Flora Vincent
@floravincent.bsky.social
Group Leader at EMBL spying on the social life of marine microbes and pushing for more inclusive sciences | Tara Oceans | Plankton Manifesto
https://www.embl.org/groups/vincent/
https://planktonmanifesto.org/
https://www.embl.org/groups/vincent/
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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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#ProtistsOnSky
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It is a collaboration between my lab (Uppsala U) and the labs of @dudinlab.bsky.social (Geneva U) and @filiphusnik.bsky.social (OIST). More info and how to apply here:
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PhD student in systematic biology
The Department of Organismal Biology teaches and explores the evolution, development and function on the organismal level. For more information see Department of Organismal Biology - Uppsala Universit
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November 12, 2025 at 9:50 AM
It is a collaboration between my lab (Uppsala U) and the labs of @dudinlab.bsky.social (Geneva U) and @filiphusnik.bsky.social (OIST). More info and how to apply here:
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We are looking for a PhD student to work on an exciting plastid endosymbiosis in microbial eukaryotes. This position involves sampling, exciting microscopy such as CARDFISH, ExM and FIBSEM, single-cell transcriptomics and more. #protistsonsky 1/2
November 12, 2025 at 9:50 AM
We are looking for a PhD student to work on an exciting plastid endosymbiosis in microbial eukaryotes. This position involves sampling, exciting microscopy such as CARDFISH, ExM and FIBSEM, single-cell transcriptomics and more. #protistsonsky 1/2
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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...
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
🚨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...
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...
Reposted by Flora Vincent
In French - Virginie on Swiss radio! 🎙️ She talks about our latest collab with @dudinlab.bsky.social and @gautamdey.bsky.social #UExM #ProtistsOnSky
📻 Interview de Virginie Hamel du @centriolelab.bsky.social pour CQFD de la #RTS: Une méthode ouvre lʹaccès à lʹarchitecture interne du #plancton #microscopie #expansion www.rts.ch/audio-podcas... @mocel.bsky.social @sciencesunige.bsky.social @dudinlab.bsky.social
Une méthode ouvre lʹaccès à lʹarchitecture interne du plancton | RTS
Une étude majeure menée par l’Université de Genève et le Laboratoire européen de biologie moléculaire, publiée dans la revue Cell, révèle l’architecture interne de plus de deux cents espèces de planct...
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November 3, 2025 at 5:13 PM
In French - Virginie on Swiss radio! 🎙️ She talks about our latest collab with @dudinlab.bsky.social and @gautamdey.bsky.social #UExM #ProtistsOnSky
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
tinyurl.com/2zxaund7
#ProtistsOnSky
tinyurl.com/2zxaund7
October 31, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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
tinyurl.com/2zxaund7
#ProtistsOnSky
tinyurl.com/2zxaund7
Reposted by Flora Vincent
Had a fun two weeks in Heidelberg visiting in the @floravincent.bsky.social and @gautamdey.bsky.social labs! Expanding diatoms and their evil little parasites was peak Halloween vibes 🎃 @embl.org #ExM #diatoms
October 31, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Had a fun two weeks in Heidelberg visiting in the @floravincent.bsky.social and @gautamdey.bsky.social labs! Expanding diatoms and their evil little parasites was peak Halloween vibes 🎃 @embl.org #ExM #diatoms
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Soraya Zwahlen, a PhD student in the Vincent @floravincent.bsky.social group @embl.org, was our speaker at the DB seminar this week. She discussed a cell-ecosystem approach to studying marine microbial interactions under pollutant stress. #MarineMicrobiology #MicrobialInteractions
October 22, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Soraya Zwahlen, a PhD student in the Vincent @floravincent.bsky.social group @embl.org, was our speaker at the DB seminar this week. She discussed a cell-ecosystem approach to studying marine microbial interactions under pollutant stress. #MarineMicrobiology #MicrobialInteractions
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They are architects of the sea, engineers of the air—capturing carbon, atom by atom.
While you breathe, they build. While you sleep, they safeguard our climate.
#InvisibleHeroes #OceanGuardians #ClimateWarriors #protistsonsky
Illustrations by Rosie Sheward
While you breathe, they build. While you sleep, they safeguard our climate.
#InvisibleHeroes #OceanGuardians #ClimateWarriors #protistsonsky
Illustrations by Rosie Sheward
October 7, 2025 at 10:21 AM
They are architects of the sea, engineers of the air—capturing carbon, atom by atom.
While you breathe, they build. While you sleep, they safeguard our climate.
#InvisibleHeroes #OceanGuardians #ClimateWarriors #protistsonsky
Illustrations by Rosie Sheward
While you breathe, they build. While you sleep, they safeguard our climate.
#InvisibleHeroes #OceanGuardians #ClimateWarriors #protistsonsky
Illustrations by Rosie Sheward
Dear all, registration for the upcoming EMBO/EMBL Symposium on "the cellular mechanics of symbiosis" is now OPEN 🤩 ! Feel free to register ! www.embl.org/about/info/c...
#EESSymbiosis #ProtistsOnSky #SymbioSky
@hassansalem.bsky.social @berasymbionts.bsky.social @embl.org
#EESSymbiosis #ProtistsOnSky #SymbioSky
@hassansalem.bsky.social @berasymbionts.bsky.social @embl.org
The cellular mechanics of symbiosis: sensing friend from foe
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September 29, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Dear all, registration for the upcoming EMBO/EMBL Symposium on "the cellular mechanics of symbiosis" is now OPEN 🤩 ! Feel free to register ! www.embl.org/about/info/c...
#EESSymbiosis #ProtistsOnSky #SymbioSky
@hassansalem.bsky.social @berasymbionts.bsky.social @embl.org
#EESSymbiosis #ProtistsOnSky #SymbioSky
@hassansalem.bsky.social @berasymbionts.bsky.social @embl.org
Reposted by Flora Vincent
From MBoC: Wallace F. Marshall (UCSF) and team profile the giant ciliate Stentor pyriformis—symbiotic algae in microtubule baskets, symbiont-dependent phototaxis, and a standard genetic code. Paper: www.molbiolcell.org/doi/10.1091/... #CellBiology
September 19, 2025 at 12:02 PM
From MBoC: Wallace F. Marshall (UCSF) and team profile the giant ciliate Stentor pyriformis—symbiotic algae in microtubule baskets, symbiont-dependent phototaxis, and a standard genetic code. Paper: www.molbiolcell.org/doi/10.1091/... #CellBiology
Reposted by Flora Vincent
#ProtistsOnSky
the elephant in the (protist)room...
the elephant in the (protist)room...
From MBoC: Wallace F. Marshall (UCSF) and team profile the giant ciliate Stentor pyriformis—symbiotic algae in microtubule baskets, symbiont-dependent phototaxis, and a standard genetic code. Paper: www.molbiolcell.org/doi/10.1091/... #CellBiology
September 27, 2025 at 6:42 PM
#ProtistsOnSky
the elephant in the (protist)room...
the elephant in the (protist)room...
One is the best EMBO/EMBL symposium is coming up and it’s going to be AWESOME. Save the date !
🚨 Save the date! Thrilled to be co-organizing the next iteration of the @embl.org Symposium on the Cellular Mechanics of Symbiosis (📅 March 17-20), w/ @floravincent.bsky.social, @hassansalem.bsky.social & Tom Richards.
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#EESSymbiosis #Symbiosis #SymbioSky #MicroSky 🦠
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#EESSymbiosis #Symbiosis #SymbioSky #MicroSky 🦠
The cellular mechanics of symbiosis: sensing friend from foe
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September 9, 2025 at 2:44 PM
One is the best EMBO/EMBL symposium is coming up and it’s going to be AWESOME. Save the date !
Reposted by Flora Vincent
Wowww!!! Amazing news @messorensen.bsky.social 🤩 Huge congrats & so excited for your lab at @cemess.bsky.social! #protistsonsky
www.univie.ac.at/en/news/deta...
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Three ERC Starting Grants for the University of Vienna
Funding for historian Eva-Maria Muschik, microbiologist Megan Sørensen and historical sociologist Agata Zysiak
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September 4, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Wowww!!! Amazing news @messorensen.bsky.social 🤩 Huge congrats & so excited for your lab at @cemess.bsky.social! #protistsonsky
www.univie.ac.at/en/news/deta...
www.univie.ac.at/en/news/deta...
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Check out our new paper on adopting a trait-based framework for protist diversity! We make the case for a unified protist trait database, how to build it, and how it could transform research on protist ecology and evolution.
#protistsonsky
#protistsonsky
Hello there 🦋
Happy to share our piece "Towards a trait-based framework for protist ecology and evolution" in @cp-trendsmicrobiol.bsky.social
Let's build a unified trait 📏 database to unlock transformative insights into protist 🔬 ecology 🌍 and evolution ⏳
▶️ doi.org/10.1016/j.ti...
#protistsonsky
Happy to share our piece "Towards a trait-based framework for protist ecology and evolution" in @cp-trendsmicrobiol.bsky.social
Let's build a unified trait 📏 database to unlock transformative insights into protist 🔬 ecology 🌍 and evolution ⏳
▶️ doi.org/10.1016/j.ti...
#protistsonsky
September 3, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Check out our new paper on adopting a trait-based framework for protist diversity! We make the case for a unified protist trait database, how to build it, and how it could transform research on protist ecology and evolution.
#protistsonsky
#protistsonsky
Reposted by Flora Vincent
📢 Recruitment for the EMBL International PhD Programme is officially open!
At EMBL, we train young scientists to become skilled and creative future leaders in academia and other sectors. Join us and get a head start on your career in life sciences!
bit.ly/47mmiFF
At EMBL, we train young scientists to become skilled and creative future leaders in academia and other sectors. Join us and get a head start on your career in life sciences!
bit.ly/47mmiFF
September 1, 2025 at 9:07 AM
📢 Recruitment for the EMBL International PhD Programme is officially open!
At EMBL, we train young scientists to become skilled and creative future leaders in academia and other sectors. Join us and get a head start on your career in life sciences!
bit.ly/47mmiFF
At EMBL, we train young scientists to become skilled and creative future leaders in academia and other sectors. Join us and get a head start on your career in life sciences!
bit.ly/47mmiFF
Reposted by Flora Vincent
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.
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
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.
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.
#protistsonsky
Direct link to the Chaetoceros Quick Guide if you want to learn more :)
@sorayazwahlen.bsky.social @currentbiology.bsky.social @cellpress.bsky.social
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Direct link to the Chaetoceros Quick Guide if you want to learn more :)
@sorayazwahlen.bsky.social @currentbiology.bsky.social @cellpress.bsky.social
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August 5, 2025 at 11:17 AM
#protistsonsky
Direct link to the Chaetoceros Quick Guide if you want to learn more :)
@sorayazwahlen.bsky.social @currentbiology.bsky.social @cellpress.bsky.social
authors.elsevier.com/a/1lYLj3QW8S...
Direct link to the Chaetoceros Quick Guide if you want to learn more :)
@sorayazwahlen.bsky.social @currentbiology.bsky.social @cellpress.bsky.social
authors.elsevier.com/a/1lYLj3QW8S...
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
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.
Reposted by Flora Vincent
From short to long reads: enhanced protist diversity profiling via Nanopore metabarcoding #protists #protistsonsky www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
July 21, 2025 at 7:01 AM
From short to long reads: enhanced protist diversity profiling via Nanopore metabarcoding #protists #protistsonsky www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Reposted by Flora Vincent
Last week, we started to collect samples from high-altitude Alpine lakes for the ERC-funded #CAPSOLUTION project! Throughout July and August, we will study the diversity of #viruses, #bacteria, and #protists in these extreme environments.
#HorizonEU @erc.europa.eu @mpimarinemicrobio.bsky.social
#HorizonEU @erc.europa.eu @mpimarinemicrobio.bsky.social
July 12, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Last week, we started to collect samples from high-altitude Alpine lakes for the ERC-funded #CAPSOLUTION project! Throughout July and August, we will study the diversity of #viruses, #bacteria, and #protists in these extreme environments.
#HorizonEU @erc.europa.eu @mpimarinemicrobio.bsky.social
#HorizonEU @erc.europa.eu @mpimarinemicrobio.bsky.social
Reposted by Flora Vincent
Our home base for the first week was Lake Gossenköllesee at 2416 m elevation. The research station (Univ. of Innsbruck) sheltered us during an unexpected snowstorm in July. See pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33436089 for viruses from this lake!
#CAPSOLUTION @mpimarinemicrobio.bsky.social @erc.europa.eu
#CAPSOLUTION @mpimarinemicrobio.bsky.social @erc.europa.eu
July 14, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Our home base for the first week was Lake Gossenköllesee at 2416 m elevation. The research station (Univ. of Innsbruck) sheltered us during an unexpected snowstorm in July. See pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33436089 for viruses from this lake!
#CAPSOLUTION @mpimarinemicrobio.bsky.social @erc.europa.eu
#CAPSOLUTION @mpimarinemicrobio.bsky.social @erc.europa.eu
Reposted by Flora Vincent
On #OceansDay2025, EMBL’s Science Education and Public Engagement (SEPE) Team joined forces with the German-American Institute (DAI) to bring the underwater world closer to families in Heidelberg.
Learn more: www.embl.org/news/lab-mat...
Learn more: www.embl.org/news/lab-mat...
June 27, 2025 at 8:25 AM
On #OceansDay2025, EMBL’s Science Education and Public Engagement (SEPE) Team joined forces with the German-American Institute (DAI) to bring the underwater world closer to families in Heidelberg.
Learn more: www.embl.org/news/lab-mat...
Learn more: www.embl.org/news/lab-mat...
So good to reconnect with the adrenaline of field work. My guilty pleasure as a PI is to keep this happening to make sure you never go too far from the initial Pasión.
Mesocosm experiments simulating impact of marine heat waves on marine microbial interactions in Vigo.
@embl.org #UnivVigo
Mesocosm experiments simulating impact of marine heat waves on marine microbial interactions in Vigo.
@embl.org #UnivVigo
July 11, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Reposted by Flora Vincent
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
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
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
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