fburki.bsky.social
Exploring the great microbial eukaryote diversity and evolution, one protist at a time. I’m fascinated by this question: how have #plastids evolved? #ProtistsOnSky | Associate Prof at Uppsala University. My lab: https://www.burki-lab.net/
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@fburki.bsky.socialIt is prizes for protistology this week! Congratulations to Chuanqi Jiang and colleagues for their work. Note, I actually dragged a non-protistologist colleague into my office to show them how cool Figure 6 of this paper was:)
Show PostProtistology wins prizes everywhere this week. Congratulations to Anders Alfjorden and colleagues for this wonderful paper!
Show PostCongratulations Anders Alfjorden, et al.! Their paper, "Identification of a new gregarine parasite associated with mass mortality events of freshwater pearl mussels (Margaritifera margaritifera) in Sweden," won the 2024 Trager Award onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal... #protistsonsky
Show PostCongratulations, Chuanqi Jiang, et al.! Their paper, "Decoding the Nature of the Peritrich Stalk: A Distinctive Organelle in a Large Group of Ciliated Unicellular Eukaryotes," won the 2025 Trager Award for Best Paper. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal... #protistsonsky
Show PostWhat we can find in nature can lead to amazing progress! Algae are amazing 🤩 www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medic...
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