@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/
@burnsajohn.bsky.socialThe ever impressive gnome boat manned floating giant pumpkin in the 2026 Damariscotta #pumpkinfest
@godi.bsky.socialReposted by @burnsajohn.bsky.socialπ We celebrated #CoccolithophoreDay at the Nikola Tesla Technical Museum in Zagreb!
Our team from the RuΔer BoΕ‘koviΔ Institute brought the fascinating world of coccolithophores to life through microscopy, VR, puzzles and hands-on activities for all ages! π¬
@burnsajohn.bsky.socialGolden hills on Venus, or the edge of a kelp frond under a microscope? Look at those cells!
@micromotility.bsky.socialReposted by @burnsajohn.bsky.socialPlease enjoy this new offering from the lab: we discover that #excavates - ancient flagellate lineages with a voracious appetite for bacteria - change their behaviour depending on the availability of said prey!
Preprint here: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
@mjflepage.bsky.socialReposted by @burnsajohn.bsky.socialβI think itβs incredible that we find something so new, which is so large, in this world where we think everything is already known,β says Maarten Christenhusz π§ͺ
Three new species of giant waterlilies more than doubling the total to five!
@tunglejic.bsky.socialReposted by @burnsajohn.bsky.socialπ¨PhD opportunity alert!!! Come work with us on this new cool NERC DTP PhD project
Investigate How Bacterial Hosts Control Domesticated Viral Machines to Drive Horizontal Gene Transfer in Marine Environments.
Retweet = nice. Thank you!!!
aries-dtp.ac.uk/studentships...
@burnsajohn.bsky.socialThe three amigos!
@fonamental.bsky.socialReposted by @burnsajohn.bsky.socialAn atlas of eukaryotic centromere architecture reveals recurrent evolutionary dynamics #protists www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
@alicegros.bsky.socialReposted by @burnsajohn.bsky.socialCool science alert!!
A dream come true at #ALPOLE Sion with @embl.org's Advanced Mobile Lab: hiking, sampling and learning from amazing scientists. And bringing back a tooooon of microscopic pets π¬π§ͺ
Thanks everyone and thanks @dudinlab.bsky.social π₯Ή#ProtistsOnSky
@oggenfussursula.bsky.socialReposted by @burnsajohn.bsky.socialAre you interested in learning how genomes of weird fungi and protists evolve and are you looking for an exciting PhD opportunity? Jolien van Hooff and I are looking for an enthusiasic PhD candidate at Wageningen University: www.wur.nl/en/vacancy/p... #TEworldwide #Fungi #Protists #Genome
@burnsajohn.bsky.social@burnsajohn.bsky.socialToday I sat in the grass and saw a weevil and that was enough.
@burnsajohn.bsky.socialWow!
@nicolecoots.bsky.socialReposted by @burnsajohn.bsky.socialReally happy to be here at Bigelow Labs with John Burns and a bunch of my other favorite scientists πππ we're hunting for John's pet radiolarian, called Plagiacantha π @burnsajohn.bsky.social @bigelowlab.bsky.social
#protistsonsky
@burnsajohn.bsky.socialThey really are, and they were absent a week ago, and last week there were lots of radiolarians at the same spot, but this week I cant find many. Durned diatoms.
@burnsajohn.bsky.socialA planktic melange from the Gulf of Maine featuring juicy diatom chains from 100m depth waters.
@multicellgenome.bsky.socialReposted by @burnsajohn.bsky.socialWe have a new branch in the family tree of animals: Atreyea- a previously unrecognized lineage among the closest unicell relatives of animals.
Led by @konsmitsi.bsky.social & @freejakoba.bsky.social together with a fantastic team of collaborators.
@margaretbrisbin.bsky.socialReposted by @burnsajohn.bsky.socialLoved this NYT article abt @couchmicroscopy.bsky.social and @burnsajohn.bsky.social discovering new Paulinella species (in Journal of Phycology!). Cool science, good reporting, & reminded me of past fun hotel labs β€οΈπ€π¦ π
What was your best nontraditional lab?
@burnsajohn.bsky.socialTrue story! I was just happy to have colors, selecting pencils at random. Then Andrew encouraged me to be purposeful in my color choices, which is even more fun!
@burnsajohn.bsky.socialThanks Maggi! I know I'm already mentioned... but my other favorite nontraditional lab space was a rented RV that we used to road trip the west coast collecting salamander eggs to inspect embryos for signs of endosymbiosis. I set up a fluorescence microscope on the little table in the RV.
