Sara Palestini
@sarapalestini.bsky.social
aspiring oceanographer | intrepid arctic explorer | microbial ecologist in training | part-time human being | full time
PhD Student at @concordiau studying Arctic ocean microbial biodiversity and dynamics.🧬🦠🌊🌎
PhD Student at @concordiau studying Arctic ocean microbial biodiversity and dynamics.🧬🦠🌊🌎
So many of us cited your name when we were asked what we wanted to be when we grew up.
Jane Goodall's is a legacy was cemented long ago. She was a pioneer, and a tireless advocate, researcher, and mentor.
From this young researcher: thank you for your example.
Jane Goodall's is a legacy was cemented long ago. She was a pioneer, and a tireless advocate, researcher, and mentor.
From this young researcher: thank you for your example.
October 2, 2025 at 1:42 PM
So many of us cited your name when we were asked what we wanted to be when we grew up.
Jane Goodall's is a legacy was cemented long ago. She was a pioneer, and a tireless advocate, researcher, and mentor.
From this young researcher: thank you for your example.
Jane Goodall's is a legacy was cemented long ago. She was a pioneer, and a tireless advocate, researcher, and mentor.
From this young researcher: thank you for your example.
Check out MicroMates: Oceanic Odyssey by Minkor AB on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/170...
MicroMates: Oceanic Odyssey
A card game where science meets adventure – dive into the invisible world of microorganims!
www.kickstarter.com
September 26, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Check out MicroMates: Oceanic Odyssey by Minkor AB on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/170...
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One of our most read articles is Martin's essay on the importance of stupidity in scientific research: journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...
August 13, 2025 at 9:08 AM
One of our most read articles is Martin's essay on the importance of stupidity in scientific research: journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...
Saturday morning on Mount Royal participating in Mission Monarque with www.linkedin.com/company/les-...
Here's some finds from our group!
Here's some finds from our group!
August 4, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Saturday morning on Mount Royal participating in Mission Monarque with www.linkedin.com/company/les-...
Here's some finds from our group!
Here's some finds from our group!
A fascinating read! Heard about it first in TWiEvo episode 115. This paper describes an archaeal genome representative of a potentially parasitic, previously undiscovered taxon. My lab had a hoot discussing this one this week.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
A cellular entity retaining only its replicative core: Hidden archaeal lineage with an ultra-reduced genome
Defining the minimal genetic requirements for cellular life remains a fundamental question in biology. Genomic exploration continually reveals novel microbial lineages, often exhibiting extreme genome...
www.biorxiv.org
July 23, 2025 at 3:18 PM
A fascinating read! Heard about it first in TWiEvo episode 115. This paper describes an archaeal genome representative of a potentially parasitic, previously undiscovered taxon. My lab had a hoot discussing this one this week.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Hello all! Can anyone here recognize this creature? This is an image as of yet unclassified in the @fathomverse.bsky.social game. Also please download and play if you have an interest in marine taxonomy and/or want to contribute to science. It's super fun!
June 25, 2025 at 5:04 AM
Hello all! Can anyone here recognize this creature? This is an image as of yet unclassified in the @fathomverse.bsky.social game. Also please download and play if you have an interest in marine taxonomy and/or want to contribute to science. It's super fun!
This week I participated in the 74th annual conference for the Canadian Society of Microbiologists.
It was a pleasure to share my work, and above all to engage with such a diverse collective of researchers in the field of microbiology.
It was a pleasure to share my work, and above all to engage with such a diverse collective of researchers in the field of microbiology.
June 22, 2025 at 4:39 AM
This week I participated in the 74th annual conference for the Canadian Society of Microbiologists.
It was a pleasure to share my work, and above all to engage with such a diverse collective of researchers in the field of microbiology.
It was a pleasure to share my work, and above all to engage with such a diverse collective of researchers in the field of microbiology.
Reposted by Sara Palestini
Denitrification genes in SAR11 confirmed with cultures and closed genomes!
Denitrification genes in SAR11 and other ubiquitous lineages of marine bacteria isolated from the northern Benguela Upwelling System www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... #jcampubs 🌊
Denitrification genes in SAR11 and other ubiquitous lineages of marine bacteria isolated from the northern Benguela Upwelling System www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... #jcampubs 🌊
June 19, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Denitrification genes in SAR11 confirmed with cultures and closed genomes!
Denitrification genes in SAR11 and other ubiquitous lineages of marine bacteria isolated from the northern Benguela Upwelling System www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... #jcampubs 🌊
Denitrification genes in SAR11 and other ubiquitous lineages of marine bacteria isolated from the northern Benguela Upwelling System www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... #jcampubs 🌊
Reposted by Sara Palestini
Geopolitical events must not stall crucial research in the fastest-warming place on Earth, says Torben R. Christensen
https://go.nature.com/3GjDsrY
https://go.nature.com/3GjDsrY
Arctic researchers need to find ways to keep working together
Geopolitical events must not stall crucial research in the fastest-warming place on Earth.
go.nature.com
April 22, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Geopolitical events must not stall crucial research in the fastest-warming place on Earth, says Torben R. Christensen
https://go.nature.com/3GjDsrY
https://go.nature.com/3GjDsrY
Science is not done in support of an ideology but in support of the truth, and such a policy implies an unwillingness to hear it.
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
In Canadian election, top Conservative candidate vows to end ‘woke ideology’ in science funding
Pierre Poilievre’s Conservative Party is trying to topple Liberal government in 28 April election
www.science.org
April 15, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Science is not done in support of an ideology but in support of the truth, and such a policy implies an unwillingness to hear it.
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
Reposted by Sara Palestini
Bacteria may have adapted to oxygen well before Earth’s atmosphere was saturated with it, according to a new study in Science. The findings underscore the dynamic relationship between biological evolution and Earth's geological history. scim.ag/3YpwMyu
A geological timescale for bacterial evolution and oxygen adaptation
Microbial life has dominated Earth’s history but left a sparse fossil record, greatly hindering our understanding of evolution in deep time. However, bacterial metabolism has left signatures in the ge...
scim.ag
April 8, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Bacteria may have adapted to oxygen well before Earth’s atmosphere was saturated with it, according to a new study in Science. The findings underscore the dynamic relationship between biological evolution and Earth's geological history. scim.ag/3YpwMyu