New paper from our lab showing that ionotropic glutamate receptors are widespread in unicellular organisms. Extracellular glutamate triggers a sensitive signalling response in diatoms. www.cell.com/current-biol.... @thembauk.bsky.social @bristolbiosci.bsky.social

Glutamate as an extracellular signalling molecule in unicellular protists

Murphy et al. show that the amino acid glutamate acts as an extracellular signalling molecule in unicellular eukaryotes, which likely facilitated the development of complex glutamate-dependent cell–ce...

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New paper from our lab characterising a richly diverse cococlithophore community in the Southern Indian Ocean. These communities were largely overlooked by broad specificity 18S metabarcoding approaches. @godi.bsky.social @thembauk.bsky.social aslopubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

How do diatom cells maintain a constant supply of carbon for photosynthesis? Our microelectrode measurements of the phycosphere around individual diatom cells show that diatoms can rapidly switch between distinct carbon acquisition pathways. @thembauk.bsky.social www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Exciting SWBio PhD opportunity to study cell signalling in marine diatoms during heat stress. Deadline 3rd December 2025 @swbiodtp.bsky.social @kehelliwell.bsky.social @thembauk.bsky.social @exetermarine.bsky.social

🌊🔬 Looking for a postdoc to join our team! Cocco-Channel project ➡️ studying coccolithophore phycospheres and their role in ocean carbon cycling. ✔️ Plus if you bring experience in microbial ecology, molecular/microscopy tools & fieldwork 👉 More info: euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/375178 #protistsonsky

Last few days for booking your online tickets! Join leading coccolithophore scientists online at Advances in Coccolithophore Research 2025, 9-11 September. Full schedule including speakers and talks available - buff.ly/oaMjqZB ➡️ Book your ticket by Friday 5 September.

Are you interested in how diatoms communicate with each other? Exciting post-doc position available in my lab to study the signalling mechanisms of cell-cell communication in diatoms. Deadline 14th July. @kehelliwell.bsky.social @thembauk.bsky.social www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNO210/p...

Just a few days left to submit an abstract to the Advances in Coccolithophore Research workshop in Plymouth. Deadline 31st May. mymba.mba.ac.uk/ems-event-bo...

📣 We are excited to share our latest paper about Cathepsin X, a new algal cell death gene, led by @aviamizrachi.bsky.social and @maisadeh.bsky.social, published in Current Biology @currentbiology.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 1/3 >>

Cathepsin X is a conserved cell death protein involved in algal response to environmental stress

Phytoplankton are responsible for half of the global photosynthesis and form vast blooms in aquatic ecosystems. Bloom demise fuels marine microbial li…

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📢Excited to share TWO ERC-funded postdoc positions!🧪Are you passionate about molecular mechanisms and marine microbial interactions?🌊🔬Join us in dissecting antagonistic diatom-bacteria interactions, by the sea! tiny.cc/xlfe001 @thembauk.bsky.social @exetermarine.bsky.social Please msg to hear more!