🚨Job Alert!🚨 Please share widely! We are hiring *two* postdocs (one ASAP, one Oct '26) using models and data to identify pathways involving the gut-brain axis that link the infant microbiome with neurodevelopment and Autism Spectrum Disorder. 1st review date: April 24!
recruit.ap.ucsb.edu/JPF03089
evolutionary tree of microbes
New #ISEPpapers! Nucleomorph phylogenomics suggests a deep and ancient origin of cryptophyte plastids within Rhodophyta nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... by @animalculum.bsky.social, @deemteam.bsky.social
#Protist #Algae #Microbes #Evolution #Nucleomorph #Genomics #Rhodophyta #Plastids
Are these visible at the individual bacterium level under the light microscope?
Very honored to be featured in this spotlight of #ISMPMI Interactions for first authors. After a lot of work I'm happy that our paper is now published and I can share additional thoughts about this work and about my career through this interview.
www.ismpmi.org/Community/In...
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Scary pseudopodia
Exciting announcement! My new department is launching a postdoc fellowship in quantitative biology. Fellows will be co-advised by two Bio faculty, one that is quant focused (not me) and one that is not (me???). I would love to co-sponsor a postdoc and build a collaboration so please reach out!
Can you share the link?? Thanks!
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Seeking candidates for a PhD/postdoc opportunity via IMPACT+ program in protistology+aquaculture in Halifax.
For more info, contact me by Feb 5th or see:
slamo.biochem.dal.ca/call-for-app...
#aquaculture #microsky #marinelife #protistsonsky #microalgae #protists
I also make a smartphone analogy in doi.org/10.1016/j.ti...! But I argue against technological developments as valid analogies for understanding energy demands in cell evolution. (A reason is that part density increases in smartphones due to miniaturization, but cell mass density remains constant.)
How did eukaryotic cells with complex architecture evolve from simpler prokaryotic cells? DNA analyses offer possible answers
go.nature.com/4sEMwLH
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P. tenue, its symbionts, and natural habitat
End-of-year preprint dump! A collaboration with @messorensen.bsky.social and German and Korean colleagues: "The phylogenetic context for the origin of a unique purple-green photosymbiosis "
doi.org/10.64898/202...
Interesting. Need to read this in detail...
Illustration shows a meditating virus sitting on a kitchen counter.
3️⃣ Hepatitis B virus is very stable in the environment, capable of remaining infectious for weeks and even months on surfaces.
5/9
Is it trying to make hyphae? :P
Congrats, Will!
What are you listening to?
What an out-of-this-world view!
Lovely!
What is the most profitable industry in the world, this side of the law? Not oil, not IT, not pharma.
It's *scientific publishing*.
We call this the Drain of Scientific Publishing.
Paper: arxiv.org/abs/2511.04820
Background: doi.org/10.1162/qss_...
Thread @markhanson.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy 👇
Also reading this right now!
In late April, we welcomed a brand-new American Red Wolf pup to the pack! With less than 30 individuals left in the wild, this little girl is a crucial part of her species' conservation success. Luckily, she's doing well and has recently found her voice 🐺🎶🌍
As national medical, scientific, public health and patient organizations, we call for the resignation of HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to ensure the health of the American people. Read our statement: asm.org/press-releas...
I gave a symposium talk at the European Society for Evolutionary Biology 2025 (#eseb2025) meeting last week and this was my title slide showcasing how I was speaking as an independent scientist because @dalhousieu.bsky.social @dalhousie.bsky.social has locked us out.
It looks like current policies will result in a much lower number of ESI R35 MIRAs this year which immensely support early career researchers.
Cars are always first
Congratulations, @messorensen.bsky.social!
Such a great week full of symbiosis science, good food, and great company with @mixotrophe.bsky.social visiting the ECSO Lab (ecsolab.com)!
