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Iñaki Ruiz-Trillo @multicellgenome.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

We have a new branch in the family tree of animals: Atreyea- a previously unrecognized lineage among the closest unicell relatives of animals. Led by @konsmitsi.bsky.social & @freejakoba.bsky.social together with a fantastic team of collaborators. 🔗 papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... #protistsOnSky

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Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology @mpimarinemicrobio.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

🎉 Congratulations @bruzos.bsky.social on receiving an #ERCStartingGrant! Her project #Bivalve2Bivalve explores how host immunity, microbiome & environment determine whether transmissible cancers can survive and spread between cockles. www.mpi-bremen.de/en/ERC-Start...

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Nature Plants @natplants.nature.com · 24/08/2026

New OA Article: "Endophytic Flavobacterium promotes root hair development and enhances drought tolerance via an ERF–CEP5 hormonal regulatory module" rdcu.be/fBLDA Role of plant–microorganism interactions for improving crop resilience under water limitation. #PlantScience

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Nancy Moran @nancy-moran.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Insights into the role of a genotoxin in nature, through the lens of a honeybee gut. Colibactin stabilizes a symbiont community and keeps out invaders... Congratulations to Yulin Song and other authors! rdcu.be/fBIeq or (subscription) www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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The Sainsbury Laboratory @thesainsburylab.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

We are excited to announce that @berasymbionts.bsky.social's group is fully operational at TSL, with their beetles now happy in the insectary! Aileen's research program focuses on the three-way molecular dialogue between fungi, insects and plants 🍄‍🟫🪲🌱 Full video here: buff.ly/PEk4PAJ

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Nicole Dubilier @nicoledubilier.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Hiding in plain sight: Animals eat the natural bioplastic PHA We discovered that many animals can break down PHA. And many of these enzymes had been sitting unnoticed in genome databases. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Animal degradation of microbial storage polyhydroxyalkanoates - Nature Ecology & Evolution

This study shows that the degradation of microbial storage polyhydroxyalkanoates is not just restricted to microorganisms by finding that some animals also have the enzymes required to break down thes...

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Miguel Méndez Sandín @sandinmm.eurosky.social · 17/07/2026

Apparently the "boring billion" was actually exciting! We provide molecular evidence of complex Mesoproterozoic eukaryotic communities. So happy to see this out 🥳 Thanks to @phoebefossil.bsky.social , Hélène Morlon & @fburki.bsky.social for a lovely collab! doi.org/10.1073/pnas...

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Alejandro Manzano Marín @amanzanom.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Very happy to that our large-scale collaborative weave project (w/ @annamichalik.bsky.social & @sympiotr.bsky.social ) "Plant pathogens in #insect #microbiome [...]" has been approved! @fwf-at.bsky.social @ncn.gov.pl @univie.ac.at @jagiellonskiuni.bsky.social @dome-vienna.bsky.social 1/6 👇🏽

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IHSM La Mayora UMA-CSIC @ihsmumacsic.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

🎓 Nuestro doctorando Antonio Arroyo defiende el 17 de julio su tesis titulada "Molecular determinants of adaptation and infection of Pseudomonas savastanoi in woody hosts" Dirección: Cayo Ramos y Luis Rodríguez. 🕤10:00h 📍Salón de Grados de la Facultad de Ciencias

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Nancy Moran @nancy-moran.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

A step forward in discovering Buchnera's key to the aphid's heart, published today! Thanks to Jerry Maeda and other authors--a great team -- and to the helpful reviewers #SymbioSky doi: doi.org/10.1038/s415...

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A secreted endosymbiont protein essential for colonizing host cells - Nature

SyeA was present in the Buchnera ancestor, is secreted into the host cytoplasm, is homologous to secreted effectors of bacterial pathogens and is essential for Buchnera transmission.

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IHSM La Mayora UMA-CSIC @ihsmumacsic.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

👩‍🔬 Our researchers (López-Pagán, Rufián, Ruiz-Albert, Beuzon) and collaborators (Luneau, van Vliet, Aussel, Sanchez-Romero) win one of the Josep Casadesús Awards by @MicroMolSEM for their study on P. syringae and plant infection. Congrats! 👏 rdcu.be/egczU

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IHSM La Mayora UMA-CSIC @ihsmumacsic.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

🙌El IHSM La Mayora celebra la concesión de una ayuda PTA (Personal Técnico de Apoyo) a Jesús Hierrezuelo financiada por la @ageinves.bsky.social Esta actuación contribuye a reforzar las capacidades analíticas y científico-técnicas del centro, fortaleciendo el apoyo a la investigación ¡Enhorabuena!

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CSIC Andalucía @csicandalucia.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

El IHSM La Mayora (UMA-CSIC) es reconocido como Unidad de Excelencia de Investigación por la Junta de Andalucía La cuantía de dicha subvención roza el millón y medio de euros (1.492.650 euros) tras obtener la puntuación más alta de toda la convocatoria www.ihsm.uma-csic.es/comunicacion...

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IHSM La Mayora UMA-CSIC @ihsmumacsic.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

👩‍🔬 Our researchers David Vela and María Urrutia obtained a Ramón y Cajal grant ✨ Congratulations!✨ #RyC #AyudasRamónyCajal

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IHSM La Mayora UMA-CSIC @ihsmumacsic.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

👩‍🔬 Nuestros investigadores David Vela y María Urrutia han sido seleccionados para las ayudas Ramón y Cajal, del Programa Estatal de Formación, Atracción y Retención del Talento Investigador e Innovador de la convocatoria 2025 ✨ ¡Enhorabuena! ✨ #RyC #AyudasRamónyCajal

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PLOS Biology @plosbiology.org · 21/05/2026

Host-associated microbiomes are stable across most of the lifespan, but what drives late-life deterioration remains unclear. @dvalenzano.bsky.social &co propose interventions that restore #immune surveillance capacity alongside ecologically informed #microbiome management. 🧪 #aging

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Immune surveillance and microbial escape in the aging host: Why does the microbiome lose its balance?

Host-associated microbiomes are stable across most of the lifespan, but what drives late-life deterioration remains unclear. This Unsolved Mystery proposes interventions that restore immune…

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Alejandro Manzano Marín @amanzanom.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

New work out! #Coevolution and synchronized evolutionary rates in #aphid dual #endosymbiot sytems w/ Jess, Emmanuelle, Armelle, & co. doi.org/10.64898/202... @cbgpmontpellier.bsky.social @inrae-france.bsky.social @cemess.bsky.social @dome-vienna.bsky.social @univie.ac.at #SymbioSky #MicroSky

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Carlos M Herrera @cmhmaliani.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

No todo van a ser malas noticias. Una de las pocas alegrías abejeras de la temporada ha sido comprobar que Andrena ranunculi sigue en los sitios de siempre, fiel a los ranúnculos (Ranunculus bulbosus en este caso) que le dan nombre y con una abundancia parecida a la de siempre.

Abeja alargada de color negro, con finas franjas blancas en el abdomen, recogiendo polen de una flor de amarilla de ranúnculo

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Megan Sorensen @messorensen.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Interested 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

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IHSM La Mayora UMA-CSIC @ihsmumacsic.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

🎓 Hoy nuestro doctorando Jesús Leal leyó su tesis titulada "Deciphering the biological functions of the fungal volatile compounds-responsive proteins RALF22 and CLPC2", bajo la dirección de los investigadores Javier Pozueta y Rafa Morcillo. ✨️ ¡Enhorabuena, Jesús! ✨️

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PLOS Biology @plosbiology.org · 24/04/2026

Development in the sea is tough and can end in starvation. @tylerjcarrier.bsky.social @utehentschel.bsky.social &co show that #SeaUrchin eggs contain a #plastid -derived structure whose light-dependent activity influences metabolism, #development & survival @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/4mOAxZh

Top: Micrographs of unfertilized eggs from the sea urchin Arbacia lixula without (top panels) and with (bottom panels) cytoplasmic autofluorescent particles. These particles were most consistent for the presence of carotenoids, as shown using (left) transmitted light and (right) fluorescence at an excitation of 561 nm. The light micrograph is a single optical slice, while the florescence micrograph is a maximum projection Z-stack. Bottom: These autofluorescent structures correspond with large crystals (CC) observed in transmission electron micrographs. Mitochondria (Mt) and yolk platelets (YP) are also noted. The combined fluorescence signature and cellular structure implies that these crystal structures are chromoplast-derived carotenoid crystals.

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CSIC Andalucía @csicandalucia.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

El @iascsic.bsky.social ha identificado plantas asociadas a una elevada actividad de reinas del Vespa orientalis -avispón oriental- en Córdoba, lo que ha permitido activar de forma inmediata actuaciones de control en una fase clave de su ciclo biológico delegacion.andalucia.csic.es/el-ias-csic-...

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ISME - International Society for Microbial Ecology @isme-microbes.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

The ISME Early Career Scientist Committee is glad to spotlight @alainar0se.bsky.social , Postdoctoral researcher at @bigelowlab.bsky.social , and her paper, “Single-particle genomics uncovers abundant non-canonical marine viruses from nanolitre volumes.” doi.org/10.1038/s415... (1/2)

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Valéria Marques @anguisvaleris.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Something big happened on March 27th: I defended my PhD and had so much fun doing it 🎓🎉

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Irene Newton @chicascientifica.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Extremely proud of my student Will Hamilton and the work we've done to characterize Wolbachia ankyrin repeat proteins. TLDR: they do interact with specific Drosophila proteins! journals.asm.org/eprint/KXVNI...

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Wolbachia uses ankyrin repeats to target specific fly proteins | mBio

Molecular interactions drive co-evolutionary arms races between hosts and pathogens. These interactions shape the structure and function of both host and parasite proteins, enabling immunity or virule...

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Derrick Kamp @kampamycin.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

I've been working to visualize the biogeography of the aphid's intracellular symbiont within whole insects. The pink bacteria live in the host's specialized bacteriocytes and embryos. Really excited about where this work is going! #FluorescenceFriday

A large green aphid fills the whole screen. Magenta splotches of the symbiont Buchnera are in the posterior end of the aphid

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IHSM La Mayora UMA-CSIC @ihsmumacsic.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

🔬 ¿Te gustaría iniciarte en la investigación en el IHSM La Mayora? El @csic.es convoca 240 becas JAE INTRO de introducción a la investigación, de los cuales 5 planes se ofertan en el IHSM La Mayora Convocatoria ➡️ sede.csic.gob.es/tramites/pro...

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Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology @mpimarinemicrobio.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

Fabulous #SciComm by our wonderful colleague @bruzos.bsky.social & her team at #ScienceisWonderful @ec.europa.eu 🦠 Check out their video – and see how they inspire kids and grown-ups alike, looking for cancers in marine mussels. @maxplanck.de @eusea.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NU8...

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Bruzos lab at Science is Wonderful! (March 2026)

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Ákos T Kovács @evolvedbiofilm.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

@diegromero.bsky.social gave an amazing seminar at #InstituteBiologyLeiden explaining how biofilm matrix components and lipopeptides promote plant growth and resilience - from seeds to seedlings

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Piotr Lukasik @sympiotr.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Our paper is now out in its final form in @natcomms.nature.com ! We show that ancient insect symbionts can undergo extreme, convergent genome reduction to as little as ~50 kb - driven by ecological shifts and symbiont replacement. 🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41... More below 👇 1/

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Convergent extreme reductive evolution in ancient planthopper symbioses - Nature Communications

Symbiotic bacteria can have exceedingly small genomes. This study finds that ancient bacterial symbionts of planthoppers have repeatedly evolved the smallest known genomes, losing most biosynthetic fu...

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IHSM La Mayora UMA-CSIC @ihsmumacsic.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

🪲 When aphids and whiteflies team up to spread a virus More information in our new article ⬇️ nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....

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New Phytologist @newphyt.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

AGP and EXO-LIKE genes promote brassinosteroid-dependent anisotropic growth Daria Novikova, et al. nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #PlantScience

Expression patterns of selected AGP genes.

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IHSM La Mayora UMA-CSIC @ihsmumacsic.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

🎓 La doctoranda Laura Domínguez defiende el 13 de marzo su tesis titulada "Functional perspectives on tasa interaction with the membrane and its contribution to cell physiology in bacillus subtilis", bajo la dirección del investigador Diego Romero

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Dr. Claudia Pogoreutz @cpogoreutz.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

I am pleased to share a preprint: Chilling injury to algal symbionts induces host starvation and metabolic reorganization in a temperate cnidarian www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... #SymbioSky #MicroSky #internationslwomensday @agencerecherche.bsky.social @pure-ocean.bsky.social

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Frances Pitsillides @francespi.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Congratulations to @marlenygarcial.bsky.social for defending her PhD today 👩‍🎓 She is an outstanding researcher, labmate and friend who makes every project, discussion, and coffee break better. It’s been a privilege to work with you. I can't wait to see all the amazing science you'll do next! ✨🪲🐝

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Hassan Salem @hassansalem.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Our group’s inaugural PhD 🎉🍾 Toasting the successful & excellent defense of Dr. Garcia-Lozano 🎈 Congratulations, @marlenygarcial.bsky.social!!

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IHSM La Mayora UMA-CSIC @ihsmumacsic.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

🗣️ Today, Lluís Montoliu from the National Centre for Biotechnology @cnb-csic.bsky.social came to visit us to share his research with a great talk entitled “Academic and clinical uses of CRISPR: successes and challenges” as part of our #IHSMLaMayoraSeminars series

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Adriano Bolondi @adrianobolondi.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

🚨JOB ALERT🚨PLEASE SPREAD and RT Searching for a motivated Master’s student @bokelab.bsky.social @crg.eu @prbb.org to investigate how proteostasis in oocytes influences dormancy and fertility. Reach out to me (adriano.bolondi@crg.es) to join us in sunny Barcelona! See details below👇

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Joel Sachs @sachslab.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Deadline soon! Registration is now FREE for graduate students and postdocs for the 14th Annual Yosemite Symbiosis workshop. THANKS to the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation! Space is limited. Learn more and REGISTER here snri.ucmerced.edu/form/symbios... We've upgraded to a new conference location!

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EMBL Events @events.embl.org · 04/03/2026

Are you signed up for our 'Technology, imaging, and methods' updates? 🖥️🔬 Here's our newsletter listing upcoming meetings and training opportunities in the field – mark your calendar and join us this year, on site or virtually. s.embl.org/technology-2026 #datavis #imaging #bioimaging

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Society for Developmental Biology @socdevbio.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

✨Kelp embryos looking extra photogenic under the confocal today 🌱🔬 Young Egregia menziesii embryos developing from the megagametophyte 📸 Image by Siobhan Braybrook #FluorescentFriday

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Bram van Dijk 🏳️‍🌈 @bramvandijk.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

In case you missed it: our review titled "Spatial structure: shaping the ecology and evolution of microbial communities" is out! 🚨 Let me hit you with some highlights on why spatial structure matters. (and why you should care!) Sharing is appreciated 🙏 🧵👇 doi.org/10.1093/fems...

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Zebrafish Rock! 🎃 @zebrafishrock.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

Blood vessel development and lumenization in a zebrafish embryo. Credit to Dr. Kazuhide Shaun Okuda @latrobeuni.bsky.social. #ZebrafishZunday 🧪

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