Maximilian Ganser

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Mr. Tintinnid | Researching marine planktonic protists - Tintinnid ciliates Postdoctoral researcher in the Protistology lab at the University of Salzburg (Austria) | https://www.plus.ac.at/?page_id=10733

Structure model of a Tintinnidorin protein showing the conserved beta-sheet core, the flexible linker regions, and the distribution of the abundant (15%) aromatic amino acids.
Schematic of late division stage in the tintinnid Schmidingerella showing the proter (anterior division product) with the shell-forming granules, and the opisthe (posterior division product). Overview of applied methods for single-cell transcriptomics and lorica proteomics.
Swimming tintinnid ciliate in its transparent showing the shell-material granules containing the Tintinnidorin proteins accumulated around the circular zone of membranelles of the newly developing cell.
Top row images showing cells of the tintinnid ciliate Schmidingerella from early to late division stages. Shell-forming material ist stained in purple/red. Bottom row images show 3D models of the material for volumetric analyses.
Plankton sampled in Villefranche-sur-Mer. Animal larval stages, copepods, ciliates, tintinnids, foraminifera, and radiolarians.