American Philosophical Association

I'm looking forward to it. Great comments from diverse perspectives by Villegas, Elliott-Graves, and Skillings. Conference info: apaonline.org/2026pacific#APAPacific26. There's a pinned thread on the book at my profile. #philsci #hpbio #philsky #evolution #ecology #symbiosis #causation #probability

Attending Protistology Open? Check out @nicolecoots.bsky.social & I's ISOP-sponsored symposium "The Symbiotic Continuum across the Tree of Life" (April 20th @ 11 AM)! We have an amazing lineup of speakers including Ondřej Pomahač, @mixotrophe.bsky.social, & Gillian Gile #ProtistsOnSky #Symbiosis

Integrated Responses: Multi-dimensional Evidence of Diet-Microbiome Coupling of Fish across a River Continuum in a Dry-Hot Valley The altitudinal gradient in river systems acts as a key environmental filter, shaping energy flow and community structure in aquatic biota as predicted by the R

Integrated Responses: Multi-dimensional Evidence of #Diet - #Microbiome Coupling of #Fish across a River Continuum in a Dry-Hot Valley
dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn...
#SymbioSky #MicroSky #microbiomesky #Microbiology #symbiosis @hostmicrobelit.bsky.social #holobiont

Dr Daria Tashyreva & our PhD candidate Małgorzata Chwalińska presenting their research at the 'Cellular mechanics of #symbiosis: Sensing friend from foe' symposium, organised by EMBO & EMBL Heidleberg 🧫👩‍🔬

#Daphnia #limnology #plankton #freshwater #hostmicrobiota #hostmicrobe #microbialecology #symbiosis #microbeinteractions #hostmicrobeecology @microbiomevif.bsky.social #holobiont #SymbioSky #MicroSky #microbiomesky #Microbiology @hostmicrobelit.bsky.social

Batten down the hatches, folks! Accept no substitutes.
#loveitorleaveit #Marmite #Vegemite #loveorhate #McCormick #Burton-on-Tent #symbiosis

A budding branch with lichen on its bark

Green? Lichen.

#Nature #Symbiosis

Convergent extreme reductive evolution in ancient planthopper symbioses - Nature Communications Symbiotic bacteria can have exceedingly small genomes. This study finds that ancient bacterial symbionts of planthoppers have repeatedly evolved the smallest known genomes, losing most biosynthetic fu...

Convergent extreme reductive evolution in ancient planthopper symbioses
#microbiology #symbiosis #evolution #MicroSky
@natcomms.nature.com
doi.org/10.1038/s414...

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Portrait image

A fishy friend group

Whale shark surrounded by remoras, a symbiotic relationship where they hitch a free ride and potentially help remove parasites.

#MarineLife #Symbiosis #WildlifePhotography

© Jason Edwards / The Image Bank / Getty Images

New paper out published in @currentbiology.bsky.social !

Reveals the hidden, but prevalent, presence of a black-fungus in Umbilicaria lichens!

Read the paper here:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

#Lichenology #Mycology #Symbiosis #Ecology #NewPaper #ScienceBluesky #ResearchFediverse

Tropical forests, the most diverse environments on land, offer a stunning example of how complex interrelationships at every level —from roots to canopy—make a stable ecosystem. Politicians, take note from nature.
#tropicalforest
#ecology
#symbiosis
#writingcommunity
#sciencewriter
#authorsky

🎉🎖️We congratulate ⭐Jerónimo Cifuentes-Anticevic⭐
@mpimarinemicrobio.bsky.social, winner of the FEBS Letters #PosterPrize at the EMBO/EMBL Symposium on #symbiosis! 🎉👏👏👏

#EESSymbiosis
@events.embl.org

Oxygen as a primary selective pressure for photosymbiosis evolution www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #symbiosis

Nature’s Symbiosis and When Fungus Grows on Fungus… Big fungi have little fungi upon their backs to mine them, and little fungi have lesser fungi, and so ad infinitum… (Adapted from Augustus DeMorgan) . Various saprophytic mushrooms (photos by Nina …

When fungus grows on fungus, ad infinitum... #symbiosis #parasitic #fungi #ecology #Nature themeaningofwater.com/2025/12/14/n...

#kidlit #nature #mutualism #symbiosis #poetry

Thanks for the kind words.

BTW, how do bacteria sense the world around them and communicate and organize? Viruses. Bacteria & viruses are the unseparable #symbiosis that all other life depends on.

It's the only intelligent #growth control on Earth that can avoid self-destruction. #BI

Hard to think the EMBO/EMBL symposium on the cellular mechanics of #symbiosis is already over @embl.org. Some personal scientific heroes in there, and a very unique collegial and open minded vibe (and great dancers💃🏻 ) #EESSymbiosis
Wonderful way to reconnect with science after 🐣! #womeninscience

It’s the final day of the EMBO/EMBL symposium on #symbiosis.

#HostMicrobe systems are incredibly diverse!
Today, we'll learn about the common principles underyling them.

We thank the organizers, speakers, and participants for this fantastic meeting!

@events.embl.org #EESSymbiosis

On day 3️⃣ of the EMBO/EMBL symposium on #symbiosis, we focus on how symbionts become friend or foe.

Excited for the talks ahead!

@events.embl.org #EESSymbiosis

Madeline Schwartzman giving an inspiring presentation about her work and her brilliant new book #Alive @hetdocumentairepaviljoen. Took this photo at a total random moment 😇 Polymorf #symbiosis #VR #immersive #art

#quotes #books #booksky #excerpts #citations #newwild #pearce #invasive #evolution #invasivespecies #competition #fitness #hubbell #jungle #commensalism #symbiosis

📢Today at the EMBO/EMBL symposium on #symbiosis

🍔 🧋 Lunch and Meet the Editors

Come say "Hi" and chat about #SciencePublishing in a not-for-profit journal!

@events.embl.org #EESSymbiosis

It's Day 2️⃣of the EMBO/EMBL symposium on #symbiosis!

In today’s talks we will learn:
*️⃣ how organisms coexist and interact
*️⃣ the dynamics of #HostMicrobe interactions

Excited for the day ahead!

@events.embl.org #EESSymbiosis

Symbiotic bacteria can influence mosquito vector competence. Research on Wolbachia density and environmental factors highlights mechanisms behind pathogen blocking in mosquitoes.
Read more: doi.org/10.1016/j.dc...
#Wolbachia #Mosquitoes #VectorControl #Symbiosis #VectorBorneDiseases

🔔 The EMBO/EMBL symposium on #symbiosis starts today!

Day 1️⃣ Session 1: New methods in understanding symbiosis

Looking forward to learning about the latest tools to explore #HostMicrobe interactions!

@events.embl.org #EESSymbiosis

Protozoan predation selects for key symbiotic traits in an environmentally transmitted beneficial symbiosis www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... #symbiosis #protists

Widespread symbiosis of ciliate epibionts colonizing gills of shrimps inhabiting vents and seeps across the Pacific Ocean biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.02.27.708428v1.full #symbiosis #protists

Meanwhile, on Earth:
Lichens on rocks absorb March rain like sponges. Their symbiotic fungus and algae partners start photosynthesizing again.

#lichens #symbiosis #nature

Current AI innovation is trapped in performance contests. The future lies in dynamic identity systems that engage intrinsic motivations, enabling true human-machine symbiosis. How can we redesign AI identities beyond superficial metrics?

#AIidentity #symbiosis

A metabolism-chromatin axis promotes differential ribosomal RNA transcription in the human malaria parasite www.nature.com/articles/s41... #symbiosis