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Niko Leisch @nikobiota.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

We hiked, we microscoped, we sorted—and we’re excited for more! 🏔️🔬 Week 1 of exploring alpine microbial life with @sciencesunige.bsky.social , EPFL ALPOLE and EMBL's Mobile Labs, is about to wrap up. First time fieldwork for some of us, sampling & on-site analysis for all.

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Omaya Dudin 𓂆 ¦🍉¦🦠¦🔬¦ @dudinlab.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Busy week for #ProtistsOnSky After some planning with Tom Battin & @nikobiota.bsky.social The #Alpine #Microbial Workshop is finally here in #Sion! We're grateful to all funders @sciencesunige.bsky.social #EPFL @embl.org & many supportive foundations & all our collaborators who made this possible.

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Ben Engel @cellarchlab.com · 07/08/2026

One month left to apply!! 🧪 @biozentrum.unibas.ch seeks a group👩‍🔬 exploring molecular questions relevant to climate 🌍, including biogeochemical cycles (e.g., carbon, nitrogen) ♻️, bioenergetic energy conversion (e.g., photosynthesis, chemosynthesis) ☀️⚗️, and the adaptation to environmental change 🌊🌡️🦠🌾

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Jana Helsen @helsenjana.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

I am starting my lab at the University of Geneva next January! Incredibly excited to soon be joining the MOCEL department as an Asst. Professor. The lab will use evolutionary cell biology to study chromosomes, centromeres & speciation 🧬🔬🌱 Intrigued, want to join or collaborate? 🔗 helsenlab.org

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Helsen lab | chromosome and centromere evolution

The Helsen lab at the University of Geneva explores how centromeres and chromosomes evolve, diversify, and function across eukaryotes. Discover our latest publications, research team, and open positio...

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Andrea Catacora Grundy @andreacgrundy.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

I'm excited to share that one of the main outcomes of my PhD research was published in @pnas.org this week!! Thank you to everyone involved in this work! @johandecelle.bsky.social More details here: lnkd.in/emwBFun3 Thanks to @cnrsbiologie.bsky.social for covering our work: lnkd.in/ex9GmJNe

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Manon Demulder @manondemulder.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

It's happening tomorrow! Zoom link via: tinyurl.com/43uckr2w We look forward to seeing you there

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DinoSphere - Online talks

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Manon Demulder @manondemulder.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Our 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!

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Sonja-Verena Albers @archaellum.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

New preprint! Cell division has to happen at the right place but how Archaea pick that place is unknown. We now identified a three-protein system, Dip, that positions the divisome at midcell in H. volcanii and is broadly conserved across Archaea. A thread 🧵 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

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Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation @moorefound.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

New funding opportunity from the Symbiosis in Aquatic Systems Initiative. We’re inviting teams of two researchers to pursue ambitious, high-risk projects advancing aquatic symbiosis (marine + freshwater). Open globally. Details + how to apply:  moore.org/SymbiosisRFP #RFP #AquaticSymbiosis

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Anna Karnkowska @ankarn.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Really excited to share our new paper from @ibe-warszawa.bsky.social protist team! 🎉 We dive into protist symbioses and show how these interactions shape ecosystems and have played a key role in the evolution of eukaryotes 🦠

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FocalPlane @focalplane.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

Our preprint list highlighting new tools and techniques in imaging is now up on FocalPlane. Check it out, and let us know if we are missing any research that we should add to the list. focalplane.biologists.com/2026/04/03/m...

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Microscopy preprints – new tools and techniques in imaging - FocalPlane

Microscopy preprints – new tools and techniques in imaging - News

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Niko Leisch @nikobiota.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Great person, great science, great city, great opportunity 👇 And congratulations @manondemulder.bsky.social ! 🎉🎉🎉

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Niko Leisch @nikobiota.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

The best stories are the personal ones. So before we get to the new preprint, stay awhile and listen #MobileLabs #TREC

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Omaya Dudin 𓂆 ¦🍉¦🦠¦🔬¦ @dudinlab.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

A 🆕 #Ichthyosporea story Led by@margaridaaraujo.bsky.social, in Co. @gautamdey.bsky.social & @hiralshah.bsky.social+🔥team across @embl.org & @sciencesunige.bsky.social We finally have a look at what #microtubules are doing during #cellularization in #Sphaeroforma ▶️ tinyurl.com/MTSARC #ProtistsOnSky

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Niko Leisch @nikobiota.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

I see electron microscopy, so I repost 😁

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em-hoc.bsky.social @em-hoc.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

Don’t forget to apply to this beautiful Electron Microscopy course at @szndohrn.bsky.social in Napoli, Italy by February 12th! 🌊 ☀️ Stay tuned for the preliminary program, in the meantime take a look here: www.szn.it/index.php/it...

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Flora Vincent @floravincent.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

Exciting day for the lab: our 1rst paper is officially out in @currentbiology.bsky.social 🥳 Wonderful collaboration wt @gautamdey.bsky.social showing how Cryo-ExM achieves consistent immunostaining in diverse diatoms, from the lab and the natural environment 1/n #ProtistsOnSky tinyurl.com/2zxaund7

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Omaya Dudin 𓂆 ¦🍉¦🦠¦🔬¦ @dudinlab.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

🚨Our collaboration with @centriolelab.bsky.social & @gautamdey.bsky.social is out today in @cp-cell.bsky.social We show that #Expansion #Microscopy is a broad-spectrum modality for Euks, enabling 3D phenotypic maps rooted to phylogeny. #ProtistsOnSky #SciComm #SciSky www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...

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Manon Demulder @manondemulder.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

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

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Iconic Fishes @iconicfishes.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

🌊 Say hello to the second star in our #IconicFishes lineup: the pipefish 🎶 💡 Did you know? There are over 225 species of pipefishes and they belong to the same family as the seahorse! 🎨 Stay tuned as these iconic fishes take centre stage 🎭🌟 in our upcoming arts movement #InspiredByIconicFishes

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Lukas VF Novak @animalculum.bsky.social · 31/08/2025

Partnership between #algae & #bacteria reveals secrets of evolution phys.org/news/2025-08... Stepwise genome #evolution from a facultative symbiont to an endosymbiont in the N2-fixing symbioses www.cell.com/current-biol... #protists by @vesnagrujcic.bsky.social, @mehrshmali.bsky.social, et al.

photo of a string of algal cells and the same string under fluorescence microscopy showing glowing blobs inside each cell

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Ben Engel @cellarchlab.com · 26/08/2025

BIG NEWS!! We will be hiring a new professor with 25 years of endowed funding at the @biozentrum.unibas.ch @unibas.ch, focused on using biophysics and structural biology to explore climate-related fundamental science topics. Come start an innovative research cluster with us! 🧪🔬🧶🧬🌾🌍

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Gautam Dey @gautamdey.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

Want to acquire #ExM images like this and help us understand the true extent of cytoskeletal diversity across the tree of life? This position might be for you! embl.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/EMBL/j... With @dudinlab.bsky.social @embl.org @biology-unige.bsky.social @moorefound.bsky.social

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Flora Vincent @floravincent.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

A small piece with PhD student @sorayazwahlen.bsky.social and Wiebe Kooistra on why we think Chaetoceros is an emerging model system for phytoplankton research, ranging from its ecological role, to unique cellular features and - of course - its many symbiotic interactions in the marine microbiome.

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Kathi Kitzinger @kathikitzinger.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

🚨3-yr Postdoc Position on #SingleCell Activities in #Marine #N-Cycling🦠🧪👩‍🎓🔬 Join me @univie.ac.at @dome-vienna.bsky.social Part of our ERC Synergy #RECLESS looking at microbes in marine oxygen minimum zones Apply by Oct 15, start March 2026! -> ucloud.univie.ac.at/index.php/s/...

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RECLESS_Postdoc_single_cell_UniVie.pdf

u:cloud - Ihre Daten, auf Wolken gebettet.

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Kathi Kitzinger @kathikitzinger.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

🚨4yr Technical Assistant Position on #Microbial Activities in #Marine #N-Cycling🦠🧪👩‍🎓🔬 Join me @univie.ac.at @dome-vienna.bsky.social Part of our ERC Synergy #RECLESS looking at microbes in marine oxygen minimum zones Apply by Oct 15, start March 2026! -> ucloud.univie.ac.at/index.php/s/...

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RECLESS_TA_molecular_UniVie.pdf

u:cloud - Ihre Daten, auf Wolken gebettet.

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Nature @nature.com · 31/07/2025

This surprisingly relaxing footage is from SIX MILES under the ocean – and it’s the deepest ecosystem yet discovered

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EMBLtrec @embltrec.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

TREC is hiring! @embl.org is looking for a field technician/engineer to coordinate soil sampling: plan activities, apply protocols, lead site scouting, coordinate teams & more. Join an amazing international team exploring a hidden universe beneath our feet. Please spread the word! bit.ly/4eSTPbZ

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Environmental Technician or Engineer (Soil Lead)

The European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) is Europe’s flagship research institution for the life sciences, bringing together over 110 independent research groups and service teams across six si...

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Omaya Dudin 𓂆 ¦🍉¦🦠¦🔬¦ @dudinlab.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

Such a pleasure to be co-organising the #Latsis Symposium this year with Guillermina ! Thanks to all the speakers & sponsors. And all our teams members who helped make this a reality. It just felt right. #Science #WildCells #ProtistsOnSky #Cell #Biology #Biophysics #Behaviour

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EMBL @embl.org · 02/07/2025

The Marine Research Centre (CIM) at the University of Vigo, Spain, and EMBL join forces to study how to curb red tides and anticipate the effects of marine heatwaves. The CELLBLOOM project will advance scientific understanding of current global changes in the ocean. www.embl.org/news/lab-mat...

Collage showing EMBL and CIM’s collaborative marine research in action. Top left: two researchers on a boat deploying a water sampling net into the sea. Center left: close-up of the net capturing water. Center right: the EMBL mobile laboratory truck parked outside the CIM building. Bottom row: interior of a mobile lab with scientists analyzing samples and conducting experiments in a well-equipped workspace.

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Manon Demulder @manondemulder.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

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 Spread the word! @protistwtmostest.bsky.social @ehehenberger.bsky.social @chandnibhickta.bsky.social&Norico Yamada

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Omaya Dudin 𓂆 ¦🍉¦🦠¦🔬¦ @dudinlab.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

Share 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

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Flora Vincent @floravincent.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

Very excited for this first of its kind EMBO/EMBL Symposium on the Wild Frontiers of Model Organisms. So far Session 1 is a blast, from aiptasia symbiosis, oyster vibrio phage interactions, !! #EESWildModels @embldbunit.bsky.social @embl.org

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ehehenberger.bsky.social @ehehenberger.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

One week left to apply! Come join us looking for cool dinoflagellates in cool places :)

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EMBL @embl.org · 01/04/2025

Meet Neil Humphreys, Head of the Gene Editing and Virus Facility at EMBL Rome. Neil and his team work closely with scientists to develop new models, tools, and cutting-edge technologies to support discovery and translational research. Read more: www.embl.org/news/people-... @neilhumph.bsky.social

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We are EMBL: Neil Humphreys on genome editing and saying it all in five simple words | EMBL

Neil Humphreys, Head of the Gene Editing and Virus Facility at EMBL Rome, works closely with scientists to develop new models, tools, and cutting-edge technologies to support discovery and translation...

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Jelena Godrijan 🫧❾🌊🦋 @godi.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

🌊 🦠 🌍 "Aquatic Microbiomes on a Changing Planet" is the theme of the 18th Symposium on Aquatic Microbial Ecology (#SAME18), taking place in Barcelona from Sept 28 to Oct 3, 2025. Dive into cutting-edge research on microbial life in aquatic systems! More details at same18barcelona.com

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Same 18 Congress | Information and News

Find out all about the Same 18 Conference: dates, presentations, and news. Join experts and professionals at this unmissable event. Find out more here!

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EMBL DB unit @embldbunit.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

Only a few days left to register to attend virtually the @embl.org symposium on the "Wild Frontier of Model Systems". Don't miss this opportunity if you are interested in exploring unconventional model organisms for a better understanding of biology, ecology and evolution

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EMBL @embl.org · 26/03/2025

EMBL’s Advanced Mobile Laboratory (AML) has reached Malta, bringing its cutting-edge field equipment to support local scientists. The Mobile Laboratories team will work with the University of Malta for one month, providing advanced technology, expertise, and training. www.embl.org/news/connect...

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The University of Malta hosts EMBL’s Advanced Mobile Laboratory for research and training | EMBL

EMBL’s Advanced Mobile Laboratory (AML) is stationed at the University of Malta for one month, to provide advanced technology, expertise and training to Malta’s scientific community.

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Niko Leisch @nikobiota.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

Time flies - EMBLs Mobile Lab is already one week at the University of Malta! #MobileLab #AML

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Sebastián R. Najle @sebasn1.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

🔬 PhD Opportunity in Evolutionary Cell Biology! Interested in how cell types evolve? Join us to investigate placozoan cell types using advanced microscopy, single-cell omics, and functional assays! Apply here: euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/323665 #PhDPosition #EvolutionaryBiology #CellBiology🧪

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PhD Position in Evolutionary Cell Biology

Group description:The Comparative Cell Biology Lab (Najle Lab), at Universitat Internacional de Catalunya (UIC), investigates themolecular underpinnings of cellular and organismal complexity from func...

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Johan Decelle @johandecelle.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

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

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EMBL Events @events.embl.org · 18/02/2025

📢 Last chance to register and join us in person for #EESWildModels! 🌏 Let's explore the wild frontiers of model systems together🌿🦈 Attend talks, network, socialise, and experience the atmosphere on the campus! 🧬🤩 👉🏻 s.embl.org/ees25-02 🎫 Register by 25 February!

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VolumeEM @volumeem1.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

Introducing the volumeEM Bluesky Starter Pack 🚀 featuring relevant accounts, feeds and resources To be included in the first edition of the volumeEM Bluesky starter pack, please either: Fill out our spreadsheet form (1 min to fill) forms.gle/dTnkUm7G2B2N... or Email us at vemcommunity@gmail.com

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🦋🚀 Bluesky starter pack

Join Us on Bluesky! 📱@volumeem1.bsky.social We're excited to announce that volumeEM is now on Bluesky! Follow us to stay updated on the latest developments in volume electron microscopy and connect w...

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Niko Leisch @nikobiota.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

Hey, Feel like quitting the old place for good? There's some help for even easier migration: www.helloquitx.com And if you feel like burning it all down to the ground on your way out, I can recommend github.com/lucahammer/t... 🔥🎉🔥🎊🔥

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HelloQuitX - Let's Quit X together]

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Aafke Gros @aafkegros.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

Microscopy Nodes is now up on bioRxiv! 🚀 This is a Blender extension that seamlessly integrates and visualizes 3D microscopy data (TIF & @zarr.dev). High-quality volume rendering for anyone, in both EM and fluorescence, regardless of computational expertise! 🔬 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

FIB-SEM dataset visualized with Microscopy Nodes, data from Mocaer et al 2023

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Ben Engel @cellarchlab.com · 29/12/2024

I’ll have more to say about this later, but please have a look, and I hope the #TeamTomo community finds good uses for those 1829 Chlamy tomograms 🧪🧶🧬🌾🔬

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Alex Probst @alexjprobst.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

#PhD #position #alert 2 bioinfo PhD positions @ProbstLab @RESIST_CRC #1 on microbial & epigenetic stress response in rivers tinyurl.com/bdf8eu5a #2 on virus-host stress response in rivers tinyurl.com/43cjd6es (supervision Moraru) Please share!

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Stellenausschreibung

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Omaya Dudin 𓂆 ¦🍉¦🦠¦🔬¦ @dudinlab.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

We aim to serve as a global hub for microbial imaging—offering #workshops, training, and tools to foster the adoption of expansion microscopy. Though focused on Euks, we’ll also support researchers working on #bacteria & #archaea. So please reach out. Merry Xmass to all 🙂 4/4

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