I like to think about how cells work, especially among #protists. Driven by curiosity and a love to share detailed research and odd observations. Senior Research Scientist, Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences. He/him. https://www.protistsystems.org/
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When we think about learning, we think about brains.
Neurons. Animals.
But what if learning began much earlier?
Our paper in PRXLife, led by @maorknak.bsky.social explores whether a unicell relative of animals can use environmental cues to anticipate future stress. 🧵
Link: go.aps.org/4vAU56R
those who enjoyed our story of 𝘐. 𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘴, which was found in Hot Springs Creek in Lassen Volcanic National Park, can prepeare for an exciting continuation! no spoiler here, but 𝘍𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘭𝘢𝘮𝘰𝘦𝘣𝘢 cousins were now found at an, well... unexpected locaction. read below👇
#ProtistsOnSky
It is always a pleasure to visit this stony village #MicroSEA #Roscoff
Photo from the ROV SuBastian on the Designing the Future 3 Cruise in the South Atlantic Ocean East of Brazil. @schmidtocean.bsky.social
I found you in this vast ocean, my love, and I am not letting go. #protistsonsky
With @prakashlab.bsky.social
Similar challenges are faced for many many protist groups. Those who tackle them are science heroes, because protists are key to understanding so much of eukaryote evolution, much more than plants and animals for which we already have tons of genomes #protistsonsky
Did you know that Hexamita nelsoni occurs in blue mussels? Now you know 😂 see our paper here www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #protistsonsky
