Anders K. Krabberød

@krabberod.bsky.social

Bioinformatician at the University of Oslo. Evolutionary biology, protists, progrock bassist.

Det er valg! Lurer du på hvordan partiene står i forhold til hverandre? 📊 Her er en hovedkomponentanalyse (PCA) basert på NRKs valgomat. Fargene viser ideologisk blokktilhørighet, og linjene kobler partiene i et minimum spenntre – korteste vei som forbinder alle uten å lage løkker. #valg2025 #nrk

The rhizarian testate amoeba that I shared yesterday makes its shell out of intricate, self-constructed glass scales. Other testate amoebozoans in the same environment make their shells out of debris (left) or food (right). These are interesting examples of convergence! #protistsonsky #protistaday

An SEM image of a testate amoebozoan that makes its shell from debris in the environment. An SEM image of a testate amoebozoan that makes its shell from food particles--mostly diatom tests in this case!

A nasselarian radiolarian with its podoconus (cone-like arrangement of long arms) out and lots of internal movement. Beautiful to see! In the water column, that cone of arms is probably oriented "up" for catching debris/prey and managing motion with the hard skeleton pointed "down" #protistaday