Really excited to have this in print: two mirusvirus-like elements in a thraustochytrid genome plus nifty subtelomeric structure! #Aurantiochytrium labyrinthulomycetes Joshua Rest School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences at SBU sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

And a press release! Current Biology ISOP Institute for Comparative Genomics Joint Genome Institute (PS we're looking for a postdoc, see other tweets!) news.stonybrook.edu/newsroom/the-u…

I'm recruiting THREE PhD students for Fall 2024 (nematode systematics, marine eDNA, invertebrate microbiomes) - more info here biklab.org/join-the-lab including my mentoring philosophy + training portfolio! SACNAS #2023NDiSTEM #BWEEMS #WomenInSTEM Latinx in the Marine Sciences Black in Marine Science

Absolutely DELIGHTED to see our new paper out in Nature Communications today! nature.com/articles/s4146… We added new transcriptomic data from the early branching dinoflagellates, including a new group of free living heterotrophs, the eleftherids; three MALV-I isolates; and two psammosids!

Multiple parallel origins of parasitic Marine Alveolates | Corey C Holt, Elisabeth Hehenberger, Denis V Tikhonenkov, Victoria K L Jacko-Reynolds, Noriko Okamoto, Elizabeth C Cooney, Nicholas A T Irwin, Patrick J Keeling nature.com/articles/s4146…

Great comment: ‘Oceans are hugely complex’: modelling marine #microbes is key to climate forecasts nature.com/articles/d4158…

#ISEPpapers 21: July, August, and September 2023 isep-protists.com/post/iseppaper… Your twenty-first digest of papers and preprints published by members of the International Society for Evolutionary Protistology is here! #protists #algae #genomics #microbes #evolution #parasites

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We are pleased to announce an open call for nominations for the Tom Cavalier-Smith prize 2024! The TCS prize recognizes contributions to evolutionary protistology, or related fields, by early career researchers. Deadline for nominations: January 15. isep-protists.com/tcsprize

New perspective piece in Journal of Phycology Will it be possible to use #seaweeds for #carbon removal offsets? onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…

New #ISEPpapers! The #protist #Aurantiochytrium has universal subtelomeric rDNAs and is a host for #mirusviruses: Jackie Collier et al. cell.com/current-biolog… #protists #genomics

Morphological, phylogenetic and biogeographic characterizations of three heterotrophic #nanoflagellates isolated from coastal areas of Korea tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10… #protists

Join us tonight for a special Living World Lecture with Dr. Doiuglas Futuyma, He will discuss his new book, How Birds Evolve. He will cover a wide range of topics, including the meaning & origin of species, bird diversity history, avian reproductive behaviors, plumage, and more.

Our department UGA Marine Sciences is HIRING! 🌊⛴️🎉 We've got an open faculty search for an Assistant or Associate Prof in Physical Oceanography, based down on the GA coast at SkIO! ugajobsearch.com/postings/343554 Review of applications begins on Nov 21st

I am looking for a Marie-Curie fellow focused on #cyanobacteria. Contact me for more info. The projects with a rating >70% could be supported by MSCA CZ. Please share. Cyano.World CYANOCOST Cyanotrans

Tonight's #sunset on the Peconic River. Calverton, NY

How cool is this! Joshua Rest labyrinthulomycetes

Swag has arrived! Am getting excited to attend the 2024 meeting in just over a week. Only gotta get posters finished and printed... Phyc. Soc. America ISOP ISEP

Note to self: post a photo with my posters later.

My posters and me at #PSAISOPISEP2024 Phyc. Soc. America stop by!