Reposted by @ehehenberger.bsky.socialJournal of Eukaryotic Microbiology @jeukmicro.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Are you an ISOP member? Did you know one of your membership benefits is FREE publishing in the Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology? onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal... #protistsonsky 0104
Reposted by @ehehenberger.bsky.socialJavier del Campo @fonamental.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Coral bleaching looks like a reef-scale catastrophe. But it starts as a breakdown between single cells. Published in @microbiomej.bsky.social, led by @ambonacolta.bsky.social we watched it at that scale for the first time: the first single-cell transcriptomics of a bleaching coral 🪸 #CoralReefs 23412
ehehenberger.bsky.social @ehehenberger.bsky.social · 21/07/2026And here is the updated discord link: discord.gg/wgcxYUPzVdiscord.ggJoin the DinoSphere Discord Server!Check out the DinoSphere community on Discord – hang out with 20 other members and enjoy free voice and text chat. 010
ehehenberger.bsky.social @ehehenberger.bsky.social · 20/07/2026Hi Aleksandr, on the website under contact (sites.google.com/view/dinosph...) you can find the form to join the mailing list (or give a seminar :) ) We will update the Discord invite asap, thanks for letting us know!sites.google.comDinoSphere - ContactCONTACT 110
ehehenberger.bsky.social @ehehenberger.bsky.social · 15/07/2026Plastid endosymbiosis without gene transfer - dinoflagellates can do it #ProtistsOnSky #Kareniaceae #plastidsacademic.oup.comRecent plastid replacement in Karlodinium ballantinum (Kareniaceae, Dinoflagellata) challenges the paradigms of endosymbiotic gene transferAbstract. Plastids, the photosynthetic organelles of eukaryotes, arose via endosymbiosis of cyanobacteria by a eukaryotic host and were subsequently spread 02712
ehehenberger.bsky.social @ehehenberger.bsky.social · 15/07/2026the test post popped up now in the feed but only when I search for the feed in the search bar and click the latest tab. seems to be the way to go now... 010
ehehenberger.bsky.social @ehehenberger.bsky.social · 15/07/2026Very excited to dive into the diversity of FRESHWATER perkinsids of the Masurian Lakeland together with Anna Karnkwoska - supported by a joint grant from the Polish and Czech grant agencies NCN & GAČR! #perkinsids #freshwater #protistsonsky 0242
ehehenberger.bsky.social @ehehenberger.bsky.social · 15/07/2026that's my problem for a while and I'm trying to figure out why 100
ehehenberger.bsky.social @ehehenberger.bsky.social · 14/07/2026This was the last seminar before summer break - come back in September for more dinoflagellate goodness! The date and time will be shared via email list, discord and on the website (where you can sign up to be on the email list/discord): sites.google.com/view/dinosph... #protistsonskysites.google.comDinoSphereWelcome 151
ehehenberger.bsky.social @ehehenberger.bsky.social · 18/06/2026Sweet and fatty symbionts: Photosynthetic productivity and carbon storage boosted in microalgae within a host | PNAS www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... #protistsonskypnas.orgPNASProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans... 0156
ehehenberger.bsky.social @ehehenberger.bsky.social · 18/06/2026Nice to meet you, Holdonia! #protistsonsky 060
Reposted by @ehehenberger.bsky.socialManon Demulder @manondemulder.bsky.social · 17/06/2026It's happening tomorrow! Zoom link via: tinyurl.com/43uckr2w We look forward to seeing you theretinyurl.comDinoSphere - Online talksVideo credits: Liz Cooney 064
Reposted by @ehehenberger.bsky.socialMiguel Méndez Sandín @sandinmm.eurosky.social · 29/05/2026The first paper from #theLifeOfRetaria is out! doi.org/10.1002/bies... This was a very fun and enriching process, as it has been the last 2 years of our Seminar Series 🤩 #protistsonsky 0269
Reposted by @ehehenberger.bsky.socialISEP @isepprotists.bsky.social · 01/06/2026New #ISEPpapers #preprint! A billion-year-old bacterial machinery replicates plastid DNA and supports kleptoplastidy www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... #Protists #Algae #Microbes #Bacteria #Evolution #Symbiosis #Plastids 1184
Reposted by @ehehenberger.bsky.socialLeigh Anne Riedman @fossils.bsky.social · 20/05/2026Excited to say that my new paper with @maxlechte.bsky.social (and others not on bluesky) has come out in @nature.com! Study of sediments, geochemistry and fossils from rocks 1.75 to 1.4 billion years old indicate that the oldest known #eukaryotes were aerobic and benthic! #protists rdcu.be/fjNgLrdcu.beEarly fossil eukaryotes were benthic aerobesNature - Integrated palaeontological, sedimentological and geochemical analyses of ancient rocks from Australia show that early eukaryotes were largely restricted to oxygenated benthic habitats,... 410243
Reposted by @ehehenberger.bsky.socialManon Demulder @manondemulder.bsky.social · 21/05/2026Our next DinoSphere seminar will be June 18th at 9 AM PDT / 6 PM CEST hosting Jana Pilátová and @gracezhong.bsky.social 🪱 Grace Zhong: Symbiont mobility in a dinoflagellate–acoel worm symbiosis 🪩 Jana Pilátová: Eyespots as photonic mirrors in Symbiodiniaceae More details on tinyurl.com/43uckr2w! 02610
Reposted by @ehehenberger.bsky.socialKenneth Dumack @dumack.bsky.social · 16/05/2026Five days left to apply! 🌊 Exciting #PhDPosition in #PlanktonEcology at the University of Koblenz, Germany! Work on #marine #protists with a mix of 🔬 wet lab and 💻 bioinformatics in a 3-year, 60% position. 📅 Apply by 20 May 2026 Please repost/share 🙌 Link: tinyurl.com/yu27knau #ProtistsOnSky 11011
Reposted by @ehehenberger.bsky.socialFabien Burki @fburki.bsky.social · 15/05/2026www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... #protistsonskyscience.orgProtist-dominated hard substrate faunas thrive at the deepest ocean depthsDeep-sea hard substrates host faunal novelties and distinct evolutionary lineages. However, sessile organisms on rocks are difficult to sample and largely unknown at extreme hadal depths. Here, we rep... 0229
ehehenberger.bsky.social @ehehenberger.bsky.social · 13/05/2026The first group picture of (almost) the whole lab! Not so wisely taken the day after the Protistology Open 2026 Conference Dinner, but I think we still look pretty sharp :) #protistsonsky 0170
Reposted by @ehehenberger.bsky.socialOded Rechavi @odedrechavi.bsky.social · 05/05/2026Important announcement!!! 💫 Would you have a tooth pulled if it helped your chances to get an important grant funded? Absurd question, but the funding situation is so bad, that I bet some of you actually considered it for a second… keep your teeth! we created something that might help! 👇 (1/16) 57031
Reposted by @ehehenberger.bsky.socialGordon and Betty Moore Foundation @moorefound.bsky.social · 01/05/2026#RequestForProposals We’re inviting teams of two researchers to pursue projects advancing #AquaticSymbiosis (marine + freshwater). Areas of interest include how aquatic environments influence symbiosis, evolutionary ecology & new methods/tech. Details + how to apply: moore.org/SymbiosisRFPmoore.orgNew funding opportunity: Advancing aquatic symbiosis researchThe Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation announces a new request for proposals aimed at advancing understanding of symbiosis in marine and freshwater environments.… 2128
Reposted by @ehehenberger.bsky.socialMegan Sorensen @messorensen.bsky.social · 30/04/2026Interested in working on the evolution of photosynthetic endosymbioses? Come join us! I have 2 open positions in my new group @cemess.bsky.social in Vienna 3yr postdoc info: tinyurl.com/4emkjpn4 4yr PhD info: tinyurl.com/mtxmsjpy Apply by 1st June! Please share/repost #Protists #Symbiosis #PhD 27580
ehehenberger.bsky.social @ehehenberger.bsky.social · 16/04/2026I know late to the party and all but very excited to see this: support for the hypothesis that increased prey specificity correlates with more tightly integrated kleptoplasts – from @mixotrophe.bsky.social lab (wrong image associated with link) #protistsonsky onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....onlinelibrary.wiley.comIncreased prey choice is associated with higher kleptoplastidic reliance in Mesodinium ciliatesKleptoplastidic organisms display varying levels of reliance on stolen plastids, with some lineages evolving complex strategies for plastid (and other organelle) integration into metabolism. More com... 1174
ehehenberger.bsky.social @ehehenberger.bsky.social · 15/04/2026Please join us tomorrow morning (9 AM CEST) to hear about Rocío Mozo Muñoz's work on the phylogenomics of Symbiodiniaceae (from the lab of @fonamental.bsky.social) #protistsonsky 0134
Reposted by @ehehenberger.bsky.socialLiz Cooney @protistwtmostest.bsky.social · 13/04/2026Tune in this week to the DinoSphere seminar to hear Rocío Mozo Muñoz (IBE-UPF-CSIC) talk about her work in phylogenomics of Symbiodiniaceae! 📆 16 April - 9AM CEST 🔗 tinyurl.com/5fje3s55 @ehehenberger.bsky.social @manondemulder.bsky.social @chandnibhickta.bsky.social Norico Yamada, Edmée Royentinyurl.comDinoSphere - Online talksVideo credits: Liz Cooney 097
Reposted by @ehehenberger.bsky.socialEvgenii Protasov @evgenii-protasov.bsky.social · 22/03/2026Aerobic sister lineage of breviates has gene-rich mitochondrial genomes #microbiology #eukaryotes #mitochondria #protists #MicroSky #ProtistsOnSky @cellpress.bsky.social www.cell.com/current-biol...cell.comAerobic sister lineage of breviates has gene-rich mitochondrial genomesCho et al. describe a novel, aerobic sister lineage of Breviatea using flow cytometric single-cell sorting and genome amplification. The new lineage harbors gene-rich mitochondrial genomes, unlike Bre... 1128
ehehenberger.bsky.social @ehehenberger.bsky.social · 12/11/2025Extremely cool PhD position alert! Plus a great supervisor! 010
ehehenberger.bsky.social @ehehenberger.bsky.social · 29/10/2025Please join us next week for the second iteration of the DinoSphere Seminars! This time our two speakers will talk about host-associated dinoflagellates and any challenges they might have encountered when working with them. All current and future friends of dinoflagellates welcome! #ProtistsOnSky 0127
Reposted by @ehehenberger.bsky.socialOmaya Dudin 𓂆 ¦🍉¦🦠¦🔬¦ @dudinlab.bsky.social · 09/10/2025#Expansion #Microscopy #Atlas of #Microbial #Eukaryotes is getting up to speed. We will be at full speed soon, but we are lucky to have a welcoming #protistology #community. Thx 🙏 to @Marine @fmikus.bsky.social @Julius & @Galina ⏭️Stop: @ccapoban.bsky.social #ExpandThemAll #ExAME #ProtistsOnSky 0173
Reposted by @ehehenberger.bsky.socialJavier del Campo @fonamental.bsky.social · 22/07/2025Characterizing organisms from three domains of life with universal primers from throughout the global ocean www.nature.com/articles/s41... 0119
Reposted by @ehehenberger.bsky.socialGaspar Jekely @jekely.biologists.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/07/2025Happy to be involved in UNICIL, our new Wellcome Trust Discovery project coordinated by @micromotility.bsky.social We will study ciliary dynamics across scales and organisms. A long-term #postdoc position will be available at Heidelberg University […] [Original post on biologists.social] 12011
Reposted by @ehehenberger.bsky.socialJoey Bernhardt @joeybernhardt.bsky.social · 08/07/2025 ✨ The Bernhardt Lab at the University of Guelph is recruiting graduate students for 2026! Join us! We have several fully funded grad positions available ✨ Please spread the word! www.bernhardtlab.org/join-us #CSEE2025 1104100
Reposted by @ehehenberger.bsky.socialDr. Jen Gunter @drjengunter.bsky.social · 07/07/2025It's shameful that we are so behind with endometriosis, but a landmark $50 million donation offers new hope. vajenda.substack.com/p/decades-be...vajenda.substack.comDecades Behind: The Shameful Neglect of Endometriosis ResearchA Landmark $50 Million Donation Offers New Hope for One of Medicine's Most Overlooked Conditions 1243874
Reposted by @ehehenberger.bsky.socialLaura Eme @lauraeme.bsky.social · 22/06/2025Excited 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 418274
Reposted by @ehehenberger.bsky.socialJulia Van Etten @couchmicroscopy.bsky.social · 20/06/2025We have a new paper out today in Trends in Microbiology led by @bhattacharyalab.bsky.social, also ft. me, Tims Stephens and McDermott, and Gabby Panayotakis. Based on NASA + JGI-funded work on Cyanidiophyceae and other Yellowstone microbes. nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com 173
Reposted by @ehehenberger.bsky.socialDer Volksverpetzer @volksverpetzer.de · 20/06/2025Die AfD ist gesichert rechtsextrem. Medien dürfen sie deshalb nicht wie eine normale Partei behandeln. 14 konkrete Tipps, wie das geht. www.volksverpetzer.de/aktuelles/14...volksverpetzer.de14 Tipps für Medien beim Berichten über die rechtsextreme AfDDie AfD ist gesichert rechtsextrem. Medien dürfen sie deshalb nicht wie eine normale Partei behandeln. 14 konkrete Tipps, wie das geht. 6773216
Reposted by @ehehenberger.bsky.socialJürgen Strassert @strassert.bsky.social · 13/06/2025Happy to have contributed to this great article: #Protist genomics: key to understanding eukaryotic evolution. Congrats Alexandra Schoenle et al. #ProtistsOnSky authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S... 38942
Reposted by @ehehenberger.bsky.socialOmaya Dudin 𓂆 ¦🍉¦🦠¦🔬¦ @dudinlab.bsky.social · 10/06/202590% of you probably don’t need to read this. But maybe some of you are curious & 10% will feel seen. Or a little less alone. This isn’t about seeking sympathy. It’s about sharing something hard to say out loud; partly to heal, partly in case someone needs to hear it too. (1/3) tinyurl.com/DudinOcell.comOmaya DudinInterview with Omaya Dudin, who uses Ichthyosporea as models to study how and why unicellular organisms evolved multicellularity at the University of Geneva. 1015658
Reposted by @ehehenberger.bsky.socialOmaya Dudin 𓂆 ¦🍉¦🦠¦🔬¦ @dudinlab.bsky.social · 03/06/2025Share with your network, group members, colleagues & friends. We are extending the deadline till the 10th of June. This is your last chance of joining us this summer. #Science #ProtistsOnSky #Cell #Biology #Microscopy 01916
ehehenberger.bsky.social @ehehenberger.bsky.social · 04/06/2025What started during the #EMBLtrec Plankton Retreat last fall, is now out in the wild. Please join us for the first iteration of the DinoSphere Online Seminar Series and share with potentially interested colleges. 031
Reposted by @ehehenberger.bsky.socialRafal Mostowy @rafalmostowy.bsky.social · 20/05/2025I'm looking for a postdoc in computational evolutionary phage genomics, with the goal to better understand how protein innovation arises in viruses, at @jagiellonskiuni.bsky.social in Krakow (Poland). Drop me a line if it sounds cool! Deadline: 20.06. Link here: mcb.uj.edu.pl/documents/15... 22324
Reposted by @ehehenberger.bsky.socialMicah Dunthorn @micahdunthorn.bsky.social · 20/05/2025A competitive 3-year postdoc has opened at the Natural History Museum Oslo. Message me if you are interested in developing a project aimed as using digital PCR methods to evaluate apicomplexans in Norwegian migratory birds and tropical arthropods #protist #parasite #ProtistsOnSkyjobbnorge.noPostdoctoral Fellow: Self-Developed Project (280531) | University of OsloJob title: Postdoctoral Fellow: Self-Developed Project (280531), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Monday, June 23, 2025 086
ehehenberger.bsky.social @ehehenberger.bsky.social · 20/05/2025Supercool - I was looking forward to this since you mentioned the M8 at your talk at the St. Feliu meeting! And great video :) 120
Reposted by @ehehenberger.bsky.socialIñaki Ruiz-Trillo @multicellgenome.bsky.social · 20/05/2025😻 HUGE NEWS! One of the "Magnificent 8" – key missing lineages for understanding animal origins – is ALIVE in our lab! Watch the video! Massive thanks to @luisjagago.bsky.social (isolation wizard!) & @beaplab.bsky.social @ibe-barcelona.bsky.social @prbb.org @csic.es @erc.europa.eu #protistsonSky 75713
Reposted by @ehehenberger.bsky.socialEuropean Research Council (ERC) @erc.europa.eu · 05/05/2025The ERC welcomes the offer of substantial additional budget from @ec.europa.eu for the development of a new ERC funding instrument offering larger, longer-term grants, as announced by President Ursula Von der Leyen at the Sorbonne this morning. 👉 europa.eu/!NTYTTVeuropa.euChoose Europe for Science: ERC welcomes new budget for 'super grants'The Scientific Council of the European Research Council welcomes the offer of substantial additional budget from the European Commission for the development of a new ERC funding instrument offering la... 6291101
Reposted by @ehehenberger.bsky.socialNicole Coots @nicolecoots.bsky.social · 28/04/2025Algal symbiont diversity and host fitness variation in the amoebozoan photosymbiosis 🦠 by Yamagishi et al. @jeukmicro.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....onlinelibrary.wiley.comAlgal Symbiont Diversity and Host Fitness Variation in Amoebozoan PhotosymbiosisPhotosymbioses, the symbiotic relationships between microalgae and non-photosynthetic eukaryotes, are sporadically found in many eukaryotic lineages. Only a few taxa, such as cnidarians and ciliates .... 02312
Reposted by @ehehenberger.bsky.socialAnthony M. Bonacolta @ambonacolta.bsky.social · 28/04/2025🚨🧵 Out now in ISMEJ (@ismepublications.bsky.social)! We find abundant corallicolid sequences within bearded fireworms (𝘏𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘰𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘢) across reefs and years in Curaçao 🇨🇼! 🪱🪸 This is the first report of corallicolids inside a non-anthozoan host! #ProtistsOnSky #MicroSky #SymbioSky #Coralsacademic.oup.comFireworms are a reservoir and potential vector for coral-infecting apicomplexansAbstract. Corals (Cnidaria; Anthozoa) play critical roles as habitat-forming species with a wide range, from warm shallow-water tropical coral reefs to col 13112
Reposted by @ehehenberger.bsky.socialRicardo Henriques @henriqueslab.bsky.social · 25/04/2025🚨🔬💗Whether investigating cell organelles or mapping proteins, together with Victor Puelles's lab we lay a roadmap for selecting optimal #ExM and #SuperResolution #microscopy combinations. Daria Aristova and Dominik Kylies review with amazing co-authors pubs.aip.org/aip/apr/arti... 09243
