REGISTRATIONS NOW OPEN for #APCOPV2024 - the largest conference #protist #algae #aquaticbotany in the Southern Hemisphere. SUBMIT an abstract, REGISTER now, see you Nov UQ News Brisbane City ASPAB Early-bird ends 30 Aug, Funding support available protist-au.org

Big news! We found many horizontally transmitting corals hosting the same genotype of symbiont across many years., highlighting how stable this mutualism can be. 🪸 Very cool results in our latest paper:

10 more days to go! Submit your abstract(s) NOW & register to avoid disappointment. #APCOPV2024 ASPAB Largest conference of its kind #protists #algae #aquaticbotany in Australia UQ News More invited speakers have confirmed, more info on our website protist-au.org

.Erin Bertrand, Alastair Simpson and I are seeking a postdoc to work with us on metabolomics of a fascinating protist-bacterial symbiosis in the Anaeramoebae! drive.google.com/file/d/1dIXX7z…

We're pleased to announce EvaNowack Geoff McFadden & Therese Solberg joining our speakers lineup #APCOPV2024! Join us in Brisbane for cutting-edge science in #protist #algae #aquaticbotany Abstract submissions due this Friday 14 June! Register now! protist-au.org

In our new paper at Cell (Cell), we reveal secrets of how the third form of life, archaea, make energy. We uncover new lineages of hydrogen-using enzymes, both minimal and complex. These help archaea thrive in all sorts of extreme environments. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Join us on July 27th and July 28th at PSA-ISOP-ISEP for our wonderful lineup of workshops. Huge thanks to lecturers and organizers of these workshops! See Phyc. Soc. America website for more information. Deadline to register is June 17th.

We are excited to announce that Hwan Su Yoon, Alex Campbell, Xiaoyuan Song and Kirsty Smith complete our lineup of 10 invited speakers @APCOPV2024. Abstract submissions still open for poster presenters! #protist #algae #aquaticbotany #womeninscience protist-au.org

We have an opening in my lab for a postdoc with expertise in algal/seaweed biotechnology, in particular, metabolic engineering and carbohydrate biochemistry, with some bioinformatics training. Email me at [email protected], if this fits your background and aspirations

#OpenBiology is delighted to announce our latest competition, celebrating innovation in cell and #MolecularBiology through our unique article type, Open Questions. Submit your article before 31 October 2024 for the chance to win £1000 ow.ly/vGWm50SBxKu #CellBiology

The #RaiseTheStipend petition 👇 has passed 5,000 signatures! But how will it get to 20,000 in the last week? By you sharing it with friends & family (not just other academics & students) by word of mouth, email, WhatsApp groups etc. Get to it! ▶️ aph.gov.au/e-petitions/pe…

Our paper on chromosomal inversions in Acropora kenti is out today in Molecular Ecology. Inversions are cool and important! Great work by Zhang Jia and collaboration with Cheong Xin (CX) Chan Cynthia Riginos Prof Jan Strugnell Line K Bay Matt Field or onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/me…

Happy to have contributed to this excellent paper by @KEdougan in the group of Cheong Xin (CX) Chan that provides a model of how whole-genome duplication shaped evolution of the heat-tolerant coral algal symbiont, Durusdinium (science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…). Algae rock! Great work everyone.

#APCOPV2024 ASPAB early-bird closes TODAY (30/8), abstract for late posters are accepted till mid-Oct. #protist #algae ISOP See you in Brisbane City this Nov, enjoy the reasonably low rego rates. Updated info on our website protist-au.org

Our new paper nature with BGI Group Ocean University of China and other collaborators provides evidence from the laboratory that ocean microbiomes advance biotechnology and biomedicine. UEA School of Environmental Sciences UEA Research #microbiome #biodiversity nature.com/articles/s4158…

We are excited to announce our main sponsor for #APCOPV2024: thanks Frontiers Protistology for keeping our meeting accessible to the #protist #algae research community. Abstracts are still welcome, registrations still open. We're just 2 months away! protist-org.au/sponsors/

I'm recruiting a fully funded PhD student for a Fall 2025 start - see details below and learn more about my lab here: dornsife.usc.edu/carlslab/