💧 On World Water Monitoring Day, the latest TREC kick-off event took place at CEREEP-Ecotron Ile De France. This event brought together global experts in environmental sciences, microbiology, and ecosystem research to explore the next steps in the TRaversing ECosystems (TREC) initiative.
Did you know diatoms can choose whether to mate? Check out our pre print on the hidden sex life of diatoms!! 👉https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.03.25.714164v1
More complexity than expected in these tiny organisms..🔬
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In our new pre-print, we established massive single-cell RNA-sequencing for diatoms to investigate key cell fate transitions. Notably, we discovered that the diploid-to-haploid transition is regulated by Myb TFs, a process that is actively ongoing across the Global Ocean! 🌊