"As of February 2025, Genomes on a Tree (GoaT) lists 1,843,386 eukaryotic species, of which 72599 belong to protists. There are 46,184 eukaryotic assemblies corresponding to 20,004 species. Yet only 2,743 of these assemblies correspond to 1,121 protist species."

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Absolutely thrilled about this endeavour putting protists into the spotlight. Just love expansion microscopy

Vulnerability of Arctic Ocean microbial eukaryotes to sea ice loss - Scientific Reports Scientific Reports - Vulnerability of Arctic Ocean microbial eukaryotes to sea ice loss

Very happy that my first first-author paper was published yesterday! Check it out doi.org/10.1038/s415...
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