We have wondered what a complex archaeal cell might look like ever since 2014. It’s been a long road (and the journey is far from over), but it’s a good time to pause for breath and look. These Asgard archaeal cells are a surprise! And that is the joy of being a cell biologist.

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Our ultimate goal: exploring biology beyond well established research organisms, by building tools that will make new things visible

Ending 🧵 with a marker for visualising chanoflagellates, closest unicellular relatives of animals, by @jujumathieu.bsky.social and @thibautbrunet.bsky.social

What a line of speakers!!! Would love to attend!

I just dilute then 1/10 in ASW supplemented with 0,1% SWC so that environemental bacteria can grow. It worked for 2 nights at least :)