Aquatic Ecosystem Analyses 🦠 Protists and their interactions.
http://kennethdumack.de
Kenneth Dumack
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Interested in working on the evolution of photosynthetic endosymbioses? Come join us!
I have 2 open positions in my new group @cemess.bsky.social in Vienna
3yr postdoc info: tinyurl.com/4emkjpn4
4yr PhD info: tinyurl.com/mtxmsjpy
Apply by 1st June!
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#Protists #Symbiosis #PhD
Great news for our lab at the University of Koblenz! We have now received approval to work with potentially infectious Risk Group 2 biological material!
It substantially expands the experimental possibilities for research on microbial communities, protists, and aquatic systems, including wastewater.
Following up on my last post, here is a glimpse into the culture room, where our protists are now growing and awaiting exploration. Excited to see everything fully operational! As you see, there is still a lot of shelf space to fill - one step at a time. Now back to proposal writing 🫡 #protists
The molecular lab, culture and microscopy rooms, and bioinformatic server, are now fully set up! I’m very grateful for my new position 🎉 We’re already generating results and insights in Koblenz, and I’m looking forward to the years ahead! Now, I "just" need to get the proposals funded 🫡 #protists
Two weeks left to apply! 🌊 Exciting #PhDPosition in #PlanktonEcology at the University of Koblenz, Germany!
Work on #marine #protists with a mix of 🔬 wet lab and 💻 bioinformatics in a 3-year, 60% position.
📅 Apply by 20 May 2026
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#ProtistsOnSky
Protists accounted for ~20.1% of reads, while fungi accounted for merely ~9.1%. Among eukaryotes, Arcellinida stood out as the most abundant order, not fungi! Protists are not just bystanders, they are important predators that may strongly shape forest soil food webs! (pic:Arcellinida feeding hypha)
Our takeaway: if we want to understand forest soils, we need to look beyond fungi. Metatranscriptomics reveal important players that PCR-based approaches miss.
Really happy to share our new article: Protistan Predators Outshine Fungi in Forest Soil Activity. #ProtistsOnSky #MicrobialEcology #Soil
Five days left to apply! 🌊 Exciting #PhDPosition in #PlanktonEcology at the University of Koblenz, Germany!
Work on #marine #protists with a mix of 🔬 wet lab and 💻 bioinformatics in a 3-year, 60% position.
📅 Apply by 20 May 2026
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Link: tinyurl.com/yu27knau
#ProtistsOnSky
We all know #fungi are the dominant microbial #eukaryotes in #forest #soils… or are they really?
In our new paper, we revisited 51 forest metatranscriptomes from 4 European and North American forest regions - and found that protistan predators outshine fungi in activity!
🌊 Exciting #PhDPosition in #PlanktonEcology at the University of Koblenz, Germany!
Work on marine protists with a mix of 🔬 wet lab and 💻 bioinformatics in a 3-year, 60% position.
📅 Apply by 20 May 2026
Please repost/share 🙌
Link: tinyurl.com/yu27knau
#Protists #MicrobialEcology #PhD #Ecology
