Happy Valentine’s Day 💘 20 years ago we fell for a lineage nobody was studying. Still in love. Still discovering. #ichthyosporeans #LoveIsInTheCell 🧬 #protistsonSky @ibe-barcelona.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy @prbb.org@bsky.brid.gy @csic.es@bsky.brid.gy @icreacommunity.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy

The real drama of life happened "backstage" in the unicellular world. 🎭🧬 #protistsonSky Our postdoc Vika Shabardina is co-organizing this symposium with Annia (@ankarn.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy). Two brilliant minds leading the evocell way! Plus, a talk by @vikramalva.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy. 👇

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📝 Abstract deadline: Tuesday, Feb 3, 2026. Let’s fill #SMBE2026 with #protistsonSky love!

Congrats again Alexander! (Not on bluesky) You can read about some of his work here in our preprint doi.org/10.1101/2025... , with more to come! 🎉😏 #protistsonsky

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Thrilled to see choanoflagellates can glide! I think this provide further support to the stunning complexity of the unicellular ancestor of animals, as we have been proposing. Congrats @thibautbrunet.bsky.social ! very nice work. #AnimalOrigins #choanos #multicellularity #protistsOnSky

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What you're looking at is a brand new protist species! 🤯🔬 Isn't it beautiful? This image is just a glimpse of what's to come. We can't wait to share our full findings soon, in partnership with Guifré @beaplab.bsky.social @luisjagago.bsky.social. Stay tuned! #NewSpecies #protistsonSky #diversity

Complex behaviour is not limited to animals! Here we map the entire spectrum of waveforms dynamics on a quadriflagellate single cell with 4x 70um (!) #cilia, to a low dimensional behavioural manifold with surprising structure! #protistsonsky All revealed in our new preprint doi.org/10.1101/2025...

We have a postdoc opening for a protistologist with biophysics inclinations to join our @hfspo.bsky.social project! (focus will be on characterising the morphology, ultrastructure and behaviour of excavates) #protistsonsky Apply by Sept 17th (RTs appreciated!) jobs.exeter.ac.uk/hrpr_webrecr...

First protistology meeting complete! Fantastic time discussing protist biophysics and behaviour - many thanks to @freejakoba.bsky.social and Núria Ros Rocher for convening this special ISOP symposium! #protistsonsky

The quest for the #Magnificent8 continues! This time, in search of Freship1 and Freship2 in Lago de Sanabria. See Marina, Alicia, and Rubén in action! Thanks to Antonio from proyectoagua; Juan and David from Europarques & many others! #ProtistsOnSky @ibe-barcelona.bsky.social @prbb.org

Fantastic day of science discussing pond scum! (Just kidding) Bring on day 2! #protistsonsky

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Zebrafish are cool but somebody should also take a look at the 'neural' activity inside a paramecium when it recognises its predator... 🧐 #respecttheprotists #protistsonsky

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Horizontal Transfer of Bacterial Operons into Eukaryote Genomes #protists #protistsonsky https://academic.oup.com/gbe/article/17/4/evaf055/8088018

Wonderful opportunity - APPLY!! #diatoms #microsky #protistsonsky

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Hello origins of eukaryotes enthusiasts! @jekely.biologists.social.ap.brid.gy and I are excited to announce an interdisciplinary discussion meeting in Heidelberg May 19-20! #protistsonsky Places are strictly limited. Register here to avoid disappointment! www.cos.uni-heidelberg.de/en/research-...

Haha you are what you eat... #protistsonsky #poordiatoms

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Next Monday 13 we have the 6th session of The Life of Retaria Seminar Series!
Join us at 08h00 (CET) and discover symbiosis in these wonderful protists with Caroline Juery and Filip Husnik
Check it out: https://thelifeofretaria.github.io/
#radiolaria #foraminifera #theLifeOfRetaria #protistsonsky

A longer thread to follow another time. This was a great interdisciplinary collaboration led by two postdocs Karen and Manu! We hope you will enjoy our preprint, and as ever, comments/feedback welcome! Happy holidays! 🎄🎶 #protistsonsky #cellmotility #microbiology