Kassiani Panagiotou
@kassipan.bsky.social
PhD candidate @Ettema lab | Laboratory of Microbiology (WUR)
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Exultant to have been awarded a Vidi grant by the Dutch Research Council (NWO)! Can't wait to get started!
Stay tuned for two upcoming (PhD student & postdoc) positions to study archaeal genome evolution.
Also huge congrats to my colleague @dorotakawa.bsky.social!
www.uu.nl/en/news/21-v...
Stay tuned for two upcoming (PhD student & postdoc) positions to study archaeal genome evolution.
Also huge congrats to my colleague @dorotakawa.bsky.social!
www.uu.nl/en/news/21-v...
21 Vidi grants awarded to Utrecht-based researchers
21 researchers from Utrecht University, University Medical Center Utrecht, and Princess Máxima Center have each been awarded a Vidi grant worth up to €850,000.
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October 23, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Exultant to have been awarded a Vidi grant by the Dutch Research Council (NWO)! Can't wait to get started!
Stay tuned for two upcoming (PhD student & postdoc) positions to study archaeal genome evolution.
Also huge congrats to my colleague @dorotakawa.bsky.social!
www.uu.nl/en/news/21-v...
Stay tuned for two upcoming (PhD student & postdoc) positions to study archaeal genome evolution.
Also huge congrats to my colleague @dorotakawa.bsky.social!
www.uu.nl/en/news/21-v...
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Happy to share this one. We investigated the #phylogenetic placement and #genome_evolution of Pangui/Njordarchaea-unique #Asgardarchaea that might have undergone genome reduction...
Happy to share this one. We investigated the #phylogenetic placement and #genome_evolution of Pangui/Njordarchaea-unique #Asgardarchaea that might have undergone genome reduction...
August 14, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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Happy to share this one. We investigated the #phylogenetic placement and #genome_evolution of Pangui/Njordarchaea-unique #Asgardarchaea that might have undergone genome reduction...
Happy to share this one. We investigated the #phylogenetic placement and #genome_evolution of Pangui/Njordarchaea-unique #Asgardarchaea that might have undergone genome reduction...
Excited to share our work on WitChi! 🛠️🖥️
We tested it on the GTDB r220 archaeal supermatrix (5,869 taxa & 10,101 cols) removing 55% of sites in <2h.
The phylogeny showed several interesting groupings with overall improved branch support:
#phylogenetics #ArchaeaSky #MSA #opensource #MEvoSky #MicroSky
We tested it on the GTDB r220 archaeal supermatrix (5,869 taxa & 10,101 cols) removing 55% of sites in <2h.
The phylogeny showed several interesting groupings with overall improved branch support:
#phylogenetics #ArchaeaSky #MSA #opensource #MEvoSky #MicroSky
July 20, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Excited to share our work on WitChi! 🛠️🖥️
We tested it on the GTDB r220 archaeal supermatrix (5,869 taxa & 10,101 cols) removing 55% of sites in <2h.
The phylogeny showed several interesting groupings with overall improved branch support:
#phylogenetics #ArchaeaSky #MSA #opensource #MEvoSky #MicroSky
We tested it on the GTDB r220 archaeal supermatrix (5,869 taxa & 10,101 cols) removing 55% of sites in <2h.
The phylogeny showed several interesting groupings with overall improved branch support:
#phylogenetics #ArchaeaSky #MSA #opensource #MEvoSky #MicroSky
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Excited to share our new paper in @cellreports.bsky.social that reshapes our understanding of chromosome organization's deep evolutionary roots! Our work dives into the origins of the machinery that structures our very genomes.
🔗: doi.org/10.1016/j.ce...
#Genomics #Evolution #CellBiology #LECA
🔗: doi.org/10.1016/j.ce...
#Genomics #Evolution #CellBiology #LECA
June 22, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Excited to share our new paper in @cellreports.bsky.social that reshapes our understanding of chromosome organization's deep evolutionary roots! Our work dives into the origins of the machinery that structures our very genomes.
🔗: doi.org/10.1016/j.ce...
#Genomics #Evolution #CellBiology #LECA
🔗: doi.org/10.1016/j.ce...
#Genomics #Evolution #CellBiology #LECA
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Our review on how thermophilic carbon monoxide(!)-eating microbes can aid the transition to renewable carbon-based products.
Hot prospects: harnessing thermophilic microbes for syngas fermentation
@cp-trendsbiotech.bsky.social by Anastasia Galani, @detmersipkema.bsky.social and Diana Z. Sousa
www.cell.com/trends/biote...
@cp-trendsbiotech.bsky.social by Anastasia Galani, @detmersipkema.bsky.social and Diana Z. Sousa
www.cell.com/trends/biote...
Hot prospects: harnessing thermophilic microbes for syngas fermentation
Syngas fermentation is emerging as a promising avenue for the sustainable production
of fuels and chemicals. Primarily consisting of carbon monoxide (CO), hydrogen, and
carbon dioxide, syngas can be p...
www.cell.com
May 27, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Our review on how thermophilic carbon monoxide(!)-eating microbes can aid the transition to renewable carbon-based products.
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#Asgard,#phylogeny
1/ 🧵 Does MAGs contamination affect the placement of Njord as suggested by Zhang et al, 2025? www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Our updated analysis suggests instead... www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
1/ 🧵 Does MAGs contamination affect the placement of Njord as suggested by Zhang et al, 2025? www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Our updated analysis suggests instead... www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Phylogenomic analyses reveal that Panguiarchaeum is a clade of genome-reduced Asgard archaea within the Njordarchaeia
The Asgard archaea are a diverse archaeal phylum important for our understanding of cellular evolution because they include the lineage that gave rise to eukaryotes. Recent phylogenomic work has focus...
www.biorxiv.org
May 23, 2025 at 10:19 AM
#Asgard,#phylogeny
1/ 🧵 Does MAGs contamination affect the placement of Njord as suggested by Zhang et al, 2025? www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Our updated analysis suggests instead... www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
1/ 🧵 Does MAGs contamination affect the placement of Njord as suggested by Zhang et al, 2025? www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Our updated analysis suggests instead... www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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New vacancy in my team!
PhD student position on microbial genome evolution, focusing on the evolutionary principles underlying bacterial genome architecture.
Please repost and share with talented MSc students in #evobio, bioinformatics or related :)
www.uu.nl/en/organisat...
#MEvoSky #MicroSky
PhD student position on microbial genome evolution, focusing on the evolutionary principles underlying bacterial genome architecture.
Please repost and share with talented MSc students in #evobio, bioinformatics or related :)
www.uu.nl/en/organisat...
#MEvoSky #MicroSky
May 14, 2025 at 2:07 PM
New vacancy in my team!
PhD student position on microbial genome evolution, focusing on the evolutionary principles underlying bacterial genome architecture.
Please repost and share with talented MSc students in #evobio, bioinformatics or related :)
www.uu.nl/en/organisat...
#MEvoSky #MicroSky
PhD student position on microbial genome evolution, focusing on the evolutionary principles underlying bacterial genome architecture.
Please repost and share with talented MSc students in #evobio, bioinformatics or related :)
www.uu.nl/en/organisat...
#MEvoSky #MicroSky
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Excited to share our recent work on the evolution of ectomycorrhizal plants! 🌳 🧬 🖥️
doi.org/10.1111/nph.70054
With: Yvet Boele, @puginiercamille.bsky.social, @mbianc.bsky.social, Cyril Libourel, @maximebonhomme.bsky.social, @kellerjeanphd.bsky.social, @pierremarcdelaux.bsky.social
A thread: (1/5)
doi.org/10.1111/nph.70054
With: Yvet Boele, @puginiercamille.bsky.social, @mbianc.bsky.social, Cyril Libourel, @maximebonhomme.bsky.social, @kellerjeanphd.bsky.social, @pierremarcdelaux.bsky.social
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Ectomycorrhizal symbiosis evolved independently and by convergent gene duplication in rosid lineages
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doi.org
March 12, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Excited to share our recent work on the evolution of ectomycorrhizal plants! 🌳 🧬 🖥️
doi.org/10.1111/nph.70054
With: Yvet Boele, @puginiercamille.bsky.social, @mbianc.bsky.social, Cyril Libourel, @maximebonhomme.bsky.social, @kellerjeanphd.bsky.social, @pierremarcdelaux.bsky.social
A thread: (1/5)
doi.org/10.1111/nph.70054
With: Yvet Boele, @puginiercamille.bsky.social, @mbianc.bsky.social, Cyril Libourel, @maximebonhomme.bsky.social, @kellerjeanphd.bsky.social, @pierremarcdelaux.bsky.social
A thread: (1/5)
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Exciting news! I'm looking for a computational biologist to join my lab at Wageningen University & Research! It's a 3-year postdoc position on Holomycota genome architecture and evolution. Spread the word! www.wur.nl/en/vacancy/p...
Postdoc Comparative genomics and genome architecture in early-diverging fungi and their protist relatives (3-year position)
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March 5, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Exciting news! I'm looking for a computational biologist to join my lab at Wageningen University & Research! It's a 3-year postdoc position on Holomycota genome architecture and evolution. Spread the word! www.wur.nl/en/vacancy/p...
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Not new here but will become more active at @bsky.app (I am no longer active on X)
Follow me to hear more about the wonderful world of microbes (evolution, archaea, symbiosis, new microbes, ...). Expect occasional rants about academia, 🇳🇱 politics, life, etc.
My research group: go.bsky.app/MzZPftE
Follow me to hear more about the wonderful world of microbes (evolution, archaea, symbiosis, new microbes, ...). Expect occasional rants about academia, 🇳🇱 politics, life, etc.
My research group: go.bsky.app/MzZPftE
Ettema Lab Wageningen
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December 4, 2024 at 10:11 AM
Not new here but will become more active at @bsky.app (I am no longer active on X)
Follow me to hear more about the wonderful world of microbes (evolution, archaea, symbiosis, new microbes, ...). Expect occasional rants about academia, 🇳🇱 politics, life, etc.
My research group: go.bsky.app/MzZPftE
Follow me to hear more about the wonderful world of microbes (evolution, archaea, symbiosis, new microbes, ...). Expect occasional rants about academia, 🇳🇱 politics, life, etc.
My research group: go.bsky.app/MzZPftE