Reposted by @sina-adl.bsky.socialTristan @tristamoeba.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Checkout 𝘚𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘢 𝘭𝘶𝘬𝘰𝘭𝘪, a new species of amoeba isolated from cow poop that aggregates on the tips of dung fibers doi.org/10.64898/202... #ProtistsOnSky 13511
Reposted by @sina-adl.bsky.socialFabien Burki @fburki.bsky.social · 18/04/2026academic.oup.com/microlife/ar... #protistsonskyacademic.oup.comLiving together: evolutionary and ecological dimensions of protist endosymbiosisFrom symbionts to organelles: evolutionary integration of microbial partners into eukaryotic cells. 0319
Reposted by @sina-adl.bsky.socialKenneth Dumack @dumack.bsky.social · 22/04/2026🌊 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 #Protists #MicrobialEcology #PhD #Ecology 02013
Reposted by @sina-adl.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
Reposted by @sina-adl.bsky.socialRumakanta Sapkota @sapkotar.bsky.social · 25/02/2026New paper out! Tillage was the main driver of soil protist communities — stronger than fertilizer, with no detectable effect of nitrification inhibitors. #Protists #Agroecology #soilmicrobiome www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...sciencedirect.comSoil tillage promotes predatory and phototrophic protists over parasitic protistsThe widespread practice of tillage, which disturbs soil structure and alters its physical and biological properties, may affect protist diversity and … 041
sina-adl.bsky.social @sina-adl.bsky.social · 12/02/2026Extrusomes like mucocysts, trichocysts have a bacteria-viral origin, from a bacteria phage gone wrong. Find out how Protistology chapter 21.2 doi.org/10.1016/B978... -461. #protists #protistsonsky #eukaryogenesisdoi.org 060
sina-adl.bsky.social @sina-adl.bsky.social · 23/01/2026How did the Asgard archaea and proteobacteria form a symbiosis that led to the first eukaryote? The important role of syntrophy. #protists #protistsonsky #archaea #eukaryogenesis Protistology chapter 16. 1131
sina-adl.bsky.social @sina-adl.bsky.social · 23/01/2026Timing origin of eukaryote clades, protists and first fossil record. Reconciling phylogenies with the fossil record. Note how early and closely animals and fungi emerge; and how late brown algae. In Protistology chapter 15. #protistsonsky #paleontology #eukaryogenesis 050
Reposted by @sina-adl.bsky.socialsina-adl.bsky.social @sina-adl.bsky.social · 08/01/2026Evolution of fungi review doi.org/10.1016/B978... #protistsonsky 021
sina-adl.bsky.social @sina-adl.bsky.social · 08/01/2026Evolution of fungi review doi.org/10.1016/B978... #protistsonsky 021
sina-adl.bsky.social @sina-adl.bsky.social · 07/01/2026Mutants of cell shape in Ciliophora provide clues to the variety of forms in protists. 1-Janus doublets vz the Metamonada double cell. 2-Multiplication of kinetids from 2 to 4 to 8, to many in hypermastigotes, opalinids. See Cell Shape review doi.org/10.1016/B978... #Protists #Eukaryogenesisdoi.orgRedirecting 041
sina-adl.bsky.social @sina-adl.bsky.social · 31/10/2025We're taught MJ Schleiden and T Schwann first described the (eukaryotic) cell as we understand it, 1838-1839. But H Dutrocher 1824 first provided the wording and context of the cell as the basic unit in plants and animals. See here doi.org/10.1016/B978... Protistology 2025, Ch 2, Pages 9-15.doi.orgRedirecting 000
sina-adl.bsky.social @sina-adl.bsky.social · 28/10/2025New paper used AI to scan parasites in stool samples wet mounts with neural networks. This will speed processing and the false + or - are coparable to human error. But it detected at higher dilution, and spotted species missed by microscopy. doi.org/10.1128/jcm.... #protistsonskydoi.orgDetection of protozoan and helminth parasites in concentrated wet mounts of stool using a deep convolutional neural network | Journal of Clinical MicrobiologyGastrointestinal parasite ova and parasite (O&P) detection from stools is a manual, labor-intensive method requiring highly trained personnel. This testing has been largely unchanged in 100 years,... 020
