Checkout 𝘚𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘢 𝘭𝘶𝘬𝘰𝘭𝘪, a new species of amoeba isolated from cow poop that aggregates on the tips of dung fibers doi.org/10.64898/202... #ProtistsOnSky

My lab is currently looking for a postdoc interested in phylogenomics to work with our group on PhyloFisher. Please reach out if you or anyone you know is interested. evol.mcmaster.ca/brian/evoldi...

Here is a myxomycete plasmodium that I isolated off a wet leaf onto the bottom of a vented flask. Realtime phase microscopy. #ProtistsOnSky

Thrilled that the lab's first @hhmijanelia.bsky.social project is up on bioRxiv! Story behind the story to follow. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Memory from variability: Heritable short-term cellular memory emerges from stochastic biochemical reaction networks

Cells exhibit a mysterious form of selective heritable short-term memory, influencing outcomes as diverse as cell fate decisions in embryos and environmental responses in cancer cells and bacteria. He...

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I've been gone for awhile because bluesky was (is) banned in Mississippi :) Now that I have a VPN, here is a timelapse of diatoms from @hhmijanelia.bsky.social pond! #protistsonsky #protists

Here is a Centropyxis testate amoeba picking up a little rock with its pseudopod. Notice the pseudopod attachment point on the culture dish surface and the blebbing that happens there. #amoebae #protists