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
Ocean Systems Ecology Lab @WHOI @systemsecology.bsky.social The Ocean Systems Ecology Lab @WHOI.edu, led by Gregory Britten, studying how carbon flows through food webs https://ecosystems.whoi.edu
Sean Montgomery @seanamontgomery.bsky.social Postdoc in the Sebé-Pedrós lab at the CRG studying heterochromatin diversity and function across eukaryotes. Can be found chasing frisbees when not in the lab.
Arnau Sebé-Pedrós @arnausebe.bsky.social Group leader CRG; Associate Faculty ToL Sanger Institute.
Genome regulation, chromatin, cell types, and evolution. https://www.sebepedroslab.org
CGUE 2026 @cgue2026.bsky.social Comparative Genomics of Unicellular Eukaryotes
October 5-10, 2026 - Sant Feliu de Guixol (Spain)
#Eukaryotes #Protists #Microbiology #Genomics #EvolutionaryBiology #ComparativeGenomics #Protistology #CellBiology
Science, Art and Writing Trust @sawtrust.bsky.social Bringing science into everyday lives and developing new ways of stimulating creativity, exploration and learning.
Registered charity 1113386
sawtrust.org
Brittany Sprecher @bsprech.bsky.social Currently a postdoc at WHOI working on spatial proteomics in Mesodinium | passionate about protists, molecular bio, kleptoplasty, bioluminescence, fluorescence, microscopy & surfing 🔬🏄
Superbugs 🦠🔬🏫🧒🏽 @superbugs.bsky.social The microbial world in, on and around us • Health, disease, infection, hygiene, antibiotics, vaccines • Education, engagement, pop-up shops, escape rooms • Games, stories, info, activities, fun • English, Cymraeg, Gàidhlig, Gaeilge
www.superbugs.online
GetGenome @getgenome.bsky.social We empower scientists throughout the world by providing equitable access to genomics technology and genomics-related training and education. http://getgenome.net | https://kamounlab.medium.com/introducing-getgenome-genomics-for-all-7011d9f5fa9b
Megan Sorensen @messorensen.bsky.social Interested in the evolution of endosymbiosis, especially those that photosynthesise. And more broadly in evolutionary microbiology, symbiosis, organelles and protists.
Assistant Professor at CeMESS, University of Vienna.
Holly Moeller @mixotrophe.bsky.social Jersey girl, rain lover, chalkboard equation addict. Professor & eco-evo theoretician (Erdős # = 5) at EEMB, UCSB (#unicornjob🦄); external prof @ SFI. All good bugs photosynthesize. Tell your 🚲 I said "hi." she/her
Latest Foster 🐈⬛: #MeetCapone (adopted!)
Anna Karnkowska @ankarn.bsky.social Fascinated by microbial eukaryotes diversity, ecology & evolution.
PI at Institute of Evolutionary Biology, Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw.
x.com/ania_karnkowska
#ProtistsOnSky
Kasia Piwosz @piwoszomonas.bsky.social Aquatic microbial ecologists. Favourite habitat: Baltic Sea. Favourite microbes: heterotrophic nanoflagellates, but also bacteria somehow. Associated prof. at National Marine Fisheries Research Institute (Gdynia).
@protistologyopen.bsky.social @protistologyopen.bsky.social News and everything regarding Protistology Open 2026 in Prague
Matt Hutchings @matthutchings.bsky.social Head of Molecular Microbiology @johninnescentre.bsky.social. Streptomyces natural products. Drummer, husband, dad, Norwich City ST holder.
www.jic.ac.uk/people/matt-hutchings
Streptomyces strains & resources @ http://streptomyces.org.uk
Microbiology Society @microbiologysociety.org Microbiology Society: A world in which the science of #microbiology provides maximum benefit to society | microbiologysociety.org
lnk.bio/microbiosoc
Vasily Zlatogursky @zlatogursky.bsky.social Protistology whatever it means. Views are mine
Hassan Salem @hassansalem.bsky.social Biologist and Group Leader at the John Innes Centre, UK | ERC Investigator | EMBO Young Investigator | Symbiosis, genomics & development | www.mutualisms.net
Sophien Kamoun @kamounlab.bsky.social Biologist @ The Sainsbury Lab; passionate about plant pathogens & evolution; open science advocate; loves travel, food and sports; nomad and hunter-gatherer. Web http://kamounlab.net | Medium https://medium.com/@kamounlab | GetGenome http://getgenome.net
Centre for Microbial Interactions @norwichmicro.bsky.social News and opportunities from over 100 microbiology research groups at Norwich Research Park, UK - one of the world's leading sites for microbiology expertise.
https://www.cmi-norwich.ac.uk
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/
L. Felipe Benites @lfelipeb.bsky.social Mino Postdoctoral Fellow at the @setiinstitute.bsky.social | Gardener and Evolutionary Biologist | Astrobiology | Virus evolution | Children's book author | Experimental musician | Brasileiro.
https://lfbenites.com/
Dr Rachel Foster @rachel-foster.bsky.social Microbiologist at the Natural History Museum. Particular interest in eukaryotic microbiology and parasites of aquatic invasive species. Dog obsessed.
Alejandro Fábregas-Tejeda @alejandrofabregastejeda.com Philosopher & Historian of Biology 🇲🇽 • Postdoctoral Fellow @theramseylab.bsky.social (@clpskuleuven.bsky.social) • https://www.alejandrofabregastejeda.com • https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262052825/the-organism-environment-pairing/ • #philsci #HPS #philsky
Carl Simpson @glyptocrinus.bsky.social macroevolution CU Boulder
Silvia Ramundo @sramundo.bsky.social Curious scientist leading a research team mainly working on organelle biology and biotechnology: we study -and often “torture”- chloroplasts to understand how they do their magic ;)
https://www.oeaw.ac.at/gmi/research/research-groups/silvia-ramundo
Kenneth Dumack @dumack.bsky.social Aquatic Ecosystem Analyses 🦠 Protists and their interactions.
http://kennethdumack.de
DEEMteam_Orsay @deemteam.bsky.social Diversity, Ecology and Evolution of Microbes (DEEM) team. Posts by David Moreira. #treeoflife #evolution
Paris, France
https://www.deemteam.fr/en/
Tristan @tristamoeba.bsky.social PhD candidate studying the charismatic behaviors of non-model protists | Evolution of cell behaviors and sociality | Microscopy nerd | tristan.protist.info/research
John Dolan @tintinnman.bsky.social Oceanography, Family, Old Books, Living Well, Time Travel
Corey Holt @coreyholt.bsky.social Lecturer (Assistant Prof) at the University of Bath. Exploring all things microbiomes and protist diversity/evolution. 🧬🔬🦀
https://theholtlab.com
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution @whoi.edu We're the world's largest independent non-profit dedicated to ocean research, exploration, and education. Join us!
John Innes Centre @johninnescentre.bsky.social We are an independent, international centre of excellence in plant science, genetics and microbiology.
www.jic.ac.uk
Armando Rubio Ramos @bioarm.bsky.social Cell biologist 🔬 | Exploring the mysteries of centrosomes and cytoskeleton diversity🐉🦠 | Postdoc at Centriole Lab, University of Geneva
Elizabeth Beston @elizabethbeston.bsky.social Marine plankton, biology undergrad, autistic, non binary. Norfolk UK. Runs The Plankton Project
linktr.ee/elizabethbeston
Harry Low’s Lab @lowlab.bsky.social Bacterial pathogenesis. Antibiotic discovery. Membrane remodelling. Structural biology #cryoEM @Imperial College, London thelowlab.org
UEA Biological Sciences @biouea.bsky.social The School of Biological Sciences at UEA is a dynamic academic community rated as one of the best of its kind in the UK. Follow us to learn more about us, our research, our teaching; our staff, students and partners.
https://tinyurl.com/bdzb9um2 
Prakash Lab at Stanford @prakashlab.bsky.social Curiosity Driven Science
Laurent Formery @laurentformery.bsky.social Research group leader at @biom-banyuls.bsky.social. Interested in animal body plan and life cycle evolution.
Love EvoDevo, weird critters, geek stuff | 🏳️🌈🇪🇺
▶️ Lab website: https://www.echinox.org/
Ross Waller @rosswaller.bsky.social Professor of Evolutionary Cell Biology, Director of Cambridge Biosciences BBSRC DTP, Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge
Lauren Hemara @hemara.nz 🦠 Postdoc in the Microbiome Manipulation Lab @ University of Toronto
🥝 Previously studying plant pathogen evolution with everyone's favourite P. syringae pathovar - Psa! ✨
🌿 hemara.nz
@rsrp27.bsky.social @rsrp27.bsky.social 
Jürgen Strassert @strassert.bsky.social interested in microbial eukaryotes; #protists #chytrids
https://www.tu.berlin/en/umbio/research/working-groups/group-strassert
Neil Hall @neilhall.bsky.social Science, Genomics, FAIR data, a bit of politics, Liverpool FC #YNWA
Director of the Earlham Institute
Rowena Hill @rowenahill.bsky.social Researching fungi @earlhaminst.bsky.social
📍 Norwich, UK
🔗 https://rowena-h.github.io/
Mark McMullan @mcmullan0.bsky.social Evolutionary biologist -population genomics -wild-agricultural pathogen evolution, invasion and adaptation (Wheat & Beets)
Filip Husnik @filiphusnik.bsky.social Associate Professor at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) 🇯🇵 previously 🇨🇦🇺🇸🇨🇿
evolution | cell biology | symbiosis | genomics | microbiology | marine science
https://www.oist.jp/research/research-units/ecbsu/
STCmicrobeblog @stcmicrobeblog.bsky.social A blog that aims to share appreciation for the width & depth of microbial activities.
Posts by Christoph, not necessarily the opinion of all team members of Small Things Considered (STC) https://smallthingsconsidered.blog/
Johana Rotterova @micrott.bsky.social @JohanaProtists | Assistant Professor at Department of Marine Sciences University of Puerto Rico Mayagüez | MIC.Rott Lab | Protists | Symbioses in Marine Anaerobes | Microbial Interactions in Ciliates | www.microttlab.org | newPI
angela oliverio @oliverio.bsky.social microbial biology at syracuse university | oliveriolab.org 
Alex de Mendoza @alexdemendoza.bsky.social Evolutionary epigenomics ( eukaryotes / Transcription Factors / Transposable Elements / DNA methylation ) @ QMUL (London).
Lab website: https://www.demendozalab.com/
Gautam Dey @gautamdey.bsky.social Evolutionary cell biology @EMBL
evonuclab.org
Thomas Mock @thomasmock.bsky.social Ocean Microbiome | Evolution | Algae | Diatoms | Genomics | Genetics | Biology | Ecology | Biotechnology | Co-Editor-in-Chief of Journal of Phycology
https://mocklab.com/
https://www.omicroncr.co.uk/
Luis Javier Galindo @luisjagago.bsky.social Ramón y Cajal Research fellow at the University of Granada. Evolution and protists!
Omaya Dudin 𓂆 ¦🍉¦🦠¦🔬¦ @dudinlab.bsky.social Asst. Prof. at University of Geneva
Evolutionary cell biology of multicellular developmental programs
www.dudinlab.com
#Ichthyosporea, #Multicellularity, #Evolution, #Embryo, #Development, #Protist, #UExM, #Cytoskeleton, #Expansion #Microscopy
Pierre Ramond @pierreramond.bsky.social I'm a postdoc studying Marine Microbial Ecology 🌊🦠📏🌍🧬
PS: I'm using this only for research 🥼
Mahwash Jamy @mjamy.bsky.social Evolutionary biologist interested in protist diversity and evolution. Postdoc at Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences. 
Nicole Coots @nicolecoots.bsky.social Postdoctoral Researcher @UBC in Patrick Keeling's Lab || PhD earned @ASU in Gillian Gile's Lab || Interested in photosymbiosis, marine microbial ecology, and all things protists 🦠
The Life of Retaria Seminar Series:
https://thelifeofretaria.github.io/
Yash Pardasani @thealgaeman.bsky.social PhD student Uppsala University | Burki lab | Stalking #Paulinella amoebas to understand plastid origin (primary endosymbiosis) 🧬🔬|
@ERC_Research project PlastidOrigin
https://www.burki-lab.net/yash-phd-student.html
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
Jelena Godrijan 🫧❾🌊🦋 @godi.bsky.social Biological oceanographer & phytoplankton connoisseur. Forest Lover. Stand up #TEDx person.🧚🏼♀️🦄🔬🌊 Views=mine. @institutrb.bsky.social
@BigelowLab.bsky.social @EMBO_YIN
https://jelenagodrijan.wixsite.com/godi
Kirsty Wan @micromotility.bsky.social Cilia and cell motility enthusiast, basal cognition, weird organisms esp protists and larvae, how do living systems compute?
Professor of Cellular & Biophysical Dynamics, Living Systems Institute, Exeter (past: DAMTP, Cambridge)
www.micromotility.com
Julie Boisard @protistsforthewin.bsky.social Protists are the best
ICM, Molevol, Stairs Lab
Uppsala University, Sweden
Genome Architecture in Early-Diverging Eukaryotes 🦠🧬
julieboisard.github.io 💻
Julia Van Etten @couchmicroscopy.bsky.social New Assistant Professor of Biology at University of Maryland • Passionate about algae / protists + HGT + genomics + evolutionary biology + microscopy • vanettenlab.org #NewPI
Opinions are my own.
The Ramsey Lab @theramseylab.bsky.social The Ramsey philosophy of biology lab at KU Leuven, Belgium.
https://www.theramseylab.org • #HPbio #philsci #philsky #evosky #paleosky #cogsci #AI
Dfam Database of Transposable Elements @dfam.bsky.social The Dfam database is a open collection of Transposable Element DNA sequence alignments, hidden Markov Models (HMMs), consensus sequences, and genome annotations. http://www.dfam.org
Ben Larson @blarson.bsky.social Protists, microscopy, biophysics, evolution. Interested in how cells control shape and movement https://www.benlarson.org
Natura in minimis maxima
Asst Prof, RPI | Postdoc, UCSF, Wallace Marshall | PhD, UCBerkeley, Nicole King | BA, Physics, Reed College
Thibaut Brunet @thibautbrunet.bsky.social Evolutionary cell biology / evolution of morphogenesis / animal origins / choanoflagellates @institutpasteur.bsky.social
https://research.pasteur.fr/en/team/evolutionary-cell-biology-and-evolution-of-morphogenesis/
Qing (Andie) Zhang @zqing.bsky.social Postdoc in biophysics at Stanford's Prakash Lab. MIT MechE PhD in soft matter. Nature enthusiast and perpetual explorer🌎- from pattern formation in flow instabilities to the spark of biology ✨ . Like hiking 🥾 & basketball 🏀
Iñaki Ruiz-Trillo @multicellgenome.bsky.social How did single cells become animals? We study animal's closest unicellular relatives to reconstruct the origin of animal life. #Multicellularity
https://www.multicellgenome.com
Bruce Taylor @brucedstaylor.bsky.social Research Associate at the Canadian Museum of Nature, curator of eensy creatures at iNaturalist. Strangely preoccupied with bog ciliates and arcellinid amoebae. Blogger at www.itcamefromthepond.com. Ancestrally biflagellate.
Ore Francis @orefrancis.bsky.social 
Flora Vincent @floravincent.bsky.social Group Leader at EMBL spying on the social life of marine microbes and pushing for more inclusive sciences | Tara Oceans | Plankton Manifesto
https://www.embl.org/groups/vincent/
https://planktonmanifesto.org/
Laura Eme @lauraeme.bsky.social Evolutionary biologist interested in the origin and early diversification of eukaryotes. Phylogenetics/(meta)genomics. Protists & Archaea. Reseach Director at Uni Paris-Saclay (France)/Associate Prof. Uni of Rhode Island (USA)
The Marine Biological Association @thembauk.bsky.social A leading UK marine biology research institute, promoting scientific excellence and representing the marine biology community since 1884.
🐚 https://www.mba.ac.uk/
🔗 linktr.ee/MarineBiologicalAssociation
MicrobesNG @microbesng.bsky.social Microbial sequencing made simple.
Whole Genome Sequencing + Metagenomics: http://microbesng.com
PlasmidSeq: http://plasmidsng.com 😊
Santa Walker @santa-walker.bsky.social PhD student👩🔬
Protist comparative genomics🧬
Earlham Institute, Norwich📌
Earlham Institute @earlhaminst.bsky.social Combining world-class technology and interdisciplinary expertise across genomics, engineering biology and data science to accelerate solutions for health, biodiversity, and food security.
📍 Norwich, UK
🔗 earlham.ac.uk
The PR2 database @pr2-database.bsky.social PR2 is a set of three interconnected sequence public databases focusing on protist taxonomic groups: a reference sequence database (pr2), a primer database (pr2-primers) and a metabarcode database (metapr2).
https://pr2-database.org/
John Burns @burnsajohn.bsky.social I like to think about how cells work, especially among #protists. Driven by curiosity and a love to share detailed research and odd observations. Senior Research Scientist, Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences. He/him. https://www.protistsystems.org/
Dacks Lab (Evolutionary Cell Biology) @dackslabecb.bsky.social This is the professional account for the Evolutionary Cell Biology lab of Prof. Joel Dacks. 
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.
Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology @jeukmicro.bsky.social The Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology, the journal of the International Society of Protistologists, publishes original research on all aspects of #protists.
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
del Campo Lab @delcampolab.bsky.social Microbial Ecology and Evolution Lab at IBE Barcelona led by @fonamental.bsky.social. Studying marine animal holobionts🦠🪸🌊
Biology and Ecology of Abundant Protists (BEAP) Lab @beaplab.bsky.social The BEAP Lab is at the Institute of Evolutionary Biology (IBE) in Barcelona. Our goal is to culture and then characterize the cell biology, behavior and ecosystem relevance of abundant protists. PI: Daniel J. Richter. Web: https://www.beaplab.org/
Fabien Burki @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/
Bluesky @bsky.app official Bluesky account (check username👆)
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