Flora Vincent

Soraya Zwahlen, a PhD student in the Vincent @floravincent.bsky.social group @embl.org, was our speaker at the DB seminar this week. She discussed a cell-ecosystem approach to studying marine microbial interactions under pollutant stress. #MarineMicrobiology #MicrobialInteractions

They are architects of the sea, engineers of the air—capturing carbon, atom by atom.

While you breathe, they build. While you sleep, they safeguard our climate.

#InvisibleHeroes #OceanGuardians #ClimateWarriors #protistsonsky
Illustrations by Rosie Sheward

Ahahaha love it

The cellular mechanics of symbiosis: sensing friend from foe

Dear all, registration for the upcoming EMBO/EMBL Symposium on "the cellular mechanics of symbiosis" is now OPEN 🤩 ! Feel free to register ! www.embl.org/about/info/c...
#EESSymbiosis #ProtistsOnSky #SymbioSky
@hassansalem.bsky.social @berasymbionts.bsky.social @embl.org

From MBoC: Wallace F. Marshall (UCSF) and team profile the giant ciliate Stentor pyriformis—symbiotic algae in microtubule baskets, symbiont-dependent phototaxis, and a standard genetic code. Paper: www.molbiolcell.org/doi/10.1091/... #CellBiology

#ProtistsOnSky
the elephant in the (protist)room...

Very nice paper Thibaut; the duck intro just killed me and I’m looking forward to the next paper just for the thread you’ll pull out. That was a good laugh with my morning coffee

One is the best EMBO/EMBL symposium is coming up and it’s going to be AWESOME. Save the date !

Wowww!!! Amazing news @messorensen.bsky.social 🤩 Huge congrats & so excited for your lab at @cemess.bsky.social! #protistsonsky

www.univie.ac.at/en/news/deta...

Check out our new paper on adopting a trait-based framework for protist diversity! We make the case for a unified protist trait database, how to build it, and how it could transform research on protist ecology and evolution.
#protistsonsky

📢 Recruitment for the EMBL International PhD Programme is officially open!

At EMBL, we train young scientists to become skilled and creative future leaders in academia and other sectors. Join us and get a head start on your career in life sciences!

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photo of a string of algal cells and the same string under fluorescence microscopy showing glowing blobs inside each cell

Partnership between #algae & #bacteria reveals secrets of evolution phys.org/news/2025-08...

Stepwise genome #evolution from a facultative symbiont to an endosymbiont in the N2-fixing symbioses www.cell.com/current-biol... #protists by @vesnagrujcic.bsky.social, @mehrshmali.bsky.social, et al.

#protistsonsky
Direct link to the Chaetoceros Quick Guide if you want to learn more :)
@sorayazwahlen.bsky.social @currentbiology.bsky.social @cellpress.bsky.social
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Better with the link authors.elsevier.com/a/1lYLj3QW8S...

Thanks
@currentbiology.bsky.social and @cellpress.bsky.social for the invitation !

A small piece with PhD student @sorayazwahlen.bsky.social and Wiebe Kooistra on why we think Chaetoceros is an emerging model system for phytoplankton research, ranging from its ecological role, to unique cellular features and - of course - its many symbiotic interactions in the marine microbiome.

Building the next generation of kick-ass women in marine science, one expedition at a time.
#mesocosm @embl.org

When I see those pics I always think “ did they have permits?” 😅 post trec trauma
Cool find!!

From short to long reads: enhanced protist diversity profiling via Nanopore metabarcoding #protists #protistsonsky www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Last week, we started to collect samples from high-altitude Alpine lakes for the ERC-funded #CAPSOLUTION project! Throughout July and August, we will study the diversity of #viruses, #bacteria, and #protists in these extreme environments.
#HorizonEU @erc.europa.eu @mpimarinemicrobio.bsky.social

Advanced sampling conditions for @lqueiss.bsky.social @drjmpetersen.bsky.social

Our home base for the first week was Lake Gossenköllesee at 2416 m elevation. The research station (Univ. of Innsbruck) sheltered us during an unexpected snowstorm in July. See pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33436089 for viruses from this lake!
#CAPSOLUTION @mpimarinemicrobio.bsky.social @erc.europa.eu

Oceans Day participants being led in an activity by Sally Hall, Science Education and Public Engagement Officer at EMBL. Credit: ©Regina Imatdinova

On #OceansDay2025, EMBL’s Science Education and Public Engagement (SEPE) Team joined forces with the German-American Institute (DAI) to bring the underwater world closer to families in Heidelberg.

Learn more: www.embl.org/news/lab-mat...

@dudinlab.bsky.social I was looking into that to share internally but FAQ says “PhD students and Postdocs from all Swiss institutions of higher education are invited.”
Just to make sure

So good to reconnect with the adrenaline of field work. My guilty pleasure as a PI is to keep this happening to make sure you never go too far from the initial Pasión.
Mesocosm experiments simulating impact of marine heat waves on marine microbial interactions in Vigo.
@embl.org #UnivVigo

Such a pleasure to be co-organising the #Latsis Symposium this year with Guillermina !

Thanks to all the speakers & sponsors.

And all our teams members who helped make this a reality.

It just felt right.

#Science #WildCells #ProtistsOnSky #Cell #Biology #Biophysics #Behaviour

Collage showing EMBL and CIM’s collaborative marine research in action. Top left: two researchers on a boat deploying a water sampling net into the sea. Center left: close-up of the net capturing water. Center right: the EMBL mobile laboratory truck parked outside the CIM building. Bottom row: interior of a mobile lab with scientists analyzing samples and conducting experiments in a well-equipped workspace.

The Marine Research Centre (CIM) at the University of Vigo, Spain, and EMBL join forces to study how to curb red tides and anticipate the effects of marine heatwaves.

The CELLBLOOM project will advance scientific understanding of current global changes in the ocean.

www.embl.org/news/lab-mat...

#diatom #symbiosis #exM #phytoplankton #protistsonsky #molecularlifeofdiatoms
@gustbilcke.bsky.social

A huge thx to @vibtrainconf.bsky.social for this #MLD8 full of diatom geeks. Such a beautiful community & really phenomenal science. @serenaflori.bsky.social could present her latest preprint & I updated the diatom folks on how we make Chaetoceros a good model for phytoplankton symbiosis research !

Wow !!! That’s awesome !!! Congratulations and looking forward to have you as a colleague !

#MLD8 is underway in sunny Ghent! Kicked off with exciting breakthroughs in diatom biology and new tools for molecular studies. Great to reconnect and dive into cell biology, ecophysiology, genomics & biotech. Tiny but mighty! 🌊 #DiatomResearch #BlueBiotech
Find out more: vibbio.tech/4kRX2L7