Reposted by Luciana SantoferraraJL Weissman @jlw-ecoevo.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Two weeks left to apply for these postoc positions! We seek two postdocs interested in 1) building trait prediction models capable of resolving complex microbial traits from genomes and metagenomes, and/or (2) building mathematical models of microbial community dynamics in the human microbiome. 0514
Luciana Santoferrara @lusantof.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Only 5 more days to submit abstracts! #ASLO2027 #deoxygenation and its links to #bacteria, #archaea & #protists 031
Luciana Santoferrara @lusantof.bsky.social · 07/08/2026@micrott.bsky.social and I are co-chairing SS42 — Aquatic Deoxygenation and Microbes Across Domains of Life at #ASLO2027! 🌊🔬Abstract submissions are open. We welcome work on aquatic #deoxygenation and its links to #bacteria, #archaea & #protists. 📅 Deadline: Sept. 15 🔗 aslo.org/san-juan-2027/ 185
Luciana Santoferrara @lusantof.bsky.social · 29/06/2026Proud to be part of this editorial team! #SMBE2026 Why publishing with GBE? See in the comments... 192
Luciana Santoferrara @lusantof.bsky.social · 27/03/2026Our new article on #protist global distributions combining the #Mixoplankton and #metaPR2 databases with newly revised functional annotations. rdcu.be/fanlx 0148
Luciana Santoferrara @lusantof.bsky.social · 23/02/2026Great compilation on the pioneers of tintinnid research by @tintinnman.bsky.social #protistsonsky 090
Reposted by Luciana SantoferraraJohn Dolan @tintinnman.bsky.social · 23/02/2026250 years ago studies of tintinnid ciliates began. Here are the guys who started it...New artcle about the pioneers is out in open access: ejournals.eu/en/journal/a... 062
Luciana Santoferrara @lusantof.bsky.social · 20/02/2026My team's latest publication 🔬 🧬🧬 🖥️ @isme-microbes.bsky.social #protistsonsky Summer warming and deoxygenation shape estuarine microbial plankton across domains of life academic.oup.com/ismecommun/a...academic.oup.comSummer warming and deoxygenation shape estuarine microbial plankton across domains of lifeAbstract. Microbial plankton have complex relationships with interacting coastal changes, including warming, eutrophication, and deoxygenation. At intra-an 083
Reposted by Luciana SantoferraraMaximilian Ganser @mhganser.bsky.social · 27/12/2025Finally, we’ve solved a long-standing mystery: what tintinnid shells are actually made of: A new class of biomaterial formed by remarkable structural proteins unique to tintinnids. A major milestone after 3 years of work! Read about it in our preprint: doi.org/10.64898/202... #ProtistsOnSky 49735
Luciana Santoferrara @lusantof.bsky.social · 12/12/2025Tenure-Track Faculty Position in Microbiology Come and join great students and colleagues at Hofstra Biology. Please apply using the link below and/or spread the word! hofstra.peopleadmin.com/postings/6542 11625
Reposted by Luciana SantoferraraMiguel Méndez Sandín @sandinmm.eurosky.social · 07/11/2025Built from and for ecologists, molecular biologists, and bioinformaticians working with high-throughput or environmental sequencing data, this tool will ease the tedious work of designing specific oligonucleotides at all different users expertise. 061
Reposted by Luciana SantoferraraDaniel Vaulot @daniel-vaulot.bsky.social · 28/10/2025New version of PR2 that now includes the eKOI coi database recently published. 023
Reposted by Luciana SantoferraraThe PR2 database @pr2-database.bsky.social · 28/10/2025Version 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 annotationsdoi.orgA novel taxonomic database for eukaryotic mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase subunit I gene (eKOI), with a focus on protists diversityAbstract. Metabarcoding has emerged as a robust method for assessing biodiversity patterns by retrieving environmental DNA directly from ecosystems. While 186
Luciana Santoferrara @lusantof.bsky.social · 14/10/2025We have a Tenure-Track Assistant Professor position in Microbiology available! Come and join great students and colleagues at Hofstra Biology. Please apply using the link below and/or spread the word! hofstra.peopleadmin.com/postings/6542hofstra.peopleadmin.comAssistant Professor of Microbiology 01131
Reposted by Luciana SantoferraraPierre Ramond @pierreramond.bsky.social · 03/09/2025Hello there 🦋 Happy to share our piece "Towards a trait-based framework for protist ecology and evolution" in @cp-trendsmicrobiol.bsky.social Let's build a unified trait 📏 database to unlock transformative insights into protist 🔬 ecology 🌍 and evolution ⏳ ▶️ doi.org/10.1016/j.ti... #protistsonsky 43812
Reposted by Luciana SantoferraraThe PR2 database @pr2-database.bsky.social · 03/04/2025Announcing the new release of the PR2 database, version 5.1. pr2-database.org/post/news/20... Very big thanks to all the contributors: @fonamental.bsky.social @ambonacolta.bsky.social @krabberod.bsky.social and more... A few highlights: 12519
Reposted by Luciana SantoferraraKenneth Dumack @dumack.bsky.social · 27/03/2025I'm starting my research group in Koblenz on April 1st (no April Fools' joke!) and will soon advertise two postdoc positions in #protist #ecology and/or #genomics. If you're a (soon-to-be?) postdoc-level #protistologist looking for a job, get in touch! One position on wastewater, the other flexible! 2158
Reposted by Luciana Santoferraraehehenberger.bsky.social @ehehenberger.bsky.social · 12/03/2025PhD 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 04041
Luciana Santoferrara @lusantof.bsky.social · 27/01/2025@futurepislack.bsky.social @minoritypostdoc.bsky.social @sacnasatsalk.bsky.social @blackinmicro.bsky.social @sd-iracda.bsky.social @diversifymicro.bsky.social 012
Luciana Santoferrara @lusantof.bsky.social · 27/01/2025‼️TT Assistant Professor in Microbiology position‼️ We are looking for a new colleague at Hofstra Biology. Please apply or spread the word! hofstra.peopleadmin.com/postings/5041hofstra.peopleadmin.comAssistant Professor of Microbiology 036
Reposted by Luciana SantoferraraMicah Dunthorn @micahdunthorn.bsky.social · 23/01/2025Registration is now open for the ForBio/UiO course “Bioinformatics for environmental DNA sequencing” @biovitenskap.bsky.social @drhyfe.bsky.social @krabberod.bsky.social @ramalok.bsky.social www.forbio.uio.no/events/cours...forbio.uio.noForBio and UiO/IBV course: Bioinformatics for environmental DNA sequencing - ForBioRead this story on the University of Oslo's website. 01615
Reposted by Luciana SantoferraraAdriana Lopes @lopessantosadriana.bsky.social · 14/01/2025Call for postdocs proposals on Plankton Image at University of Oslo by Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions fellowships! Great international team involved! Get it touch! 📨 @biovitenskap.bsky.social www.uio.no/dscience/eng...uio.noONEPlankton - interconnecting methods for high-throughput phytoplankton diversity and abundance - dScience – Centre for Computational and Data ScienceRead this story on the University of Oslo's website. 02117
Reposted by Luciana SantoferraraMónica Medina @momedinamunoz.bsky.social · 01/01/2025To start the year I share this beautiful climate change song by Ludovico Einaudi. Art has a way to pierce reality through your heart like no science paper can, while being healing at the same time! Music for Earth’s hope! youtu.be/2DLnhdnSUVs?...youtu.beLudovico Einaudi - "Elegy for the Arctic" - Official Live (Greenpeace)YouTube video by Ludovico Einaudi 45519
Luciana Santoferrara @lusantof.bsky.social · 02/12/2024Our new paper: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #protistsonsky Here there is a download link if the previous one doesn't work: authors.elsevier.com/a/1kC9d3m3nN...sciencedirect.comPhylogenomic workflow for uncultivable microbial eukaryotes using single-cell RNA sequencing − A case study with planktonic ciliates (Ciliophora, Oligotrichea)Phylogenetic analyses increasingly rely on genomic and transcriptomic data to produce better supported inferences on the evolutionary relationships am… 02316
Reposted by Luciana SantoferraraAnthony M. Bonacolta @ambonacolta.bsky.social · 29/11/2024Check out the revived ISOP newsletter! #ProtistsOnSkyprotistologists.orgNewsletter November 2024 - International Society of Protistologists 1116
Luciana Santoferrara @lusantof.bsky.social · 01/11/2024Do you like aquatic microbes and computational work? Join my team as a Postdoctoral Researcher! Apply here: hofstra.peopleadmin.com/postings/4504 01218
Luciana Santoferrara @lusantof.bsky.social · 13/09/2024New job alert: join my team as a Postdoctoral Researcher! Join our #NSFfunded research on microbial communities (prokaryotes and protists) in a seasonally hypoxic estuary. Feel free to DM or email me with questions and/or please spread the word! hofstra.peopleadmin.com/postings/4504hofstra.peopleadmin.comPostdoctoral Fellow 036