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Claudio Slamovits 🇦🇷🇨🇦🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈

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Biologist at Dalhousie University in Nova Scotia. Researcher of genomes and evolution. Salido de la Universidad de Buenos Aires. 🇦🇷🇨🇦

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Ethan Linck @elinck.bsky.social · 17h
I'm hiring a postdoc to help build tools for inferring complex speciation histories with genomic data. strong computational skills are a must, but this is a training opportunity. 60K$+ salary, 2 years, details flexible. please reach out! (and repost) ad here: jobs.montana.edu/postings/53150
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Postdoctoral Researcher
The Department of Ecology at Montana State University is seeking a Postdoctoral Research Scholar as part of NSF-funded research on speciation under alternating cycles of gene flow and isolation (fundi...
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Leah Houri-Zeevi @leahhouri.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
🩸🩸🩸TODAY WE SHARE TWO MAJOR DISCOVERIES🩸🩸🩸 1. We peered into genomes and brains of the rare mosquitoes that QUIT feeding on blood and found what biting is built from 2. Humans got rid of isoleucine in their blood, malaria suffers from it, and mosquito proteomes budget for it THREADS>
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Anouk Willemsen @willemsenanouk.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Why did some #viruses #evolve to be giants while others did not? ".. #giantViruses are typical viruses that evolved from smaller ones via accretion of genes recruited from the hosts." doi.org/10.1073/pnas... @mkrupovic.bsky.social & E. Koonin
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Why did some viruses evolve to be giants while others did not? | PNAS
Viruses are ubiquitous mobile genetic elements that are obligate symbionts of cellular life forms and replicate exclusively within host cells. The ...
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H. B. Beryl Rappaport @hbrappap.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Our description of fire amoeba, 𝘐𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘮𝘰𝘦𝘣𝘢 𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘴, is now online at Cell! Thanks @oliverio.bsky.social and amazing team for questioning the limits of eukaryotes! 🔥 www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
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A geothermal amoeba sets a new upper temperature limit for eukaryotes
The amoeba Incendiamoeba cascadensis demonstrates that eukaryotic life can withstand temperatures beyond what was thought possible and sheds light on molecular strategies for survival in extreme heat.
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Brett Baker @archaeal.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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These bizarre, much-coveted microbes are revealing the origins of complex life
Researchers are racing to culture a menagerie of exotic organisms and finding lots of surprises along the way.
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Baukje Hoogenberg @baukjeje.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Do you want to label the nuclear envelope? Do you work on a non-model species? Try Concanavalin A! We tested ConA on various species across the eukaryotic tree and find it is a very useful ExM-compatible marker for the NE and ER. Read all about it in our preprint: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Concanavalin A as a pan-eukaryotic nuclear envelope marker for expansion microscopy
Across eukaryotes, the nuclear envelope exhibits distinct remodelling strategies during mitosis: complete breakdown (open mitosis), partial disruption (intermediate), or full retention (closed). Howev...
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Montréal Bioinformatics User Group (MonBUG) @mon-bug.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Tomorrow, Wed., Sept. 9: Georgi Merhi ( @georgimerhi.bsky.social ) will open the MonBUG evening with "A genome in the lice-stack: metagenomic recovery of Bartonella quintana." | #MonBUG #Bioinformatics #Education #MetaGenomics | | CC/ @bjesseshapiro.bsky.social monbug.ca/en/
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Joint Genome Institute @jgi.doe.gov · 31/08/2026
New AI Tool Maps the Global Catalog of Microbial Symbionts 🖥️ 🧬 🦠 Today in @natbiotech.nature.com: The publicly available Symbiont Genomes catalog is one of the most comprehensive guides to bacteria and archaea living in partnership with other organisms. Learn more ⬇️
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New AI Tool Maps the Global Catalog of Microbial Symbionts | Joint Genome Institute
The publicly available Symbiont Genomes catalog is one of the most comprehensive guides to bacteria and archaea living in partnership with other organisms.
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Esther Verheyen 🇨🇦 @estherverheyen.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Today 🇨🇦 announced the 64 scholars recruited from top US universities for the Canada Global Impact+ Chairs. They sounds like great scientists. But the enormous level of funding funnelled to this program is jaw-dropping when compared to the pitiful success rates at CIHR.
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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Here's Jason Arday's death - and the media's role in it - trending on social media, again. And yet it's *nowhere* in the mainstream media today. It's "fallen" out of the news cycle in the same way that Russian scientists "fall" out of windows. 🔗
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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 15/08/2026
It’s official: the Nerd Reich podcast is getting banned from YouTube….the week of my book launch! Incredible timing, since I’ll be all over the media next week talking about tech fascism. They can delete my account. They can’t stop my work. Buy the book: www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Ne...
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Michael Hendricks 🇨🇦 @michaelhendricks.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
CIHR is an incredible Canadian institution and a truly excellent system, and I can't decide whether the attempted self-immolation 10 years ago or the ongoing slow starvation is sadder. But open programs are once again in a death spiral.
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Jim Woodgett @jwoodgett.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Due to my role at the Terry Fox Research Institute I no longer comment publically on CIHR but this largest funder of Canadian health research made an important statement today: cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/54795.html and I can’t just watch this beloved agency crash.
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What we heard: Strengthening the long-term sustainability of the Project Grant program - CIHR
The purpose of this phase of our engagement has not been to make or announce decisions. It has been to build a shared understanding of the pressures facing the system and to hear from applicants, reviewers and institutions on possible interventions and their implications.
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When shift hit the fanerozoic
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Fernando Blanco 🦋 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ @fernandoblancopsy.com · 01/08/2026
Joder, que parecemos nuevos. No todas las teorías de la conspiración son falsas. Hay ejemplos en la historia de conspiraciones reales. Si fuera tan fácil como decir "si parece una conspiración o si contradice datos oficiales, es falso", entonces no tendríamos el problemón que tenemos.
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Claudio Slamovits 🇦🇷🇨🇦🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @cslamo.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
#protistsky
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Glendon Mellow @flyingtrilobite.com · 11/04/2026
Welcome to the SciArt Feed! 🔸The intersection of art + science 🔸Medical illustration, paleoart, space art, bioart, wildlife art, +more — 🔹Message @flyingtrilobite.com to become a contributor 🔹Tag posts with #SciArt or 🐡 🔹Alt-text encouraged 🔹No AI 🧡Like & Pin: bsky.app/profile/did:...
SciArt Feed logo. Blue gradient background as if in ocean. “SCI” in bright orange, “ART” in Naples yellow. Colours match the puffer fish emoji, our mascot.
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Claudio Slamovits 🇦🇷🇨🇦🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @cslamo.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Lo mas sensato es que se dejaron ganar porque les daba vergüencita que se diga que fueron favorecidos. El argentino es modesto en exceso.
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FFS... who are these people
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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Read this article... Because if you do, the sudden erasure of ⁦‪Guy Fellicella's rebuttal to Marshall Smith might just make a whole lot more sense... #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli ricochet.media/media/dumpst...
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‘Dumpster fire’: Postmedia’s decade of pushing Canada’s politics to the right
Canada’s largest newspaper chain has amplified conservative grievance politics — creating fertile ground for MAGA-style ideas, Alberta separatism, and an increasingly polarized political landscape
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Stu Duncan @studuncan.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
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This is hilarious
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James McInerney @jomcinerney.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
in case you missed it: profmcinerney.substack.com/p/the-pangen... "The Pangenome Is Not A Parts List"
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The Pangenome Is Not a Parts List
The pangenome is the total genetic repertoire of a group of organisms. It is a property of populations, maintained by evolutionary processes.
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Robert Komaniecki @komaniecki.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
At this year's music Pedagogy into Practice conference at UBC, I attended a keynote address on the subject of integrating AI into music education, from José Antonio Bowen. It was the most disappointed I have ever been during a keynote talk. At times, it was stomach-churning. Thread:
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Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research @mpipz.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Looking for a #postdoc? 📣We are #hiring📣 Join the Wallner Group @mpipz.bsky.social to work on tissue patterning, polarity & body axes formation with the liverwort Marchantia polymorpha.🌿 Apply now! #plantsci 👉https://jobs.mpipz.mpg.de/jobposting/54b1ba6d403b8a106f2595c1ef1171f8d729bb720?ref=homepage
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Cedric Feschotte @cedricfeschotte.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
📣 POSTDOC position available in the Feschotte Lab at Cornell to work on #TRANSPOSONS! More details below. Pls send informal application or inquiry ASAP by DM or email to cf458_at_cornell.edu. Pls spread the word 🙏 #TEsky www.thefeschottelabatcornell.com
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The Feschotte Lab at Cornell
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Reese Richardson @reeserichardson.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
@johanduchene.bsky.social @sholtodavid.bsky.social Spent the last hour looking, found ten more apparently manipulated Western blots in Thermo Fisher's antibody verification data (across eight different catalogued products). Thread below. www.thermofisher.com/antibody/pro...
Apparent manipulation in the antibody verification data in Thermo Fisher's online catalog
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Alastair Simpson poking a new petalomonas at @protistologyopen.bsky.social #protistsonsky
A photo of senior protistologist A. Simpson pointing to a picture of a Petalomonas cell.
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Spanish Revolution @spanishrevolution.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
📚 Hubo un momento en España en el que avanzar era posible. En pocos años se construyeron miles de escuelas, se mejoraron las condiciones de las y los jornaleros y las mujeres dejaron de ser tratadas como menores. Feliz 14 de abril.
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Better Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Spaceflight is inherently interesting of course but they can't keep doing the same thing if they expect to grow viewership. There should be a betrayal arc. At a pivotal moment one of the astronauts should be revealed to be evil
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Best NASA scene ever!
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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 06/04/2026
over at the newsletter I wrote about how Tim Cook is an embarrassing coward
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Tim Cook Is An Embarrassing Coward
Tim Cook represents a soulless, rudderless, contrition unburdened by consistent ethics or any sort of overt mortal compass, desperate to delude you that fascism can be a reasonable partner open to me...
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The Onion @theonion.com · 09/02/2026
“Oh, what a crock-load of mierda—¿qué?—¿qué está pasando? ” said local 43-year-old Randy Hance
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Terrified Conservatives Lose Ability To Speak English After Exposure To Bad Bunny Performance (‘¡Dios Mío!’ Cry Millions Of Panicking Republicans)
BOISE, ID—Crying out “¡Dios mío!” and “¡Ayúdame!” as soon as they heard the opening notes of the Puerto Rican superstar’s “EoO,” millions of terrified conservatives reportedly lost the ability to spea...
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Paola A. Marignani @pmarignani.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
13% success rates at #CIHR, is a really 87% fail rate for>4000 scientists. At a time when 🇨🇦 is investing millions to recruit more scientist into a broken funding environment. 🇨🇦, U need a strong science foundation 2 attract success. #CIHR, fix your science foundation, it is eroding in real time
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🐟🐚🦪🦐🦀 Seeking candidates for a PhD/postdoc opportunity via IMPACT+ program in protistology+aquaculture in Halifax. For more info, contact me by Feb 5th or see: slamo.biochem.dal.ca/call-for-app... #aquaculture #microsky #marinelife #protistsonsky #microalgae #protists
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Call for Applications: PhD and Postdoctoral Scholarships – Slamovits Lab at Dalhousie University
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ProtheanTom 🇪🇺⌛ @protheantom.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
Se me ha ocurrido hoy hacer un site rápidamente de alternativas europeas a servicios digitales afincados en EEUU Bueno pues resulta que ya existe Hay que apoyar Europa european-alternatives.eu
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European Alternatives
We help you find European alternatives for digital service and products, like cloud services and SaaS products.
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Plato too woke for Texas
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
“What do we call it when a stronger person decides to rob a weaker person because he can? It is just gangsterism. We are the most dangerous gangsters in the world today. Not in the sense of being charming rogues or alluring antiheroes. We are the bad guys.”
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We Are the Bad Guys
The swaggering threat to global stability is us.
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Larry Neufeld @larryneufeldsk.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
Deploying and testing third-party technology products on citizens through mandatory processes that are neither transparent nor accountable also risks producing inequalities and further severing trust in public institutions, writes Matt Malone. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/12/31/o...
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Canada's dependency on professional services firms is scandalous
Among the federal government's expenditures, one category of the 2024-25 Public Accounts stands out in particular.
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🎄 Just published 🎉! Our ongoing genome sequencing of the basal dinoflagellate Oxyrrhis marina uncovered a new lineage of endogenized Polinton-like viruses, OmPLV. Notably, OmPLV encodes ... [cont] #VirEvol #MicroSky #Mevosky #SymbioSky #ProtistsOnSky
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Endogenized polinton-like viruses in the dinoflagellate Oxyrrhis marina uncover novel PolB fusion
Marine viruses are ubiquitous entities that impact the biology of a large fraction of prokaryotic and eukaryotic diversity. Dinoflagellates are heterotrophic, mixotrophic and photosynthetic eukaryotes...
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Neal Agarwal @neal.fun · 10/12/2025
Made a site comparing the sizes of living things :) The great Julius Csotonyi spent 5 months painting over 60 illustrations for the site, no ai used > neal.fun/size-of-life/
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What skill did you master that you will never, ever use again? My giant acrylamide sequencing gels were pretty good
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Working Class History @workingclasshistory.com · 06/12/2025
#OtD 6 Dec 1928 the banana massacre took place in Ciénaga, Colombia, when soldiers killed up to 2000 striking workers of the United Fruit Co., and their wives and children, who were fighting for one day off per week and pay in money rather than coupons stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1059...
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Mart Krupovic @mkrupovic.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
Check out our latest paper on mirusviruses, one of the most remarkable new groups of protist viruses - extremely diverse, carry lots of spliceosomal introns (including new homing introns) and are at the evolutionary crossroads between tailed phages and herpesviruses! www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Widespread and intron-rich mirusviruses are predicted to reproduce in nuclei of unicellular eukaryotes - Nature Microbiology
Environmental metagenomic explorations show that Mirusviricota lineages lack essential replication and transcription genes and contain spliceosomal introns, suggesting nuclear reproduction.
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Thijs J. G. Ettema 🦠🔬🇳🇱🇸🇪🇪🇺 @ettema.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
Come join us! Soon I will be advertising a postdoc vacancy in my group as part of my @erc.europa.eu AdG project 'DARK ROOTS'. Focus of the project will be on phylo- and metagenomic mining of novel prokaryotic lineages. I will soon post a link here - stay tuned, and please repost! #asgardarchaea
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a man walking in a field with an umbrella
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Quanta Magazine @quantamagazine.org · 25/11/2025
According to the microbial ecologist Puri López-García, pictured here at a salt flat in the Chilean Andes, some 25% to 50% of all bacterial cells may be parasites of other cells.
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A Cell So Minimal That It Challenges Definitions of Life | Quanta Magazine
The newly described microbe represents a world of parasitic, intercellular biodiversity only beginning to be revealed by genome sequencing.
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H. B. Beryl Rappaport @hbrappap.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
So happy to announce our new preprint, “A geothermal amoeba sets a new upper temperature limit for eukaryotes.” We cultured a novel amoeba from Lassen Volcanic NP (CA, USA) that divides at 63°C (145°F) 🔥 - a new record for euk growth! #protistsonsky 🧵
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Today in What Could Go Wrong with AI.
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Tanmay Bharat @tbharat-lab.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
An Asgard archaeon with internal membrane compartments Brilliant study led by @fmacleod.bsky.social and Andriko von Kügelgen. Tight collaboration with @buzzbaum.bsky.social and lab. Congrats to all authors! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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