Protist folks and friends!
A starter pack for folks who study any aspect of protistology (e.g. microbial eukaryotes biology) - please let me know if you'd like to be added or who else to add!
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@oliverio.bsky.social
@nicolecoots.bsky.social
Postdoctoral Researcher @UBC in Patrick Keeling's Lab || PhD earned @ASU in Gillian Gile's Lab || Interested in endosymbiosis, plastid evolution, marine microbial ecology, and all things protists 🦠
@mjamy.bsky.social
Evolutionary biologist interested in protist diversity and evolution. Postdoc at Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences.
@joedtaylor.bsky.social
Molecular ecologist @UKCEH work with #Protists, #Algae, #Fungi, #Bacteria, #eDNA in soil and freshwater.
@maritbjorbaekmo.bsky.social
Microbial interactions and their functional roles in marine ecosystems. Seaweed holobionts. Protists
@nicolas3474.bsky.social
SNSF Postdoctoral fellow at Cambridge Uni Perkinsids ⁽ᵃⁿᵈ ᵃᵖⁱᶜᵒᵐᵖˡᵉˣᵃⁿ⁾ cell biology 🦠🔬 🇫🇷Montpellier➡️🇨🇭Geneva➡️🇬🇧Cambridge https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=pddz8toAAAAJ&hl=fr&oi=ao
@sergiophyceae.bsky.social
Assistant Professor at Purdue University | Evolution of Cells, Symbionts, & Organelles | ecsolab.com
@annaschreck.bsky.social
biological oceanography PhD candidate at the University of Rhode Island Graduate School of Oceanography studying marine anaerobic ciliates & their prokaryotic symbionts | she/her
@katrinavelle.bsky.social
Assistant Professor @ UMass Dartmouth. Interested in actin, amoebae, microscopy, and sciart. she/her katrinavelle.wixsite.com/science
@wallaceucsf.bsky.social
professor at UCSF, engineer turned cell biologist, wants to know how cells solve geometry problems
@rueckertlab.bsky.social
Professor at UDE/Biologist interested in biodiversity, systematics, evolution and ecology of micro-eukaryotes🔬🧫, particularly aquatic symbionts/parasites and their relationships with their hosts.
@bhattacharyalab.bsky.social
Professor who studies evolution with a focus on marine ecosystems. We aim to turn science into products of use to society.
@ichikawa-lab.bsky.social
Tenure-track professor (PI) at Fudan University. Have been working on motor protein, microtubule, and cilia. Recently also working with membrane proteins. Associate Editorial Board member of Cytoskeleton Journal. Lab website: https://tinyurl.com/22c3eymy
@dralgaegirl.bsky.social
Professor of Biology/Ecology and #TriBeta advisor doing #SLACScience. I focus on understanding how human activities affect freshwater algal biochemistry. Gardener, hiker, baker, dog/cat mom. RP ≠ endorsement.
@gm-charriere.bsky.social
Professor at Montpellier University, IHPE Lab, France. http://ihpe.univ-perp.fr/ihpe-charriere-guillaume/ Curious and interested in many aspects of phagocyte biology, vibrios, amoebae, oysters, host-pathogen co-evolution, and comparative immunology.
@chc-evobio.bsky.social
Postdoc in the Berger Group at the Gregor Mendel Institute @gmivienna.bsky.social @viennabiocenter.bsky.social | MSCA Fellow | Interest in evolutionary biology and currently studying chromatin
@azusakage.bsky.social
Gravitational biologist, 助教 (PI) in Muroran, Hokkaido, Japan. Studying motility and behavior of microorganisms. bioconvection / gravitaxis / eukaryotic flagella / cilia / low Reynolds number / Chlamydomonas♉️ / Volvocales / Paramecium / protists🦠 / Python
@aralbright.bsky.social
i like weird cells and i cannot lie #stentor #NIHMOSAIC K99/R00 #FirstGen postdoc - @wallaceucsf.bsky.social | NIH #IRACDA Scholar | PhD - Berkeley w/ Mike Eisen | UG UNC Bio
@abcollens.bsky.social
Bioinformatician & evolutionary microbiologist exploring deep sea symbionts 🦠✨️ she/her Ph.D student at UMD in the Pop 🧬💻 and Collins 🪼 Labs
@luisjagago.bsky.social
Ramon y Cajal Research fellow at the University of Granada. Evolution and protists!
@rgollnisch.bsky.social
Evolutionary genetics of calcifying protists Postdoc at University of Oxford
@pr2-database.bsky.social
PR2 is a set of three interconnected sequence public databases focusing on protist taxonomic groups: a reference sequence database (pr2), a primer database (pr2-primers) and a metabarcode database (metapr2). https://pr2-database.org/
@messorensen.bsky.social
Interested in evolutionary microbiology, symbiosis, organelles and protists. Currently an MSCA postdoc at HHU, Düsseldorf.
@mkddueholm.bsky.social
Assoc. Prof. Aalborg University 🇩🇰 Applied microbial ecology with focus on wastewater treatment, anaerobic digestion, and soil. HQ MAGs, transcriptomics, rRNA operon sequencing, culturomics, biofilms, EPS, and functional amyloids.
@micromotility.bsky.social
Cilia and cell motility enthusiast, basal cognition, weird organisms esp protists and larvae, how do living systems compute? Associate Professor, Living Systems Institute, Univ of Exeter (past: DAMTP, Univ of Cambridge) www.micromotility.com
@mosssafari.bsky.social
Teacher, Author, Researcher. Education, science, biology. Founder of Moss Safari - microscopic adventures to learn about microscopy and microbiology. 🔬💚 Diversity in every sense of the word 🏳️🌈. Come, join the adventure. www.mosssafari.com
@protistsforthewin.bsky.social
Protists are the best Postdoctoral researcher in Courtney Stairs' lab Lund University, Sweden Microbial eukaryotes enthusiast & (meta)genome hunter Genomics 🧬 bioinformatics 💻 julieboisard.github.io
@dackslabecb.bsky.social
This is the professional account for the Evolutionary Cell Biology lab of Prof. Joel Dacks.
@thibautbrunet.bsky.social
Evolutionary cell biology / evolution of morphogenesis / animal origins / choanoflagellates @institutpasteur.bsky.social https://research.pasteur.fr/en/team/evolutionary-cell-biology-and-evolution-of-morphogenesis/
@krabberod.bsky.social
Bioinformatician at the University of Oslo. Evolutionary biology, protists, progrock bassist.
@mariescopy.bsky.social
Biophysicist using #microscopy and image analysis to study eukaryotic #microbes ( #protists) in the #marine #plankton Postdoc @roscoff-collection.bsky.social 🇩🇪🇫🇷🌊🦠👩💻🔬 🦣 ecoevo.social/@mariescopy 🔬 mariescopy.github.io 📑 orcid.org/0000-0002-4071-7677
@tristamoeba.bsky.social
PhD candidate studying the charismatic behaviors of non-model protists | Evolution of multicellularity | Microscopy nerd | tristan.protist.info/research
@coreyholt.bsky.social
Lecturer (Assistant Prof) at the University of Bath. Exploring microbiomes, host-microbe interactions, and protist diversity/evolution. 🧬🔬🦀 https://theholtlab.com
@dudinlab.bsky.social
Group leader at @UNIGE Evolutionary cell biology & multicellular developmental diversity of protists. www.dudinlab.com #Ichthyosporea, #Multicellularity, #Evolution, #Embryo, #Development, #Protist, #UExM, #Cytoskeleton, #Actin, #Expansion #Microscopy
@deemteam.bsky.social
Diversity, Ecology and Evolution of Microbes (DEEM) team. Posts by David Moreira. #treeoflife #evolution Paris, France https://www.deemteam.fr/en/
@andrewjroger.bsky.social
deep-time evolution, phylogenetics, anaerobic protists, the tree of Life. Science depends on vigorous respectful debate and evidence-based reasoning. This is my personal page and what I post here has nothing to do with my employer.
@roscoff-collection.bsky.social
This is the official BlueSky account of the Roscoff Culture Collection, one of the largest culture collections for marine microorganisms (algae, macroalgae, bacteria, protists). https://www.roscoff-culture-collection.org/
@multicellgenome.bsky.social
Leading a research lab with Elena Casacuberta. We aim to unravel how #protists evolved into multicellular animals. #Multicellularity #Ichthyosporea #holozoans #filastereans #development #diversity #genomes #modelsystems https://multicellgenome.com
@akrinos.bsky.social
Protistan Ecology🧪💦 | Biological Oceanography 🌊 | Education ✏️ | Bioinformatics 🧬 | Ecosystem Modeling + Computing 💻 | PhD from MIT-WHOI
@dumack.bsky.social
Aquatic Ecosystem Analyses 🦠 Protists and their interactions. http://kennethdumack.de
@blackpassiflora.bsky.social
Biologist, interested in the evolution of networks and genomes. Senior Lecturer in Microbiology at Nottingham Trent University. she/her
@ankarn.bsky.social
Fascinated by microbial eukaryotes diversity, ecology & evolution. PI at Institute of Evolutionary Biology, Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw. x.com/ania_karnkowska #ProtistsOnSky
@jvhooff.bsky.social
Assistant Professor | Laboratory of Microbiology | Wageningen University & Research Evolution of genomes & protein complexes | eukaryotic origins & diversity.
@sbreglia.bsky.social
Biologist. Protists, Evolution, Microscopy. Also, -in my former life,- paleontologist
@suegenenoh.bsky.social
Evolutionary Biology and Genomics at Colby College; We work with social amoebas and currently study amoeba-bacteria symbiosis
@symbiosisrox.bsky.social
Microbial symbionts in marine ecosystems. Associate professor at U. Rhode Island's Graduate School of Oceanography. Beinartlab.com. Posts reflect only my personal view and do not necessarily reflect those of my employer.
@burnsajohn.bsky.social
I like to think about how cells work, especially among #protists. Driven by curiosity and a love to share detailed research and odd observations. Senior Research Scientist, Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences. He/him. https://www.protistsystems.org/
@hannahgreich.bsky.social
Asst Prof SUNY ESF + #newPI of the PhycoSymbiosis Lab. Fan of microalgae, cell culture & trace metals. Swammer, cat person, #NeurodiverseSquad 🧪🌊🪸🧫🐈🏊🏽♀️ https://phycosymbiosis.weebly.com/
@adriaula.bsky.social
Bioinformatics and marine microbial ecology. Right now focused mainly protists + metatranscriptomics! Open science. He/Him/His.
@sandinmm.bsky.social
Understanding eukaryotic molecular diversity and evolution. Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellow @IBE_Barcelona @beaplab.bsky.social https://miguelmsandin.github.io/ https://thelifeofretaria.github.io/ Mastodon: @SandinMM@ecoevo.social
@daniel-vaulot.bsky.social
Biological oceanographer focusing on marine protists. Developing the PR2 databases for metabarcoding: https://pr2-database.org Emeritus at CNRS (SBR, Roscoff) and Guest Investigator at the University of Oslo (AQUA section, IBV). https://daniel-vaulot.fr
@ambonacolta.bsky.social
Postdoctoral fellow in the Keeling Lab @ UBC studying marine protistan symbionts. Previously: del Campo Lab & Coral Reef Futures Lab 🐠🪸🌊🧬 He/Him 🏳️🌈
@cslamo.bsky.social
Biologist at Dalhousie University in Nova Scotia. Researcher of genomes and evolution. Salido de la Universidad de Buenos Aires. 🇦🇷🇨🇦
@thealgaeman.bsky.social
PhD student Uppsala University | Burki lab | Stalking #Paulinella amoebas to understand plastid origin (primary endosymbiosis) 🧬🔬| @ERC_Research project PlastidOrigin https://www.burki-lab.net/yash-phd-student.html
@blarson.bsky.social
Protists, microscopy, biophysics, evolution. Interested in how cells control shape and movement https://www.benlarson.org Natura in minimis maxima Asst Prof, RPI | Postdoc, UCSF, Wallace Marshall | PhD, UCBerkeley, Nicole King | BA, Physics, Reed College
@rosiealegado.bsky.social
kanaka ʻōiwi + pinay scientist | microbial ecology of Indigenous seascapes | evolution of host-microbe symbiosis | loko i’a l #choanoflagellates | #researchethics | mom http://mee-hawaii-lab.org/
@fmikus.bsky.social
Postdoc @Dudin lab, UNIGE Previously EMBL HD Lots of microscopy of all different things. If it’s not big enough, make it bigger #UExM Views my own
@teralevin.bsky.social
Assistant professor of Biological Sciences at Pitt, studying evolution, genes, and microbes. Same as @tera_levin in the other place. #NewPI She/her
@hbrappap.bsky.social
PhD Student @ Syracuse University protists, extremophiles, & science art | she/her | 🔬🏳️🌈
@couchmicroscopy.bsky.social
NSF PRFB postdoc • PhD from Bhattacharya lab @RutgersU • Passionate about algae / protists + genomics + evolutionary biology + microscopy www.instagram.com/couch_microscopy Opinions are my own and do not reflect the views of any funder or institution.
@christophstc.bsky.social
71, PhD, micro- + molecular biology. associated blogger @STCmicrobeblog. opinions my own.
@mixotrophe.bsky.social
Jersey girl, rain lover, chalkboard equation addict. Associate professor & eco-evo theoretician (Erdős # = 5) at EEMB, UCSB (#unicornjob🦄). All good bugs photosynthesize. she/her
@microhukaryote.bsky.social
Microbial ecology | Biological oceanography | Single-cell microbial eukaryotes | Protists | Time-series nerd | Assistant Prof | 👩🏻💻🔬🌈☕🌊 she/her shu251.github.io/sarah-hu/
@hollybik.bsky.social
Associate Professor at the University of Georgia + Associate Director of UGA Institute of Bioinformatics. Marine Biology, Polar Science, Deep-Sea Worms (nematodes!), Environmental Genomics, and Science Writing. Views are my own. http://www.hollybik.com
@triplettlr.bsky.social
Plant Pathologist at the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station.
@micrott.bsky.social
@JohanaProtists | Assistant Professor at Department of Marine Sciences University of Puerto Rico Mayagüez | MIC.Rott Lab | Protists | Symbioses in Marine Anaerobes | Microbial Interactions in Ciliates | www.microttlab.org | newPI
@lauraeme.bsky.social
Evolutionary biologist interested in the origin and early diversification of eukaryotes. Phylogenetics/(meta)genomics. Protists & Archaea. Reseach Director at Uni Paris-Saclay (France)/Associate Prof. Uni of Rhode Island (USA)
@fritzlaylin.bsky.social
Professor of Biology at UMass Amherst studying the evolution of the cytoskeleton and the cell and developmental biology of Naegleria and chytrid fungi.
@fonamental.bsky.social
Group leader at @ibe-barcelona.bsky.social (@csic.es - @upf.edu) & Adjunct at @miamirosenstiel.bsky.social. Microbial Ecology & Evolution 🔬🌍🧫🧬 🪸 @pr2-database.bsky.social Coordinator #corals #symbiosis #protists
@evelinepinseel.bsky.social
Simons Foundation postdoc fellow @ University of Arkansas || 🔬 speciation, adaptation & biogeography of diatoms 🧬 || Fulbright fellow & BAEF boat 2019 || Belgian in the USA || she/her
@fburki.bsky.social
Exploring the great microbial eukaryote diversity and evolution, one protist at a time. I’m fascinated by this question: how have #plastids evolved? #ProtistsOnSky | Associate Prof at Uppsala University. My lab: https://www.burki-lab.net/
@lanelaburi.bsky.social
Studying biodiversity and comparative genomics with a focus on the evolution of parasitism in algae and protists. Department Chair. Co-Editor, J Phycol.🦑🧪
@lusantof.bsky.social
Microbiologist studying the ecology and evolution of marine ciliates/ Associate Professor @HofstraU
@nekton4plankton.bsky.social
biological oceanographer | bioinformatics enthusiast | data and twin wrangler | https://alexanderlabwhoi.github.io/ assistant scientist @ WHOI | she / her 👩🏽🔬🧬🦠🌊🏳️🌈 twitter archive: https://halexand.github.io/old_tweets/
@animalculum.bsky.social
Postdoc in evolution of microbes. I study protists losing mitochondria, algae stealing plastids, and bacteria living on nothing but sulfur. IUEM, Plouzané, BZH, FR. https://lukasnovak.eu/ https://scholar.social/@animalculum he/him
@isepprotists.bsky.social
The International Society for Evolutionary Protistology Serves People with Interests in the Taxonomy, Phylogeny, Cell Biology, and Evolution of Protists. https://www.isep-protists.com/ Account managed by @animalculum.bsky.social
@beaplab.bsky.social
The BEAP Lab is at the Institute of Evolutionary Biology (IBE) in Barcelona. Our goal is to culture and then characterize the cell biology, behavior and ecosystem relevance of abundant protists. PI: Daniel J. Richter. Web: https://www.beaplab.org/