagrujcic.bsky.social, @mehrshmali.bsky.social, et al.
August 31, 2025 at 11:32 AM
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BIG NEWS!! We will be hiring a new professor with 25 years of endowed funding at the @biozentrum.unibas.ch @unibas.ch, focused on using biophysics and structural biology to explore climate-related fundamental science topics. Come start an innovative research cluster with us! 🧪🔬🧶🧬🌾🌍
August 26, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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Want to acquire #ExM images like this and help us understand the true extent of cytoskeletal diversity across the tree of life? This position might be for you!

embl.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/EMBL/j...

With @dudinlab.bsky.social
@embl.org @biology-unige.bsky.social @moorefound.bsky.social
August 7, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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A small piece with PhD student @sorayazwahlen.bsky.social and Wiebe Kooistra on why we think Chaetoceros is an emerging model system for phytoplankton research, ranging from its ecological role, to unique cellular features and - of course - its many symbiotic interactions in the marine microbiome.
August 5, 2025 at 9:40 AM
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🚨3-yr Postdoc Position on #SingleCell Activities in #Marine #N-Cycling🦠🧪👩‍🎓🔬

Join me @univie.ac.at @dome-vienna.bsky.social
Part of our ERC Synergy #RECLESS looking at microbes in marine oxygen minimum zones

Apply by Oct 15, start March 2026!

-> ucloud.univie.ac.at/index.php/s/...
RECLESS_Postdoc_single_cell_UniVie.pdf
u:cloud - Ihre Daten, auf Wolken gebettet.
ucloud.univie.ac.at
August 4, 2025 at 10:48 AM
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🚨4yr Technical Assistant Position on #Microbial Activities in #Marine #N-Cycling🦠🧪👩‍🎓🔬

Join me @univie.ac.at @dome-vienna.bsky.social
Part of our ERC Synergy #RECLESS looking at microbes in marine oxygen minimum zones

Apply by Oct 15, start March 2026!

-> ucloud.univie.ac.at/index.php/s/...
RECLESS_TA_molecular_UniVie.pdf
u:cloud - Ihre Daten, auf Wolken gebettet.
ucloud.univie.ac.at
August 4, 2025 at 10:50 AM
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This surprisingly relaxing footage is from SIX MILES under the ocean – and it’s the deepest ecosystem yet discovered
July 31, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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TREC is hiring! @embl.org is looking for a field technician/engineer to coordinate soil sampling: plan activities, apply protocols, lead site scouting, coordinate teams & more. Join an amazing international team exploring a hidden universe beneath our feet. Please spread the word! bit.ly/4eSTPbZ
Environmental Technician or Engineer (Soil Lead)
The European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) is Europe’s flagship research institution for the life sciences, bringing together over 110 independent research groups and service teams across six si...
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July 16, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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Such a pleasure to be co-organising the #Latsis Symposium this year with Guillermina !

Thanks to all the speakers & sponsors.

And all our teams members who helped make this a reality.

It just felt right.

#Science #WildCells #ProtistsOnSky #Cell #Biology #Biophysics #Behaviour
July 10, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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The Marine Research Centre (CIM) at the University of Vigo, Spain, and EMBL join forces to study how to curb red tides and anticipate the effects of marine heatwaves.

The CELLBLOOM project will advance scientific understanding of current global changes in the ocean.

www.embl.org/news/lab-mat...
July 2, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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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
June 4, 2025 at 4:34 AM
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Share with your network, group members, colleagues & friends.

We are extending the deadline till the 10th of June.

This is your last chance of joining us this summer.

#Science #ProtistsOnSky #Cell #Biology #Microscopy
With Guillermina Ramirez-SanJuan we are very happy to announce the upcoming Latsis Symposium " Shaping microbial life in a changing environment" over July 8-10 at #EPFL
Registrations are open til May 23rd.

LINK: www.epfl-latsis-2025.org
June 3, 2025 at 11:53 AM
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Very excited for this first of its kind EMBO/EMBL Symposium on the Wild Frontiers of Model Organisms.
So far Session 1 is a blast, from aiptasia symbiosis, oyster vibrio phage interactions, !!
#EESWildModels
@embldbunit.bsky.social
@embl.org
Kicked off the #EESWildModels at @embl.org 🐟🦠🍄‍🟫🪰🐟

@floravincent.bsky.social started the sessions with a little survey to sample the range of expertise/skills

Really diverse range of expertise amongst the attendees 💯

@events.embl.org
April 8, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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One week left to apply! Come join us looking for cool dinoflagellates in cool places :)
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
April 4, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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Meet Neil Humphreys, Head of the Gene Editing and Virus Facility at EMBL Rome.
Neil and his team work closely with scientists to develop new models, tools, and cutting-edge technologies to support discovery and translational research.
Read more: www.embl.org/news/people-...
@neilhumph.bsky.social
We are EMBL: Neil Humphreys on genome editing and saying it all in five simple words | EMBL
Neil Humphreys, Head of the Gene Editing and Virus Facility at EMBL Rome, works closely with scientists to develop new models, tools, and cutting-edge technologies to support discovery and translation...
www.embl.org
April 1, 2025 at 8:51 AM
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🌊 🦠 🌍 "Aquatic Microbiomes on a Changing Planet" is the theme of the 18th Symposium on Aquatic Microbial Ecology (#SAME18), taking place in Barcelona from Sept 28 to Oct 3, 2025. Dive into cutting-edge research on microbial life in aquatic systems!
More details at same18barcelona.com
Same 18 Congress | Information and News
Find out all about the Same 18 Conference: dates, presentations, and news. Join experts and professionals at this unmissable event. Find out more here!
same18barcelona.com
March 31, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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Only a few days left to register to attend virtually the @embl.org symposium on the "Wild Frontier of Model Systems". Don't miss this opportunity if you are interested in exploring unconventional model organisms for a better understanding of biology, ecology and evolution
💻 Register to attend #EESWildModels virtually! ➡️ s.embl.org/ees25-02

✅ Access talks at your convenience, live or later
✅ Ask questions
✅ Network

🧬🦈🌿 Learn how exploring the wild frontiers of model systems is increasing our understanding of the biology, ecology, and evolution of organisms.
March 27, 2025 at 8:23 AM
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EMBL’s Advanced Mobile Laboratory (AML) has reached Malta, bringing its cutting-edge field equipment to support local scientists.
The Mobile Laboratories team will work with the University of Malta for one month, providing advanced technology, expertise, and training.
www.embl.org/news/connect...
The University of Malta hosts EMBL’s Advanced Mobile Laboratory for research and training | EMBL
EMBL’s Advanced Mobile Laboratory (AML) is stationed at the University of Malta for one month, to provide advanced technology, expertise and training to Malta’s scientific community.
www.embl.org
March 26, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Time flies - EMBLs Mobile Lab is already one week at the University of Malta!

#MobileLab #AML
March 22, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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🔬 PhD Opportunity in Evolutionary Cell Biology!

Interested in how cell types evolve? Join us to investigate placozoan cell types using advanced microscopy, single-cell omics, and functional assays!

Apply here: euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/323665

#PhDPosition #EvolutionaryBiology #CellBiology🧪
PhD Position in Evolutionary Cell Biology
Group description:The Comparative Cell Biology Lab (Najle Lab), at Universitat Internacional de Catalunya (UIC), investigates themolecular underpinnings of cellular and organismal complexity from func...
euraxess.ec.europa.eu
March 11, 2025 at 8:13 AM
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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
February 27, 2025 at 10:14 AM