Iñaki Ruiz-Trillo

Very nice evidence of the power of convergence evolution in #terrestrialization. Congrats to all authors! @martaalvarez.bsky.social Jordi, Davide, @phil-donoghue.bsky.social & Jialin #metazoans

Indeed! Very nice collaboration with @irenedelrey.bsky.social @sebasn1.bsky.social @konsmitsi.bsky.social @jtrinidad13.bsky.social Montse Elias, Padhu & others to decipher the origin of the #plasmalogen biosynthesis pathway. @ibe-barcelona.bsky.social @icreacommunity.bsky.social @csic.es

thanks for your contribution, Will! Sad you are not here but happy you can be at home!

And for the online participants we had the first round of Backstage Interviews led by Vika interviewing Iñaki Ruiz-Trillo and Laura Nuño de la Rosa. #Multicellverse @multicellgenome.bsky.social

@multicellgenome.bsky.social @philipcball.bsky.social @ucciuv.bsky.social @sfelena.bsky.social @pablocarb.bsky.social @ccbiologiquesuv.bsky.social @sesbe-org.bsky.social @tonigabaldon.bsky.social @paucarazo.bsky.social
Thanks @pacoalanaranja.es for the pic that captures the mood of the discussions

📣The #EMBOWorkshop hosted by @multicellgenome.bsky.social Lab has begun!

🔬Three days filled with talks from international experts exploring the #evolution and origins of #multicellularity🦠🧬

#Multicellverse #UnravellingEvolution #DiscoveringLife

gràcies!!!

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

cool!

Less than a month away! 📣 Our lab is so excited to co-host the #EMBOWorkshop on the evolution of #multicellularity.
Get ready to dive deep into the origins of multicellular life across all kingdoms. 🔬See you in Barcelona (or online) soon!

@prbb.org @csic.es

#PhDposition! Great PI, nice project, wonderful environment.
@IBE_Barcelona #microbes #evolution

No! This is not one of the Magnificent8! But also pretty interesting one! 🙂

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

Editor-in-Chief Joel Dacks looks back on the year and shares some of our new initiatives, including "Issue Highlight" image and AI use guidance.

Read about these initiatives and more in the Editor's Message
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

#protistsonsky

More on the ancient foundation of animal development. Coyle & King illustrate how core regulatory modules were present in our pre-animal ancestors. The key was not invention, but recycling & new protein interactions. #CellBiology #multicellularity #protistsOnSky
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

We couldn't imagine a better way to send off the incredible @MartonaAlvarez than with black paella and sea views! 🥘
Marta, thanks for everything! We will be cheering you on every step of the way. 🥰🥰🥰
#science #farewell #newbeginnings #teamwork #academialife
@ibe-barcelona.bsky.social @prbb.org

Cnidarian-Microbe Interactions
Fully-funded postdoctoral position is available in the Gibson Lab at the Stowers Institute to investigate any aspect of cnidarian-microbe interactions. Strong background in coral symbiosis or eukaryotic microbiology preferred.
Contact Matt Gibson: mg2@stowers.org

Congrats Haillot & the whole @ulrichtechnau.bsky.social lab! Another brilliant example of how we shouldn't assume simplicity in non-bilaterian animals. Triploblasty’s roots seem to run older than we thought! Nice to see a crosstalk between MAPK, β-catenin & Notch to define identities. #EvoDevo

I am prepared!! 😀 Congrats! looking forward to your next chapters!!!

🚀 Watching Núria Ros-Rocher grow from PhD student to independent @cnrs.fr researcher has been a joy. Talent + grit + kindness = 🔥. Huge congrats, Núria—and kudos, Thibaut. And I know this is just the beginning! Can’t wait for the next C. flexa chapters!

wow! A huge congratulations to @StevenHaddock & @sonkejo.bsky.social, whose work I have admired for years This book looks absolutely gorgeous and, as a huge fan of #bioluminescenc and #diversity, I'll definitely be getting a copy for the lab. #scicomm

Her contributions were essential to improve the genomes of our organisms (#ichthyosporeans ), get more information on the evolution of transcription factors, and get amazing data on the evolution of genomic regulation on pre-metazoans. She also supervised 3 master students! #comfuturo #protistsOnsky

We have no doubt you'll shine in your new adventures—just like always. @biologiaub.bsky.social
@biologiaub.bsky.social is lucky to have you starting tomorrow! We'll keep in touch.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, @martaalvarez.bsky.social! For your groundbreaking work on #protists, your incredible talent, your passion, and your kindness. We've loved every moment of these last 29 months with you in the lab! 🥰🥰 . #WomenInSTEM @ibe-barcelona.bsky.social @prbb.org @csic.es #protistsOnsky

Sometimes life and science give you a 🎁 gift!
Thanks, @freejakoba.bsky.social, for the visit! #academialife

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...

CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing in Corallochytrium limacisporum,a key species for understanding animal origins | Open Biology Microbial holozoans are the closest unicellular relatives of animals. They share a substantial gene repertoire with animals and exhibit complex life cycles. Studying these organisms is crucial for und...

Very happy to share our new paper where we develop CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing in our favorite unicellular relative of animals, Corallochytrium limacisporum! With @sebasn1.bsky.social @multicellgenome.bsky.social Elena and Claudio.

Check it out:
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...

CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing in Corallochytrium limacisporum,a key species for understanding animal origins | Open Biology Microbial holozoans are the closest unicellular relatives of animals. They share a substantial gene repertoire with animals and exhibit complex life cycles. Studying these organisms is crucial for und...

✨Animal evolution fans, rejoice! CRISPR-Cas9 is now in Corallochytrium ready to unlock secrets of animal origins! 🔬Led by @patriciasuarez.bsky.social & @sebasn1.bsky.social
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/... @royalsociety.org @ibe-barcelona.bsky.social#holozoans #ProtistsonSky

Victoria Shabardina from the @multicellgenome.bsky.social lab, catching us up on the latest findings on the emergence of animal multicellularity. Ets still amongst the last few 'metazoan exclusive' genes remaining. Gorgeous imagining 🔬👌🏽

#SMBE2025

Tomorrow last day to register to the #multicellularity conference. You do not need to present, you can just join us to enjoy what will be discussed. Any questions, do not hesitate to email or DM us! #protistsOnSky #protists