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Tristan

@tristamoeba.bsky.social
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PhD candidate studying the charismatic behaviors of non-model protists | Evolution of cell behaviors and sociality | Microscopy nerd | tristan.protist.info/research

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Tristan @tristamoeba.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Checkout 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
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socialprotist.bsky.social @socialprotist.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
My lab is currently looking for a postdoc interested in phylogenomics to work with our group on PhyloFisher. Please reach out if you or anyone you know is interested. evol.mcmaster.ca/brian/evoldi...
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https://evol.mcmaster.ca/brian/evoldir/PostDocs//MississippiStateU.Phylogenomics
Postdoctoral Research Associate in Phylogenomics https://explore.msujobs.msstate.edu/cw/en-us/job/510010 The Brown Lab at Mississippi State University invites applications for a Postdoctoral Researc...
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Tristan @tristamoeba.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Here is a myxomycete plasmodium that I isolated off a wet leaf onto the bottom of a vented flask. Realtime phase microscopy. #ProtistsOnSky
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Dr. Allyson Sgro @allysonsgro.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
Thrilled that the lab's first @hhmijanelia.bsky.social project is up on bioRxiv! Story behind the story to follow. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Memory from variability: Heritable short-term cellular memory emerges from stochastic biochemical reaction networks
Cells exhibit a mysterious form of selective heritable short-term memory, influencing outcomes as diverse as cell fate decisions in embryos and environmental responses in cancer cells and bacteria. He...
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Tristan @tristamoeba.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
I've been gone for awhile because bluesky was (is) banned in Mississippi :) Now that I have a VPN, here is a timelapse of diatoms from @hhmijanelia.bsky.social pond! #protistsonsky #protists
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Tristan @tristamoeba.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Here is a Centropyxis testate amoeba picking up a little rock with its pseudopod. Notice the pseudopod attachment point on the culture dish surface and the blebbing that happens there. #amoebae #protists
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