Protistology UK @protistologyuk.bsky.social Home of Protistology UK
A learned society for anyone fascinated by Protists
Supporting research, teaching and early career scientists across the UK
www.protistology.org.uk
MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology @mrclmb.ac.uk The MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology aims to understand biological processes at the molecular level to help tackle human health problems and disease.
The bumbling biochemist (Bri Bibel) @bumblingbiochemist.bsky.social Assistant Prof of Biochemistry & Chemistry @ LMU | Metabolic enzymes of bioremediating bacteria. Making biochemistry fun & accessible #biochemsky #chemsky
http://thebumblingbiochemist.com/ & https://www.youtube.com/@thebumblingbiochemist
Brandán Pedre @brandanium.bsky.social I make fluorescent indicators that monitor metabolites and signaling molecules in the cell.
Now @KULeuven, previously in @DKFZ and @VIBLifeSciences.
Liz Cooney @protistwtmostest.bsky.social Postdoc in the Keeling Lab at UBC
Dinoflagellate evol 🔬| protistology in general | (respectfully) watching birds | 🇺🇸 living in 🇨🇦
@vigneshjayaraman.bsky.social @vigneshjayaraman.bsky.social 
Amit Meir @amitmhbh.bsky.social Structural biologist and microbiologist @University of Glasgow. Love all things small and smaller 🧡🦠
Spoel Lab @spoel-lab.bsky.social University of Edinburgh research group studying how protein modifications contribute to plant resilience in a changing environment.
@obcbioimaging.bsky.social @obcbioimaging.bsky.social 
Dr. Zeph Nelson Omondi @zephnelson.bsky.social PhD: sand fly/ mosquito 🦟 biologist . Interested in everything parasite-microbiota-vector interactions. Looking for postdoc in sand fly / mosquitoe microbiota studies
Melissa Hart @melissa-natalie.bsky.social Wellcome early career fellow researching Plasmodium and Babesia (PlasBesia) erythrocyte invasion and niche-building strategies. Killer of houseplants. Avid cat lover. 
Victor Tobiasson @victortobiasson.bsky.social Interested in protein structure and evolution. Somehow what they call a "PI" now, not sure how that happened. Hiring!
Juan Carlos De la Concepcion @delaconcepcionjc.bsky.social A carpenter with a hammer
Plants, Pathogens and Procrastination
Emmy Noether Fellow at ZMBP
Mebratu Bitew @mebratubitew.bsky.social DVM, PhD| Interested in Host-Parasite interaction on Toxoplasma gondii
Toxo18 Brasil @toxo18.bsky.social Official handle for the 18th International Congress on Toxoplasmosis (Toxo18)
toxo18.com.br
Martin Ott lab @mitolab.bsky.social Research on the biogenesis and quality control of mitochondrial proteins at Gothenburg University, Sweden
www.martinottlab.com
Scott Chisholm @scottchisholm.bsky.social 
Ryuji Yanase @ryanase.bsky.social Senior Research Scientist at the National Institute of Infectious Diseases (NIID), Japan Institute for Health Security (JIHS) studying the cell & molecular biology of parasitic Excavata & amoebae
Richard Wheeler @zephyris-science.bsky.social Parasite cell biology, science and microscopes (with a garnish of computers, graphics and graphic design). Runs a research lab in the University of Edinburgh.
Martin Stervander 🏳️🌈🇸🇪🏴🏛️🦉🦤🪶 @stervander.com Singing evolutionary biologist, ornithologist, insulaphile. PhD. Senior Curator of #Birds @ntlmuseumsscot.bsky.social, Scientific Assoc @nhm-london.bsky.social, ME+AE Ornis Svecica, ~Sequencer+RAGer AviList. [Views obvs my own; ex-X-@nesospiza]
Heidi M McBride @mitodynamics.bsky.social Hopeless mitochondriak. Professor at McGill Neuro_MNI. Opinions my own.
@luciamrvova.bsky.social @luciamrvova.bsky.social 
Ross Waller @rosswaller.bsky.social Professor of Evolutionary Cell Biology, Director of Cambridge Biosciences BBSRC DTP, Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge
Natalia Wąsowska @nwasowska.bsky.social PhD student in Immunology at the University of Edinburgh
@az-lab.bsky.social @az-lab.bsky.social 
bioRxiv Microbiology @biorxiv-microbiol.bsky.social 
Graeme Cowan 🧬👨🏻💻 @graemecowan.bsky.social Immunologist at University of Edinburgh working in B and T cells in infection (malaria) and autoimmunity (rheumatoid arthritis). I use NGS, computational biology, single cell approaches and Adaptive Immune Receptor Repertoire seq👨🏻💻🧬🦠🧫
Plant Energy Biology Lab @schwarzlanderlab.bsky.social Metabolism, organelles, stress, transport & redox.
Live monitoring with biosensors @uni-muenster.de
Posts by Markus
Soraya Zwahlen @sorayazwahlen.bsky.social PhD Student @EMBL | Marine microbiology & ecotoxicology🌊🧪| Vincent group @floravincent 🏋️♀️| obsessed with sustainability🌿 (she/her)
University of Edinburgh, School of Biological Sciences @edinburghbiology.bsky.social We are one of the largest centres of biological science in the UK, with world-leading education, research and facilities
Sandy Hetherington @sandyheth.bsky.social Dr Alexander J. Hetherington | Plant evolutionary biologist, University of Edinburgh UK | UKRI Future Leader Fellow |
Lab website: https://www.ed.ac.uk/biology/groups/hetherington
Prof Thorunn @luehea.bsky.social Ecologist 🌿 🍄 🧬 🌾 “Some people draw conclusions like curtains, ooooh don’t they draw them tight” (John Martyn). Views mine 🇮🇸🏴🇪🇺
@tovah-shaw-lab.bsky.social @tovah-shaw-lab.bsky.social 
Rivka Lim @rivkamlim.bsky.social Wellcome Trust - Hosts, Pathogens and Global Health PhD candidate. Researching persistent hotspots of schistosomiasis infection. Views are my own. (She/her). Wife. Mum of two.
@arsweeny.bsky.social @arsweeny.bsky.social 
University of Edinburgh Technicians @uoetechnicians.bsky.social 
Microbiology Society @microbiologysociety.org Microbiology Society: A world in which the science of #microbiology provides maximum benefit to society | microbiologysociety.org
lnk.bio/microbiosoc
Javier del Campo @fonamental.bsky.social Group leader at @ibe-barcelona.bsky.social (@csic.es - @upf.edu) & Adjunct at @miamirosenstiel.bsky.social. Microbial Ecology & Evolution 🔬🌍🧫🧬 🪸 @pr2-database.bsky.social Coordinator #corals #symbiosis #protists
Ryan Gawryluk @gawryluk.bsky.social Associate Professor at University of Victoria. Fan of mitochondria and protists.
Dacks Lab (Evolutionary Cell Biology) @dackslabecb.bsky.social This is the professional account for the Evolutionary Cell Biology lab of Prof. Joel Dacks. 
fesshole 🧻 @fesshole.bsky.social Confess your sins anonymously - will the internet absolve you?
Buy show tickets 2025/6: sites.google.com/view/fesshole
Add confession b3ta.com/addfess
Buy book amazon.co.uk/s?k=very+best+of+fesshole&tag=b3ta-21
Run @robmanuel.b3ta.com
Andrew Roger @andrewjroger.bsky.social deep-time evolution, phylogenetics, anaerobic protists, the tree of Life. Science depends on vigorous respectful debate and evidence-based reasoning. I like cats. This is my personal page and what I post here has nothing to do with my employer.
James A. Letts @lettsscience.bsky.social 
Courtney Stairs @cstairs.bsky.social Dept. of Cell and Molecular Biology, Uppsala University || Anaerobes, mitochondria, evolution || #ERC_stg #tango2uppsala www.thelabupstairs.online
ISEP @isepprotists.bsky.social The International Society for Evolutionary Protistology Serves People with Interests in the Taxonomy, Phylogeny, Cell Biology, and Evolution of Protists. https://www.isep-protists.com/ Account managed by @animalculum.bsky.social
Varsha Mathur @varshamathur.bsky.social Evolutionary biologist | MSCA Postdoctoral Fellow @univienna | Previously EMBO Postdoctoral Fellow, JRF Brasenose College, Oxford Biology | protists/parasites/organelles 🔬🧬
Anthony M. Bonacolta @ambonacolta.bsky.social NSERC Postdoctoral Fellow in the Keeling Lab @ UBC studying marine protistan symbionts. Previously: del Campo Lab & Coral Reef Futures Lab 🐠🪸🌊🧬 He/Him 🏳️🌈
Website: https://abonacolta.github.io/
Henry McSorley @henrymcsorley.bsky.social I use parasites to mess with the immune system. Reader at University of Dundee. I also like bikes and cats. 
Jan-Hannes Schaefer @jhschaef.bsky.social Structural Biology to the rescue. Postdoc at Scripps Research.
https://jhschaefer.de/ ❄️🔬 🎹⛳
Gautier Courbon @courbongautier.bsky.social Learning every day 🚀
Cryo-EM, infectious diseases, antimicrobials
EMBO Postdoctoral Fellow in the Higgins lab @Oxford
Previously Rubinstein lab @sickkids @UofT
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=oFP3wRkAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao
Vanessa Severo @vanessa-severo.bsky.social Postdoc at Sullivan Lab 👩🏻🔬🧬🔬
A cat lover studying a parasite who also loves cats #Toxoplasma
Elias Adriaenssens @elias-adriaenssens.bsky.social Postdoc with Sascha Martens and Tim Clausen at the Vienna BioCenter (VBC). #MSCA Fellow. Formerly University of Oxford and University of Antwerp.
Loïc Carrique @loiccarrique.bsky.social Structural biologist at Oxford Strubi. cryoEM | cryoET | FIB-milling | Generally interested in better understanding viruses replication.
Kaitlyn Kiernan @kaitlynakiernan.bsky.social Postdoc in the Sazanov lab at ISTAustria. Using structural biology to find meaning in a world ruled by microbes. 🔬🦠
Mariana Silva @marianafs93.bsky.social Postdoctoral researcher
Sheiner lab
Centre of Parasitology, University of Glasgow
Gavin Thomas (he/him) @gavinhthomas.bsky.social Microbiologist @UniofYork. Former EiC of @MicrobioSoc
#MicrobioJ. Transporters, Staph, BO & skin microbiome. CSO
@morfdb.bsky.social York Knavesmire Harrier & EBOR orienteer. 
Walzer Lab @walzerlab.bsky.social Opening August 2025 at Clemson University! We study the life cycle of the parasite Cryptosporidium, with a particular focus on the regulators of sexual commitment and development.
Calvin Tiengwe @tiengwe-tryplab.bsky.social Molecular parasitologist studying how pathogens evade host immunity...tracking antimicrobial resistance spread in West Africa. One Health advocate! strong believer in open and community science #Scientist, #dad & #global health advocate. 🦠🧬🔬🐄🌍
Technician Commitment @tech-commit.bsky.social A global initiative focussed on ensuring visibility, recognition, career development and sustainability for #highered and #research technicians in all disciplines. Hosted by @uk-itss.bsky.social.
Learn more at techniciancommitment.org.uk
European Research Council (ERC) @erc.europa.eu European Research Council, set up by the EU, funds top researchers of any nationality, helping them pursue great ideas at the frontiers of knowledge. #HorizonEU
Lil (Lillian Fritz-Laylin) @fritzlaylin.bsky.social Professor of Biology at UMass Amherst studying the evolution of the cytoskeleton and the cell and developmental biology of Naegleria and chytrid fungi.
UK Research and Innovation @ukri.org The UK’s largest public funder of research. Our mission is to advance knowledge, improve lives and drive growth.
#FundedByYou
Also autoposting to @news.ukri.org, @funding.ukri.org, @blogs.ukri.org and @events.ukri.org. Topic specific feeds coming soon!
The Moredun Foundation | Supporting Livestock Health @moredunfoundation.bsky.social 🧑🌾 founded by farmers in 1920
🐑 supporting livestock health & welfare
🦠 understanding diseases
💉 developing treatments & vaccines
📚 unbiased info
linktr.ee/moredunresearch
Theo Sanderson @theo.io researching viral pathogen genomics at @lshtm.bsky.social, building @pathoplexus.org | theo.io / sandersonlab.org
Medicines for Malaria Venture (MMV) @mmv.org A leading global health partnership working to reduce the burden of malaria. We discover, develop and deliver new antimalarial medicines.
PHD Comics @phdcomics.com Comics by Jorge Cham: Oliver's Great Big Universe, Elinor Wonders Why, ScienceStuff and PHD Comics
@KingOfPathogens @kingofpathogens.bsky.social 🏴 Cytokines Parasites 
Ksena Longrin @ksenart.bsky.social Chemist~neuroscientist~parasitologist @EdinburghUni. Part of Joanna Young lab. Here for microscopy and bioimaging, i.e. cool shots of dead or alive.
Adam Hayward @adhayward.bsky.social Scientist at Moredun Research Institute working on ruminant parasites, especially field studies, host resilience, immunity and sustainable worm control.
Paul Sigala @sigalalab.bsky.social biochemist, parasitologist, mentor, student
https://sigala.biochem.utah.edu
Hilary Snaith @hilarysnaith.bsky.social Edinburgh resident, research developer for infectious diseases, curious explorer, yarn-lover! 
Björn Kafsack @kafsacklab.bsky.social Working at Weill Cornell in New York City at the intersection of chromatin, metabolism, and differentiation in apicomplexan parasites.
Dr. Mattie Christine Pawlowic @goldenpipette.bsky.social Principal Investigator, Sir Henry Dale Fellow, new mom. My lab studies #Cryptosporidium biochemistry and drug discovery at the University of Dundee. She/Her
Conor Feehily @sligomicrobe.bsky.social Host-Microbiome Interaction | Vaginal Microbiome | Preterm Birth | Functional Genomics 
Richard Sever @richardsever.bsky.social Chief Science and Strategy Officer, openRxiv. Co-Founder, bioRxiv and medRxiv.
Belen Pachano @belenpachano.bsky.social MSCA postdoctoral researcher studying Trypanosoma in the Siegel lab 🧬
From 🇦🇷 → 🇫🇷 → 🇩🇪
Pedro Vale @pfvale.bsky.social Ecology & Evolution of Infection Dynamics lab, Edinburgh, UK https://pedrovale.bio.ed.ac.uk/
Drug Discovery Unit, University of Dundee @ddu-dundee.bsky.social 
Sebastian Baumgarten @sebbaumgarten.bsky.social Scientist, cyclist and lover of the sea
Laurine Brouck @looryn97.bsky.social Postdoc in the Mode of Action lab at @dundee.ac.uk interested in drug discovery for neglected tropical diseases
Sergey Melnikov @sergeymelnikov.bsky.social Group Leader at Newcastle University, UK. www.melnikovlab.com
Ben Engel @cellarchlab.com cellarchlab.com Univ. of Basel Biozentrum🇨🇭. Exploring molecular architecture inside cells with #CryoEM #TeamTomo. Plants and algae in a changing climate. ❄🔬 OF 🌿 4THE 🌍! 
Vivien Shek @vshek.bsky.social Decoding immune responses to S. mansoni in the MacDonald lab 🪱🔬📊
Andrés Guillén Samander @aguillensamander.bsky.social 🇵🇪 EMBO Postdoctoral Fellow @BNITM in Hamburg studying interorganelle communication in Malaria parasites
Ornella Romeo @ornellaromeo.bsky.social Research Assistant at the University of Adelaide 🥼
Malaria and Toxoplasma gondii 🔬🧫
Often found near food
Discovery Research Platform for Hidden Cell Biology @drphcb-uoe.bsky.social The Discovery Research Platform for Hidden Cell Biology is a cross disciplinary team of researchers and technologists working to develop new techniques to overcome technical and knowledge barriers to scientific progress.
https://biology.ed.ac.uk/drp
Adele Marston @marstonlab.bsky.social Cell Biologist excited about Chromosomes, Meiosis and Mitosis. Director, Wellcome Discovery Platform for Hidden Cell Biology
MRC-LMB Cell Biology Division @cellbiol-mrclmb.bsky.social Our aim is to understand the biological organisation of cells and organisms, and the molecular mechanisms underlying their function. https://www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/research/cell-biology/
Anna Andrusaite @annaandrusaite.bsky.social Postdoc at the MacDonald Lab (University of Edinburgh) studying DCs in the gut during parasite infections
ECR Rep at the British Society for Immunology
Edinburgh Genomics @edgenome.bsky.social The Genomics & Bioinformatics Core Facility at the University of Edinburgh
https://genomics.ed.ac.uk/
Emma Marie Briggs @emmamariebriggs.bsky.social Research Fellow at Newcastle University working with trypanosome parasites.
(she/her)
PTPP lab-University of Bern @labfaso.bsky.social University of Bern-based research group in love with protein trafficking in protist parasites (PTPP). @izb-unibern.bsky.social
Co-Chair of the MCIDBern @mcid-unibe.bsky.social at the University of Bern @unibe.ch
Kyriaki Neophytou @kyriakibakeri.bsky.social Argonaute, RNA, extracellular vesicles, and worm enthusiast. Postdoctoral Researcher at The University of Edinburgh.
Elena Rodrigues @elena-l-r.bsky.social Postdoc at the Francis Crick Institute in the Sateriale lab. Working on virulence factors of Cryptosporidium! 
Marine Biological Laboratory @mblscience.bsky.social The Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL), founded in 1888, is an international center for research & education in biology & ecology in Woods Hole, MA. www.mbl.edu
Samuel Duncan @sammydunk.bsky.social Postdoctoral researcher at the University of Glasgow, specialising in genetic manipulation, glycosylation and biochemistry. Basic weegie scumbag currently developing RNAi in parasitic helminths of livestock.
Michela Cerone @michelacerone.bsky.social Molecular and biochemical parasitoligist at Imperial College London: trypanosomes, malaria, drug discovery, lipidomics, metabolomics, proteomics, microscopy, vaccines
Edinburgh Super-Resolution Imaging Consortium (ESRIC) @esric-imaging.bsky.social Open-access super-resolution microscope facility 🔬
@ Heriot Watt University and University of Edinburgh
https://esric.org/
John Steele @jfcsteele.bsky.social Structural biologist and biochemist with an interest in synthetic biology for green chemistry. Unapologetic geek passionate about science and biotechnology.
Postdoc at Edinburgh University- all views are my own. He/Him.
EMBO @embo.org EMBO is the organization of more than 2,200 leading researchers that promotes excellence in life sciences in Europe and beyond.
https://www.embo.org/