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Liz Cooney
@protistwtmostest.bsky.social
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Postdoc in the Keeling Lab at UBC
Dinoflagellate evol 🔬| protistology in general | (respectfully) watching birds | 🇺🇸 living in 🇨🇦
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coreyholt.bsky.social
🥶Our GW4+ PhD project exploring polar protist diversity is accepting applications!🥶

With @tweethinking.bsky.social (@uniofbath.bsky.social) and Melody Clark (@bas.ac.uk), you will uncover the ecological roles, evolutionary histories, and environmental adaptions of polar protists!

Interested? 👀
GW4+ DLTP PhD Project: Ecological and Evolutionary Insights from Polar Protists at University of Bath on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - GW4+ DLTP PhD Project: Ecological and Evolutionary Insights from Polar Protists at University of Bath, listed on FindAPhD.com
www.findaphd.com
November 7, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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amunts.bsky.social
Charting the landscape of cytoskeletal diversity in microbial eukaryotes: Cell www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
Charting the landscape of cytoskeletal diversity in microbial eukaryotes
An imaging resource of over 200 microbial eukaryotic species provides a glimpse into the remarkable universe of cytoskeletal diversity.
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October 31, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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fburki.bsky.social
Phylogenomic analysis of deep-branching telonemid #protistsonsky
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Phylogenomic analysis of deep-branching telonemid
Abstract. The evolutionary history of eukaryotic supergroups has been investigated primarily by large-scale phylogenomics, but one major hindrance to conti
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October 30, 2025 at 10:03 AM
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pr2-database.bsky.social
Version 5.1.1 of the PR2 database has been released.

The major novelty is the inclusion of the recently published eKOI database (coi gene- doi.org/10.1093/data...) in the web interface. The 18S rRNA database is not changed so you can use 5.1.0 or 5.1.1 for metabarcode annotations
A novel taxonomic database for eukaryotic mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase subunit I gene (eKOI), with a focus on protists diversity
Abstract. Metabarcoding has emerged as a robust method for assessing biodiversity patterns by retrieving environmental DNA directly from ecosystems. While
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October 28, 2025 at 8:59 AM
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manondemulder.bsky.social
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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filiphusnik.bsky.social
Pretty excited to share our new preprint!
Non-photosynthetic Plastid Replacement by a Primary Plastid in the Making
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
October 10, 2025 at 3:34 AM
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coreyholt.bsky.social
I'm looking for a PhD student to dive into some protist genomes and maybe find some cool parasites like this (very flexible) apicomplexan.
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Please do reach out if you're interested. And APPLY EARLY! The advert will be taken down when a suitable candidate is found.🪱🦀🐟
October 9, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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blarson.bsky.social
What could be more exciting than watching Euplotes scurry around under the microscope? How about adding some raptorial predation by supergiant cannibal cells?

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Video by Vittorio Boscaro.

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August 26, 2025 at 8:56 PM
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hakai.org
After a four-year investigation, a breakthrough study reveals the cause of sea star wasting disease (SSWD). A strain of the bacterium Vibrio pectenicida is the culprit behind the marine epidemic that has killed billions of sea stars since 2013. Read the study: 🔗https://tinyurl.com/4rcb3xpf
August 4, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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varshamathur.bsky.social
Check out our new preprint all about Pirsonia, a tiny killer of bloom-forming Coscinodiscus diatoms!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
#protistsonsky #marinemicrobes 🌊🔬
July 30, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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ambonacolta.bsky.social
New protist supergroup: Promethea! From @zlatogursky.bsky.social et al #ProtistsOnSky
Phylogenetic position and mitochondrial genome evolution of ‘orphan’ eukaryotic lineages
The phylogenetic tree of eukaryotes is divided into a handful of highly diverse ‘supergroups’; only a few so-called ‘orphan’ lineages branch in uncertain positions outside of these large clades. We fo...
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July 24, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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manondemulder.bsky.social
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

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@protistwtmostest.bsky.social @ehehenberger.bsky.social @chandnibhickta.bsky.social&Norico Yamada
June 4, 2025 at 4:34 AM
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ehehenberger.bsky.social
POSTDOC position available in Ceske Budejovice & Cambridge, funded by ERC KLEPTOS, to study plastid endosymbiosis in kleptoplastidic taxa with spatial proteomics. Are you curious about this process and interested in proteomics and data analysis? Join us by applying here: jobs.bc.cas.cz/en/detail/250
April 22, 2025 at 9:15 AM
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isepprotists.bsky.social
New #ISEPpapers! Hijacking and integration of algal #plastids and #mitochondria in a polar planktonic host: Ananya Kedige Rao et al. www.cell.com/current-biol...

#Microbes #Algae #Protists #Symbiosis #Organelles #Plankton
figure from the paper showing various views of the discussed microbial cell
April 18, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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nicolecoots.bsky.social
fourth and final chapter of my PhD is out! 🚨 We used single cell metabarcode sequencing to describe the diversity of organisms associated with polycystine radiolarians near Bermuda. we found that polycystines associate with a really wide diversity of phytoplankton, compared to other radiolarians! 🤩
April 7, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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blancobercial.bsky.social
Check our paper by @nicolecoots.bsky.social, where she delved into the photosynthetic symbionts on Polycystine #Rhizaria. Nicole came to @biosstation.bsky.social after having to drastically change her dissertation due to COVID, So proud of you, Nicole, keep going!
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Polycystine radiolarians associate with diverse phytoplankton
Abstract. Radiolarians are marine protists with a global distribution. Epipelagic radiolarians host photosynthetic endosymbionts, but the identity and spec
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April 7, 2025 at 9:59 AM
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coreyholt.bsky.social
Yet to share our recent paper “Phylogenomic resolution of marine to freshwater dinoflagellate transitions” led by Mahara and @protistwtmostest.bsky.social. Includes work from two @science.ubc.ca undergraduates! 🤩

Freshwater dinoflagellates need more love! 💚

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Phylogenomic resolution of marine to freshwater dinoflagellate transitions
Abstract. Dinoflagellates are an abundant and diverse group of protists that inhabit aquatic environments worldwide. They are characterized by numerous uni
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April 1, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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zlatogursky.bsky.social
@amoebadiscovery.bsky.social made an iteresting interview with me about #heliozoa and #centrohelids - I think these organisms are really important, understudied and gorgeous 😍 Also lots other intresting reading and beatiful pictures! #protistsonsky link: tinyurl.com/adiscovery1
March 28, 2025 at 7:38 AM
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ehehenberger.bsky.social
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
March 12, 2025 at 8:24 AM
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ambonacolta.bsky.social
🚨New preprint🚨 Here we provide the first evidence for a non-anthozoan host of Corallicolids: the bearded fire worm (Hermodice carunculata) 🪱🔥 #ProtistsOnSky #Symbiosky #CoralReefs
Fireworms (Hermodice carunculata) are a reservoir and potential vector for coral-infecting apicomplexans
Corals (Cnidaria; Anthozoa) play critical roles as habitat-forming species with a wide range, from warm shallow-water tropical coral reefs to cold-water ecosystems [1-3]. They also represent a complex...
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March 7, 2025 at 7:16 AM
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fburki.bsky.social
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#protistsonsky
Phylogenomic resolution of marine to freshwater dinoflagellate transitions
Abstract. Dinoflagellates are an abundant and diverse group of protists that inhabit aquatic environments worldwide. They are characterized by numerous uni
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February 25, 2025 at 10:51 AM
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johandecelle.bsky.social
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
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fonamental.bsky.social
Happy to be part of this new study on the corallicolids led by @pjkeelinglab.bsky.social 's lab 😀

Phylogenomics of coral-infecting corallicolids reveal multiple independent losses of chlorophyll biosynthesis in apicomplexan parasites #corals #symbiosis 🪸 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
February 21, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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ambonacolta.bsky.social
New corallicolid pub in @currentbiology.bsky.social!🪸🧬

Highlights:
🌳 Phylogenomic support for Corallicolids as sister to the Ichthyocolids
☀️Corallicolids express nuclear & plastid encoded Chl biosynthesis genes
❌Multiple, parallel losses of CBP in Apicomplexa
#ProtistsOnSky #CoralReefs #MicroSky
Phylogenomics of coral-infecting corallicolids reveal multiple independent losses of chlorophyll biosynthesis in apicomplexan parasites
Jacko-Reynolds et al. present multi-protein phylogenetics supporting corallicolids as a late-branching apicomplexan, closely related to coccidians. The expression of chlorophyll biosynthesis genes in ...
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February 18, 2025 at 7:50 PM