As always incredible microscopy from the Hess lab onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ec…

nature.com/articles/s4155… Woah! "At the deepest phylogenetic levels, ancestral habitat reconstruction analyses suggest that eukaryotes may have first evolved in non-marine habitats and that the two largest known eukaryotic assemblages arose in different habitats."

Simple pleasure: I just discovered that my M1 Mac with a MagSafe also charges with USB-C.

To learn about the latest views, disputes and future research directions on the origin of the eukaryotic cell, read our review in nature here: nature.com/articles/s4158… Non-paywalled version here: rdcu.be/dTFrR

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Excited and proud to share our preprint! A network of glycan sensing controls endosymbiosis in the protist, Paramecium bursaria 🦠 This includes an ancient eukaryote immune-like factor, and prokaryote proteins acquired via horizontal gene-transfer! 1/10 doi.org/10.1101/2024.0…

New Issue Alert! Check out our special issue on Microsporidia onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/15507408/2…

Congratulations to Dina for this fantastic work on the very poorly-known telonemids! Very happy for our (small) contribution to sample them

CGUE-bond. Looking forward to meeting up with many friends and colleagues and presenting our work on plastid origins and evolution European Research Council (ERC)

🧬 New insights into microbial genomics! Comparing SAGs and MAGs reveals that Single Amplified Genomes (SAGs). although more costly, better reflect microbial abundance and diversity with less contamination, while Metagenome-Assembled Genomes (MAGs) excel at capturing rare

The protists of Ernst Haeckel’s Kunstformen der Natur - sciencedirect.com/science/articl… sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

The first report on Hexamita nelsoni a Diplomonad trophozoite parasite in Blue mussels. By Anders Alfjorden and Fabien Burki from Systematic Biology Programme doi.org/10.1101/2024.0…

Vern Carruthers and I had a great time writing this review pondering the versatility of key adaptations common to #apicomplexans, #dinoflagellates and other myzozoans that have made this group so prolific and successful. (1/3) journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mm…

Here’s a cool study that found that direct PCR (putting cells directly into the PCR mix) can be used for DNA barcoding marine and freshwater microalgae from liquid culture, saving a lot of money and time compared to conventional DNA extractions. ⭐ A key step for some strains is

Confused about Stramenopiles, but too shy to ask? Fear not and read further a piece from Dagmar Jirsova now out in ISME doi.org/10.1093/ismejo…

Do you want to rapidly predict bootstrap values via machine learning? You can now use our Educated Bootstrap Guesser: academic.oup.com/mbe/advance-ar…

Thrilled to share this: hand to hand with the amazing Felix Mikus and Hiral Shah , with incredible guidance from Paul & Virginie - Centriole Lab , Gautam Dey , and Omaya Dudin🍉¦ 🦠¦🔬¦ , we’ve unlocked the cytoskeletal secrets of 200 protists! 🦠 #protists #PlanExM #UExM 👇biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Further proof that engagement at the other place is similar to here. As of this morning, we have ~300 retweets at both platforms, with about 25% more 'likes' on the first tweet here, and about 25% more likes deeper in the thread there. Also...that UI is a ~perfect clone, hah